Envy

Sandra Brown

Aug 2013 · Sold by Grand Central Publishing

About this ebook

In this explosive page turner by a New York Times bestselling author, a book editor travels to a Southern island to work with a mysterious author–and ends up uncovering a shocking truth about a carefully concealed crime.
 
It's rare for an unsolicited manuscript to pique book editor Maris Matherly-Reed’s interest, but a new submission with blockbuster potential inspires her to seek out the author on an obscure island off the Georgia coast.
 
Parker Evans is a writer determined to conceal his identity as well as his past. As she begins to work with him, Maris suspects that his tale about a missing person might be closer to fact than fiction.
 
Disturbed by this realization–and her growing attraction to Parker–she searches for clues relating to a crime committed long ago. When someone close to Maris suddenly dies, an evil presence looms even closer: a man who will use anything–and anyone–to get what he wants . . .

Ratings and reviews

this book is gripping from the very beginning of page one. I have not found one of her books to be bad. This book unravels a murderous plot of revenge and secret agendas Pick u[p this book and you will read it one day if you enjoy reading as much as myself. I look forward to the next Sandra Brown novel and I wish she makes a series out of these characters.

Sorry to have to say that I found the beginning chapter far better written than the rest of the book. I simply can not see Maris, a high society lady, raised in a culture of manners and silver spoons, professional that she is, and let's not forget, deeply in love with her husband, so easily allowing and even accepting, PME using such foul language when speaking (flirting with) to her. As to Nadia with her "hundreds of past lovers". Really???? I guessing a woman who has had 100's of past lovers is going to look like a woman who has been screwed by that many men and therefore not be very attractive to anyone. Having grown up in the heat and humidity of Georgia, I don't think in less than a week, New York girl Maris is going to adjust to and come to love the sweltering heat so quickly. I was hoping for a good mystery with a touch of romance but what I got was a mystery swamped and ruined by the authors "none to real" people and her attempt to write a hip, hot romance.

I was home sick from work and had started this the night before and couldn't put it down until it was finished. Great story, great characters, great writing! Hope Sandra has another one like this...

About the author

Sandra Brown is the author of seventy-two New York Times bestsellers. There are over eighty million copies of her books in print worldwide, and her work has been translated into thirty-four languages. She lives in Texas. For more information you can visit www.SandraBrown.net.