July 2009
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Featuring: Sydney Hazlett; Jenner Redwine
336 pages ISBN: 0345486560 EAN: 9780345486561 Hardcover $26.00
Thriller, Romance Suspense
It’s true what they say: Money changes everything. And in
Linda Howard’s red-hot novel Burn, the changes come fast,
furious, and filled with the kind of sexy suspense, heart-
stopping romance, beautiful people, and risky business
guaranteed to give you the most bang for your buck.
Money certainly changes Jenner Redwine’s life when
she wins a lottery jackpot. But it also costs her plenty:
Her father rips her off and disappears, her fortune-
hunting boyfriend soon becomes her ex, and friends-turned-
freeloaders give her the cold shoulder when she stops
paying for everything.
Flush with new money,
Jenner can’t imagine ever finding a place in the world of
the wealthy. Seven years later, though, she’s rubbing
elbows with the rich, despite the fact she still feels
like a party crasher. Luckily she finds an ally–and a
guide to the rarefied realm of privilege–in shy, kind-
hearted heiress Sydney Hazlett, who quickly becomes
Jenner’s confidante and surrogate sister.
When
Sydney invites Jenner on a charity cruise aboard a luxury
liner, Jenner reluctantly agrees. But while she’s
expecting–and dreading–two weeks of masquerade balls, art
auctions, and preening glitterati, what she gets is more
like a Hitchcock movie than a Love Boat episode. Taken
hostage by a menacing stranger, Jenner must cooperate in a
mysterious cloak-and-dagger scheme–or else. With nowhere
to run, and with Sydney’s life as well as her own at risk,
Jenner is drawn into a game of dizzying intrigue and
harrowing danger. But as her panic gives way to
exhilaration, and fear of her captor turns to fascination,
Jenner rediscovers feelings she hasn’t had in years–and
realizes she’s found a life worth living. If she
survives.
