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Fat Tuesday
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This “cleverly plotted” New York Times bestseller (Booklist) from “a masterful storyteller” (USA Today) is “more than satisfying” (Kirkus Reviews). After a corrupt attorney lets killers get away in the wake of a tragedy, New Orleans police officer Burke Basile exacts revenge by kidnapping the lawyer’s wife. But he didn’t expect to find attraction there…
New York Times best-selling author Sandra Brown's latest romantic thriller is set against the lively and decadent backdrop of New Orleans - where, to avenge the acquittal of his partner's murderer, a policeman kidnaps the defense lawyer's wife.
This “cleverly plotted” New York Times bestseller (Booklist) from “a masterful storyteller” (USA Today) is “more than satisfying” (Kirkus Reviews). After a corrupt attorney lets killers get away in the wake of a tragedy, New Orleans police officer Burke Basile exacts revenge by kidnapping the lawyer’s wife. But he didn’t expect to find attraction there…
New York Times best-selling author Sandra Brown's latest romantic thriller is set against the lively and decadent backdrop of New Orleans - where, to avenge the acquittal of his partner's murderer, a policeman kidnaps the defense lawyer's wife.
458 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1997
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Sandra Brown
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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).
Brown 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. Her work has been translated into over thirty languages.
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.
Brown was given an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Texas Christian University. She was named Thriller Master for 2008, the top award given by the International Thriller Writer’s Association. Other awards and commendations include the 2007 Texas Medal of Arts Award for Literature and the Romance Writers of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
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).
Brown 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. Her work has been translated into over thirty languages.
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.
Brown was given an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Texas Christian University. She was named Thriller Master for 2008, the top award given by the International Thriller Writer’s Association. Other awards and commendations include the 2007 Texas Medal of Arts Award for Literature and the Romance Writers of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
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August 2, 2015
After a very slow start, I ended up really enjoying this one. I do have to say though, if you are already a Sandra Brown fan I'm guessing you’ll enjoy it too but if you have never read any of her books, this one might not be the best one to start with.
Anywhoooo, in Fat Tuesday we meet Burke Basile and Remy Duvall. I’d be amiss if I didn’t mention the rather repulsive Pinkie Duvall and Wayne Bardo too. These two just bugged the crap out of me. There was not one thing I like about them but I am sure that was the point of their characters.
The setting is New Orleans (of course with the title Fat Tuesday) and the story encompasses the beauty and excitement that surrounds the people there.
There is corruption going on in the N O P D that has caused people to be on edge. Burke Basile, a narcotics officer, has suffered the loss of his partner at his own hands. The courts have returned no justice so he decides to take matters into his own hands. He separates himself from the police force and sets out on his on vendetta.
Burke ~ was your typical SB bad-tempered yet sexy hero. Not much was going his way and where he had found happiness in the past was no longer there for him. When he decides to seek vengeance again Pinkie Duvall he winds up taking on a “partner” that makes him a bit edgy and ends up playing a role that he had no business doing. But it was a way to get to the one person that Pinkie controlled and worshipped. His wife Remy.
Remy ~ there was a certain innocence about her. Though being married to Pinkie would lead you to think differently. They guy was ruthless but Remy had bought her freedom with him. He was her and her sister’s way out of a life that only brought her shame.
As Burke’s plan for vengeance starts to unfold some things go as planned while other things do not. Keeping Remy at his fishing cabin on the edge of a Louisiana swamp gave them the leverage to lure Pinkie in but it also put him in a situation where he would be tempted. Burke lusted after Remy and didn’t want to desire her the way he did. It would be a battle he’d end up losing.
In the last 20% of the book things get absolutely crazy. The suspense heightened and there a few twists and turns. Sandra Brown always has the knack for throwing in something unexpected and I love that. I also love how the side characters are constantly throughout the book and not just popping up within a few scenes. Gregory, Ruby and Dredd all added that little extra something. ❤
Anywhoooo, in Fat Tuesday we meet Burke Basile and Remy Duvall. I’d be amiss if I didn’t mention the rather repulsive Pinkie Duvall and Wayne Bardo too. These two just bugged the crap out of me. There was not one thing I like about them but I am sure that was the point of their characters.
The setting is New Orleans (of course with the title Fat Tuesday) and the story encompasses the beauty and excitement that surrounds the people there.
There is corruption going on in the N O P D that has caused people to be on edge. Burke Basile, a narcotics officer, has suffered the loss of his partner at his own hands. The courts have returned no justice so he decides to take matters into his own hands. He separates himself from the police force and sets out on his on vendetta.
Burke ~ was your typical SB bad-tempered yet sexy hero. Not much was going his way and where he had found happiness in the past was no longer there for him. When he decides to seek vengeance again Pinkie Duvall he winds up taking on a “partner” that makes him a bit edgy and ends up playing a role that he had no business doing. But it was a way to get to the one person that Pinkie controlled and worshipped. His wife Remy.
Remy ~ there was a certain innocence about her. Though being married to Pinkie would lead you to think differently. They guy was ruthless but Remy had bought her freedom with him. He was her and her sister’s way out of a life that only brought her shame.
As Burke’s plan for vengeance starts to unfold some things go as planned while other things do not. Keeping Remy at his fishing cabin on the edge of a Louisiana swamp gave them the leverage to lure Pinkie in but it also put him in a situation where he would be tempted. Burke lusted after Remy and didn’t want to desire her the way he did. It would be a battle he’d end up losing.
In the last 20% of the book things get absolutely crazy. The suspense heightened and there a few twists and turns. Sandra Brown always has the knack for throwing in something unexpected and I love that. I also love how the side characters are constantly throughout the book and not just popping up within a few scenes. Gregory, Ruby and Dredd all added that little extra something. ❤
December 10, 2014
I should do my reviews straight away. LOL, I know I liked it but not sure if it was a 4 or 5 star read. I read it over 3 weeks ago... I know, I know, my memory is dreadful. It was good though, I do remember that.
Burke Basile is a cop with nothing left to lose. Haunted by his partner's death, his marriage and his career over, he focuses on his nemesis, Pinkie Duvall, a flamboyant attorney who helps killers evade justice. Burke's shocking revenge centers around kidnapping Remy, the lawyer's trophy wife. But Burke hasn't planned on the electric attraction he'll feel for this desperate woman, who rose from the slums of New Orleans to marry a man she can never love. Nor can he predict the fierce duel that will explode as the clock ticks toward midnight on Fat Tuesday, when all masks will be stripped away--and Burke must confront his own terrifying secret.
