Reality Check

by Susan Lyons

There are bad days, and then there are really bad days. Therapist Dace McKendrick is having one of the really bad ones. It was tough enough helping her client Joanne deal with the news of her husband’s suicide. Then Dace’s friend Ginger calls, distraught because her lover jumped off the Lions Gate Bridge to his death. Dace had no idea Ginger was having an affair with a married man, much less Joanne's husband, lawyer Judd Nelson. As she helps the two women cope with their feelings of guilt over Judd’s death, Dace begins to suspect that Judd was murdered. She believes that his death had something to do with a controversial sexual abuse case he was handling—and the clandestine relationship between the victim’s father and a partner in Judd’s firm. Dace meets with the victim’s new lawyer, Jen Solero, and sparks fly. There’s an immediate attraction between the two women, but their opinions are poles apart. Dace is a soft-hearted idealist; Jen a clear-thinking cynic. When Dace and Jen join forces to investigate Judd’s death, each provides a reality check for the other. Their investigation becomes a journey of discovery as they explore their differing values as well as their feelings for each other. It also becomes a journey toward danger, when they attract the attention of a killer.

Paperback

First published November 1, 2001

About the author

Susan writes under the names Susan Lyons, Susan Fox, and Savanna Fox. She "knows want women want in contemporary romance" (Publishers Weekly).

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Susan’s "Love Somebody Like You" (writing as Susan Fox) was a 2016 finalist for Romance Writers of America®’s prestigious RITA® award. Her books have won the National Readers’ Choice Award, the HOLT Medallion, the Booksellers Best Award, the Book Buyers Best Award, the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence, the Aspen Gold Readers Choice, the Golden Quill, the More Than Magic, the Lories, the Beacon, and the Laurel Wreath. "Sex Drive" was a Cosmopolitan Red-Hot Read.

Susan’s books have been translated into French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and German. Many are available as audio books.

Susan has presented workshops at the Romance Writers of America® National conference, the Surrey International Writers Conference, Word on the Lake (Salmon Arm), the RT Booklovers Convention, and regional RWA® conferences. She has spoken at library events and to reader groups. Her articles have been published in Romance Writers Report, RT Book Reviews, NINK (the Novelists Inc. newsletter), Love Letter (Germany), and RWA Chapter newsletters.

Susan is a Pacific Northwester with homes in Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia. She has degrees in law and psychology, and has had a variety of careers, including perennial student, computer consultant, and legal editor. Fiction writer is by far her favorite, giving her an outlet to demonstrate her belief in the power of love, friendship, and a sense of humor.

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