Book Review: Unspeakable by Laura Griffin

Wednesday 30 June, 2010 By 1 Comment

Title: Unspeakable
Author: Laura Griffin
Publisher: Pocket
Publication Date: June 29, 2010
Paperback: 400 pages
ISBN: 978-1439152959
Genre: Romance Mystery, Suspense

From the Publisher:

ELAINA MCCORD WANTS TO FIND A KILLER. BUT HE’S ALREADY FOUND HER.

Elaina McCord’s dream of being an FBI profiler is threatened by her very first case—investigating a string of murders near a Texas beach resort. The victims, all young women, were drugged and brutally murdered, their bodies abandoned in desolate marshland. Elaina’s hunch—met with disbelief by local police—is that these are only the latest offerings from a serial killer who has been perfecting his art for years, growing bolder and more cunning with each strike.

True-crime writer Troy Stockton has a reputation as an irresistible playboy who gets his story at any cost. He’s the last person Elaina should trust, let alone be attracted to. But right now Troy, along with the elite team of forensics experts known as the Tracers, is her only ally in a case that’s turning dangerously personal. A killer is reaching out to Elaina, taunting her, letting her know how ruthless he is and how close he’s getting. Now it’s not just her career that’s in jeopardy—it’s her life. . . .

My Review:

There is nothing quite as exhilarating as discovering not only a talented, new to me author, but also a series, a double bonus. Unspeakable by Laura Griffin is her second book in her Tracer’s trilogy. I have not read the first, Untraceable, which I shall remedy and then look forward to her next book, Unforgivable. Clearly, Unspeakable stands well on its own merits, yet it is such a stunning forensics suspense thriller that I must read the others in the series. I am compulsive that way when a writer is this good.
Special Agent Elaina McCord is a relatively new profiler and while she is intelligent and had hopes for a prominent placement, she was placed in the Brownsville, Texas branch of the FBI. To make matters worse, when the FBI is called into a crime of a serial killer, the local police do not want anything to do with her, and so much as tell her to go back to her office. Elaina is not one to be deterred and begins to receive some assistance from Troy Stockton, a true crime writer, who appears to have more access to the crime scenes than Elaine could ever hope to. How far is she willing to go, trusting all that is said stays out of Stockton’s next book?
Unspeakable is an exhilarating thrill ride that takes the reader on the hunt for a serial killer, introduces the reader to the superb all star team, the tracers, comprised of the best forensic experts. Personally, I was unable to put the book down and hours flew by as the clues racked up, the mystery intensified, as did the strategically placed plot twist and turns. I would recommend Unspeakable to anyone looking for an excellent suspense novel and look forward to reading more from Griffin’s Tracers series. This is an author to keep an eye on.

About the Author:

LAURA GRIFFIN started her career in journalism before venturing into the world of romantic suspense with her novels for Pocket Books. Her work has been nominated for numerous awards, including a 2010 RITA (Whisper of Warning) and a 2009 RT Reviewers Choice Award (Untraceable). Her debut novel, One Last Breath, won the Booksellers Best Award for romantic suspense. Laura currently lives in Austin. Visit her website for more information.

I received a complimentary copy of Unspeakable by Laura Griffin from Simon & Schuster to review. Receiving a complimentary copy in no way reflected my review of aforementioned novel.

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Book Review: Good Things I Wish You by A. Manette Ansay

Wednesday 30 June, 2010 By 2 Comments

Title: Good Things I Wish You
Author: A. Manette Ansay
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Publication Date: June 22, 2010
Paperback: 272 pages
ISBN: 978-0061239953
Genre: Fiction

From the Publisher:
The acclaimed author of Vinegar Hill returns with a story of two unlikely romances—one historical, the other modern-day—separated by thousands of miles and well over a century.

Battling feelings of loss and apathy in the wake of a painful divorce, novelist Jeanette struggles to complete a book about the long-term relationship between Clara Schumann, a celebrated pianist and the wife of the composer Robert Schumann, and her husband’s protégé, the handsome young composer Johannes Brahms. Although this legendary love triangle has been studied exhaustively, Jeanette—herself a gifted pianist—wonders about the enduring nature of Clara and Johannes’s lifelong attachment. Were they just “best friends,” as both steadfastly claimed? Or was the relationship complicated by desires that may or may not have been consummated?