With that, his lips searched blindly for hers. He kissed her hard, crushing her mouth first at one angle, then another, and yet another. He was awkward, clumsy even. But ravenous men eat gracelessly
February 5, 2025
I've seen Sandra Brown's novels around for years, but I always avoided them, probably because I was afraid there would be too much boring police work and icky crime scenes (like in Laura Griffin's technically excellent but romantically dull TRACER series) and not enough hot-blooded sex and steamy sexual tension.
Well, I was really wrong to avoid Sandra Brown, because FAT TUESDAY is an amazing book! And yet what shocked me as I kept on reading was that I loved this book precisely because it's NOT a romance novel. Over and over I saw things happen that NEVER happen in a romance novel.
The hero and heroine are BOTH married to other people as the story opens. Neither of them are virgins. Burke Basile is a bored, resentful cop, and he's very frank about how much he hates married life and how little respect he has for his wife. When he catches her cheating with the local football coach, he beats the crap out of the guy, and calls his wife every name in the book. Stuff like that just doesn't happen in romance novels!
Remy the heroine starts out as a weak-willed, passive trophy wife, married to a sleazy lawyer. At first I thought Pinky Duvall would be a funny crooked lawyer, like Saul Goodman on BREAKING BAD, my all time favorite TV show. But no! Pinkie Duvall is slimy all right, but he's also deadly. He's a defense lawyer who has half the cops in New Orleans on his payroll, and he's got his hooks into everything dirty that happens in the city, from drugs to prostitution. Nobody crosses him, certainly not his terrified and weak-willed wife. I loved Pinkie because he's the opposite of the usual romance novel villain who's either a sniveling weakling or a crazed psycho. Pinkie has the brain power to build up a whole empire based on sin, and he has every kind of sinister henchman you can imagine, from slimy sex offenders who like to play with knives to gigantic brutes who break skulls like walnuts to high ranking cops who lose their souls while trying to bring him down.
So when Burke Basile gets framed for shooting his partner and Pinky Duvall gets the real killer off the hook, it's not like a romance novel at all. I mean, Remy is stunning and Burke is so turned on by her he actually masturbates in her honor while lying in the bathtub drinking whiskey after he quits the police force and walks out on his wife. This stuff was so nasty I nearly had a heart attack! It wasn't romantic, but it was almost terrifyingly real and dirty and sexy all at the same time. So then, Burke has nothing more to lose, and he decides he might as well kidnap Remy, and when Pinky Duvall's goons come after him, he's just going to kill as many of them as he can before they get him. Sort of like a plains Indian making his last stand!
What shocked me was that as Remy and Burke got to know each other things really did become romantic, but not in the usual way of romance novels. I mean, the two of them have really, really good reasons to hate each other and they're not shy about throwing all kinds of horrible and true accussations right into each other's faces. But once they're out there all alone in the endless bayous of Louisiana, each one starts to realize the other one is far more complicated than they thought. And when Pinky finally comes after them he finds he has two enemies instead of one, each one far more formidable now that they're working together.
I loved this book so much because it had a much stronger villain than most romance novels, a much more realistic view of cops and criminals, and a much more suspenseful plot with a lot of twists and turns. I also loved the supporting cast, several of whom were so charismatic they just jumped off the page and made me wish I would see them again in some other book. My favorites were Remy's kid sister Flarra, so flirty and innocent and full of life, and Dredd, the Cajun swamp rat with the sinister past. I also loved Gregory James, the timid sex offender who becomes a most unlikely hero. (He was a bit of a gay stereotype, but I loved his redemption all the same. And he totally reminded me of Richard Peed in Stephen Hunter's DIRTY WHITE BOYS.) But my favorite supporting character hands down was Madame Ruby, who runs a very, very refined and expensive bordello, and who manages to come across as both elegant and ruthless. She has ice water in her veins when it comes to fighting for her business, yet when she's dealing with her young girls she comes across as strict and firm but also caring and almost motherly. I would love to see her in some other book!
So summing it all up, I never even thought of reading Sandra Brown before I read FAT TUESDAY, and now I can't believe how much I was missing!
Well, I was really wrong to avoid Sandra Brown, because FAT TUESDAY is an amazing book! And yet what shocked me as I kept on reading was that I loved this book precisely because it's NOT a romance novel. Over and over I saw things happen that NEVER happen in a romance novel.
The hero and heroine are BOTH married to other people as the story opens. Neither of them are virgins. Burke Basile is a bored, resentful cop, and he's very frank about how much he hates married life and how little respect he has for his wife. When he catches her cheating with the local football coach, he beats the crap out of the guy, and calls his wife every name in the book. Stuff like that just doesn't happen in romance novels!
Remy the heroine starts out as a weak-willed, passive trophy wife, married to a sleazy lawyer. At first I thought Pinky Duvall would be a funny crooked lawyer, like Saul Goodman on BREAKING BAD, my all time favorite TV show. But no! Pinkie Duvall is slimy all right, but he's also deadly. He's a defense lawyer who has half the cops in New Orleans on his payroll, and he's got his hooks into everything dirty that happens in the city, from drugs to prostitution. Nobody crosses him, certainly not his terrified and weak-willed wife. I loved Pinkie because he's the opposite of the usual romance novel villain who's either a sniveling weakling or a crazed psycho. Pinkie has the brain power to build up a whole empire based on sin, and he has every kind of sinister henchman you can imagine, from slimy sex offenders who like to play with knives to gigantic brutes who break skulls like walnuts to high ranking cops who lose their souls while trying to bring him down.
So when Burke Basile gets framed for shooting his partner and Pinky Duvall gets the real killer off the hook, it's not like a romance novel at all. I mean, Remy is stunning and Burke is so turned on by her he actually masturbates in her honor while lying in the bathtub drinking whiskey after he quits the police force and walks out on his wife. This stuff was so nasty I nearly had a heart attack! It wasn't romantic, but it was almost terrifyingly real and dirty and sexy all at the same time. So then, Burke has nothing more to lose, and he decides he might as well kidnap Remy, and when Pinky Duvall's goons come after him, he's just going to kill as many of them as he can before they get him. Sort of like a plains Indian making his last stand!
What shocked me was that as Remy and Burke got to know each other things really did become romantic, but not in the usual way of romance novels. I mean, the two of them have really, really good reasons to hate each other and they're not shy about throwing all kinds of horrible and true accussations right into each other's faces. But once they're out there all alone in the endless bayous of Louisiana, each one starts to realize the other one is far more complicated than they thought. And when Pinky finally comes after them he finds he has two enemies instead of one, each one far more formidable now that they're working together.
