Joy and Anger [Mass Market Paperback]

Jennifer Blake (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 23, 1992

"Blake's a master at romantic fiction." The Chattanooga Times.
Julie Bullard, daughter of one of Hollywood's legendary directors and one of the hottest young directors in her own right, is filming on location in the Louisiana bayou, working on a high-budget film that will make or break her career. Rey Tabary, nicknamed the Swamp Rat, is a Creole, a native of the bayou -- a man Julie needs to provide authenticity for her movie . . . and to fill other needs as well. But as first accidents, and then murder, disrupt the set, Julie turns to Rey to face the deadly reality of a killer . . . and the pleasures of uncompromising love.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Louisiana Bayous and the Hollywood film world provide the sultry background for this unsuprising but competent romance. Blake's Love & Smoke has more than 625,000 paperbacks in print.
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From Kirkus Reviews

Blake's romances, now arriving in hardcover, may lack the total eye-blinding glitter of some of the top soapsters, but other Queens of Romance might take note of the impressive control of her popcorn plots, knowledgeable settings, and placement of pant-and- pash interludes. Here, as in Love and Smoke (1989), the setting is contemporary Louisiana, where an ambitious young female director attempts to finish a film amid murders, danger--and romance. ``Swamp Kingdom'' is the working title of the film that Julie Bullard--only child of the famous auteur ``Bull'' Bullard--is directing. Determined to be accurate in all regional detail, Julie signs on a disturbing Cajun, Rey Tabary, to be ``technical director.'' Although Julie has a stuffy L.A. lover of long standing, she's soon making waves in the bayou with Rey--``a creature of the night and the swamp, splendid, untamed.'' (Rey, out of the water, however, is an enormous help in all the horrors about to happen--and, besides, he's rich.) Suddenly, there are two murders and attempts on the lives of an unhappy child actress and Julie herself. Then Bull barges in. Will he take over Julie's film, the film someone has been sabotaging? Blake has lined up a solid group of suspects, both actors and film crew, and there's a swell slog at the close through mud and water as Julie struggles with the villain. Reliable romantic suspense for the loyal Blake audience. -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 40 pages
• Publisher: Ivy Books (May 23, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0449146758
• ISBN-13: 978-0449146750
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,519,603 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jennifer Blake has been called "the steel magnolia of women's fiction" for her enduring career as an author. She has also been lauded as a "pioneer of the romance genre" and an "icon of the romance industry." A New York Times and international best selling author from the publication of "Love's Wild Desire" in 1977, she is a charter member of Romance Writers of America, member of the RWA and Affaire de Coeur Halls of Fame, and recipient of the RWA Lifetime Achievement Rita. She holds numerous other honors, including two Maggies, two Holt Medallions, multiple Reviewer's Choice awards, the Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times BookReviews Magazine, and the Frank Waters Award for literary excellence. She has written 65 books with translations in 20 languages and more than 30 million copies in print. Jennifer and her husband live on a lake in northern Louisiana.

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A superb story!, October 14, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Joy and Anger (Mass Market Paperback)

I just recently reread this book, and like all good books, found it was even better than I remembered. The story focuses on Julie, a Louisiana girl returned home to direct a movie. Things become confused when she finds herself attracted to Rey who is acting as a technical director, despite her long term relationship with the movie's producer. Accidents on the set lead Julie to believe someone is trafficking drugs and trying to hide it, and Rey is somehow involved.