This book transported me into lives of people I will, probably, never meet. It took me beyond the idea of culture and into the reality of what this means translated to everyday reality.
Police Lieutenant Gianna Maglione heads up the DC Police Department’s Hate Crimes Unit. She investigates those who espouse and perpetrate acts of hatred. She hunts them down and infiltrates their habitats, and then she finds out where they live and work and who their friends are. She learns what their next evil acts are likely to be, and who will be their victims. Then, she must stop the violence―because hatred is almost always violent. But what happens to a cop when one of her officers becomes the victim of a brutal hate crime, and her girlfriend is targeted for a…
This book drew me in so well that I felt like I knew the main character and had watched her grow as she struggled with her unique issues. It resonated with hope even though it touched on some very real and very dark topics.
Riley Dawson is a psychotherapist with a lycanthropic affliction. She’s a werecoyote, to be precise.
A foundling adopted by wealthy parents, Riley led a privileged life until she fell in love with Fiona Bell, an evangelical preacher’s daughter. Raging hormones, the full moon, and the pull of Fiona Bell on her teenage heartstrings triggered her first transformation. Unfortunately, her parents witnessed the change and sent her off to college with a trust fund and an agreement never to return home.
Twenty years later, Riley shares a lucrative therapy practice with Dr. Margaret Spencer. Margaret, her wife, and her gay brother-in-law…
The best thing about this book was the main character: Bertha Brannon. A down-to-earth woman dealing with a complicated life. I love the strength built into this character as well as her humanity.
1988. The Deep South. Deadly silence surrounds Barb Hensen--no one speaks of the violence in their midst. Raised to fulfill her family's expectations, she marries young and has a daughter. When the horror of her marriage becomes intolerable, she escapes into alcohol, drugs, and anorexia. Until the day Yona Adohi drives into her life. Through her friendship with the lesbian Yankee, Barb begins the journey of self-discovery. Punished by her husband for defying him, suicide becomes the only viable alternative. The suicide attempt forces Barb to make a difficult decision: go against her family and divorce; or remain in an abusive marriage and die. Barb leaves her marriage. In revenge, her ex-husband uses the biased court system and takes Barb's daughter hostage. Barb is faced with an impossible decision to either give up her life, or lose her child, she turns to Yona for help.
