Barbara Freethy is a best selling author who was already published before she self-published this ebook. You might wonder why an author signed to a large publishing house would choose to self publish. I don't know much about the publishing business other than the well known fact that it has currently undergone a paradigm shift. Maybe this alone explains why this ebook wound up being self published.
I believed this book to be a romance category ebook, but the romance isn't the central part of the story. Instead the book is much more of a plot driven book, with the mystery of the accidental death of a young college student, Emily Parish, at the heart of the story.
This story succeeds in many ways. First and foremost it captures a reader's attention from page one, when we find out that a best selling book has been written which very thinly disguises the main characters and suggests that Emily Parish did not die accidentally, but was murdered. From the beginning the author pulls us along as she reveals small pieces of the puzzle that leave us wanting to know more.
Natalie is a doctor in San Francisco, when she suddenly hears about a best selling book that sounds very much like the true story of the tragedy that happened to her and her three best friends ten years ago. The author has changed the names of the main characters but to all the players, it is clear that he had inside information about the events or he could not have written the book. Cole Parish runs the San Francisco Tribune, a paper his prominent and wealthy family owns, and happens to be the brother of the girl who was killed. He doesn't take kindly to the fact that the author suggests that his ex-girlfriend Natalie was the one who murdered his little sister. The search for the truth throws the two star-crossed lovers back together again, which is the romance part of the story.
I read this book in a matter of days, and that's rare for me. I did guess who the murderer was but not until just before it was revealed. For those of you who love romance, there is plenty of that as well. There are two intense sexual scenes which may not be enough for some readers, and far too much for others depending on your taste. I do wish that there had been a little more of a "tender love story", but this is a different book if that's what you want.
All She Ever Wanted was expertly written by a talented author. It's refreshing to see a talented writer like Barbara Freethy choose to self-publish. If we see more of this, it may further upend the publishing industry.
The problem with self-publishing is that anybody can publish, and in my experience so many of the ebooks that are self published are not very good. Rest assured, in this case, you're getting a great ebook.
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