Book Reviews of Envy

Betrayal, Revenge and Sex...oh my!! This really is an excellent book!! I've read a couple other SBs and was disappointed...this definitely changes my opinion....I'm going to try some others. This is a fairly long book (549p) but I flew through it! (even neglected my other read! lol) It kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time...for both stories....and the way she weaves them together...PERFECT!! I highly recommend this book!

This book was a total surprise to me. I usually cannot stand formula-based romantic suspense novels that seem to be so popular, BUT I could not put this one down. Highly recommended!

Although I do not like most formula-type books, I found this one exceptionally good and suspenseful. I hope someone else does too!

WOW - unable to keep up with the number of strange ways this books twists and turns. Hard to put down.

Sandra Brown rarely lets a reader down and this book is no exception! Just loved it! The manner in which she wove the story together was incredible.

If you like Sandra - you'll truly enjoy this book.

Very good read

Another classic by Sandra Brown...

Billy T.

Great story! Sandra outdid herself with this one,

This was one of the best books I've read in long time. Very gripping and engaging from page one. When I couldn't be reading it I was trying to figure out what was going to happen next. A definite must read suggestion.

LOVED THIS BOOK!! TOTALLY ENGAGING, SERIOUS PLOT TWISTS, COULDN'T TEAR MY EYES AWAY!! :)

Just when I thought I had it figured out, it takes another turn... I couldn't put it down!

My Favorite Sandra Brown book.

A book within a book! Absolutely page-turning. Stayed up till 4am to finish! Another great work by Sandra Brown.

Awesome! A story within a story within a story. Great plot ...terrific characters. Keeps you guessing until the very end.

Fans of Sandra Brown, this is the best one of her books that I have read.

One of Sandra Brown's best ever!!

This is one of the first books that I read of Sandra Brown's - she now as me hooked! Sandra Brown keeps readers turning pages with an explosive tale of a long-ago crime and the victim's plan for revenge!

slow start,got very interesting

Parker Evans religiously protects his privacy on a small island, so no one knows that he is really bestselling author Mackensie Roone. Now, Parker is secretly writing a more literary novel called ENVY about the destructive rivalry between friends that leads to the imprisonment of one and the bestselling success of the other. Parker adopts a pseudonym and submits a chapter directly to Maris Matherly-Reed, the publisher of Matherly Press.
Fascinated and impressed, Maris travels to meet with Parker and discovers that he is confined to a wheelchair. She agrees to become his editor, and as they work together on the island, their mutual attraction grows. But at the same time, Noah Reed, Maris's husband and colleague, reads the manuscript. He recognizes the story as his own and realizes that it could have only been written by one person -- the friend he left for dead 14 years earlier. Noah must silence Parker before his treachery is exposed in ENVY.

Perfectly plotted.
One dramatic scene after another.

Another excellent book by Sandra Brown. Keeps you guessing the whole way through.

Typical Brown mystery keeps you on edge to end

Love her books, great.

A good Sandra Brown book, but then most all of them are good!

Amazing! So many plots within plots, stories within stories.

My all time favorite Sandra Brown book! If you haven't read it, you MUST! Suspense, plot twists and great characters. Don't pass this one up.

High suspense.

When New York publisher Maris Matherly Reed receives a tantalizing manuscript from someone identified only as P.M.E., its blockbuster potential�and perhaps something else�compels her to meet its author. On an eerie, ruined cotton plantation on a remote Georgia island she finds Parker Evans, a man concealing his identity and his past. Maris is drawn into his tale of two young friends and a deadly betrayal�and to Parker himself. But there�s something especially chilling about this novel, its possible connection to Maris�s own life, and the real-life character who uses her, or anyone, to get what he wants.

When New York publisher Maris Matherly Reed receives a tantalizing manuscript from someone identified only as P.M.E., its blockbuster potential and perhaps something else compels her to meet its author. On an eerie, ruined cotton plantation on a remote Georgia island she finds Parker Evans, a man concealing his identity and his past. Maris is drawn into his tale of two young friends and a deadly betrayal -- and to Parker himself. But there's something expecially chilling about this novel, its possible connection to Maris's own life and the real life character who uses her, or anyone, to get what he wants.

Another excellent book by Sandra Brown!

The prologue of a novel arrives in the Manhattan offices of a book editor, who's intrigued enough to chase its mysterious author, identified only by his initials, to his decrepit plantation on an island off the Georgia Coast. That's the first clue that fiction is stranger than fact; few publishers (if any) would go to that sort of trouble for anything less than a new J.D. Salinger novel. But bestselling author Sandra Brown makes the most of her far-fetched premise, setting up a convoluted plot that keeps the reader engrossed despite its flaws and foibles.
Maris Matherly-Reed is more than an editor. She's also the beloved daughter of the publishing house's highly respected and successful leader, and the wife of Matherly Press's second-in-command, the smooth, suave, double-dealing Noah Reed. Reed, it develops, is the real target of the literary scam set up by the reclusive writer of the novel whose opening pages so captivate Reed's spouse. P.M.E., the writer, has a score to settle with Maris's husband, and he doesn't care whom he hurts as long as he brings Noah down. At least, not until he meets Maris, who has an unfortunate habit of falling in love with her authors.

Amazing read! Couldn't put it down.

kept me guessing!

Very good book by Brown! One of the better ones, I believe.

Excellent suspense. This was the first Sandra Brown novel I've read, and it has made me a huge fan!