I loved this book so much because it had a much stronger villain than most romance novels, a much more realistic view of cops and criminals, and a much more suspenseful plot with a lot of twists and turns. I also loved the supporting cast, several of whom were so charismatic they just jumped off the page and made me wish I would see them again in some other book. My favorites were Remy's kid sister Flarra, so flirty and innocent and full of life, and Dredd, the Cajun swamp rat with the sinister past. I also loved Gregory James, the timid sex offender who becomes a most unlikely hero. (He was a bit of a gay stereotype, but I loved his redemption all the same. And he totally reminded me of Richard Peed in Stephen Hunter's DIRTY WHITE BOYS.) But my favorite supporting character hands down was Madame Ruby, who runs a very, very refined and expensive bordello, and who manages to come across as both elegant and ruthless. She has ice water in her veins when it comes to fighting for her business, yet when she's dealing with her young girls she comes across as strict and firm but also caring and almost motherly. I would love to see her in some other book!
So summing it all up, I never even thought of reading Sandra Brown before I read FAT TUESDAY, and now I can't believe how much I was missing!
October 10, 2018
Review was written October 9, 2018
4 Stars - Thrilling good and perfect for me today
I listened to the 13:30 hours audiobook narrated by Jack Garrett.
Always glad to be back to a romantic suspense book by Sandra Brown. — Two and a half hour in and I was hooked to the story, liked these main characters and enjoyed listening to this for me new narrator.
Fat Tuesday is from 1997 and is the story about the cop Burke Basile who wants to get revenge. A, in his opinion, very corrupt and evil lawyer has cost him both his best police colleague’s life and at last also Burke’s own beloved job. Desperate it seems like a good idea to kidnapp the lawyers young and beautiful trophy wife Remy Duvall. Or isn’t it? She is extremely attractive and Burke feels it...💘
What to say?
Simply another good enough romantic suspense as always from Ms Brown. I truly enjoy them every time. Evil men with next to unbelievable huge black nasty hearts, good brave guys, elegant intelligent heroines and a dream alpha hero. All kisses are intensely hot and you can always hope for a sincerely romantic ending — Favorites!
I LIKE - to listening to SB books
4 Stars - Thrilling good and perfect for me today
I listened to the 13:30 hours audiobook narrated by Jack Garrett.
Always glad to be back to a romantic suspense book by Sandra Brown. — Two and a half hour in and I was hooked to the story, liked these main characters and enjoyed listening to this for me new narrator.
Fat Tuesday is from 1997 and is the story about the cop Burke Basile who wants to get revenge. A, in his opinion, very corrupt and evil lawyer has cost him both his best police colleague’s life and at last also Burke’s own beloved job. Desperate it seems like a good idea to kidnapp the lawyers young and beautiful trophy wife Remy Duvall. Or isn’t it? She is extremely attractive and Burke feels it...💘
What to say?
Simply another good enough romantic suspense as always from Ms Brown. I truly enjoy them every time. Evil men with next to unbelievable huge black nasty hearts, good brave guys, elegant intelligent heroines and a dream alpha hero. All kisses are intensely hot and you can always hope for a sincerely romantic ending — Favorites!
I LIKE - to listening to SB books
May 26, 2011
Sandra Brown is one of my favorites. I had not read this one. ( She has a lot of books!) It is an older title, 1989. But, it wasn't dated like many from that era can be. It was an uplifting story, which has been written many times over, about a woman who is able to escape a powerful, emotionally abusive husband and find true love, but it is also a crime novel with a few big surprises along the way. Romantic suspense is always a big favorite of mine, and so I really enjoyed this one. If you can find a copy or if Amazon has if available for kindle, I would suggest it for all Sandra Brown fans and fans of romantic suspense.
June 7, 2015
The villain was a completely deranged psycho.
The heroine was boring.
The hero was unstable.
I had a hard time believing the roles of these three characters in book. Also, there wasn't any strong connection between H/h. No chemistry whatsoever. The mystery did help move story forward, but everything else seemed flat. This book was not a good read for me.
The heroine was boring.
The hero was unstable.
I had a hard time believing the roles of these three characters in book. Also, there wasn't any strong connection between H/h. No chemistry whatsoever. The mystery did help move story forward, but everything else seemed flat. This book was not a good read for me.
April 10, 2020
3 stars
Read in March. Completed March 10, 2020
It has been some time since I have read a Sandra Brown novel. She used to be my go-to author when I needed something light or a change of venue. For years I read every single book she wrote, then about 20 yrs ago I started to expand my list of authors. This is the first Brown book I have picked up since and it is an older publication - from 1997.
I see why I went to Brown as a pallet cleanser. Her books are easy reads, no big twists or turns, everything seems to settle out as you expect it to. It is like settling down into a comfy couch, that surrounds you with warmth and allows you to rest your mind.
This particular book takes place in Louisiana during Mardi Gras. A rebellious ex-detective takes revenge on a Defense Attorney and in the interim takes his wife 'hostage'.
Typical Brown plot - hero, villain and charming lady. You need only to change the professions from book to book.
Read in March. Completed March 10, 2020
It has been some time since I have read a Sandra Brown novel. She used to be my go-to author when I needed something light or a change of venue. For years I read every single book she wrote, then about 20 yrs ago I started to expand my list of authors. This is the first Brown book I have picked up since and it is an older publication - from 1997.
I see why I went to Brown as a pallet cleanser. Her books are easy reads, no big twists or turns, everything seems to settle out as you expect it to. It is like settling down into a comfy couch, that surrounds you with warmth and allows you to rest your mind.
This particular book takes place in Louisiana during Mardi Gras. A rebellious ex-detective takes revenge on a Defense Attorney and in the interim takes his wife 'hostage'.
Typical Brown plot - hero, villain and charming lady. You need only to change the professions from book to book.
April 26, 2021
I read a lot of Sandra Brown books back when I was a kid in high school. But it's been years since I've really picked up anything by her. I remember liking her stuff a lot, but I have to say this story didn't meet my remembrance. How much of that is being older, and how much is just this particular book I don't know. There is really no romance to this story as all. There's absolutely zero reason for these two people to suddenly decide they're in love. There's no effort put into the development of their feelings for each other. Burke kidnaps Remy and a day later essentially they're in love with no real interaction between them.
I didn't love the plot all that much either. This was based on vengeance not justice and even though Pinky Duvall was absolutely reprehensible I wasn't really on Burke's side based on his methods. This wraps everything up in a tidy bow, but doesn't really go through all the steps to get you there. That being said there is a good quality to the writing, and the story moved along nicely. I just personally didn't enjoy a lot of the characters decisions, which left me enjoying the story less than I would have liked.
I didn't love the plot all that much either. This was based on vengeance not justice and even though Pinky Duvall was absolutely reprehensible I wasn't really on Burke's side based on his methods. This wraps everything up in a tidy bow, but doesn't really go through all the steps to get you there. That being said there is a good quality to the writing, and the story moved along nicely. I just personally didn't enjoy a lot of the characters decisions, which left me enjoying the story less than I would have liked.
