Pipeline

by Brenda Adcock

What do you do when the mistakes you made in the past come back to slap you in the face with a vengeance? Jo Carlisle, a fifty-seven year old photojournalist, has only begun to adjust to retirement on her small ranch outside Kerrville, Texas, when she finds herself unwillingly sucked into an investigation of illegal aliens being smuggled into the United States to fill the ranks of cheap labor needed to increase corporate profits. Joanna is a woman who has always lived life her way and on her own terms, enjoying a career that had given her everything she thought she ever wanted or needed. An unexpected visit by her former lover, Cate Hammond, and the attempted murder of their son, forces Jo to finally face what she had given up. Although she hasn't seen Cate or their son for fifteen years, she finds that the feelings she had for Cate had only been dormant, but had never died. No matter how much she fights her attraction to Cate, Jo cannot help but wonder whether she had made the right decision when she chose career and independence over love. Jo comes to understand the true meaning of friendship and love only when her investigation endangers not only her life, but also the lives of the people around her.

Genres: Lesbian, Lesbian Romance, Fiction

196 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2006

About the author

Originally from the Appalachian region of Eastern Tennessee, Brenda now lives in Central Texas, near Austin. She began writing in junior high school where she wrote an admittedly hokey western serial to entertain her friends. Completing her graduate studies in Eastern European history in 1971, she worked as a graphic artist, a public relations specialist for the military and a display advertising specialist until she finally had to admit that her mother might have been right and earned her teaching certification. For the last twenty-plus years she has taught world history and political science.

Brenda and her partner, Cheryl, have four grown children and three grandchildren. Rounding out their home are three temperamental cats and two dogs.

When she is not writing Brenda creates stained glass and shoots pool at her favorite bar. She is looking forward to retirement in 2013 and a move back to Knoxville, Tennesse, and her roots.

Reviews

[Dide · Rating 4 out of 5]

No Sex😣... It is quite rare to find lesbian related novels that don't have some sexual action and yet still be interesting enough to read till the end. This did that and while the author makes room for us readers to come to assumed conclusions on the characters relationships we aren't also sure if there are. I liked it!
I'd like to also just say one bit of issue I had with this story was realising Susan's connection and feeling her story didn't sound believable.... She was an ambitious and brilliant undergrad law student and she couldn't realise to herself regardless of how drunk she was that she couldn't have been the one to have raped and killed the girl? Duh!

[Cyndi · Rating 3 out of 5]

With a heavy focus on the mystery, Pipeline spends little time building up the relationships between the characters. It's full of action and intrigue but leaves something to be desired when it comes to the people caught in these intense situations.

[Celina · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an interesting read that kept me hooked until the end. I enjoyed the characters and the suspense. I think it could have used another ten to twenty pages at the end, but otherwise still a good story.

[Lindig · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting characters, good story, no sex.

[Kessi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Exciting and suspenseful. Well written with likeable characters.