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Fiona is the creator of fashion doll sensation Kimberley, and is quite satisfied with her career-focused life. Yet when her boss informs her that she must win over a new account by going camping with the creator of a hot children's TV show, she is extremely reluctant. Nevertheless, she goes... read more
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Jude Deveraux's sizzling New York Times bestseller is a page-turning mix of thrilling sensuality, warmhearted wit, and hot-blooded suspense. A rising corporate star, Fiona Burkenhalter is a New Yorker through and through. When her boss sends her to the Florida Everglades to accompany a... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Paul "Ace" Montgomery: an ornothoologist, who is aquainted with
- Fiona: the creator of "Kimberly" a doll to rival Bar.., yeah! and the daughter of cartographer/treasure hunter aka "Smokey", and target of master mind who is trying to kill her and get at a treasure her father told her about cryptically through letters he had sent her over the years of her childhood.
- Lisa aka Susie: Aces fiance,
- Jeremy: boyfriend of Fiona,
- Roy: Creator of a childs show that came from stories that Fionas father told him about long ago,
- Eric: driver of Roys fishing boat also one of the victims of the string of murders involving Roy etc.
- Rose: another victim, and seemingly a resident of the retirement community that Ace and Fiona end up in while trying to escape the law and solve this mystery that really can only be solved by them.
- Jude Deveraux: the author
- Kimberly: Add a description of this character.
- Suzie
- Smokey
- Michael
- Kendrick Park
- Tim
- Raphael
- Garrett
- Hudson
- Jean
- Gibby
- Mike
- Frank
- Russell
- Gerald
- Burkenhalter
- Lisa Rene Honeycutt
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First Sentence edit
"I won't do it," Fiona said with an icy smile, then refused to say another word as she stared at the man across from her.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
Chapters One - Twenty Two
Epilogue
Series & Lists edit
This is book 13 of 20 in Montgomery / Taggart. (standard series)
Preceded by The Heiress, and followed by The Invitation.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jude Deveraux (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Pocket Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 0671014161
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Pocket Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 0671014161
Page Count: 320
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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