Sandra Brown (1) (1948–)
Author of Chill Factor
For other authors named Sandra Brown, see the disambiguation page.
Sandra Brown (1) has been aliased into Erin St. Claire.
About the Author
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Series
Works by Sandra Brown
Works have been aliased into Erin St. Claire.
Standoff, Fat Tuesday, Smoke Screen, Ricochet, Play Dirty, Unspeakable & Hello, Darkness (7 Books) (2000) 77 copies, 1 review
Sandra Brown CD Collection 1: Bittersweet Rain / Sweet Anger / Eloquent Silence (Unabridged Audiobooks) (2006) 10 copies
Sandra Brown CD Collection 2: A Treasure Worth Seeking / Shadows of Yesterday / Prime Time (Unabridged Audiobooks) (2006) 8 copies
Sandra Brown CD Collection 3: Slow Heat in Heaven, Best Kept Secrets, Breath of Scandal (2008) 6 copies
The Sandra Brown Suspense Collection [Abridged Audiobooks: The Switch, Envy, The Crush] (2003) 5 copies
The Sandra Brown Collection: Riley in the Morning + In a Class by Itself + Thursday's Child — Author — 2 copies
Time-Life Book Digest: "I" is for Innocent | The Trail to Seven Pines | Who Killed My Daughter? | French Silk (1992) — Contributor — 2 copies
Led Astray (S. Brown) | First, Best, and Only (B. Delinsky) | The Wedding-Night Affair (M. Lee) | Fever Pitch (S. Woods) (2013) — Contributor — 2 copies
Tiger Prince, Tomorrow's Promise, Led Astray, In a Class by Itself, Tempest In Eden, Breath of Scandal (Sandra Browns, 6 Books) (1985) 2 copies
3 Sandra Brown Books! 1) Temperatures Rising 2) A Treasure Worth Seeking 3) Tiger Prince (2007) 1 copy
Double Image 1 copy
6 Mysteries By Sandra Brown - The Switch - Envy - Crush - Hello Darkness - White Hot - Chill Factor 1 copy
Author Sandra Brown Three Book Bundle Collection, Include: Where There's Smoke - Unspeakable - Charade (1995) 1 copy
A Secret Splendor (S. Brown) / From Glowing Embers (E. Richards) / Diamond Fire (A. Mather) / Daddy's Girl (B. Bretton) (2014) 1 copy
18 Sandra Brown novels 1 copy
Bestseller : Sandra 1 copy
Hey, Good Looking 1 copy
Associated Works
Works have been aliased into Erin St. Claire.
Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance (1992) — Contributor — 239 copies, 2 reviews
Reader's Digest Select Editions 2002 v01 #259: Envy / Entering Normal / A Mulligan for Bobby Jobe / Secret Sanction (2002) — Contributor — 32 copies
Reader's Digest Select Editions 2010 v04 #310: Villa Mirabella / Rainwater / The First Rule / The Girl Who Chased the Moon (2010) 12 copies
Reader's Digest Select Editions 2012 v02 #320: The Final Note / Dick Francis's Gamble / The Orchard / Lethal (2012) 10 copies
Reader's Digest Select Editions: Where the Shadows Lie (M. Ridpath) | Blood Lines (K. Casey) | The Mountain Between Us (C. Martin) | Rainwater (S. Brown) — Author — 5 copies
Gallows Thief (B. Cornwell) | Chesapeake Blue (N. Roberts) | A Place of Execution (V. McDermid) | Standoff (S. Brown) (2003) 4 copies, 1 review
Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Watchman / Best Foot Forward / Open Season / Envy (2002) — Author — 2 copies
Chasing Darkness (R. Crais) | Rainwater (S. Brown) | Nowhere to Run (C. J. Box) | The Art of Racing in the Rain (G. Stein) (2011) — Author — 2 copies
Code to Zero (K. Follett) / Envy (S. Brown) / Julie and Romeo (J. Ray) / The Other Side of Everest: Climbing the North Face Through the Killer Storm (M. Dickinson) — Author — 2 copies
Reader's Digest Book Selections: The Testament (J. Grisham) | Force 12 (J. Thayer) | Envy (S. Brown) | Entering Normal (A. Leclaire) (2002) — Contributor — 2 copies
Reader's Digest Select Editions 2014 v03 #333: Forever Friday / The Rosie Project / Deadline / The Melody of Secrets (2014) — Contributor — 1 copy
The Watchman (C. Ryan) | The Last Promise (R. P. Evans) | Standoff (S. Brown) | Street Boys (L. Carcaterra) (1998) — Author — 1 copy
The Woods (H. Coben) | The Wedding Officer (A. Capella) | Standoff (S. Brown) | Spreeuwenjong (L. Verbeeck) — Contributor — 1 copy, 1 review
Winter Garden (K. Hannah) | Ordinary Grace (W. K. Krueger) | Rainwater (S. Brown) | Endal (A. & S. Parton) (2000) — Author — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Cox Brown, Sandra Lynn
- Other names
- St. Claire, Erin
Ryan, Rachel
Jordan, Laura - Birthdate
- 1948-03-12
- Gender
- female
- Education
- Texas Christian University (English)
- Occupations
- feature reporter
