Envy By Brown Sandra

by Sandra Brown

SANDRA BROWN S BLOCKBUSTER BESTSELLER AT A NEW LOW PRICE ENVY Read by Victor Slezak Book editor Maris Matherly Reed receives a tantalizing partial manuscript submitted by a writer identified only as P M E Curiosity compels her to track down the author Parker Evans and work with him to complete the tale But as the story unfolds Maris becomes convinced it is more than just fiction When someone close to her dies the presence of evil looms even closer The prologue of a novel arrives in the Manhattan offices of a bookeditor who s intrigued enough to chase its mysterious author identified onlyby his initials to his decrepit plantation on an island off the Georgia Coast That s the first clue that fiction is stranger than fact few publishers ifany would go to that sort of trouble for anything less than a new J D Salingernovel But bestselling author Sandra Brown makes the most of her far fetchedpremise setting up a convoluted plot that keeps the reader engrossed despiteits flaws and foibles Maris Matherly Reed is more than an editor She s also the beloved daughter ofthe publishing house s highly respected and successful leader and the wife ofMatherly Press s second in command the smooth suave double dealing Noah Reed Reed it develops is the real target of the literary scam set up by thereclusive writer of the novel whose opening pages so captivate Reed s spouse P M E the writer has a score to settle with Maris s husband and he doesn tcare whom he hurts as long as he brings Noah down At least not until he meetsMaris who has an unfortunate habit of falling in love with her authors seeabove that s the second clue Brown is a master at romantic suspense andEnvy displays the talents that have won her a devoted following a defthand at evoking the vulnerability and humanity of her protagonists a surecommand of narrative tension and a nice sense of place This is a terrifichammock read just right for a summer day as sultry and humid as Env

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