November 28, 2022
Kova tarp policijos pareigūno Beizilo ir advokato Pinkio Diuvalio. Iš pažiūros atrodo abu turėtų kovoti gėrio pusėje, bet advokatas Diuvalis vis padeda žudikams išvengti kalėjimo. Kas po visu tuo slypi?
Ištikrųjų iš šios knygos tikėjausi visai kitokios istorijos, todėl buvo sunku ją vertinti. Lyg ir įdomu, bet tuo pačiu ir kažko pritrūko.
Labai patiko Beizilo portretas. Kietas, nepalaužiamas, neieškantis žodžio kišenėje vyrukas. Ypač patiko jo bendradarbiavimas ir bendravimas su kunigu Gregoriu. Dažnai jų dialogai privertė šypsotis 😁
Mano nuomone pradžioje istorija pasakojama šiek tiek per lėtai.
Vėliau, kai jau atskleidžiami visi veikėjai ir jų motyvai, atsiranda įtampa. Paskutinė knygos dalis man buvo vos ne kaip romanas, kas galbūt man čia mažiausiai ir tiko/patiko. Detektyvai, kuriuose yra truputį meilės ir erotikos man patinka, bet čia manau buvo per daug.
Visos knygos metu paliečiamos opios visuomenės problemos: narkotikų prekyba, prostitucija, korupcija, prieš ką ir kovoja detektyvas Beizilas.
Ištikrųjų iš šios knygos tikėjausi visai kitokios istorijos, todėl buvo sunku ją vertinti. Lyg ir įdomu, bet tuo pačiu ir kažko pritrūko.
Labai patiko Beizilo portretas. Kietas, nepalaužiamas, neieškantis žodžio kišenėje vyrukas. Ypač patiko jo bendradarbiavimas ir bendravimas su kunigu Gregoriu. Dažnai jų dialogai privertė šypsotis 😁
Mano nuomone pradžioje istorija pasakojama šiek tiek per lėtai.
Vėliau, kai jau atskleidžiami visi veikėjai ir jų motyvai, atsiranda įtampa. Paskutinė knygos dalis man buvo vos ne kaip romanas, kas galbūt man čia mažiausiai ir tiko/patiko. Detektyvai, kuriuose yra truputį meilės ir erotikos man patinka, bet čia manau buvo per daug.
Visos knygos metu paliečiamos opios visuomenės problemos: narkotikų prekyba, prostitucija, korupcija, prieš ką ir kovoja detektyvas Beizilas.
April 16, 2019
First part of the book is slow but it picks up after 150 pages or so!
February 17, 2011
Burke mwngundurkan diri dari menjadi polisi stl istrinya berselingkuh dan memusatkan fokusnya utk membalas dendam pada Pinkie Duval, lawyer mafia, musuh bebuyutannya yg menyebabkan sahabat baiknya, rekan di kepolisian tewas dalam suatu operasi. Burke menggunakan Remy, istri Duvall utk memancing Duvall berperang. Tak dinyana, akhirnya Burke dan Remy akhirnya saling jatuh cinta.
Duvall tak rela istrinya telah ternoda oleh Burke dan mulai melancarkan pembalasan dengan menggunakan Flarra, adik Remy yg diumpankan ke tangan kanan Duvall, Bardo.
Sebenarnya, menurut gw, jd istri Duvall boljug jg kalo tipe istrinya itu tipe "terima jadi". Ngga enaknya, yahhh ga bisa mandiri, dikekang, dan cuman dihargai sebagai barang pajangan.
Buku ini salah satu buku SB kesukaan gw, full suspense dan intrik. Dan adegan favorit yg mendebarkan pd saat Flarra gadungan hampir saja jadi korban kebrutalan Bardo.
Duvall tak rela istrinya telah ternoda oleh Burke dan mulai melancarkan pembalasan dengan menggunakan Flarra, adik Remy yg diumpankan ke tangan kanan Duvall, Bardo.
Sebenarnya, menurut gw, jd istri Duvall boljug jg kalo tipe istrinya itu tipe "terima jadi". Ngga enaknya, yahhh ga bisa mandiri, dikekang, dan cuman dihargai sebagai barang pajangan.
Buku ini salah satu buku SB kesukaan gw, full suspense dan intrik. Dan adegan favorit yg mendebarkan pd saat Flarra gadungan hampir saja jadi korban kebrutalan Bardo.
July 18, 2022
This book did not age well. The cop mc is 100% completely unsympathetic and gross from the jump. He sees Remy and his first and persistent thought is "whore". As in he witnesses her being groped and assaulted and immediately assumes what he is seeing is evidence she's a whore, not that he needs evidence bc what else could she be? Let's not even get into the fact that his arch nemesis was married for years and Cop Of The Year here had no clue.
Then, once he commits to his vigilante lone-wolf plan, he entraps and blackmails a "queer" lowlife into doing dirty work for him. It's not clear if the lowlife is a pervert because he's a pervert, or if being a pervert is because and part of being gay, so that's just great right there. But the blackmail to enforce unwilling cooperation of this entrapped gay pawn? The explicit threat of being raped in jail. This is the GOOD guy, remember.
Then, once he commits to his vigilante lone-wolf plan, he entraps and blackmails a "queer" lowlife into doing dirty work for him. It's not clear if the lowlife is a pervert because he's a pervert, or if being a pervert is because and part of being gay, so that's just great right there. But the blackmail to enforce unwilling cooperation of this entrapped gay pawn? The explicit threat of being raped in jail. This is the GOOD guy, remember.
October 5, 2010
I won this book from Goodreads First Reads last month. Once I had a day or two to read, I finished this book in one sitting. The characters are interesting yet imperfect which makes the story that much more interesting. I found this to be a page turner with a unique premise.
Burke Basile, a New Orleans Detective, leaves the police department in the aftermath of a drug bust gone bad in which he accidentally kills his best friend and partner. In order to get revenge against the criminal attorney he is convinced is at the helm of the drug ring, Basile decides to kidnap the attorney’s trophy wife. Twists and turns follow and ultimately what seems like an impossible situation to overcome ends happily.
Burke Basile, a New Orleans Detective, leaves the police department in the aftermath of a drug bust gone bad in which he accidentally kills his best friend and partner. In order to get revenge against the criminal attorney he is convinced is at the helm of the drug ring, Basile decides to kidnap the attorney’s trophy wife. Twists and turns follow and ultimately what seems like an impossible situation to overcome ends happily.