model
author
weathercaster - Awards and honors
- Romance Writers of America (Lifetime Achievement Award ∙ 1998)
RT Career Acheivement Award
Distinguished Literary Achievement Award (B'nai Brith)
ITW Thrillermaster (2008) - Agent
- Maria Carvainis
- Relationships
- Brown, Ryan (Son)
- Short biography
- Sandra Brown is the author of over 70 published novels, including 57 New York Times bestsellers. She lives in Arlington Texas.Sandra Lynn Brown, (born March 12, 1948) is an American bestselling author of romantic novels and thriller suspense novels. Brown has also published works under the pen names of Rachel Ryan, Laura Jordan, and Erin St. Claire.
Sandra Brown was born in Waco, Texas, and raised in Fort Worth. She majored in English at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, but left college in 1968 to marry her husband, Michael Brown, a former television news anchor and award-winning documentarian, for Dust to Dust. They have one son, Ryan.
After her marriage, Brown worked for KLTV in Tyler as a weathercaster, then returned to the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area where she became a reporter for WFAA-TV's version of PM Magazine.
Brown started her writing career in 1981 after her husband dared her to. Since then, she has published nearly 70 novels and had more than 50 New York Times bestsellers. In 2008, she was presented with an honorary doctorate of humane letters from her alma mater, TCU.
Her novel French Silk was made into a movie, released in 1994, for television. Susan Lucci, Shari Belafonte, and Lee Horsley starred. In 2016, her novel White Hot was turned into a Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Original movie titled, Sandra Brown's White Hot.
In 2007, she contributed to Court TV's series Murder By The Book, about the murder of Betty Gore in Wylie, Texas, on June 13, 1980.
Her book Seeing Red was published on August 17, 2017.
In August 2018, her new book Tailspin published by Grand Central landed at #7 on The New York Times bestsellers list. - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Waco, Texas, USA
- Places of residence
- Waco, Texas, USA (Birth)
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Arlington, Texas, USA - Associated Place (for map)
- Texas, USA
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Reviews
I've read a variety of Sandra Brown books. Some are hits, some are misses. This one... is definitely a huge miss.
I can't remember the last time I came across a male lead that is so repugnant. Maybe Christian Gray, but Ty Beaumont gives that man a serious run for his money. I can't believe that Ms. Brown thought that such an egoistical jerk would make for a good romantic lead, because holy mother of god.
Sunny Chandler constantly rebuffs Ty's advances, and rightly so. However, not only does Ty show more disrespect Sunny's boundaries, he tramples over them, and then proceeds to drop trou and do a smelly number on them. This may sound like an exaggeration, but this man's attitude is so blatantly disrespectful that had I been in Sunny's place, I'd have punched him in the groin. He keeps touching Sunny after she pulls away from him or pushes him away and he never listens to her when she says 'no'.
Yep. She tells him no at least a dozen or so times in this book, and he ignores her every single time. He refuses to leave her house when she tells him to, he keeps closing in on her when she tells him to back off, he keeps telling her he'll get her in bed when she tells him it's not going to happen, and so on.
This is bad enough, but then Sunny lets herself get worn down. One night, Ty tells her that she will be going out with him and that he will pick her up at 7. He doesn't ask her, he TELLS her. Instead of finding something else to do, she gets herself ready for the date and goes with him.
As you probably figured, at the end of this book they end up together. However, even after he has "won", Ty continues to boss her around and condescends to her. He TELLS her she will marry him, that she will have children with him, that she will have her business in the town instead of going back to New Orleans as she had been planning to do after her friend's wedding. He even tells her that she wouldn't know what was good for her if it bit her. WHY OH WHY didn't she slap him for that?
