Getting Back

By Kelly Sinclair

Getting Back is a revenge tale about two sisters-one lesbian, the other bisexual-who return incognito to the small Texas town that destroyed their childhood and their family. Nichole Wilson, the lesbian, is an IT consultant who one evening at an Austin restaurant sees one of the men who brutally sexually assaulted her older brother back when he was in high school.Seeing the man unleashes a flood of visceral, wounding memories for Nichole, memories she thought she'd suppressed. Her family, the Dandridges, were newcomers to isolated Ivanhold. Between the incessant bullying, her father's wrongful arrest on burglary charges, and, worst of all, the attack on her brother, Nichole has reason enough to hold a grudge. A lethal grudge? We witness her careful planning that revolves around the two men she knows committed the sexual assault of her brother. Who else might have been involved, what kind of revenge is Nichole planning, and can her sister, Andi, stop her?Andi Vanderbilt's a successful teacher who recently divorced from her unfaithful husband. Like Nichole, she doesn't have her beloved father's last name. Like Nichole, she has painful memories of Ivanhold. Like Nichole, she returns to that town, but she thinks she's there to figure out Nichole's plan-and, if possible, stop her. Failing that, to be her sister's back-door escape.Nichole's girlfriend, Christina Garcia, ends up becoming involved, while Andi is attracted to vivacious Misti Peele, who had been her sole friend during Andi's original stay. Misti doesn't know who Andi really is--or does she?Patricia Highsmith in her Tom Ripley novels dared the reader to see the world through the eyes of an antihero, while latter-day authors and TV shows continue that tradition. How far will these women go to avenge their family?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1619292424
• ISBN13: 9781619292420
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Regal Crest Enterprises, LLC
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"