Quicksand

by Jennifer Greene

MR. MAY The Cooper Maitland. Ex-workaholic. He Rest and relaxation away from the corporate rat race... Sassy neighbor Priss Neilson keeps him anything but relaxed! Cooper's "all or nothing" creed had almost cost him his family and nearly ruined his health. Now, determined to set his priorities straight, this single dad packed up his slightly sullen teenage daughter and headed back to his hometown. But Cooper never could resist a challenge, and he found one in the very attractive form of Priss. She was intriguing, distracting, and she avoided him like the plague. The woman was obviously afraid of something--but what? Before Cooper knew it, his curiosity had gotten him all riled up....

Genres: Harlequin, Romance

Mass Market Paperback

First published May 1, 1993

About the author

Winner of over 15 national awards, including the RWA Hall of Fame and the RWA Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award, Jennifer Greene weaves real issues, warm characters common-life humor, and page-turning romance and suspense into her stories.

Jennifer sold her first book in 1980, and since then has sold over 85 books in the contemporary romance genre. She won her first professional writing award from RWA, a “Silver Medallion” in 1984, followed by over 20 nominations and awards —including achieving RWA’s HALL OF FAME status, and the most coveted Nora Roberts LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.

Jennifer has regularly been on a variety of bestseller lists, and has written for Harlequin, Avon, Berkley and Dell. Her books have sold all over the world in over 20 languages. She also accumulated a number of pseudonyms—most recognizably JENNIFER GREENE, but also JEANNE GRANT and JESSICA MASSEY.

She was born in Michigan, started writing stories in 7th grade, and graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in English and Psychology. The University honored her with their “Lantern Night Award”, a tradition developed to honor fifty outstanding women graduates each year. Exploring issues and concerns for women today is what first motivated her to write, and she has long been an enthusiastic and active supporter of women’s fiction, which she believes is an unbeatable way to reach out and support other women.

Jennifer lives in Michigan, just a short distance from Lake Michigan, with her husband Lar.

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aka Jeanne Grant

Reviews

[Saly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have been having a lot of fun slowly making my way through this author's backlist. I even have a few used titles of her in my cart on Amazon to order. Quicksand was a nice book with two mature leads who have two teenagers. The hero decides to move back to his hometown with his teenage daughter who is acting up. I liked how this book depicted the struggles with puberty especially with girls wanting to act more mature than they are and how sometimes that can have horrible consequences. That is something our heroine knows very well so she as a teacher does her level best to make sure that she is there for her students. The hero's presence in her life kind of wakes her from the slumber she has been for close to two decades. The romance was really nice and honestly I enjoyed this one.

[Nightwitch · Rating 2 out of 5]

Started out strong but devolved towards the end into kind of a mess: the issue of whether hard-charging corporate tycoon Cooper is really going to be happy in small-town Iowa is never really adequately resolved, and more importantly, Cooper takes charge of Priss confronting her adolescent rapist: he tells her she has to do it, she does it, she punches the guy, and a page or two later realizes that Cooper also beat him up. And... the end. Greene handles Priss's guilt over her silence nicely in general, but all of this discussion and confrontation happens right at the end and feels inadequate.

[Lynda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was book 2 of the 24-hour Read-A-Thon and, as it turns out, a book I had read years ago and loved. A happy coincidence.

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[Kay · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 1/2 Stars! ~ I read a book by Ms Greene a few years ago and promised myself to read more. So finally I've remembered my promise! Both our hero and heroine are in their mid-thirties and raising a teenager as a single parent. Cooper returns to his hometown bringing his troubled daughter with him. Living next door is Priss a woman he remembers as a free spirit from highschool, and her son, Matt. The story revolves around the issue of date rape and vulnerability. Coop is definite hero material. Not only is he sexy and outrageous, but he has a sensitivity to understand more than what's presented. Priss is a heroine with a very big and painful secret that has scarred her more than she ever realized. Coop brings out that free spirit that she used to have. This is a heart warming love story with a very satisfying HEA

[Hopefulpuffin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a bad book. Heroine with some PTSDish issues from her past.

And she's got short hair!