Ballantine Books
July 2009
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Featuring: Sydney Hazlett; Jenner Redwine
336 pages ISBN: 0345486560 EAN: 9780345486561 Hardcover Add to Wish List
Itβs true what they say: Money changes everything. And in Linda Howardβs 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 Redwineβs 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 canβt imagine ever finding a place in the world of the wealthy. Seven years later, though, sheβs rubbing elbows with the rich, despite the fact she still feels like a party crasher. Luckily she finds an allyβand a guide to the rarefied realm of privilegeβin shy, kind- hearted heiress Sydney Hazlett, who quickly becomes Jennerβs confidante and surrogate sister.
When Sydney invites Jenner on a charity cruise aboard a luxury liner, Jenner reluctantly agrees. But while sheβs expectingβand dreadingβtwo 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 schemeβor else. With nowhere to run, and with Sydneyβs 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 hasnβt had in yearsβand realizes sheβs found a life worth living. If she survives.
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