Blinding Mirror [Kindle Edition]

Shelley Halima (Author)

Book Description

Blinding Mirror is a dark and sexy thriller about a woman Olivia Valente, who leaves behind her abusive and dysfunctional home, poverty and her racial identity to find the riches she’s always dreamed of. Once she attains it she will keep it by any means necessary—even if it means murder. Her insatiable greed leads her back into the lives of her estranged twin daughters just as they are to receive a hefty inheritance. But all their lives will be changed forever as Olivia’s true identity and misdeeds come to light.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Blinding Mirror is splendid. A dark, page-turning gem, this rags-to-riches saga tosses happily-ever-after to the wind. Vivid characters propel an authentic saga, illustrating such ugly behavior as it fuels a desperate hunger for the beautiful life at a tragic, human cost. The climax stays with you long after you put Blinding Mirror down. It's a novel you can't wait to tell your friends they just have to read. --Dwight Hobbes, Mpls/St. Paul Magazine

In her third novel, Blinding Mirror, author Shelley Halima continues writing about race and class struggles. This time the beautiful Olivia Valente tosses aside family and racial identity to strike out on her own to find wealth, and happiness. Halima's novels are reminiscent of those crafted by Harold Robbins, Jacqueline Susann and even Jackie Collins. We love Halima's hot mestiza characters in this page turner with a twist. Where is the mini-series? --Charlotte Morgan, author of upcoming book Judgment in Goshen: Taxonomy of Ordinary Murder & Editor/Creator of Intangible Magazine

What a wonderful and great experience I have had reading Blinding Mirror, a novel by a soon to be literary star Shelley Halima. It was like watching a soap on television, I couldn't wait to get to the next page! Continued success as you are truly a gifted and talented individual, I look forward to your future works. --E'lyse Murray, Elyse Group 7, Agent to the Stars

About the Author

Shelley Halima was born in Charlotte, N.C. and raised in Michigan where she now resides. In addition to Blinding Mirror, she has written two other novels; Azucar Moreno and Los Morenos. Her screenplay Azucar, based on her first novel, is now in development for film. In 2009 she formed her independent entertainment company, Indie Gypsy, which will feature projects in music, film and books.

Product Details

• File Size: 540 KB
• Print Length: 256 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0615584667
• Publisher: Indie Gypsy; 2nd edition (October 18, 2010)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0047O2RP6
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #370,576 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Secrets and Lies January 20, 2011

By Urban Reviews VINE™ VOICE

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All that eighteen-year old Oliva Magdalena Delgado ever wanted to do was to escape her impoverished childhood ,her abusive parents, and her Afro-Mexican, Spanish, and Indian ancestry. When Oliva gets involved with a one-night stand with her friend Pillar's brother and becomes pregnant, Oliva decides this is the perfect time to get out of Fresno, California and to the big city dreams of Los Angeles. Oliva quickly takes on a new identity and is on the hunt for a rich suitor that will give her the lap of luxury that she feels she deserves. Oliva, now Olivia Machado, is hired by property management tycoon Gino Valente. Gino is quickly smitten with Olivia. Gino and Olivia soon marry and have three daughters, Lourdes, and twins Sofia and Isabella. Olivia thinks that she finally has the life she's always dreamed of until Gino's brother becomes suspicious of Olivia's background. More than twenty-five years later, Olivia and Lourdes travel together around the world in search of wealthy men to keep up with their lavish lifestyle. Sofia is now a successful spa owner and is still reeling from a failed relationship until she meets sexy attorney Javier. Will Sofia give Javier a chance? Isabella would give anything to have a normal mother-daughter relationship with Olivia. She might get her chance when Olivia and Lourdes comes back in town for Isabella and Sophia's 25th birthday. But is Olivia and Lourdes coming back to town to reunite with their family or are they trying to get their hands on the twins multi-million dollar inheritance? All hell breaks loose when the secrets of Olivia's past finally come to light. Will she survive the fallout?

Blinding Mirror is an exceptional thriller by Shelley Halima. Halima expertly weaves a multi-generational, multi-ethnic tale of suspense and intrigue. This novel takes you on an emotional journey as you see how Olivia grows from an impoverished teen to a selfish, gold-digging socialite. Readers will see how Olivia's actions had a devastating effect on Lourdes, Sophia, and Isabella's lives. Halima does a wonderful job of exposing readers to Afro-Mexican, Spanish, Indian, Maltese, and Portuguese cultures something that's rarely found in today's fiction market. High family drama, self-hatred of one's culture, and detrimental lies makes Blinding Mirror a captivating read. This novel is a sensational start to the Mirror series.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars guilty pleasure April 24, 2012

By Susan Jurist

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This book is filled with horrible people doing horrible things with some soft porn thrown in on the side. But it is so well written, I couldn't stop reading it. Who says everything you read must be worthwhile? Enjoy!

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Trite and stupid April 27, 2012

By Camsyn

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This book is not worth reading at all. It is so poorly edited that one character' Betty, undergoes an inexplicable last name change between chapters. Not to mention there are dozens of omitted words. The story itself is written in an adolescent style and seems to be bits of many trite, tired, and cliche ridden streotypical tales strung tediously together. I kept waiting for something worth reading to happen, but alas, no luck there. And then there's a second book with more oh the same...ugh! A big waste of time.