Ty might have plenty of physical/sexual appeal, but god, his attitude is the exact opposite, and I was angry with Sunny for capitulating to him in the end.
So why two stars instead of one? Well, Ms. Brown has a good writing style, and some of Sunny's comebacks/rejections of Ty were clever, so I give an extra star for that. show less
I can't remember the last time I came across a male lead that is so repugnant. Maybe Christian Gray, but Ty Beaumont gives that man a serious run for his money. I can't believe that Ms. Brown thought that such an egoistical jerk would make for a good romantic lead, because holy mother of god.
Sunny Chandler constantly rebuffs Ty's advances, and rightly so. However, not only does Ty show more disrespect Sunny's boundaries, he tramples over them, and then proceeds to drop trou and do a smelly number on them. This may sound like an exaggeration, but this man's attitude is so blatantly disrespectful that had I been in Sunny's place, I'd have punched him in the groin. He keeps touching Sunny after she pulls away from him or pushes him away and he never listens to her when she says 'no'.
Yep. She tells him no at least a dozen or so times in this book, and he ignores her every single time. He refuses to leave her house when she tells him to, he keeps closing in on her when she tells him to back off, he keeps telling her he'll get her in bed when she tells him it's not going to happen, and so on.
This is bad enough, but then Sunny lets herself get worn down. One night, Ty tells her that she will be going out with him and that he will pick her up at 7. He doesn't ask her, he TELLS her. Instead of finding something else to do, she gets herself ready for the date and goes with him.
As you probably figured, at the end of this book they end up together. However, even after he has "won", Ty continues to boss her around and condescends to her. He TELLS her she will marry him, that she will have children with him, that she will have her business in the town instead of going back to New Orleans as she had been planning to do after her friend's wedding. He even tells her that she wouldn't know what was good for her if it bit her. WHY OH WHY didn't she slap him for that?
Ty might have plenty of physical/sexual appeal, but god, his attitude is the exact opposite, and I was angry with Sunny for capitulating to him in the end.
So why two stars instead of one? Well, Ms. Brown has a good writing style, and some of Sunny's comebacks/rejections of Ty were clever, so I give an extra star for that. show less
Sandra Brown has built her stellar career on gritty stories that always involve high tension: political, social, personal, psychological, and, of course, sexual. Often with anti-hero protagonists, chilling antagonists, and a cadre of deeply drawn supporting characters, her stories are edge-of-the-seat, deep-into-the-night tales. Deadline is such a story.
Dawson Scott is a highly-respected journalist, freshly back from war-torn Afghanistan where he brought back a bag full of soldier stories as show more well as a dose of PTSD so severe he must self-medicate with alcohol and psychotropic drugs to fend off his nightmare-driven insomnia. The last thing he wants is another story about a damaged soldier. But retiring FBI agent Gary Headly, who is Dawson’s godfather, convinces him to dig into the love-triangle murder of Marine Jeremy Wesson and Darlene Strong by Darlene’s husband Willard.
Dawson resists the story, thinking sitting in on the trial a waste of time. But since his godfather requested he do so and since his other option was to follow orders from his editor and cover a story about blind balloonists, he plops down in the courtroom, bored and disinterested. Until the beautiful Amelia, Jeremy Wesson’s ex-wife and witness for the prosecution, walks into the courtroom. After her direct testimony is completed, the trial recesses for a long holiday weekend after which she must return for what is anticipated to be a grueling cross examination. Dawson follows her to a small coastal South Carolina island where she and her two young sons are hiding from the media storm surrounding the sensational case. He leases the house next door in the hopes of an interview, not to mention getting to know her a better, unaware of how their lives will intertwine.
But is he the only one keeping an eye on Amelia? Is there more to the story than a simple double murder?
For Amelia, the long weekend is anything but relaxing. Odd things begin happening. Lost articles turn up in strange places, broken items are miraculously repaired. By whom? Why? The stranger next door, Dawson Scott, befriends her sons and her nanny, who later turns up murdered while a violent storm hammers the coast. Her only ally seems to be the kindly old man who has rented the house next to hers every summer for many years.
From Dawson, Amelia learns more about her ex-husband’s past than she ever wanted to know. More than she wants her sons to know about their father. And each revelation raises more questions. Is her ex truly dead? After all, he body was never found. Where is her long-missing father-in-law Carl Wingert, a domestic terrorist and one of the FBI’s Most Wanted. When last seen decades earlier, he was head of the Rangers of Righteousness and disappeared during a Ruby Ridge-type shootout with Agent Headly at Golden Branch, Oregon. Has he reentered Amelia’s life? Does he have a role in the double murder, or the strange happenings? Who killed her nanny? Who wants her dead? And more importantly why? Who can she trust?
