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January 19th 2016
by Thomas Nelson | |
Television reporter
Erica Sparks has just landed her dream job at Global News Network.
Beautiful, talented, and ambitious, Erica grew up dirt poor, worked her
way through Yale, and is carrying a terrible secret. She moves to
Manhattan to join GNN, leaving Jenny, her adored 7-year-old daughter, in
the custody of her ex-husband. Erica’s producer at the network, Greg
Underwood, is handsome and compelling. Scarred by her divorce, Erica is
wary of romance, but there’s no denying the mutual attraction.
On
one of her first assignments, Erica witnesses a horrific Staten Island
ferry crash. Then she lands a coveted interview with presumptive
presidential nominee Kay Barrish. During the interview Barrish
collapses. Erica valiantly tries to save her with CPR. The footage
rivets the world—GNN’s ratings soar and Erica is now a household name.
But
she’s troubled. What a strange coincidence that both events should
happen on her watch. It’s almost as if they were engineered. Is that
possible?
Erica’s relentless pursuit of the truth puts her life
and that of her daughter in danger. Her investigation leads her into the
heart of darkness—where the future of our democracy is at stake.
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Reviewed by Rebecca Maney
4 STARS!!!
Erica Sparks is convinced that she has reached the top echelon of
television news when she is invited to join Global News Network, an up
and coming news organization that small town girls like herself, could
only dream about working for. Sadly, her first assignment is marred by
tragedy; tragedy that she expertly films and reports, catapulting her
name and face onto every major network in the world. Eerily, her second
major assignment includes similar circumstances, and Erica begins to
wonder if there is more going on than appears on the surface of her
unprecedented success.
After engaging the help of a co-worker,
Erika fears that her request has landed her friend at near death.
Confiding in her attractive producer, Greg Underwood, also seems risky
at best. Erica develops the eerie sensation that GNN's owner, Nylan
Hastings, is not only brilliant, but psychopathic in his drive to reach
the top; expertly eliminating anyone who proves detrimental to his
cause. The cat- and- mouse game reaches another level when sordid
details about her past are threatened to be revealed and Erica fears
that her passion for journalism will prove to be fatal.
This
sensational thriller is a page turner and gives the reader a glimpse,
albeit fictional, into the world of global "newsmakers".
Rebecca is a
graduate of Bryan College with a degree in Christian Education, and
is currently serving at the First Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Church in Gastonia, North Carolina as the Director of Children's
Ministry. With nearly 28 years of experience
in her field, she has had many opportunities to use her love of
reading and writing in creative ways across the generations. A wife,
mother of four "nearly" grown children, and grandmother to four
beautiful grandchildren, Rebecca has been able to return to her love of
reading and more recently reviewing, with a renewed passion for the
"beauty of story".
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