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- Black Cats
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- Author: Cara Doll
- Reviewer: Rita Porter
- Publisher: Lulu Press
- Format: Adult, Fiction, E-Book, 184 Pages, 2005, $22.96
- ISBN: 1411628802
- Rating: * * * Quills
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- Markus copes with bad juju. Almost every woman he comes into intimate contact with, dies very soon after of natural causes.
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- Markus sees Violett almost daily and is attracted to the young woman. In trying to control the outcome of not losing her, too, Markus turns the memory of his first meeting with Violett into a fuzzy blur for her. However, becoming aware that Violett knows one of his best friends, Gian, makes it near impossible for him to pretend he is not very aware of her. For Markus, the deaths of the other women were not that serious, but Violett's would be a different story for him, so he tries to keep their relationship at a level of friendship.
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- But this sets Violett up for a harder time with his ex-wife Kate, for Kate thinks of it as a game. She will not allow anyone Markus touches in an intimate way to live. As long as Violett is with Markus or inside his home, she is safe from Kate and all her minions. God only plays favorites with a select few. As the book gets deeper into the tale, little parts are let known about Kate and why she is the way she is.
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- The small cast of important characters and the hidden aspects of Kate keep the plot moving until the reader is sure they understand all the key points. The personalities of the characters mesh well and keep the story lively. Each independent person is shown in many different ways. The dialogue between the characters is somewhat weak, but this tends to be unnoticed for the most part due to the drama of young Violett's character. Very few secondary characters have a part in this story. Though Kate does seemingly hold that secondary slot, she is a main focal point holding the key to all the main characters.
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- Overall, Black Cats is a well-written story, giving the reader some idea of the plot at the beginning, without failing to live up to its expectations. Cara Doll has handed her audience a romantic suspense novel with all the drama and heartbreak a reader might crave.
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