The answer to each of these questions is revealed in a fast-paced conclusion that will keep the reader guessing until the end. Not to mention up late flipping pages.
This story is classic Sandra Brown. It is intelligently written, deftly paced, and convoluted to the point that each character must dig deep into his or her own past and current psyche to make sense of the chaotic world around them. Highly recommended.
DP Lyle, award-winning author of the Dub Walker and Samantha Cody thriller series show less
Dawson Scott is a highly-respected journalist, freshly back from war-torn Afghanistan where he brought back a bag full of soldier stories as show more well as a dose of PTSD so severe he must self-medicate with alcohol and psychotropic drugs to fend off his nightmare-driven insomnia. The last thing he wants is another story about a damaged soldier. But retiring FBI agent Gary Headly, who is Dawson’s godfather, convinces him to dig into the love-triangle murder of Marine Jeremy Wesson and Darlene Strong by Darlene’s husband Willard.
Dawson resists the story, thinking sitting in on the trial a waste of time. But since his godfather requested he do so and since his other option was to follow orders from his editor and cover a story about blind balloonists, he plops down in the courtroom, bored and disinterested. Until the beautiful Amelia, Jeremy Wesson’s ex-wife and witness for the prosecution, walks into the courtroom. After her direct testimony is completed, the trial recesses for a long holiday weekend after which she must return for what is anticipated to be a grueling cross examination. Dawson follows her to a small coastal South Carolina island where she and her two young sons are hiding from the media storm surrounding the sensational case. He leases the house next door in the hopes of an interview, not to mention getting to know her a better, unaware of how their lives will intertwine.
But is he the only one keeping an eye on Amelia? Is there more to the story than a simple double murder?
For Amelia, the long weekend is anything but relaxing. Odd things begin happening. Lost articles turn up in strange places, broken items are miraculously repaired. By whom? Why? The stranger next door, Dawson Scott, befriends her sons and her nanny, who later turns up murdered while a violent storm hammers the coast. Her only ally seems to be the kindly old man who has rented the house next to hers every summer for many years.
From Dawson, Amelia learns more about her ex-husband’s past than she ever wanted to know. More than she wants her sons to know about their father. And each revelation raises more questions. Is her ex truly dead? After all, he body was never found. Where is her long-missing father-in-law Carl Wingert, a domestic terrorist and one of the FBI’s Most Wanted. When last seen decades earlier, he was head of the Rangers of Righteousness and disappeared during a Ruby Ridge-type shootout with Agent Headly at Golden Branch, Oregon. Has he reentered Amelia’s life? Does he have a role in the double murder, or the strange happenings? Who killed her nanny? Who wants her dead? And more importantly why? Who can she trust?
The answer to each of these questions is revealed in a fast-paced conclusion that will keep the reader guessing until the end. Not to mention up late flipping pages.
This story is classic Sandra Brown. It is intelligently written, deftly paced, and convoluted to the point that each character must dig deep into his or her own past and current psyche to make sense of the chaotic world around them. Highly recommended.
DP Lyle, award-winning author of the Dub Walker and Samantha Cody thriller series show less
Paris Gibson is a late-night radio host on a station that plays love songs. She has a sultry voice and sexy vibe that keeps her fans tuning in night after night. It's a job she loves until one night, Valentino, a fan who calls in regularly, tells her he's going to kill a young girl within 72 hours, and it's her fault. From there, the story becomes a nightmare of sex, violence, and murder. Austin's finest, including Paris's old friend, Dean, become involved and do their best to track down show more this sadistic psychopath before he carries out his threat.
Aside from dealing with sick, perverted sex addicts, 'hello, darkness' also deals with the challenges of parenting and teen rebellion. The smart-alecky teenagers in this book took me back to my younger days when I was dealing with one myself. Ugh! Not fun. Although the subject matter was hardcore, this story's suspenseful and fast-paced plot held me spellbound. I was hooked from the first page and was utterly impressed with the surprising end. I recommend you don't read this one on a night when you're alone in the house. show less
Aside from dealing with sick, perverted sex addicts, 'hello, darkness' also deals with the challenges of parenting and teen rebellion. The smart-alecky teenagers in this book took me back to my younger days when I was dealing with one myself. Ugh! Not fun. Although the subject matter was hardcore, this story's suspenseful and fast-paced plot held me spellbound. I was hooked from the first page and was utterly impressed with the surprising end. I recommend you don't read this one on a night when you're alone in the house. show less
We have some young, hormonal boys out drinking, bored and looking for something to do. I see nothing good coming from it..and I hated to be right.