Through a chance encounter, Jeanette meets Hart, a mysterious, worldly entrepreneur who is a native of Clara’s birthplace, Leipzig, Germany. Hart’s casual help with translations quickly blossoms into something more. There are things about men and women, he insists, that do not change. The two embark on a whirlwind emotional journey that leads Jeanette across Germany and Switzerland to a crossroads similar to that faced by Clara Schumann—also a mother, also an artist—more than a century earlier.

Accompanied by photographs, sketches, and notes from past and present, A. Manette Ansay’s original blend of fiction and history captures the timeless nature of love and friendship between women and men.

My Review:

Is it possible for men and women to be just friends and in the same vein how does one define art? Two seemingly arbitrary questions are proven to be inter-related in Good Things I Wish You by A. Manette Ansay through her use of relationships both historical and contemporary. These questions and many more are covered in this novel, rich in lyrical prose, charming characters with similar lives centuries apart. Jeanette is recently divorced and misses her husband Carl. When not at the University, spending her time with her daughter or playing piano, Jeanette is working on her book about the 40-year relationship between Clara Schumann and her husband’s protégé Johannes Brahms. As Jeanette begins her story, she is waiting for her date to appear. Reinhardt Hempel, a scientist from Leipzig, the birthplace of Clara, intrigues her and is the first man she has dated in nineteen years. Ansay writes in a beautiful and lyrical manner, alternating from her childhood as a piano student, to present, and back to the 1850s with Clara and Robert Schumann and his protégé, Johannes Brahms. As the stories unfold one becomes involved in two affairs, the present with Jeanette and Reinhardt and the past between Clara, Robert and ultimately Johannes. There are similarities in the two parallel relationships and even though this is a work of fiction one gets a glimpse at the complex relationship between the Schumanns and Brahms through letters and photos Ansey weaves into the story. Good Things I Wish You is a beautiful, tender, and wonderful read and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a delightful book to read in an afternoon.

About the Author:

A. Manette Ansay is the author of eight books, including Vinegar Hill, Midnight Champagne (a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award), and Blue Water. She has received the Pushcart Prize, two Great Lakes Book Awards, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. She teaches in the MFA writing program at the University of Miami.

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Book Review: The Starlet by Mary McNamara

Tuesday 29 June, 2010 By 6 Comments

Title: The Starlet
Author: Mary McNamara
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: June 8, 2010
Paperback: 304 pages
ISBN: 978-1439149843
Genre: Fiction

From the Publisher:

It’s a not-so-well-respected rule in Hollywood that what happens on location stays on location. But when a hot young leading man winds up dead in his Rome hotel room, his costar’s life is about to go off the rails in a very public way—even by celeb standards.

At the tender age of twenty-three, Mercy Talbot has won an Oscar, battled addiction, wrecked more than her share of cars, and burned down her house. Her look-alike mother keeps her on a tight leash (and fueled with an endless supply of OxyContin and cocaine) and her producers demand a grueling schedule. By the time she stumbles across Juliette Greyson, a Hollywood insider on a much-needed vacation, Mercy is surrounded by photographers and about to emerge drunk, high, and naked from a public fountain. Whisking her away to an idyllic Tuscan ‘retreat,’ Juliette is about to discover another rule of Hollywood: wherever the starlet may go, the drama will follow.

