She was being stalked. A shadow darted across the wall of the crumbling parking garage and the sound of stealthy footsteps warned Leigh Rappaport that someone was following her.
New 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
D.N.F. One of the perils of being a packrat is that you end up forgetting why you've been collecting things. This book is a good example. I THOUGHT I loved this book. I mean, I kept it for 22 years! It has resided on bookshelves in 7 or 8 houses (taking up valuable space on said bookshelves, I might add) and I believe I have another book or two by the same author kicking around somewhere. Anyway. I must have thought this book was racy back in the day. It hasn't held up well; now it's just squicky. The heroine is one of those uptight Mary Sue types who falls for the big, bad Latino photographer, who just might have murdered a former girlfriend. Or did he? Frankly, I didn't care. What consumed me instead was that he tucked tight cashmere sweaters into the waistband of his snug-fitting jeans, and wore a turtleneck with a double-breasted suit. DEAL BREAKER. Off to the donation bin it goes.
Nick Montreal is accused of murdering one of his former models and posing her as a photo he took. Leigh Rappaport has been asked to do a psychological evaluation of him, but she starts to become emotionally involved...