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After the U.S. president's wife hints that the death of her newborn son was not from natural causes, Washington reporter Barrie Travis travels to Wyoming to visit the First Lady's lover. On her return to Washington she finds that her house has been firebombed and the president's wife has gone into seclusion.

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I enjoyed the many directions this book took all the way to the very last page and I am still ponderring the last page even now a few hours later. Oh the tangled web of lives and deceipts.
A young hungry TV reporter gets the scoop of her life when she meets with the First Lady of the US. She gets tangled up with an unsavory bunch of people on and off the Beltway.This one keeps you guessing until the very end. A super who done it.
I really enjoyed this book. I was disappointed to see it had been previously published, I bought it thinking it was a new book. But I hadn't read it before and thought it aged pretty well. I enjoyed the characters and the relationships between them. I did think the ending was a bit too pat and the final twist was completely unnecessary.
Gagged my way through it in the car (it's audio). I didn't like the narrator, although she had a nice voice, she kept jumping in and out of accents with the same character. Tried to do male voices, not well. Ugh. Aside from that, the story was contrived and poorly researched. It could have been good, but the character interactions were wooden or predictable. Of course there was the mandatory torrid sex scene which was completely gratuitous and added nothing to the plot whatsoever. At least I know I needn't bother with Sandra Brown again. YMMV :)
Young Female protagonist. Fast-paced. Ir-reverential to protagonist's beauty/wits. Sustained thrill and suspense. Well-written. Finished reading in one evening. Some flaws, like later the possibility of budding romance and sainthood of male hero - was bit too much, a reminder of M & B (actually there were several more traces). But all in all delightful read. Pulp Fiction with requisite thrill and suspense.
There hasn't been a book written by Sandra Brown that I didn't like. I'm a huge fan of her and addicted got her genres and writing. She's the best in Thriller-Romance. I've read so many books for her and I wait for her books every year. Her writing style is just amazing.

Every now and then, I have to read a Thriller-Romane which is my favourite category/genre and who's better than Miss Brown?!

I had this on my shelf for over a year and thought it's time for some action and a lil bit of romance. This time, the action is taking place in the White House, when the baby boy of The United States President dies in his crib.

The First Lady contacts Barrie Travis, a TV host to signal for help and to find out who really killed her son. Barrie is show more eager to find out so she seeks the help of the former White House employee Gray Boundourant and from there, their journey begins.

I liked Gray's character, mysterious and tough, not the talkative guy who keeps many information to himself. Now, I felt overwhelmed with Barrie's character, one time I liked her, then I didn't like her, she irritated me in some ways. Now, the shocker is the First Lady's character, I loved how Sandra Brown built her complicated character.

The story was really good, I had a suspicion of my own on how the story will end but didn't see that coming in the last 3 pages of the book.

Loved it.
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Barie Travis is a reporter that is invited to lunch with the First Lady. This could be the first exclusive after the death of her son. Little does she know that this lunch not only could get her on the news, but possibly dead.

Sandra Brown has done it again in this great adventure of political cover ups and murder. I just love Brown's characters and details, it just brings the world to life.

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Sandra Brown is a LibraryThing Author, an author who lists their personal library on LibraryThing.

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Eby, Tanya (Reader)
Newman, Andrew (Cover designer)

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Canonical title*
Blindes Vertrauen
Original title
Exclusive
Original publication date
1996-07
People/Characters
Barrie Travis; Gray Bondurant; First Lady Vanessa Merritt
Important places
Washington, D.C., USA; Montana, USA
First words
"You're looking well, Mrs. Merritt."
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"When she called and suggested that I call you."
Original language
English
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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Romance
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PS3552 .R718 .E94Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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Reviews
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Rating
½ (3.59)
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Media
Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
ISBNs
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UPCs
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