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Summary: Wow!
Review: This is one of the best plot lines I have ever read, especially the sex scenes, they were so hot! I'm still fawning over the private detective, Brent Stone! His attraction to his "client" was so electric and so intense, you felt the pages were going to catch fire and I just couldn't wait for them to end up in bed together. Quite honestly, I would read all of this author's books just for the sex scenes!The plot of Reginald's lie was equally as engaging and I couldn't have guessed it would end up the way it did with the mistress. All in all, this is a very interesting read. I could not put the book down until I finished.
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Summary: Don't!!!!!
Review: I read the other reviews and was intrigued. Unforunately, though, it was a futile and disappointing effort. It was like watching a train wreck; I could not pull away. I kept at it, hoping something would improve. When I finished, all I could think was " I can't believe I read the whole thing!"
I love to read and am easily entertained. I have never been moved to write a review, before, but want to prevent someone else the pain of going through this read. Sorry, to the author.
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Summary: Good -- moral is a 'wake up call'
Review: I heard a lot about this book going around in reading groups before I bought it. It took me one sitting to read the WHOLE THING! At some scenes, I was so involved that I literally tossed the book across the room when the characters ticked me off. At any rate, the structure of the story is one I greatly appreciate. At one point, Reginald's family in Miami, Florida meets for a counseling session. The author supplied me with enough description to understand the actions of the family members - NOT CONDONE, but understand. In the end, I recommend this book to both men and women. It's a busy story but straight forward, and I believe that for men, it shows the unfortunate penances of infidelity and the effect on those who love you and you also love. For women, it shows the horror of the way in which we as women tend to accept immoral, disrespectful, and emotionally abusive behavior from our men. Reviewed by: P. Brook
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Summary: Best book I read this month
Review: This storyline makes the book a real page turner. I am an avid reader and I found this book to be the best I have read so far this month. The author brings us right into the lives of the characters and made me feel as if I knew these volitile people. I loved to hate most of them. The person I liked the most oddly enough was Renee Jameson. No matter what she did, I felt sorry for her. A very deep and telling story. Makes us realize that a family is not something one should ever take for granted. I hope Millenia Black writes many more novels.....I will be looking out for them so I can read them all.
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Summary: Wow, read it in only one day
Review: Picked up The Great Pretender on a whim after reading what it was all about. The description is right on the money with what I was expecting, and what I wasn't.... It had me glued to my seat trying to figure out what was going to go on with Reginald and the rest of the families. This was a great read and you'll see! Just when you think you can predict what's going to happen, the end leaves you with your mouth open and needing a sequel. I was left a bit disappointed in the end because I wanted more...
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Summary: Be entertained and become alert, it can happen to anyone
Review: This novel is very interesting to read, if you chose to ignore this story it is true anyway. but Lord, please put it in a movie and let me recline with my baby I don't intend to leave and enjoy the graphics of it's effect, yeh!. Reginald Brooks chief protagonist only followed his natural human instinct lets face it. You must want to be an angel and is stricken with high-fidelity syndrome so as not to given in to this overwhelming sexual anxiety. And it is unfortunate that these pain and sufferings do result from it. Poor Tracy, Olivia, Valerie and Renee with the out of wedlock child Denise. Well, Frank needs some of our pity also, not withstanding the betrayal of his boyhood friend. Overall this story really features the latent but strong sexual dynamics at work that compels people to inevitably see intercourse, as you can see everybody look for it at one point or another. And, it is such that when a man leaves the presence of his spouse, however charming she may be and, regardless of how she makes him romantically satisfied, it's all forgotten when another beautiful woman graces his sight. Well, psychologically that's the way it is in men, and a man has got to be down right too ambitious to restrain from the stuff. I thank this author for such accomplished work!
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Summary: The Great Pretender
Review: My reading group recently choose this book as a group read. We had never read anything by this author before, but were intrigued by the cover and the synopsis on the back. As soon as I'd read the prologue and first chapter I knew it was going to be a real page-turner. "Reginald" - debonaire business man living in a double world that had a clock ticking on it without even realizing how little time he had to play the game.
"Franklin" - troubled best friend who was also being just as deceptive as Reginald about his life.....
"Tracy" - wife to Reginald with as much to hide as his best friend Frank.
"Renee" - girlfriend to Reginald and mother of his illigitimate daughter. She had hopes of becoming Mrs. Reginald Brooks, but little did she know that title was already taken!
"Valerie & Olivia" - daughters of Reginald and Tracy. Both play important roles in the outcome of the story, especially the older one, Olivia. At times I felt that Olivia was the younger sister though, given her behaviour in dealing with certain things, especially what she did at a family counseling session! The secondary characters are equally as interesting and I wished I could know more about them, especially Justine, the wife of Reginald's boss. The Great Pretender was simply a brilliant read!!
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Summary: It felt like a movie!
Review: The Great Pretender is well-written, and brilliantly executed. It's like a movie full of drama and edge-of-your seat wonderment. The main character, Reginald, is not a exactly the man he thinks he is with everything going his way. He is a man with a conscience that shows itself at a time when his family needed him. He makes a grave error but believes it is the right choice to tell Renee part truth and part lie about himself. Renee's instincts are pretty keen and she is eager to marry, as if she foresaw that things were about to fall apart fast. Tracy is led down a path of betrayl and self-realization herself. Being left alone for so many years created a void she filled with something that could only cause more pain in the situation. She comes around and finds out the truth about her feelings and the man she thought she wanted. Finally, a lesson is learned by all...after a high price is paid for it.
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Summary: THE GREAT PRETENDER
Review: This story is truly excellent. It is a nice, easy-paced book to read and is engaging to get into as you don't want to put it down to do anything else. The characters are all great and they all make you mad enough to pull out your own hair sometimes. You kind of know who is going to get burned but it's drawn out in such a way that you get lots of suspense in the plot. Overall a good read for on the beach with the story leaving you with something to think about.
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Summary: Relationship and Family Drama
Review: From page one I was engrossed in the lives of the characters. I wholehartedly wished that Reginald had been honest with Renee from the beginning. I kept wondering why her family never called him on their suspicions, especially since they all felt so strongly. Renee's mom wanted to be supportive but knew deep down something wasn't right about Reginald. As the old saying goes, "Mother knows best". I have recommended this book to several of my book clubs and friends. I'm so proud of you Millenia, you have an unique writing style. I eagerly await your next release. Blessings...
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