My Review:

The Starlet is a hilarious and witty look inside the making of a Hollywood movie accompanied with all the drama that occurs on and off the scenes. The reader is introduced to Mercy Talbot, born Tiffany Dawn, a name her mother promptly changed when the family moved to Los Angeles. Mercy’s mother Angie does everything in her power to make her daughter famous, including having her adolescent daughter get breast implants for publicity photos, then to have them removed when puberty kicked in. To say Mercy’s childhood was far from normal is an understatement. By the young age of 23, Mercy had been famous for twelve years and in that time had done more than enough destructive things to keep the paparazzi constantly busy. Juliette Greyson is in Italy on a long overdue vacation when she sees Mercy climbing the statue in the fountain on the Piazza Cordova, clearly under the influence of several substances. Will Juliette, a Hollywood insider, be able to finally offer the advice, help and mentoring this young, desperate starlet needs or will Mercy self destruct? I was drawn in to the story, which surprised me a bit, as I watch few movies and care very little about Hollywood. McNamara has an infectious writing style which makes the reader not only care about her characters, but makes the reader want to know more about them and their circumstances. The Starlet is filled with exciting characters, mystery, high drama, romance, intrigue and a lot of detail regarding the making of a Hollywood movie. The Starlet kept me mesmerised, entertained and quite thankful I never wanted to be famous. I believe The Starlet would make for an excellent and unforgettable summer read.

About the Author:

Mary McNamara has worked for the Los Angeles Times for seventeen years, writing extensively about the inner workings of Hollywood. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three children. The Starlet is her second novel.

I received a complimentary copy of The Starlet by Mary McNamara from Regal Literary  to review.  Receiving a complimentary copy in no way reflected my review of aforementioned novel.

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Book Review and Tour: Missing Max by Karen Young

Tuesday 29 June, 2010 By 4 Comments

Title: Missing Max
Author: Karen Young
Publisher: Howard Books
Publication Date: June 15, 2010
Pages: 336 pages
ISBN: 978-1416587491
Genre: Fiction, Romance

From the Publisher:

When baby Max is kidnapped during Mardi Gras, Jane and Kyle Madison’s life falls apart. What their daughter, Melanie, does next is unthinkable.

Max vanished into thin air while in the care of his teenage sister, Melanie. Six months later, the family is a shadow of its former self: Melanie blames herself and is acting out and rebellious; Jane is obsessed with finding Max; and Kyle, a lawyer, struggles to cope with his own grief—and a persistent suspicion that one of his cases is connected to Max’s disappearance.

With her family in turmoil and her marriage on the rocks, Jane thinks things can’t get any worse. Then when an affair and an unexpected pregnancy threaten to tear the Madisons’ lives apart, an anonymous caller leads to a break in the case. Can a second kidnapping bring their family back together?

My Review:

Missing Max by Karen Young is a story of heartbreaking loss and a  family torn apart by a kidnapping .  Melanie wants to attend the Mardi Gras festivities but her father Kyle, a high-powered attorney, decides he needs to work that night.  Feeling sorry for her stepdaughter,  Jane bundles up 6-month-old Max to take Melanie to view the Mardi Gras parade.  While downtown Jane goes off to buy snacks leaving 16-year-old Melanie in charge of Max.  Unfortunately for all concerned, Max is abducted while Melanie’s back is turned to chat with friends.  Later Max’s pram and one bootie are recovered.  While the initial outline is by no means new, Young does a stellar job at showing the reader how the abduction of Max affects the entire Madison family and how guilt and blame can lead to extremely destructive behaviours.  Missing Max has the added twist of mysterious late night phone calls where all one hears is a baby crying in the distance.  I was drawn into the story from the beginning and while some aspects were predictable, such as the family falling apart, the story goes above and beyond the predictable and turns into a delicious suspense novel with enough plot twists to keep the reader guessing.  Missing Max is an excellent story about love, loss, and the healing powers of forgiveness.  I would recommend Missing Max to anyone looking for a good, faced paced read.

About the Author:

Karen Young is the author of thirty-four novels with more than ten million copies in print. Her many awards include the RITA from Romance Writers of America and both the Career Achievement and Reviewer’s Choice awards from Romantic Times magazine. She is a frequent public speaker and a teacher of the craft of writing. Currently, she resides in Houston, Texas.

I received a complimentary copy of Missing Max by Karen Young from Glass Road Public Relations. Receiving a complimentary copy in no way reflected my review of aforementioned novel.

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Teaser Tuesdays – Unspeakable

Tuesday 29 June, 2010 By 32 Comments


Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

  • Grab your current read
  • Open to a random page
  • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
  • Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Here is mine:

“ They left her waiting for more than four hours.  Elaina refused to acknowledge the snub.”

