BURN by Linda Howard
reviewed by BEbabe Romance Reviewer Kathy Wheeler

First line: This was the vacation from hell.

Linda Howard — master storyteller. This hardback contemporary gives us a hard-assed heroine. Her life growing up was not an easy one. Her father, a user. So she picks men who are users. But at least she eventually sees through her mistakes and finally has enough. These are the things that create the person we become.

Then…she wins the lottery. Turns out she is not such an idiot, thanks to that user-father. Before she claims the ticket she sets herself up financially. A good thing, because the minute the news hits her father, he comes knocking. Cleans out her bank account, then of course, disappears. In life, as in Ms. Howard’s story, some things remain the same.

When the story moves forward by seven years, we find that she was really smart about the money, thank goodness. Always wary of friends, she accumulates just one. A very rich, very shy heiress who has booked the two of them on the cruise of a lifetime. Hence, the first line. This is all I will tell you. Except that….Linda Howard does not disappoint.

I buy all of her books—in hardback.

For readers who want to read long into the night. Long past time a normal person should be asleep. But only because you could not help yourself.

NOTE: This is a BEbabes September Top Pick. Get yours today by clicking on the cover in the sidebar or at your favorite bookseller.

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