November 16, 2020
i wasn't sure about this b/c at the beginning both Basile & Remy are married and i didn't want to read about 2 people falling in love while having an affair.
But this wasn't what i expected and that wasn't quite where the characters were or went.
the writer was respectful of that and the story flowed naturally.
good suspense. the usual great twists & turns expected from Brown.
also, i liked the main characters more than i expected to.
But this wasn't what i expected and that wasn't quite where the characters were or went.
the writer was respectful of that and the story flowed naturally.
good suspense. the usual great twists & turns expected from Brown.
also, i liked the main characters more than i expected to.
October 3, 2016
I'd love to see the audiobook updated with Brown's latest narrator. The one I heard did no justice whatsoever to the New Orleans accent that can be so sexy when performed well; in fact, his attempts at regional accents were so off, it was a distraction. Read this one on paper or Kindle until there's a new version on audio, and you'll find a sexy, solidly written novel of suspense.
October 5, 2018
I really enjoy reading books by Sandra Brown. This one in particular had a few rough talking characters in it that made me cringe with some of their language from time to time though. I did especially love the ending of this, I guess all’s well that ends well!
July 27, 2016
3,5 stars
March 22, 2017
A bit slow at the beginning but worth sticking with. A good crime drama set in New Orleans and the bayou swamp.
December 26, 2020
AUDIOBOOK FROM KOBO
Burke is an honest cop and when a high end criminal gets away with murder - again - he sets out to catch him for good. In his way is Pinkie Duvall, a high profile lawyer who is as crooked as they come. In the middle is Pinkie’s wife, a young and classy woman caught up in a scene she knows nothing about. Her one goal in life is to protect her baby sister.
A good story with crooked characters around every corner!
Burke is an honest cop and when a high end criminal gets away with murder - again - he sets out to catch him for good. In his way is Pinkie Duvall, a high profile lawyer who is as crooked as they come. In the middle is Pinkie’s wife, a young and classy woman caught up in a scene she knows nothing about. Her one goal in life is to protect her baby sister.
A good story with crooked characters around every corner!
March 23, 2024
3.8!!! The random child wedding was odd and interesting plot twists… would have appreciated more madri gras tho :(
December 9, 2018
More a 3.6
I know this was written in the late 90s and it's not that far from the author's usual style but it just didn't win me over as easily as other novels by her did.
I know this was written in the late 90s and it's not that far from the author's usual style but it just didn't win me over as easily as other novels by her did.
dnf
April 10, 2017DNF at page 50 or 13%
I'm having rotten luck with books this week - I've marked at least 4 as DNF and the ones I DID finish were lukewarm at best. I thought a Sandra Brown would help me get out of this reading slump. I was wrong :(
The only thing I liked about the main characters were their names: Basile (hero) and Remy (heroine).
Cool names for everyone.
Except for Pinkie. I mean, he was supposed to be an evil hot guy (practically bursting with charisma) but I kept picturing him as Danny Devito.
Cool names aside, Basile was a certified asshole and not in the "I can't wait for him to show his soft side and be redeemed" way. He needed to be removed from general population. Remy was one of the most "passive" heroines I've ever met. A coma patient would seem livelier and I thought she seemed kind of dense.
Anyway, we know that some books don't age well and this was one of them. I think Sandra Brown's newer books are amazing but her "oldies" are horrible - they're full of racism, sexism and homophobia.
I just can't swallow stuff like this:
#1
(Context: Basile thinks Remy is a whore purely because she's wearing a sexy dress. Then he sees her talking to a guy who was arrested at 16 for strangling a prostitute)
The hero thinks a prostitute who sleeps with a murderer (even though she's probably unaware of that) DESERVES to be murdered. Because she asked for it.
#1.5
Again with the "whores". This was just another book where women who accepted money from men for sex were the lowest of the low with no self-respect (they even deserved to be murdered) but men who PAID them for sex were painted as gods walking among us mere mortals. This didn't just happen once or twice, Sandra Brown's problem with prostitutes was practically the main plot.
#2
(Context: Basile's wife won't have sex with him)
#3
These are just the "highlights" of all the bullshit that goes on in the first 50 pages of Fat Tuesday. I'm not going to continue with a book where I constantly have to brace myself for whatever horrible and outdated stereotype is going to punch me in the face next.
I'm having rotten luck with books this week - I've marked at least 4 as DNF and the ones I DID finish were lukewarm at best. I thought a Sandra Brown would help me get out of this reading slump. I was wrong :(
The only thing I liked about the main characters were their names: Basile (hero) and Remy (heroine).
Cool names for everyone.
Except for Pinkie. I mean, he was supposed to be an evil hot guy (practically bursting with charisma) but I kept picturing him as Danny Devito.
Cool names aside, Basile was a certified asshole and not in the "I can't wait for him to show his soft side and be redeemed" way. He needed to be removed from general population. Remy was one of the most "passive" heroines I've ever met. A coma patient would seem livelier and I thought she seemed kind of dense.
Anyway, we know that some books don't age well and this was one of them. I think Sandra Brown's newer books are amazing but her "oldies" are horrible - they're full of racism, sexism and homophobia.
I just can't swallow stuff like this:
#1
(Context: Basile thinks Remy is a whore purely because she's wearing a sexy dress. Then he sees her talking to a guy who was arrested at 16 for strangling a prostitute)
If that's the kind of creep this high-ticket whore pandered to, she deserved no better than she got.
The hero thinks a prostitute who sleeps with a murderer (even though she's probably unaware of that) DESERVES to be murdered. Because she asked for it.
#1.5
Again with the "whores". This was just another book where women who accepted money from men for sex were the lowest of the low with no self-respect (they even deserved to be murdered) but men who PAID them for sex were painted as gods walking among us mere mortals. This didn't just happen once or twice, Sandra Brown's problem with prostitutes was practically the main plot.
#2
(Context: Basile's wife won't have sex with him)
Her rejection had pissed him off, but he wasn't as pissed off as he had a right to be, and that in itself bothered him.
#3
Their other cell mate was a transvestite who cowered in the corner and wept in fear of the abusive rednecks. He'd cried so hard over their insults that his fake eyelashes had come unglued, and that had brought on another crying jag.
These are just the "highlights" of all the bullshit that goes on in the first 50 pages of Fat Tuesday. I'm not going to continue with a book where I constantly have to brace myself for whatever horrible and outdated stereotype is going to punch me in the face next.
December 11, 2017
Remy era casada com um dos mais importante advogado de New Orleans, Pinkie Duvall - um advogado de porta de cadeia, que só tinha como clientes pessoas de má índole; na verdade ela era propriedade dele, filha de uma prostituta, ele se apaixonou, ou melhor,ficou obcecado por ela quando esta era adolescente, e ajudou-a mandando para um colégio de freiras, para ter certeza que ela não seria maculado e então, quando ela estava pronta, ele a trouxe com ele.
