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Original Title: | Burn |
ISBN: | 0345486560 (ISBN13: 9780345486561) |
Edition Language: | English |
Characters: | Jenner Redwine, Cael Traylor, Sydney Hazlett |
Linda Howard
Hardcover | Pages: 367 pages Rating: 3.72 | 6914 Users | 450 Reviews
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Title | : | Burn |
Author | : | Linda Howard |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | First Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 367 pages |
Published | : | July 7th 2009 by Ballantine |
Categories | : | Romance. Romantic Suspense. Suspense. Contemporary. Contemporary Romance. Fiction. Mystery |
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It’s true what they say: Money changes everything. And in Linda Howard’s red-hot novel Burn, the changes come fast, furious, and filled with the kind of sexy suspense, heart-stopping romance, beautiful people, and risky business guaranteed to give you the most bang for your buck. Money certainly changes Jenner Redwine’s life when she wins a lottery jackpot. But it also costs her plenty: Her father rips her off and disappears, her fortune-hunting boyfriend soon becomes her ex, and friends-turned-freeloaders give her the cold shoulder when she stops paying for everything. Flush with new money, Jenner can’t imagine ever finding a place in the world of the wealthy. Seven years later, though, she’s rubbing elbows with the rich, despite the fact she still feels like a party crasher. Luckily she finds an ally–-and a guide to the rarefied realm of privilege–-in shy, kind-hearted heiress Sydney Hazlett, who quickly becomes Jenner’s confidante and surrogate sister. When Sydney invites Jenner on a charity cruise aboard a luxury liner, Jenner reluctantly agrees. But while she’s expecting–-and dreading–-two weeks of masquerade balls, art auctions, and preening glitterati, what she gets is more like a Hitchcock movie than a Love Boat episode. Taken hostage by a menacing stranger, Jenner must cooperate in a mysterious cloak-and-dagger scheme-–or else. With nowhere to run, and with Sydney’s life as well as her own at risk, Jenner is drawn into a game of dizzying intrigue and harrowing danger. But as her panic gives way to exhilaration, and fear of her captor turns to fascination, Jenner rediscovers feelings she hasn’t had in years–-and realizes she’s found a life worth living. If she survives.Rating About Books Burn
Ratings: 3.72 From 6914 Users | 450 ReviewsColumn About Books Burn
Rating: 2.5 / 5This book started off really good, but then stumbled most of the rest of the way. At least for me. After reading the first chunk of the book, I thought I was really going to like it, but then it pretty much completely fizzled. I found myself bored through most of the middle and toward the end. I was really tempted to set it aside and read the new Karen Rose book.In Burn Jenner Redwine is your average lower-middle-class young woman. She's working a dead-end job just to make endsFun escape. Good mix of characters.REVIEWERS OPINION:Great character development for Jenner. She didnt have an advanced education, but I loved her intuitive smartness which guided her actions and helped her make smart decisions about a number of things. Great plot development. Great emotional pull. Romantically theres anticipation and clever dialogue. I was laughing and chuckling many times sometimes at the clever banter, other times because I was surprised at something unexpected happening.
This one was more like the Linda Howard I was used to. She did a good job of making you see the down side of winning the lottery. We saw the hassle of it and how friends can turn on you quite suddenly in those circumstances.Once we have all that established, the mystery, suspense develops. Some of it was silly. I don't think a citizen, even if they were in extreme danger would have been handcuffed and held hostage against their will. But, the romance had to develop somehow I suppose. There were
I really liked it. Compared to her other works it did fall a little short but still much better than a lot of stuff out there today. I could have done without the "flashback" to 7 years before but I understand why the author put it in there. It just went on too long for my personal taste. I wasn't real pleased with the ending either. I felt it got wrapped a little too quickly.
Fast read...good characters....would read more by Linda Howard.
Jenner is like a lot of us, working to pay the bills and just barely staying ahead of them. Then one day on a lark she buys a lotto ticket and much to her surprise she manages to win a super jackpot. With the new money Jenner realizes just how much her life is changing, her old friends and people either expect her to pay for things or are jealous of her. Getting sick of this she makes a change in her life. Fast forward 6 years and Jenner is living in Palm Beach and living the life of all the
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