Dear Maggie

by Brenda Novak

Book Overview

Dear Maggie by Brenda Novak released on Apr 24, 2001 is available now for purchase.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373709870
• ISBN13: 9780373709878
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Harlequin Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Great romance

In Sacramento, California, Tribune police beat reporter and single mother Maggie Russell raises her preschool son while working the night shift. Her only entertainment not associated with her child is the Internet and currently she exchanges e-mail with a man named John. Maggie is working on a case that probably involves serial killer Dr. Dan, who targets female journalists.Ogden, Utah based FBI agent Nick Sorenson is undercover as a photographer for the Tribune. He is watching Maggie who he and his superiors think might be Dr. Dan's next victim. He is also watching Maggie because he finds himself attracted to the beautiful divorcee. As he falls in love with Maggie and she falls in love with John, Dr. Dan sets in motion his plan to make her his next victim.DEAR MAGGIE is a powerful romantic suspense tale that explains the Super in this imprint. The story line is fast-paced, loaded with non-stop action, and an intriguing romantic triangle. Maggie is a magnificent lead player as she is brave yet emotionally vulnerable and a perfect profile for the killer. Nick is a hero who knows what he wants: Maggie, not just safe, but permanently in his life. Her son Zach provides some moments of amusement that only an outsider observing his actions will find mirth in, but it serves to ease some of the taut tension that almost overwhelms the reader. Brenda Novak has written a novel that sub-genre fans will relish.Harriet Klausner

Another dazzling hit! -- Very highly recommended

Maggie Russell is the ideal heroine, maintaining her vulnerability even as she presents herself as strong, direct, spunky and tenderhearted. Although she's left behind the difficult teen years of acne and embarrassment over her red hair, Maggie's professional self-confidence masks the insecurities of her personal life. Maggie rates men by their F.P., father potential, because she's the single parent of three-year-old Zach, the love of her life. A police reporter, Maggie works the night shift to have more time to spend with Zach. Maggie had worked at a tabloid to support her previous husband while he was in school, so she hopes that working at the Sacramento paper will lead to real journalistic opportunities, even a front page byline someday. Severely handicapped on Maggie's F.P. meter, sexy Nick Sorenson works at the same Sacramento paper as Maggie. His undercover position as photographer allows him to accompany her on her night shift work, easily concealing his real motives as an undercover FBI agent. Maggie wants a relationship with a man that is safe, and that will lead to permanence. Nothing about Nick whispers permanence. Despite her best intentions, however, Maggie can't deny that Nick makes her libido skyrocket. In fact, everything about him shouts, "live for the moment." Little does she suspect that Nick want to protect her from becoming the next victim of a heinous serial killer. Further, Maggie doesn't have a clue that her new email pal is actually Nick's alter ego (Great! Now he's competing against himself.), and that the deception could save her life.Rising star Brenda Novak pens another dazzling hit with DEAR MAGGIE. Told with her characteristic beguiling style, Novak daringly weaves intrigue and danger around this romantic plot to create a memorable tale. Her carefully crafted, rounded characterizations, and carefully researched descriptions of crime reporting will hold the reader's attention rapt. DEAR MAGGIe not only has the warmth and emotion Novak's fans have come to expect, but delivers a fresh tale of danger and intrigue that will undoubtedly draw a whole new audience to this remarkable novel. Very highly recommended.