White Hot

Satisfactory

After waiting with baited breath to get my hands on this book, I was very disappointed when I finally finished it. This is the only Sandra Brown book which I've not consumed within days. I've read more Sandra brown books than I can remember and because of this I see the obvious repetition of characters and scenarios from her previous books.The story centres around a woman called Sayre who ran away from her domineering father and cruel older brother. Her youngest brother commits suicide and she returns to her home town to attend his funeral, only to discover that there was foul play involved in his death. She stays to uncover the mystery of his death and reluctantly feels an attraction for her father's lawyer who she tars with the same brush as her brother.Sandra seems to have a big problem with the south, because almost all her 'baddie' male characters are from there and seem to have an evilness about them that pollutes almost everything and this theme is again re-visited in Sayre's father. His character can be found in 'the witness'& 'fat Tuesday'. Then her brother's character can be found in 'the witness' & 'unspeakable'. Additionally, I could guess what made Sayre run away from her father about a 3rd into the book, just from reading another book, the name of which I won't give away - lest I spoil the book for those reading this.What particularly bothered me was the use of the 'n' word in the book and the presence of the 'mammy' character. Sayre's mother died when she was young and so she was brought up by a black woman. This black woman who raised her is still living in destiny and in the same house in which Sayre grew up and having raised the children of Sayre's father, he still uses the 'n' word to describe her. It's almost as if the civil rights movement passed this town by. I appreciate that the town ' destiny' is a small backward town with small town ideas about equality, and to be fair Sayre's father never actually calls the 'mammy' character a 'n' to her face, but he still shows her the disdain that some old slave master might show towards a slave whom he tolerates because of their usefulness. If this book was written in 1960,70 or even 80, I might ignore it, like I did with Sandra's book 'Slow Heat in Heavan', but this book is written in 2004. Anyway, I leave it to you to judge. But for me, this book was just a re-hash of old works, and has made me less of a fan. I will give it 3 stars only because the final twist was unexpected.

I like Sandra Browns books but this one was exceptionally brilliant it was a really convoluted twisted thriller and love story

Excellent twists and a plot that kept me turning the pages. Good chemistry between the hero and heroine and some decent character development!

Brown's books are always worth reading. They're intense and well plotted. She knows how people work, and what drives them.

Cannot wait to see the movie currently being filmed.Hot & steamy.