Bakers Dozen 2013: 2

Envy by Sandra Brown

So I believe this was the first book that I had ever read by Sandra Brown.  While it does have a romantic undertone, there are so many different elements to this book that could make it part of a different genre.  Now Sandra Brown is a New Your Times bestseller author with many of her books making it on the list.  She got her start writing harlequin romance under the pen name Erin St. Claire.  So many of the books that I have read by her have been reprints from from that pen name.  But this isn't one of them.

The book is based around New York publisher Maris Matherly-Reed and author Parker Evans (whom claims to be a new author).  The manuscript catches her attention and she travels down to Georgia to meet the author.  Parker has worked hard to conceal is identity and past, but Maris is drawn to the manuscript of two young friends and betrayal.  Maris's life isn't perfect either.  Going through a divorce the chilling novel seems to be connected to her.

This was definitely one of those slow read stories.  Even though I read it fast I missed a lot of details so ever time I would be able to pick up on details that I had missed previously.  This book was a joy to read, but I do have to warn that there is some vulgar language.  Many of the newer books that Brown has written does have some form vulgarity.  But I don't think that it is added unnecessary, I think the vulgar aspects fits with the story plot pretty well.

Book Review: Sweet Anger

Sweet Anger by Sandra Brown

Sweet Anger is romance tale about tv news reporter Kari Wynne and District Attorney, Hunter McKee.  It starts when Kari's husband Thomas is killed by an out of control delivery truck only to leave his widow Kari alone to deal with a case against her husband, whom she has held up as a hero during their whole marriage.  McKee smears her beloved husbands reputation and shatters Kari's world.  She wants revenge and at every turn she has set out to smear his reputation just like McKee has done to her husband.  But like every romance novel the two find themselves falling for each other.

This story is one of Sandra Brown's earlier novel's that was published in 1985.  The love scenes aren't as racy and discriptive as the romance novels of today but it holds enough conflict to keep a reader interested if romance is their favorite genre.  It is your typical romance novel though but the romance and conflict takes place over the course of a year.  It's a slow build and the characters are written well to make everyone believe the story line.

Sweet Anger is a quick read and what I like to call a "brain duster" so it's not a very heavy book.  I finished this book in about 4 hours so it's a book that you can read at the beach.  I enjoyed the book and it is a good book to read after a really heavy book.

Rating:
3 out of 5

On Deck:
Elora's Caveman vol. 4 by various authors (anthology)
Glass Houses by Stella Cameron