Burke Basile, era o melhor policial de sua divisão e extremamente honesto que de repente perdeu tudo, a esposa e se afastou do trabalho ao perder seu parceiro de trabalho, numa noite obscura, na qual o capanga de Duvall, Bardo, armou e ele terminou matando o companheiro sem intenção .
A partir deste dia ele jura se vingar de Pinkie. E então, numa ato suicida ele a rapta Remy e numa convivência cheia de perigos e mortes, eles tem a chance de se conhecerem melhor e dar asas a paixão que cresce entre eles no período de confinamento.
Burke Basile, era o melhor policial de sua divisão e extremamente honesto que de repente perdeu tudo, a esposa e se afastou do trabalho ao perder seu parceiro de trabalho, numa noite obscura, na qual o capanga de Duvall, Bardo, armou e ele terminou matando o companheiro sem intenção .
A partir deste dia ele jura se vingar de Pinkie. E então, numa ato suicida ele a rapta Remy e numa convivência cheia de perigos e mortes, eles tem a chance de se conhecerem melhor e dar asas a paixão que cresce entre eles no período de confinamento.
March 15, 2017
A sound thriller with a romantic angle. One can really see the growth of Sandra Brown as an author as most of her new books are intense thrillers. Fat Tuesday has a similar theme to another of her books but it still manages to be different and suspenseful.The sad fact of psychological abuse in a marriage is that most times we do not even realize that we are oppressed. Decision making is easier when physical abuse is involved but emotional wrecking questions our sanity.
Remy evokes pain with her stoic demeanor and Burke was fanciful.
Remy evokes pain with her stoic demeanor and Burke was fanciful.
August 22, 2020
I love Sandra Brown's books.Absolutelly!
August 4, 2020
4.5 Stars
July 15, 2020
I like Sandra Brown's writing and probably always will. However, I do find myself questioning the deep love that develops in a day plot as I get older. Maybe I'm just becoming a cynic!
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October 18, 2017Captain Douglas Patout was commander of Narcotics and Vice of the New Orleans Police dept.
Burke Bastile's partner, Detective Sergeant Kevin Stuart, had been shot in the line of duty by Burke Basile when Patrick (Pinkie) Duval used him as a human shield. Nanci was his wife. Burke's wife was Barbara.
Pinkie Duvall was the prosecuting attorney for Wayne Bardo who was found innocent of his death. The verdict was read on Feb. 5th. He technically hadn't been the shooter. Kevin's death was the result of someone tipping off the bad guys that the cops were on their way. In this case it was Bastile who had done it and he felt extremely guilty. He had done this because someone had been blowing all their busts from the inside. The department was told that there would be an investigation if it happened again and Bastile wanted to make sure that it did so that an investigation would be launched.
Pinkie was known for his outrageous parties after he won a trial and today was no different. His wife was getting ready when he removed all her clothes and had sex with her. He gave her a gift of expensive jewelry and she had to start dressing all over again. He went downstairs to the party and she cried. She had been tired lately and entered the party late. Comments were made about the trial and her comments were disregarded once again. Pinkie told the guests that she wasn't there for reasons other than intelligence. She was laughed at and went outside to get some air. Bardo followed her and made some pretty crude comments. Remy hated him and told him to get lost. He was rubbing against her and Bastile was watching. He didn't hear what they were saying so he assumed that she was a whore. He didn't realize that Bardo was telling her to be nice to him or he would tell Pinkie that she was coming onto him. He told Remy that she was the one who wouldn't be believed. She was worried that he might be right and she had seen what had happened to the people who got on the wrong side of Pinkie.
Remy had been taken in by Pinkie when she was younger. She was put in a private Catholic school until she was old enough for Pinkie to claim as his wife. She was put there to remain pure for him. Remy had tried once to get away and Pinkie threatened to harm her sister. He sister was now in the school that Remy went to. She had a year left of high school. Remy was treated as an object of Pinkie's possession rather than a person. She tried to get a job once and the place burned to the ground.
Burke didn't know who the mole was and he swore revenge for the Kevin's death. He had gone weekly to check on Kevin's wife, Nanci and she asked him to stop coming by. She didn't want to keep him around to remind her of what happened to Kevin. Burke was discouraged with the NOPD, New Orleans Police Dept. because of their repeated failures to catch the drug dealers. He felt like killing himself but came up with a different approach instead. He went to visit a friend of his who was a madam. She hated Burke and wanted to get him back, dead, for cutting up one of her girls. She told him that the way to get Pinkie was through his wife. Burke then went home to find his wife in the shower having sex with a coach at the school she worked at. They were soon divorced.
Burke and a gay guy pretended to be priests and solicited Remy for donations. She wanted to see the place that she was donating to and they took her to see it. They arrived at at biker bar and the priest was identified as being gay and began to get beat on. They left Remy's bodyguard knocked out and took off. They got away but Remy got buckshot in her back. Burke took her to an ex-cop friend who owned a bait shop. Dredd took the shots out of Remy's back and Burke took her into the swamp.
Burke continued to treat Remy's wounds but she was scared. She hit him over the head once and took off in the boat. Burke shot holes in the boat and she fell in the water. She couldn't swim and he had to dive in and get her. He had to then recover the boat. He had set his mind regarding her and found out her background and changed his mind. He was so attracted to her that it was difficult for him not to rape her but he told her that the wouldn't and he didn't.
Pinkie had sent others to try and find them. He went to one of the cops who was badly in debt due to gambling and tried to get him to find Burke. MacQuen found Burke but told him what Pinkie was trying to do. He also went to the Doug and asked him for help. Doug ended up killing Mac when he was with Burke after he had pulled out gun. He told Burke that he had been the mole. Doug told him that the calls telling of the busts were traced back to Mac, all of them. Burke knew that was a lie because Burke had made the last call for the bust that got Kevin killed.
George had run off with one of Dredd's boats and snuck back home where Pinkie's guys were waiting. George was sent back to ask about Burke's whereabouts and told Dredd that two guys were giving him 10 minutes before they were coming after him. Dredd gave George another boat and sent him away. He ended up feeding the two guys to the alligators.
Pinkie was getting very frustrated at not finding Burke and Remy. He had decided that Remy was now used goods and she would have to be disposed of when she came back. Bardo had beaten up another woman and this one would survive without too much damage. Burke sent her to the madam that she knew and she went to work for her after needing a couple of weeks to heal.
