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Book Review of Slow Burn (Buchanan-Renard, Bk 5) (Audio CD) (Abridged)

Slow Burn (Buchanan-Renard, Bk 5) (Audio CD) (Abridged)
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LIVING A SUCCESSFUL LIFE IN CHARLESTON, S.C., KATE MACKENNA HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO TURN HER CHALLENGES INTO TRIUMPHS. BUT NOW THE FATES SEEM TO BE LINING UP AGAINST HER. IN A LETHAL FASHION. WHILE ATTENDING A RECPETION AT A FRIEND'S ESTATE FOR A CONTROVERSIAL ARTIST, KATE IS NEARLY KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION. ONCE HOME, KATE IS HIT WITH THE NEWS THAT THE PROSPEROUS FRAGARANCE COMPANY SHE HAS NURTURED FOR THE GROUND UP IS IN JEOPARDY.

THEN KATE RECEIVES A CALL FROM HER BEST FRIEND, JORDAN, WHO IS HOSPITALIZED & SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY IN BOSTON. KATE IMMEDIATELY RUSHES TO HER SIDE. ONCE SHE KNOWS THAT JORDAN IS GOING TO BE FINE, KATE ABANDONS HER CLAM FACADE & ALLOWS HERSELF A MAJOR MELTDOWN, DOING SOMETHING THAT IS TOTALLY UNCHARACTERISTIC; SHE HAS A ONE-NIGHT STAND WITH JORDAN'S BROTHER DYLAN.

COMING TO HER SENSES, KATE RETURNS HOME DETERMINED TO GET BACK ON TRACK AND SAVE HER BUSINESS. BUT THE MISHAPS KEEP COMING.

AT JORDAN'S INSISTENCE, DYLAN CHECKS UP ON KATE. HE IS CONVINCED THAT SHE IS MERELY HAVING A SPELL OF BAD LUCK-UNTIL HE DISCOVERS HOW MANY PEOPLE WANT KATE MACKENNA DEAD.