~Page 136, Unspeakable by Laura Griffin
Please check back for my review.

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Book Review: Losing My Cool by Thomas Chatterton Williams

Monday 28 June, 2010 By 6 Comments

Title: Losing My Cool:: How a Father’s Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-hop Culture
Author: Thomas Chatterton Williams
Publisher: Penguin Press HC
Publication Date: April 29, 2010
Hardcover: 240 pages
ISBN: 978-1594202636
Genre: Biography/Memoir

From the Publisher:

Into Williams’s childhood home-a one-story ranch house-his father crammed more books than the local library could hold. “Pappy” used some of these volumes to run an academic prep service; the rest he used in his unending pursuit of wisdom. His son’s pursuits were quite different-”money, hoes, and clothes.” The teenage Williams wore Medusa- faced Versace sunglasses and a hefty gold medallion, dumbed down and thugged up his speech, and did whatever else he could to fit into the intoxicating hip-hop culture that surrounded him. Like all his friends, he knew exactly where he was the day Biggie Smalls died, he could recite the lyrics to any Nas or Tupac song, and he kept his woman in line, with force if necessary.

But Pappy, who grew up in the segregated South and hid in closets so he could read Aesop and Plato, had a different destiny in mind for his son. For years, Williams managed to juggle two disparate lifestyles- “keeping it real” in his friends’ eyes and studying for the SATs under his father’s strict tutelage. As college approached and the stakes of the thug lifestyle escalated, the revolving door between Williams’s street life and home life threatened to spin out of control. Ultimately, Williams would have to decide between hip-hop and his future. Would he choose “street dreams” or a radically different dream- the one Martin Luther King spoke of or the one Pappy held out to him now?

Williams is the first of his generation to measure the seductive power of hip-hop against its restrictive worldview, which ultimately leaves those who live it powerless. Losing My Cool portrays the allure and the danger of hip-hop culture like no book has before. Even more remarkably, Williams evokes the subtle salvation that literature offers and recounts with breathtaking clarity a burgeoning bond between father and son.

My Review:

Losing My Cool by Thomas Chatterton Williams describes Thomas’s life growing up and the lure of the hip-hop culture, his struggle for identity, and the love of family.  Thomas was born in 1981 to Kathleen and Clarence Thomas, and inter-racial couple who explained to their sons at a very young age that they were black.  Yet the family chose to place their sons in a Catholic school to educate them in hopes of providing a safe environment for them.   At a young age, Thomas began searching for an identity by watching the boys at the barbershop as well as watching the BET station, where he first views rappers on television.   Not truly understanding what the lyrics are saying, he is astute enough to realise to fit in he must act as the other boys do.  The culture, while alluring, was an extremely negative influence on Thomas and his peers while his parents faced daunting odds to keep their son on track.  At no time is the author trying to criticize hip-hop music as a whole and freely admits some of it has positive messages, but rather, he is dealing with the hip-hop culture in this memoir.  Losing My Cool is a wonderfully descriptive book describing the lure of the hip-hop culture and the struggle to get out of the idea this culture represents.  Williams details his father’s private lessons with his sons to educate their minds.  Losing My Cool is an extraordinary look at a subset of culture through personal experience, as well as anthropological and philosophical discussions about this subset of culture.  Losing My Cool was not only an interesting book to read; I found it to be intellectually stimulating and extremely informative.  I would recommend this book to those interested in the topic as well as to book discussion groups.

About the Author:

Thomas Chatterton Williams holds a Bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Georgetown University and a Master’s degree from the Cultural Reporting and Criticism program at New York University. In 2007, he wrote an op-ed piece entitled “Yes, Blame Hip-Hop” for the Washington Post which generated a record-breaking number of comments. He writes for the literary magazine n+1 and currently lives in Brooklyn.

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I received a complimentary copy of Losing My Cool by Thomas Chatterton Williams from TLC Book Tours. Receiving a complimentary copy in no way reflected my review of aforementioned novel.

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It’s Monday What Are You Reading?

