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Wild Child
Returning to her hometown to become a counselor at the community center, former juvenile delinquent Cat D'Angelo is surprised to encounter Blake Wheeler, the young assistant district attorney who sent her to the reformatory years before, but who is now intent on stealing her heart
209 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published February 1, 1990
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Suzanne Forster
62 books49 followersNew York Times and USA Today best-selling author Suzanne Forster is living proof of William Shakespeare’s maxim that the uses of adversity are sweet. Suzanne’s writing career began by accident. Literally. A car accident ended her dreams for a career in clinical psychology. During her recovery, she began writing to fill the hours, and before she was well enough to return to graduate school, she’d sold her first book and launched a new career.
Since then Suzanne has written more than thirty novels and been the recipient of countless awards, including The National Readers’ Choice Award for Shameless, her mainstream debut. She’s received recognition for outstanding sales from Waldenbooks and Bookrak, and her recent novel, Unfinished Business, was made into a movie for the Oxygen Network.
Suzanne has a Master’s Degree in Writing Popular Fiction, and she teaches and lectures frequently. Her seminars on Women's Contemporary Fiction at UCLA and UC Riverside were rated outstanding, and her most requested workshop, "The High-Concept Synopsis," is based on personal experience. Her breakout novel, Shameless, sold on a synopsis that triggered a bidding war and garnered her a six-figure contract.
Suzanne has received considerable media attention, including a feature segment on Extra, NBC's news and entertainment magazine, and an Emmy Award–winning "Special Report" on CBS Channel 23 News. Her many print appearances include the L.A. Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Redbook and Orange Coast Magazine
Since then Suzanne has written more than thirty novels and been the recipient of countless awards, including The National Readers’ Choice Award for Shameless, her mainstream debut. She’s received recognition for outstanding sales from Waldenbooks and Bookrak, and her recent novel, Unfinished Business, was made into a movie for the Oxygen Network.
Suzanne has a Master’s Degree in Writing Popular Fiction, and she teaches and lectures frequently. Her seminars on Women's Contemporary Fiction at UCLA and UC Riverside were rated outstanding, and her most requested workshop, "The High-Concept Synopsis," is based on personal experience. Her breakout novel, Shameless, sold on a synopsis that triggered a bidding war and garnered her a six-figure contract.
Suzanne has received considerable media attention, including a feature segment on Extra, NBC's news and entertainment magazine, and an Emmy Award–winning "Special Report" on CBS Channel 23 News. Her many print appearances include the L.A. Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Redbook and Orange Coast Magazine
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February 6, 2018
“Wild Child” is the story of Cat aka Catherine and Blake.
When Catherine returns years later to her hometown in Oregon, Cameron Bay, now as a psychologist and a counselor- she never expects to meet Blake, the local district attorney and the man who was both the star of her childhood dreams, as well as the reason for her nightmares.
Both have a tumultuous past, but seeing each other again arouses different and mixed feelings in both- for Cat it’s a feeling of anger and for Blake it’s unrequited lust.
As they work together for a local assault case of a boy named Johnny, they confront their past mistakes, their present passion and their future possibilities.
This book had loads of drama, angst, love as well as intense sexual attraction. I’m glad the couple confronted their past- but I felt Blake should have groveled more for what he did to Cat- she gave in too quickly to their lust. I did like his intense craving for her- however for some reason this book felt sort of incomplete/ unsatisfactory.Blake didn’t trust her till the end, and it’s only because she went with her gut feeling he ended inadvertently supporting her.
This could have easily been a five star if there was more.. something.
SWE/unsafe
3/5
When Catherine returns years later to her hometown in Oregon, Cameron Bay, now as a psychologist and a counselor- she never expects to meet Blake, the local district attorney and the man who was both the star of her childhood dreams, as well as the reason for her nightmares.
Both have a tumultuous past, but seeing each other again arouses different and mixed feelings in both- for Cat it’s a feeling of anger and for Blake it’s unrequited lust.
As they work together for a local assault case of a boy named Johnny, they confront their past mistakes, their present passion and their future possibilities.
This book had loads of drama, angst, love as well as intense sexual attraction. I’m glad the couple confronted their past- but I felt Blake should have groveled more for what he did to Cat- she gave in too quickly to their lust. I did like his intense craving for her- however for some reason this book felt sort of incomplete/ unsatisfactory.Blake didn’t trust her till the end, and it’s only because she went with her gut feeling he ended inadvertently supporting her.
This could have easily been a five star if there was more.. something.
SWE/unsafe
3/5
May 6, 2014
I don't know why I finished this book. Maybe because it was short? And it's not as if it ever got to that active disgust or loathing that characterizes my one-star reviews. It was just pretty stupid. And I'm guessing that if I reread this review next month, I won't have any idea what it was about, so I'd better put in a brief description.
Kat returns to her hometown and faces the DA who once busted her for car theft. She spent two years in juvie before going on to get her counseling degree. She returns with vague notions of revenge in her mind.
Specific issues:
1. The back story was poorly laid out, such that even at the end I'm not sure I have the full picture of what happened ten years ago when she was convicted of car theft.
2. The parts I did understand led me to feel no sympathy whatsoever for Kat, who didn't even try to defend herself. I'm not sure why she singled Blake out as her enemy.
3. There was no romance in this book at all, only overwhelming lust. I have no idea why these two were suited for each other. And actually, I'm leaning towards the idea that they weren't.
4. Low substance + high drama = melodrama.
Kat returns to her hometown and faces the DA who once busted her for car theft. She spent two years in juvie before going on to get her counseling degree. She returns with vague notions of revenge in her mind.
Specific issues:
1. The back story was poorly laid out, such that even at the end I'm not sure I have the full picture of what happened ten years ago when she was convicted of car theft.
2. The parts I did understand led me to feel no sympathy whatsoever for Kat, who didn't even try to defend herself. I'm not sure why she singled Blake out as her enemy.
3. There was no romance in this book at all, only overwhelming lust. I have no idea why these two were suited for each other. And actually, I'm leaning towards the idea that they weren't.
4. Low substance + high drama = melodrama.
August 13, 2016
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