![]() ![]() That alone was already such a great start to the book. Thatcher hitchhiked his way through the US on trains and had to literally jump off to safe his skin. And didn’t hesitate to do what needed to be done in a very resolute and capable way. Laurel, young but already going through one life lesson after another, was such a strong women, that became more obvious with each chapter. A time when making moonshine was a dangerous way of making a living. Different but GOOD!!! BLIND TIGER is set in the past. Her novels are always entertaining, have great romantic suspense, and a good amount of sexual tension between the couples.īut when I picked up BLIND TIGER I didn’t realize that this book would be vastly different to what I come to expect form this author. And over the years I come to expect a certain story. I have been reading and enjoying Sandra Brown books for many years now. Other awards and commendations include the 2007 Texas Medal of Arts Award for Literature and the Romance Writers of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She was named Thriller Master for 2008, the top award given by the International Thriller Writer’s Association. In 2009 Brown detoured from romantic suspense to write, Rainwater, a much acclaimed, powerfully moving historical fiction story about honor and sacrifice during the Great Depression.īrown was given an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Texas Christian University. Her work has been translated into over thirty languages. Sandra Brown is the author of more than sixty New York Times bestsellers, including STING (2016), FRICTION (2015), MEAN STREAK (2014), DEADLINE(2013), & LOW PRESSURE (2012), LETHAL (2011).īrown began her writing career in 1981 and since then has published over seventy novels, bringing the number of copies of her books in print worldwide to upwards of eighty million. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. ![]() As violence erupts, Laurel and-now deputy-Thatcher find themselves on opposite sides of a moonshine war, where blood flows as freely as whiskey. Her success quickly makes her a target for cutthroat competitors, whose only code of law is reprisal. Left destitute but determined to dictate her own future, Laurel plunges into the lucrative regional industry, much to the dislike of the good ol’ boys, who have ruled supreme. What was supposed to be a fresh start for Laurel Plummer turns to tragedy. and a young widow whose soft features conceal an iron will. Standing between him and exoneration are a corrupt mayor, a crooked sheriff, a notorious cathouse madam, a sly bootlegger, feuding moonshiners. Thatcher, the only stranger in town, is suspected of her abduction, and worse. ![]() On the day he arrives in Foley, Texas, a local woman goes missing. Thatcher Hutton, a war-weary soldier on the way back to his cowboy life, jumps from a moving freight train to avoid trouble. Prohibition is the new law of the land, but murder, mayhem, lust, and greed are already institutions in the Moonshine Capitol of Texas (Booklist, starred review). With a “knack for romantic tension and page-turning suspense, this one is a winner.” The year 1920 comes in with a roar in this rousing and suspenseful New York Times bestselling novel by Sandra Brown. ![]()
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