Monday 28 June, 2010 By 30 Comments

It’s Monday What Are you Reading is the perfect way for me to begin my week and allows me to focus on what needs to be read and to see what I have or have not accomplished the previous week. I also enjoy discovering new books by visiting other participants blogs.

I Read and Reviewed (click the title to be taken to the review):

Visit next Monday to see if I managed to accomplish my reading goals.

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Book Review: An Dantomine Eerly by J.R.D. Middleton

Sunday 27 June, 2010 By 5 Comments

Title: An Dantomine Eerly
Publisher: Dark Coast Press
Publication Date: March 30, 2010
Paperback: 160 pages
ISBN: 978-0984428809
Genre: Literary Fiction

From the Publisher:

You are invited to witness Dallin’s passage into death. The ailing poet distantly recalls his own life through the language of a damaged psyche and the symbols of a spirit upended by violent transformation. In this, memories abound: an old, wind beaten house where a palpable absence suggests a past but somehow still-looming tragedy; vacancy permeates a ghostly barroom and the campus of a condemned university; city streets and desolated forests are populated by no one except the changing formulations of Dallin’s own mind. His inner conflict reigns, and the geography takes on the disorientation and divisiveness at the center of us all. Along with his wife Aìsling, the two flee an obscure political persecution which leads to her graphic, methodically planned murder. The impact of her death afflicts a lone Dallin in ways he cannot comprehend, spiraling him headlong into his meeting with the mythic celestial escort, An Dantomine Eerly.

This intensely original novel is a skillful re-conception of the old Irish poetic form the aìsling, literally meaning “dream vision” or “vision-poem.” As a reader you are personally addressed, called to the role of interpreter and revelator, allowing the story to unfold towards its strange, genre-defying conclusion. Through you, this story affords its telling. Dallin sends his regards.

My Review:

My first thought prior to beginning the book was of Nabokov’s Invitation to a Beheading, a book I recommend to everyone, but I digress. An Dantomine Eerly by J.R.D. Middleton is a work of fiction, told with a unique voice, lyrical in quality about Dallin, a poet who while dying takes the reader back through his life, in his mind. An Dantomine Eerly takes the reader on an intellectual ride, which at times may have the illusion of being extremely disjointed and surreal and the various prose techniques, while extremely affective to this story, may throw one off rhythm briefly. I will need to read through this book at least one more time to fully grasp all the author has to offer, so rich are the meanings of the narrations in Dallin’s mind. Profusely prolific in an amazingly short amount of space, I found An Dantomine Eerly to be as engaging a read as I had hoped, while more dissimilar than similar to Nabokov’s work, yet one that requires quite a bit of thought on a not entirely pleasant subject matter. I truly enjoyed reading An Dantomine Eerly and look forward to re-reading the book to see what I missed during my first read through. I would recommend this book to readers looking for an intellectual read as well as book groups that like a challenging book to discuss.

About the Author:

Jarret Richard Devlin Middleton was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1985. He has studied writing at Concordia University and the University of New Hampshire, and written on the road in the U.S. while living in New Hampshire, Boston, New York City, Montréal, and Philadelphia. He is the editor of Dark Coast Press in Seattle, WA. An Dantomine Eerly is his first novel.

I received a complimentary copy of An Dantomine Eerly by J.R.D. Middleton from Dark Coast Press. Receiving a complimentary copy in no way reflected my review of aforementioned novel.

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The Sunday Salon

Sunday 27 June, 2010 By 6 Comments
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Life: The biggest news would be that I now have a lovely new home.  I am new to WP so I may struggle a bit here and there, so please be patient.  My designer did a fantastic job with the layout and the transfer.  I hope my readers will come to feel at home here as well.

Family Update: My son visited another collage and that one is definitely in his top 3, which was nice to learn as we liked it.  The twins have been fishing a lot, in between the horrific storms and heat advisories we have had the entire month of June.  I stay indoors, I never liked the heat and humidity and after my last stroke, my head can no longer tolerate heat.