Noel is the sheriff’s kid and is a spoiled pig, a creep, and I think he will grow up to be a very bad man. He had the best of everything and thought Jade would fit right in. She sure didn’t and snubbed him. Jade’s mom thinks it’s a great idea, but Jade has her eyes set on Gary.
I quickly figured out what is to come, but there was lots of show more anticipation and tension created while I waited for it. That is why I love Sandra Brown. Just because I know what’s coming, her writing makes for page turning, white knuckled reading. The writing is so good, I smell the beer on his breath, feel the slime of the mud as we crawl through the car ruts and the cold swampy water as we huddle in the ditch, terrified.
I felt the fear before Jade did, because, as a reader, I know what is coming before she does. LOL I cringe as I think of it. I feel it is going to be so much worse than she can imagine….and I’m right. I am horrified!
I am so pissed off!!!! Breath of Scandal reads like a true story. I want to throw my Kindle at the wall I am so ticked off. I had to stop reading for a moment and catch my breath, get my emotions under control. AND, I am only at 15%. It is so hard to describe the emotions bubbling through my veins, racing through my mind, aghast at the abuse and misuse of power and the nonchalance of the characters involved, from the bad guy, the cop, her friend, and her own mother, probably the biggest betrayal of all.
Crowd mentality can cause people to take on newer and darker personality traits. The wealthy and powerful rule and think that laws were made for other people, not them. Is the one aiding and abetting as despicable as the actual villain?
I’m beginning to plot Jade’s revenge for her. I love her ability to pick herself up and go on. I love her grit and determination.
The only downside was when Sandra Brown veered off topic to tell Dillon and Debra’s story, but there must be a reason????
Breath of Scandal by Sandra Brown had all my emotions raging. Dying would be too good for the evil characters, and believe me, they are evil. A death sentence would be too good for them.
I could rant on and on, but I think I have said enough. If you love your emotions running the gamut, disgusting villains, and a protagonist that will have their day, then you need to grab a copy now!
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Breath of Scandal by Sandra Brown.
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Noel is the sheriff’s kid and is a spoiled pig, a creep, and I think he will grow up to be a very bad man. He had the best of everything and thought Jade would fit right in. She sure didn’t and snubbed him. Jade’s mom thinks it’s a great idea, but Jade has her eyes set on Gary.
I quickly figured out what is to come, but there was lots of show more anticipation and tension created while I waited for it. That is why I love Sandra Brown. Just because I know what’s coming, her writing makes for page turning, white knuckled reading. The writing is so good, I smell the beer on his breath, feel the slime of the mud as we crawl through the car ruts and the cold swampy water as we huddle in the ditch, terrified.
I felt the fear before Jade did, because, as a reader, I know what is coming before she does. LOL I cringe as I think of it. I feel it is going to be so much worse than she can imagine….and I’m right. I am horrified!
I am so pissed off!!!! Breath of Scandal reads like a true story. I want to throw my Kindle at the wall I am so ticked off. I had to stop reading for a moment and catch my breath, get my emotions under control. AND, I am only at 15%. It is so hard to describe the emotions bubbling through my veins, racing through my mind, aghast at the abuse and misuse of power and the nonchalance of the characters involved, from the bad guy, the cop, her friend, and her own mother, probably the biggest betrayal of all.
Crowd mentality can cause people to take on newer and darker personality traits. The wealthy and powerful rule and think that laws were made for other people, not them. Is the one aiding and abetting as despicable as the actual villain?
I’m beginning to plot Jade’s revenge for her. I love her ability to pick herself up and go on. I love her grit and determination.
The only downside was when Sandra Brown veered off topic to tell Dillon and Debra’s story, but there must be a reason????
Breath of Scandal by Sandra Brown had all my emotions raging. Dying would be too good for the evil characters, and believe me, they are evil. A death sentence would be too good for them.
I could rant on and on, but I think I have said enough. If you love your emotions running the gamut, disgusting villains, and a protagonist that will have their day, then you need to grab a copy now!
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Breath of Scandal by Sandra Brown.
See more at http://www.fundinmental.com show less
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