The Great Pretender [Paperback]

Millenia Black (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 6, 2005

Do you really know the person you love? What warning signs are you willing to ignore? What can you forgive? In her smashing debut novel, Millenia Black puts a daring new spin on modern family drama by exploring its secrets and lies-as the perfect man comes undone by the consequences of a double life.

Let a new battle of the sexes begin.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...It’s a real page-turner! I was involved from beginning to end." -- Judith Henry Wall, author of THE GIRLFRIENDS CLUB and MY MOTHER'S DAUGHTER --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Millenia Black is an avid reader whose hobbies include enjoying the music of Nat King Cole and Judy Garland and watching old Hollywood classics. She's an alumni of Keiser College and was born and raised in South Florida, where she still resides today. She is currently single and has never dated anyone living a double life.

Product Details

• Paperback: 287 pages
• Publisher: NAL Trade (September 6, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451216482
• ISBN-13: 978-0451216489
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (157 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,353,167 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Millenia Black is the bestselling author of the novels THE GREAT PRETENDER and THE GREAT BETRAYAL. She loves to tell a compelling story and is an avid reader. Heralded as a double life and relationship expert, she's been a featured guest on radio shows across the country.

Millenia is an alumni of Keiser University and was born and raised in Florida, where she still resides today. She is currently working on RAINDROPS ON ROSES, book one in her highly anticipated FAVORITE THINGS trilogy!

Millenia is currently unmarried and has never dated anyone living a double life...

She thinks.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

92 of 94 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars When we practice to deceive., January 31, 2004

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The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers (RAWSISTAZ.com and BlackBookReviews.net) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Great Pretender (Paperback)

In this captivating tale of deceit and betrayal, we are introduced to Reginald Brooks who has seemingly mastered the art of living a double life. On one hand, he is a devoted family man with a wife of 18 years and two children. On the other hand, he lives with his much younger girlfriend and their six-year-old daughter.

After six years, the stress of trying to keep both lives separate is eating away at Reginald, so he decides it's time to choose which life he wants to live. After making his decision, he comes to realize that exposing his secret does not bring the peaceful resolution he was expecting. Instead, it opens up a chasm of lies and deceit so deep that it's anybody's guess who, if anyone, will escape unscathed.

Like an F5 tornado, THE GREAT PRETENDER sweeps you deep into its vortex, drawing you into this enthralling tale of secrets, secrets and even more secrets. With a surprise ending that is so intense, you will be left slack-jawed and wondering why you didn't see it coming.

Look out literary world! Millenia Black, a very prolific mystery writer, has hit the scene as a force to be reckoned with. THE GREAT PRETENDER is a wonderful debut novel and I highly recommend this to readers everywhere.

Reviewed by Renee Williams
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

71 of 72 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a Tangled Web We Weave..., February 7, 2004

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Geena Brighton "Sherrington Columnist" (Cheyenne, WY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Great Pretender (Paperback)

What a tangled web we weave when we practice to deceive. Mr. Brooks traveled from Miami to Orlando for 10 years and had an outside child for 6 of them with a woman his wife didn't know existed. The mother of this child also knew nothing about Mr. Brook's wife and two daughters that existed long before she did. What a roller coaster ride we have here. No stone goes unturned when all the chips fall and it is too good to put down when it reaches the climax. I was shocked by what the ramifications were in the end, but could definitely see such a result in a situation like this. No one can win. I recommend this book because it is a pageturner and the storyline is not overdone or trite as so many fiction books I've come across in recent months.

Geena Brighton, columnist for Sherrington

86 of 89 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The PERFECT Pageturning Story, February 23, 2004

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"bspire" (Sacramento, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Great Pretender (Paperback)

I loved everything about this book! I relate well to Reginald's wife Tracy, she's the type of woman that most of us women find ourselves becoming at some point when we feel distanced from our mates.

The book is exciting, dramatic, mysterious and clever. The characters are interesting. Completing this book will leave you feeling the need to write the author and DEMAND a follow up of some sort!

I would also LOVE to see a movie! I would be so eager and happy to see how well the actors would portray these very complex characters and make them come to life! I could see it being a movie to watch over and over again, it would probably be just as addicting as Millenia Black's spicy book! If you read ANY book, THIS is the one to read! --.