Monday, May 18, 2009

Linda Howard's New Book - Burn!




This is the first I have heard that Linda Howard has a new book coming out!! I just thought I would pass this information along to you. Unfortunately, it's not much. All I know is that the new book is titled Burn and that it is a romantic suspense. Here is what was posted on the publishers website:

From the New York Times bestselling author of Death Angel, Linda Howard, comes her most electrifying work of romantic suspense yet—an unforgettable novel of mesmerizing action and powerful emotion. Expertly blending action-packed suspense with matters of the heart, Linda Howard once again pens an exhilarating tale that will keep her loyal readers guessing until the explosive, utterly unpredictable climax.


I wish they had a summary of the plot. Does anyone know anymore than this and would you like to share your Intel?

Leontine found this summary for me. Yay, Leontine!!! You go girl!

ABOUT THIS BOOK
It’s true what they say: Money changes everything. And in Linda Howard’s red-hot novel Burn, the changes come fast, furious, and filled with the kind of sexy suspense, heart-stopping romance, beautiful people, and risky business guaranteed to give you the most bang for your buck.

Money certainly changes Jenner Redwine’s life when she wins a lottery jackpot. But it also costs her plenty: Her father rips her off and disappears, her fortune-hunting boyfriend soon becomes her ex, and friends-turned-freeloaders give her the cold shoulder when she stops paying for everything.

Flush with new money, Jenner can’t imagine ever finding a place in the world of the wealthy. Seven years later, though, she’s rubbing elbows with the rich, despite the fact she still feels like a party crasher. Luckily she finds an ally–and a guide to the rarefied realm of privilege–in shy, kind-hearted heiress Sydney Hazlett, who quickly becomes Jenner’s confidante and surrogate sister.

When Sydney invites Jenner on a charity cruise aboard a luxury liner, Jenner reluctantly agrees. But while she’s expecting–and dreading–two weeks of masquerade balls, art auctions, and preening glitterati, what she gets is more like a Hitchcock movie than a Love Boat episode. Taken hostage by a menacing stranger, Jenner must cooperate in a mysterious cloak-and-dagger scheme–or else. With nowhere to run, and with Sydney’s life as well as her own at risk, Jenner is drawn into a game of dizzying intrigue and harrowing danger. But as her panic gives way to exhilaration, and fear of her captor turns to fascination, Jenner rediscovers feelings she hasn’t had in years–and realizes she’s found a life worth living. If she survives.


10 comments:

Leontine said...

Hi Jill,
I found this on the net!

Hugs,
Leontine

ABOUT THIS BOOK
It’s true what they say: Money changes everything. And in Linda Howard’s red-hot novel Burn, the changes come fast, furious, and filled with the kind of sexy suspense, heart-stopping romance, beautiful people, and risky business guaranteed to give you the most bang for your buck.

Money certainly changes Jenner Redwine’s life when she wins a lottery jackpot. But it also costs her plenty: Her father rips her off and disappears, her fortune-hunting boyfriend soon becomes her ex, and friends-turned-freeloaders give her the cold shoulder when she stops paying for everything.

Flush with new money, Jenner can’t imagine ever finding a place in the world of the wealthy. Seven years later, though, she’s rubbing elbows with the rich, despite the fact she still feels like a party crasher. Luckily she finds an ally–and a guide to the rarefied realm of privilege–in shy, kind-hearted heiress Sydney Hazlett, who quickly becomes Jenner’s confidante and surrogate sister.

When Sydney invites Jenner on a charity cruise aboard a luxury liner, Jenner reluctantly agrees. But while she’s expecting–and dreading–two weeks of masquerade balls, art auctions, and preening glitterati, what she gets is more like a Hitchcock movie than a Love Boat episode. Taken hostage by a menacing stranger, Jenner must cooperate in a mysterious cloak-and-dagger scheme–or else. With nowhere to run, and with Sydney’s life as well as her own at risk, Jenner is drawn into a game of dizzying intrigue and harrowing danger. But as her panic gives way to exhilaration, and fear of her captor turns to fascination, Jenner rediscovers feelings she hasn’t had in years–and realizes she’s found a life worth living. If she survives.

jmc said...

There's an excerpt of Burn in the paperback edition of Death Angel, if you want to check it out. I have skipped the last two or three Howard books, including Death Angel, but the Burn excerpt (I skimmed it in the aisle at Target) seemed interesting.

Jill D. said...

Leontine thank you so much! I am going to update my post with the summary! Hachett publishing doesn't even have this summary up. I wonder where you found it. What is with all the secrecy?

Jmc, I will be sure to check out the Death Angel paperback. I read Death Angel when it came out in paperback. Thanks for the heads up!

Kristie (J) said...

Jill, I've known about it for a while but not what it was about. But since Linda Howard is an autobuy for me - even if some of her books are better than others, it didn't matter too much at the moment what the story was since I'll be getting it anyway *g*. But now having read the summary, I will be getting it even though I was going to before anyway.

Rowena said...

I don't know much about this book either, everything that I've learned about the book, I've learned here.

Thanks, I can't wait!

Leontine said...

Hey Jill,
I found the info @ Random House.com

I always like to add the official blurb in my review post so I get around on the net :D Sometimes it is like a blurb plays hide and seek but this was fairly quickly found!

nath said...

Thanks for the info, Jill! :)

I don't know if it's secrecy, but I think the fact that LH doesn't interact much with the online community is one of the reasons why we don't have as much info.

Anyway... Hmmm... is it me, or Ms Howard has fun having dubious heroes?

Jill D. said...

Kristie, I am the same way. I will still read any Linda Howard, even if I don't know what it is about. I liked Death Angel. Still not my favorite, of course, but it was more on par with what she used to write.

Rowena, I know. What is with all the secrecy?

Leontine, Good to know. I wonder why Hachett didn't have it on their website. Barnes and Noble and Amazon didn't have the summary either.

Nath, She definitely keeps to herself. I heard this was because she was stalked by a fan once. Kind of scary to think about. Yep, her heroes always walk the fine line between what is acceptable and what is not. In the last book Death Angel, I thought the hero was rather controversial.

nath said...

I don't know... it kind of turn me off when the hero is a baddy (unless undercover).

Anonymous said...

Linda Howard is a legend not because she writes the popular, empty, meaningless tripe (that some classify as romantic love) but because she is trying to make us redefine in our own minds what pure love can be to imperfect people in an imperfect world. I've found some of her books bring this out more clearly than others ( her thrillers are weaker in this regard) but Death Angel was about redemption from a darkness that is swallowing the world whole - a disregard for life even while we are living; a girl who is not valuing herself, a man who is faced with the truth of his humanity. Linda Howard is brave enough to call for a higher purpose than self gratification and selfish love.
Pulp fiction is the reason romance has merged further into depravity (gay and bi,trans,group etc sex) because otherwise it's very empty and unexciting - selfishness will corrupt and self destruct even the purest love if it's not tempered with a higher standard and purpose.