Burke decided to push things along so he returned Remy. Pinkie was furious so he locked Remy in her room. Burke promised to save Remy's sister so she was the first one rescued. He found out Pinkie had given Remy's sister to Wayne Bardo to do with as he pleased and he was known for cutting people up. Burke had one of the madam's women dress up as Remy's sister and he ended up rescuing her and shooting Bardo in the head. The police had been called so they were there to witness the shooting as a good one because of Bardo attempting to rape the woman. The madam was happy that Bardo was dead.
He was trying to get a warrant for the arrest of Pinkie Duval from the DA but decided that he couldn't wait. He went to the Mardi Gras party that Pinkie was given to see if he could find Remy. She had pick pocketed a key to the room she was locked in and was trying to get to a phone to call Burke. She went to the greenhouse on their property and Pinkie was there. He had a safe in the greenhouse with all his records. He was trying to get things out when Remy showed up. He had a knife to her throat when Burke found them. He ended up shooting Pinkie in the head, twice. He got the revenge he had promised to his partner. He knew that he was going to kill the two of them because he didn't want to take any chances that they would get out.
Pinkie had killed Doug when Doug showed up at the Mardi Gras party to kill Pinkie. Pinkie was wearing a bullet proof vest. This happened before he went to collect his records.
Burke and Remy were soon married. Remy's sister was allowed to leave her Catholic school and attend the co-ed public school. Nanci was dating a business man. Remy had been anxious to work with the fake charity introduced by Burke and Gregory because she'd had a miscarriage. She and Burke were planning on trying to have children. Remy was allowed to work at an art gallery and liked in very much. She was good at her job.
Burke Bastile's partner, Detective Sergeant Kevin Stuart, had been shot in the line of duty by Burke Basile when Patrick (Pinkie) Duval used him as a human shield. Nanci was his wife. Burke's wife was Barbara.
Pinkie Duvall was the prosecuting attorney for Wayne Bardo who was found innocent of his death. The verdict was read on Feb. 5th. He technically hadn't been the shooter. Kevin's death was the result of someone tipping off the bad guys that the cops were on their way. In this case it was Bastile who had done it and he felt extremely guilty. He had done this because someone had been blowing all their busts from the inside. The department was told that there would be an investigation if it happened again and Bastile wanted to make sure that it did so that an investigation would be launched.
Pinkie was known for his outrageous parties after he won a trial and today was no different. His wife was getting ready when he removed all her clothes and had sex with her. He gave her a gift of expensive jewelry and she had to start dressing all over again. He went downstairs to the party and she cried. She had been tired lately and entered the party late. Comments were made about the trial and her comments were disregarded once again. Pinkie told the guests that she wasn't there for reasons other than intelligence. She was laughed at and went outside to get some air. Bardo followed her and made some pretty crude comments. Remy hated him and told him to get lost. He was rubbing against her and Bastile was watching. He didn't hear what they were saying so he assumed that she was a whore. He didn't realize that Bardo was telling her to be nice to him or he would tell Pinkie that she was coming onto him. He told Remy that she was the one who wouldn't be believed. She was worried that he might be right and she had seen what had happened to the people who got on the wrong side of Pinkie.
Remy had been taken in by Pinkie when she was younger. She was put in a private Catholic school until she was old enough for Pinkie to claim as his wife. She was put there to remain pure for him. Remy had tried once to get away and Pinkie threatened to harm her sister. He sister was now in the school that Remy went to. She had a year left of high school. Remy was treated as an object of Pinkie's possession rather than a person. She tried to get a job once and the place burned to the ground.
Burke didn't know who the mole was and he swore revenge for the Kevin's death. He had gone weekly to check on Kevin's wife, Nanci and she asked him to stop coming by. She didn't want to keep him around to remind her of what happened to Kevin. Burke was discouraged with the NOPD, New Orleans Police Dept. because of their repeated failures to catch the drug dealers. He felt like killing himself but came up with a different approach instead. He went to visit a friend of his who was a madam. She hated Burke and wanted to get him back, dead, for cutting up one of her girls. She told him that the way to get Pinkie was through his wife. Burke then went home to find his wife in the shower having sex with a coach at the school she worked at. They were soon divorced.
Burke and a gay guy pretended to be priests and solicited Remy for donations. She wanted to see the place that she was donating to and they took her to see it. They arrived at at biker bar and the priest was identified as being gay and began to get beat on. They left Remy's bodyguard knocked out and took off. They got away but Remy got buckshot in her back. Burke took her to an ex-cop friend who owned a bait shop. Dredd took the shots out of Remy's back and Burke took her into the swamp.
Burke continued to treat Remy's wounds but she was scared. She hit him over the head once and took off in the boat. Burke shot holes in the boat and she fell in the water. She couldn't swim and he had to dive in and get her. He had to then recover the boat. He had set his mind regarding her and found out her background and changed his mind. He was so attracted to her that it was difficult for him not to rape her but he told her that the wouldn't and he didn't.
Pinkie had sent others to try and find them. He went to one of the cops who was badly in debt due to gambling and tried to get him to find Burke. MacQuen found Burke but told him what Pinkie was trying to do. He also went to the Doug and asked him for help. Doug ended up killing Mac when he was with Burke after he had pulled out gun. He told Burke that he had been the mole. Doug told him that the calls telling of the busts were traced back to Mac, all of them. Burke knew that was a lie because Burke had made the last call for the bust that got Kevin killed.
George had run off with one of Dredd's boats and snuck back home where Pinkie's guys were waiting. George was sent back to ask about Burke's whereabouts and told Dredd that two guys were giving him 10 minutes before they were coming after him. Dredd gave George another boat and sent him away. He ended up feeding the two guys to the alligators.
Pinkie was getting very frustrated at not finding Burke and Remy. He had decided that Remy was now used goods and she would have to be disposed of when she came back. Bardo had beaten up another woman and this one would survive without too much damage. Burke sent her to the madam that she knew and she went to work for her after needing a couple of weeks to heal.
Burke decided to push things along so he returned Remy. Pinkie was furious so he locked Remy in her room. Burke promised to save Remy's sister so she was the first one rescued. He found out Pinkie had given Remy's sister to Wayne Bardo to do with as he pleased and he was known for cutting people up. Burke had one of the madam's women dress up as Remy's sister and he ended up rescuing her and shooting Bardo in the head. The police had been called so they were there to witness the shooting as a good one because of Bardo attempting to rape the woman. The madam was happy that Bardo was dead.
He was trying to get a warrant for the arrest of Pinkie Duval from the DA but decided that he couldn't wait. He went to the Mardi Gras party that Pinkie was given to see if he could find Remy. She had pick pocketed a key to the room she was locked in and was trying to get to a phone to call Burke. She went to the greenhouse on their property and Pinkie was there. He had a safe in the greenhouse with all his records. He was trying to get things out when Remy showed up. He had a knife to her throat when Burke found them. He ended up shooting Pinkie in the head, twice. He got the revenge he had promised to his partner. He knew that he was going to kill the two of them because he didn't want to take any chances that they would get out.