Saturday Night: Quite literally the same as last week, just a different movie.  When our one son returned from work we began our at home movie night with popcorn and my favourite movie treat, Good ‘N Plenty. We had a lovely time, even if we did not start the movie until later in the evening, it allowed me to get more reading in.

Read and Reviewed: This week I spent the majority of the week either trying to be of assistance to my WP designer  or in rather horrific pain, which left me reading far less than I had hoped.  I do not have a word count for this past week.  I did read and review 11 books and oh my what a week of superb books it was!  I do hope you check out my reviews, some of the best books I have read this year I had the privilege to read last week. I shall, as usual, list all the reviews I read this past week on Monday with links. Do not want to wait until Monday? They are all up and as usual I love comments.

So what will I be reading? I am currently reading The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory.

Happy Reading and please feel free to leave comments or suggestions.

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Book Review: Dangerous Desires by Dee Davis

Saturday 26 June, 2010 By 4 Comments

Title: Dangerous Desires
Author: Dee Davis
Publisher: Forever
Publication Date: June 29, 2010
Paperback: 384 pages
ISBN: 978-0446542043
Genre: Fiction, Romance, Suspense

From the Publisher:

As the extractions expert for A-Tac, an elite CIA black ops unit masquerading as faculty at an Ivy League college, Drake Flynn knows how to survive behind enemy lines. But he’s about to meet one adversary he can’t subdue . . . or resist. A RACE FOR SURVIVAL Stranded in the Colombian jungle after a mission goes bad, Drake has only one objective: evade the mercenaries hot on his trail and deliver “the package” to U.S. officials. But “the package” has a mind of her own, and she has no intention of trading one set of captors for another. Madeline Reynard is beautiful, headstrong, and hell-bent on escape after years as a crime lord’s pawn. She’ll risk everything for freedom, even if it means deceiving the dark, handsome operative who now holds her life in his hands. Drake has been burned too many times to let a woman manipulate him, especially a secretive one like Madeline. Even so, they cannot deny the attraction between them. Now as enemy forces close in, Drake and Madeline must trust each other with their lives-or face certain death.

My Review:

Dangerous Desires by Dee Davis is the second installment of her A-Tac series, bringing back action, adventure, suspense, intrigue, and romance. Dangerous Desires stands well on its own, yet I do recommend Davis’ previous novel Dark Deceptions, which introduces the A-Tac team. The mission this time is for the A-Tac team to go into San Mateo, Columbia, and break into Casa de Orquidea, the known location of narcoterrorists Jorge di Silva and Hector Ortiz, to secure American Madeline Reynard, believed to be Ortiz’s mistress, gather intelligence from her, take out the weapons cache and bring her safely to America. A relatively simple plan for the A-Tac team, yet things rarely go as planned. Dangerous Desires is a fast paced, thrilling novel filled with action and adventure mixed with cunning, wit, and just the right amount of plot twists. Davis once again assembles her delightful and eclectic A-Tac members, Flynn, Brennon, Avery, Marshall, Hanson, Walsh, and Prescott for a mission more complicated than initially thought, especially when Madeline, the woman they were sent to retrieve does not want their type of saving, has her own secrets and will do anything to protect them. Through brilliant narration and vivid imagery, the reader easily becomes absorbed in the novel, trying to guess what will happen next in this non-stop fast-paced thriller that will keep the reader guessing up to the explosive ending. I strongly recommend Dangerous Desires and look forward to the third A-Tac book, Desperate Deeds, due out this August.

About the Author:

Dee Davis has a BA in Political Science and History, and a Masters Degree in Public Administration. During a ten-year career in public relations, she spent three years on the public speaking circuit, did television and radio commercials, and lobbied both the Texas State Legislature and the US Congress. She has won the Booksellers Best, Golden Leaf, Texas Gold and Prism awards, and been nominated for the National Readers Choice Award, the Holt and two RT Reviewers Choice Awards. To date, she has sold eighteen books and three novellas.

Dee has lived in Austria and traveled in Europe extensively. And although she now lives in Manhattan, she still calls Texas home.

I received a complimentary copy of Dangerous Desires by Dee Davis from Hachette. Receiving a free copy in no way reflected my review of aforementioned novel.

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