Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Twenty-six-year-old Tabitha
Knight, the heroine of this sexy page-turner by Tyree (For the Love of
Money), doesn't hold down a steady job-she doesn't need to, because she has
a string of superrich celebrity boyfriends to help her out. These are the
kinds of relationships that Tabitha likes best-plenty of glamour and wining
and dining, with no strings attached. Within three weeks of moving to Las
Vegas, she has made two new conquests, a former heavyweight boxer and a
basketball star. Each day, and with each new relationship, Tabitha turns to
her diary, now 13 volumes long, to record the details of her encounters.
Tabitha is approached by private investigator Sylvia Green, who wants
Tabitha to "get close" to a famous actor suspected of molesting girls and to
record whatever information she gets about his crimes in her diary. The
operation is being funded by a rich banker who wants justice for his
daughter, one of the actor's victims, and Tabitha stands to make six
figures. She initially balks at the idea of making her diary public. But she
also wants to be able to help out her three foster sisters, Janet, Patrice
and Marisol, who are struggling with marriages, money problems, illnesses
and brutish boyfriends. And in any case, perhaps it would be worth it just
to see the molester in jail. Tabitha is wonderfully levelheaded and sharp,
and is surrounded by equally colorful, if less well-developed, characters.
The sloppy plotting leaves loose ends, but the unusual premise will easily
capture readers' attention.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
This suspenseful story is about
Tabitha Night, a young woman who has used her youthful appearance to wile
older, wealthy men. For the past 13 years, she has kept a diary that details
her life in the Seattle foster-care system with her foster sisters and the
relationships she has had with her older male acquaintances. Just when she
is starting over in a new locale, Las Vegas, she is approached by a private
investigator to consider a business opportunity. Tabitha accepts the
lucrative assignment to get close to a famous actor and reveal his penchant
for underage girls. Her first undertaking is to travel to New York to attend
his movie opening and observe his entourage and habits. Over the course of a
few days, her assignment goes from being fun to being extremely dangerous.
The stakes are high when the reasons for her involvement are revealed and
men begin to outbid each other for her diaries. The ending is a great
surprise. Lillian Lewis
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Book Description
Tabitha Knight lives a very
peculiar life. A child of foster care who has grown into an attractive and
ambitious adult, she now finds solace, excitement, and security in the
company of rich and famous men whom she dates as a discreet and charming
groupie.
Everyone wants to be loved. Tabitha understands
that. She shares her gifts with those who seek and, perhaps, need love the
most? male celebrities. She remains anonymous by changing her name, age, and
address as often as she changes the men she dates.
Only a few things remain constant in her life:
the continued love and support of her foster sisters in Seattle and the
record she keeps of her life in her secret diary.
When a wealthy banker offers Tabitha a huge
paycheck to help bring to justice a high-profile celebrity who is known to
have sex with underage women, Tabitha finds herself on the wrong side of
desperate men, some of whom have more to lose than just their privacy. Those
who want the information in her diary to stay secret threaten Tabitha, her
sisters, and anyone who comes to know its contents.
Omar Tyree, the New York Times
bestselling author, is back with a suspenseful thriller of what happens when
a young woman threatens the famous and powerful.
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