White Lady

by Jessica Bell

Overview

Sonia yearns for sharp objects and blood. But now that she’s rehabilitating herself as a “normal” mother and mathematics teacher, it’s time to stop dreaming about slicing people’s throats.

While being the wife of Melbourne’s leading drug lord and simultaneously dating his best mate is not ideal, she’s determined to make it work.

It does work. Until Mia, her lover’s daughter, starts exchanging saliva with her son, Mick. They plan to commit a crime behind Sonia’s back. It isn’t long before she finds out and gets involved to protect them.

But is protecting the kids really Sonia’s motive?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781925417517
Publisher:	Vine Leaves Press
Publication date:	10/01/2016
Series:	The Bell Collection
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	298
File size:	953 KB

About the Author

Jessica Bell is an Australian award-winning author and poet, writing and publishing coach, and graphic designer who lives in Athens, Greece. In addition to her novels and poetry collections, and her best-selling Writing in a Nutshell series, she has published a variety of works online and in literary journals, including Writer's Digest. Jessica is also the Co-Founder and Publisher of Vine Leaves Press&Literary Journal, a singer/songwriter/guitarist, a voice-over actor, and a freelance editor and writer for English Language Teaching publishers worldwide such as Macmillan Education and Education First. Before she started writing she was just a young woman with a "useless" Bachelor of Arts degree and a waitressing job. Visit Jessica's website: jessicabellauthor.com

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“Few writers can bring rich, complex characters to life on the page in a way that Jessica Bell does. In White Lady she strikes at the heart of families in turmoil, giving a painfully honest portrayal of flawed humanity, while taking the reader on an intense, suspenseful ride rife with mystery. Be prepared to be wowed.” C. S. Lakin, author of Innocent Little Crimes

“... this isn’t for the faint of heart, but [Jessica Bell] does a fantastic job of giving real heart and motive to some really messed up people ... The character struggles weave together, clash and collide and as you can imagine, there is a lot of collateral damage ... if you like to see a bit of triumph in the wreckage, this may very well be for you.” Hart Johnson, author of A Shot in the Light

“Edgy, pacy, and chillingly real. A book you’ll sink your teeth into and never forget.” JJ Marsh, author of The Beatrice Stubbs series

Editorial Reviews

"Edgy, pacy, and chillingly real. A book you'll sink your teeth into and never forget." JJ Marsh, author of The Beatrice Stubbs series

"... this isn't for the faint of heart, but [Jessica Bell] does a fantastic job of giving real heart and motive to some really messed up people ... The character struggles weave together, clash and collide and as you can imagine, there is a lot of collateral damage ... if you like to see a bit of triumph in the wreckage, this may very well be for you." -Hart Johnson, author of A Shot in the Light

"Few writers can bring rich, complex characters to life on the page in a way that Jessica Bell does. In White Lady she strikes at the heart of families in turmoil, giving a painfully honest portrayal of flawed humanity, while taking the reader on an intense, suspenseful ride rife with mystery. Be prepared to be wowed." -C. S. Lakin, author of Conundrum and Innocent Little Crimes

What readers have to say:

"high on action and suspense, with the events weaving together to a shocking, bloody ending"

"Wow! ... I was blown away ... I'm still a bit breathless. If you loved the surprise ending in Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl, you will love this book."

"An overweight teenager girl, her self-deprecating divorced dad, a blood-thirsty maths teacher, her ever-swearing teenage son, a manipulative woman who has left husband and daughter for Botox injections and US-wealth, a drug baron of Turkish origins, and a secretive Asian teenage girl are caught up in an improbable whirlwind where crime and sex are put into a blender, stirred, and served. On the rocks."

"Jessica Bell made me late for work... twice!"

"The tension builds brilliantly until I felt like I was gasping for air. And that ending--wow! Bell's writing style is sometimes poetic, sometimes gritty, but very real"

"It takes a good writer to be able to pull this off ... and I think I can safely say that Jessica Bell is a very good writer!"

"the story is a ripper"

"This is an amazing book, intelligent, tender, bloody and brutal and unlike anything else I've read. Perhaps the closest comparison would be Mother, Mother, by Koren Zailckas. Not easily forgotten."

"... a captivating, suspenseful, unpredictable read. Brilliantly written, each chapter cleverly entwining the lives of each character but just when you think you know what's coming you couldn't be more wrong! This is certainly one of those can't put it down, need more, type novels that cannot be missed."

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