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Synopsis
With her career on the line, Major Kara Guidry delves into the secrets surrounding the murder of a female officer rumored to have been the mistress of the base commander, General William Beckwith.
| Size | | Length: | 370 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 23.2 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "Kara Guidry was stunned by her indecision.
They had been together only a few months, but already she loved to lie next to him in bed and lean on her elbow and watch him sleep. With his eyes closed, he looked like a boy, except for the curly brown hair on his chest that became a light fuzz at his belly button and got darker and more wiry going down, swirling and twisting at the sinuous juncture of his thighs in a passionate calculus of the flesh.
She wanted to reach our and stroke his belly and rub her fingers in the thickening sworls of his masculinity, but if she touched him, he would wake up, and she wanted him to sleep so she could lie there and gaze at him. Her dilemma was delicious, made her feel like a girl instead of the woman she was.
The first time they spent the night together she had been watching him sleep and had absentmindedly run her fingernail down his belly, and he jerked awake full of fire. In the dim light she thought she saw yellow in his eyes, and from somewhere deep in his chest came a low, guttural growl. Then he rolled gracefully over on top of her, and he looked into her eyes and the yellow was there, she could see it clearly now. He growled again and chewed on her shoulder, sending shivers down her legs. He burrowed his face into her neck, and he held her breast in his hand like a hunter in possession of prey. As he nibbled her lips, she looked up into his eyes and they flashed hungrily and he started licking her, grooming her like a cat. His tongue searched for pockets of sweat, and when he found them, he drank deeply. She hoped he would never stop, and he didn't, not for a long, long time."
Industry Reviews
"'Heart of War' is a relentless thriller that weaves some of today's hottest political and moral issues in and out of an intriguing plot. An edge-of-the-seat mystery that will also make you think."
Book jacket - Phillip Margolin
"Major Kara Guidry is an exceptionally engaging protagonist, a West Point grad and army lawyer caught up in a homicide even as she was violating a disciplinary rule herself. However, 'Heart of War' is not just a fine mystery: it's also a compelling study of the situations women in the service still must confront--and surmount--in order to survive."
Book jacket - Jeremiah Healy
"Despite some occasionally breathy prose, Truscott's novel provides a fascinating peek behind the olive drab curtain, blending a solid plot with a piercing critique of hypocrisy, power politics and sexual misconduct in today's armed forces.'
New York Times - Erik Burns (07/27/1997)
"A well-handled shocker."
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