Pinkie had killed Doug when Doug showed up at the Mardi Gras party to kill Pinkie. Pinkie was wearing a bullet proof vest. This happened before he went to collect his records.
Burke and Remy were soon married. Remy's sister was allowed to leave her Catholic school and attend the co-ed public school. Nanci was dating a business man. Remy had been anxious to work with the fake charity introduced by Burke and Gregory because she'd had a miscarriage. She and Burke were planning on trying to have children. Remy was allowed to work at an art gallery and liked in very much. She was good at her job.
August 12, 2025
I love Sandra Brown but this was not my favorite read by her. I would recommend if this is a first time for you do not start with this book first. I did end of finishing it but took me a long time to get into the book as well as follow all the characters involved. It seemed there were too many characters and at times I felt lost, who was a good guy and who was a bad guy.....anyways....
There is corruption going on in the N O P D that has caused people to be on edge. Burke Basile, a narcotics officer, has suffered the death of his partner Kevin at his own hands/gun. The courts have returned no justice so he decides to take matters into his own hands. He separates himself from the police force and sets out on his on vendetta, get back to Pinkie Duvall. Poor Burke does not have much going for him. Losing his best friend, separating from his career to make things right and now finds out his girlfriend Barbara is cheating on him.
When he decides to seek vengeance again Pinkie Duvall he winds up taking on a “partner” that makes him a bit edgy and ends up playing a role that he had no business doing (pretending to be priests to lure Remy into falling for the bait) But it was a way to get to the one person that Pinkie controlled and worshipped. His wife Remy. This was how Burke was going to get revenge from what Pinkie did to burkes partner. He plans to kidnap the crooked Lawyers wife and hope he doesn't fall in love with her, she's stunning.
Remy ~ there was a certain innocence about her. Though being married to Pinkie would lead you to think differently. They guy was ruthless/drug lord/"bad guy lawyer" but Remy had bought her freedom with him. He was her and her sister’s way out of a life that only brought her shame. Remy felt she had no other options as Pinkie removed Remy and her sister at a young age from a druggie mother who sold her body.
As Burke’s plan for vengeance starts to unfold some things go as planned while other things do not. Keeping Remy at his fishing cabin on the edge of a Louisiana swamp gave them the leverage to lure Pinkie in but it also put him in a situation where he would be tempted. Burke lusted after Remy and didn’t want to desire her the way he did. It would be a battle he’d end up losing. They both end up losing as they fall for each other. Remy realizing that Pinkie does not truly love her and Burke never really understanding what true love is due to so much hurt.
Good ending as the last few chapters pick up speed and Burke and Remy work together as a team to have Pinkie's business unravel and come to an end. Happily ever after for Burke and Remy of course, as they end Pinkie Duvall and continue on their loving way.
There is corruption going on in the N O P D that has caused people to be on edge. Burke Basile, a narcotics officer, has suffered the death of his partner Kevin at his own hands/gun. The courts have returned no justice so he decides to take matters into his own hands. He separates himself from the police force and sets out on his on vendetta, get back to Pinkie Duvall. Poor Burke does not have much going for him. Losing his best friend, separating from his career to make things right and now finds out his girlfriend Barbara is cheating on him.
When he decides to seek vengeance again Pinkie Duvall he winds up taking on a “partner” that makes him a bit edgy and ends up playing a role that he had no business doing (pretending to be priests to lure Remy into falling for the bait) But it was a way to get to the one person that Pinkie controlled and worshipped. His wife Remy. This was how Burke was going to get revenge from what Pinkie did to burkes partner. He plans to kidnap the crooked Lawyers wife and hope he doesn't fall in love with her, she's stunning.
Remy ~ there was a certain innocence about her. Though being married to Pinkie would lead you to think differently. They guy was ruthless/drug lord/"bad guy lawyer" but Remy had bought her freedom with him. He was her and her sister’s way out of a life that only brought her shame. Remy felt she had no other options as Pinkie removed Remy and her sister at a young age from a druggie mother who sold her body.
As Burke’s plan for vengeance starts to unfold some things go as planned while other things do not. Keeping Remy at his fishing cabin on the edge of a Louisiana swamp gave them the leverage to lure Pinkie in but it also put him in a situation where he would be tempted. Burke lusted after Remy and didn’t want to desire her the way he did. It would be a battle he’d end up losing. They both end up losing as they fall for each other. Remy realizing that Pinkie does not truly love her and Burke never really understanding what true love is due to so much hurt.
Good ending as the last few chapters pick up speed and Burke and Remy work together as a team to have Pinkie's business unravel and come to an end. Happily ever after for Burke and Remy of course, as they end Pinkie Duvall and continue on their loving way.
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October 29, 2024
3.8*
Even though it took me half a month to read this book, I still enjoyed it. Burke Basil is a cop at NOPD that has had enough of the unjust system caused by wealthy defense attorneys, Pinkie Duvall being the prominent attorney in the book. So by getting back at Duvall for how he persuaded the judge at his best friend’s murder trial, he captures his most prized possession: his wife. But!!!! The actual capture of Remy Duvall doesn’t happen like 50% into the book. There is a lot of lead up and planning that goes into why I picked up this book in the first place. That is one of the many reasons why I like Sting by Sandra brown better than this book. Anyways there is a bit of tension between Burke and remy and we get to see that relationship develop (even tho I wish there was a smidge bit more tension) and ultimately take down Duvall.
There was a lot of violence in this book that I wasn’t expecting. I don’t have an issue w any of it, I was just surprised to read abt the gore that occurs in the corrupted justice system in this book.
Even though it took me half a month to read this book, I still enjoyed it. Burke Basil is a cop at NOPD that has had enough of the unjust system caused by wealthy defense attorneys, Pinkie Duvall being the prominent attorney in the book. So by getting back at Duvall for how he persuaded the judge at his best friend’s murder trial, he captures his most prized possession: his wife. But!!!! The actual capture of Remy Duvall doesn’t happen like 50% into the book. There is a lot of lead up and planning that goes into why I picked up this book in the first place. That is one of the many reasons why I like Sting by Sandra brown better than this book. Anyways there is a bit of tension between Burke and remy and we get to see that relationship develop (even tho I wish there was a smidge bit more tension) and ultimately take down Duvall.
There was a lot of violence in this book that I wasn’t expecting. I don’t have an issue w any of it, I was just surprised to read abt the gore that occurs in the corrupted justice system in this book.
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