I couldn't stop reading it! EXCELLENT

I enjoyed this book. It was the first Sandra Brown title I'd read, and it drew me in immediately. The plot was original and, although some critical plot elements were predictable, the story held my attention throughout. Recommended to those who enjoy a mystery/thriller with romance. A fun read for the summer, or for those times when you just want to escape into a book.

Maris Matherly-Reed, an executive at Matherly Press, the publishing house that her father runs, is going through the slush pile of unsolicited manuscripts when she encounters one that intrigues her. But the author has submitted only the prologue and has put only his initials on it and the name of the island off the coast of Georgia where he lives. To the befuddlement of her husband, Noah, a writer who only published one novel and now works at Matherly Press, Maris is determined to pursue the manuscript. Maris has been concerned by her husband's inattentiveness and lately has been feeling dissatisfied with their marriage. Impulsively, she decides to go to Georgia to find the author, now identified as Parker Evans. At first, Parker puts off Maris--he's rude, abrasive, ruggedly handsome, and wheelchair bound from an accident he won't discuss. Nevertheless, Maris is totally drawn in by his novel, the story of the friendship between two young men that ends tragically when only one makes it back from a boating accident. Nor can Maris deny her attraction to Parker. Meanwhile, her two-faced husband, Noah, is back in New York, trying to secure a deal that will essentially allow him to sell Matherly Press out from under Maris and her father. As her marriage crumbles and her attraction to Parker grows, Maris finds that Parker and his novel are much more closely related to her life than she could have ever imagined. Suspenseful and satisfying, Brown's latest novel is sure to please readers, just as her many previous ones have.
BOOKLIST REVIEW

Another excellent Brown boook. NY publishers recieves a manuscript from someone identified only as PME, the book has blockbuster potential and something more. On an eerie cotton plantation on a remote Georgia island she finds a man concealing his identity and his past. Maris is drawn into his talke of two young friends and a deadly betrayal. A chilling novel..........

I really enjoyed this book.

I like Sandra Brown. This one was pretty good. I finished it rather quickly.

Loved it!
From Publishers Weekly
Style and form are usually the least of prolific bestselling romance/thriller writer Brown's concerns, but in her latest effort she takes on an unusual challenge, setting out to craft a novel within a novel within a novel. The onion begins to peel when editor Maris Matherly-Reed plucks a prologue from the slush pile and finds herself hooked by the steamy prose. The author has furthermore titillated her by breaking the rules: no SASE, no cover letter. Maris knows only that his initials are P.M.E. and he lives on St. Anne Island in Georgia. (How does she know P.M.E. is a man? She... knows.) Gutsy, idealistic, deliciously sexy, Maris is married to philandering sociopath Noah Reed, who runs Matherly Press with Maris and her father, Daniel, last of the silver-maned gentleman publishers. As for P(arker) M(ackensie) E(vans), he's a bitter, wheelchair-bound, first-time novelist or is he? Is he using Maris to avenge himself against Noah, or does he love her madly or can the answer be all of the above? Cutting back and forth between the �bernovel and Parker's autobiographical novel about a purloined novel, Brown stages one dramatic scene after another. The narrative voices don't change much (although the typefaces do), but Brown's loyal legions frankly won't give a damn. (Aug. 28) Forecast: Brown could probably write a novel in blank verse and still hit the bestseller lists, so her experimentation here (mild, in any case) won't throw readers. The book is a Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club main selection and a BOMC alternate, and major TV, radio and print media ad campaigns (plus New York transit ads) will blanket the country. Expect the expected: a blockbuster.

Good Mystery

"...explosive tale of a long-ago crime and the victim's plan for revenge" -- from the back cover. Excellent.

good story with lots of twists and turns. will keep you guessing...

Great book and twisting plot!

Revenge, betrayal, drama, suspense ... this book has it all!

Very good read. Paraphrased - "When ... publisher Maris Reed received a manuscript, it is blockbuster potential and she is compelled to meet the author. On a ruined cotton plantation on a Georgia island, she meets Parker Evans. There is something chilly about this novel,its possible connection to Maris' own life, and the real-life character who uses her or anyone to get what he wants."

I really enjoyed this book. Sandra Brown is a good writer.

When a New York publisher Maris Matherly Reed receives a tantalizing manuscript from someone only identified as P.M.E., its blockbuster potential-and perhaps something else-compets her to meetits author. On an eerie ruined cotton plantation on a remote Georgian island she finds Parker Evans, a man concealing his identity and his past. Maris is drawn into his tale of 2 young friends and a deadly betrayal... and to Parker himself. But there's something especially chilling about this novel, its possible connection to Maris's own life, ant the real-life character who uses her, or anyone, to get what he wants.

I completely loved this book and I reccomend it to anyone.

good book

This was my first Sandra Brown book - VERY GOOD!

mystery with many twists

Another well written book by Sandra Brown, chilling, interesting, can't put it down until mystery is solved.

VERY GOOD BOOK GOOD MYSTERY

Great plot that would stand on its own without all the immorality.

This is one of my all time favorite Sandra Brown books. It is very intense...and I truly enjoyed it.

This is probably Brown's best book and I've read many of hers.

A book about a publisher who experiences betrayal, love, and mystery when she receives a manuscript from a mysterious author. A good read with some twists and turns and romance. First Sandra Brown book I've read, and I will read her other books.

"Perfectly Plotted...Sin-Tillating Suspense."--People

Another good mystery from Sandra Brown.

Very good read. A couple of times I got frustrated with the pace but once I got over those humps I was drawn right back into the story.

This was a really fantastic read. Sandra Brown intertwines 2 different stories until they become one. Loved it. One of my top 10's.

Hooks the reader from the beginning, tale of vengeance.

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