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Show Her The Money (Silhouette Bombshell)

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Stephanie Feagan has stepped up to the plate and hit a home run with Show Her the Money. You'd think the world of CPA's and whistleblowers, oil men and West Texas rednecks would be somewhat humdrum, but not when Whitney Pearl is in the picture. She's armed and dangerous (with a calculator and tape recorder, that is) and she's not going to stand by and watch Marvel Energy cook the books and get away with it.

This is one of the funniest books I've ever read. I started the book intending to just read a chapter or two before bed, but the next thing I knew it was 3 am and I was bemoaning the fact that I had no more pages to read. My husband was ready to strangle me so he could get some sleep. Can I help it if my laughter kept him awake?

Now I'm eagerly awaiting the release of the second book in the series.

Senior manager Jane "Pink" Pearl testifies at a senatorial hearing that the memos she had were stolen along with all the backup disks except one. She vows to regain possession of the last set that proves Marvel Energy intended to commit fraud. The last set was inside a box sold to a family neighbor Mrs. Bohannon at a yard sale; Mrs. Bohannon is away on vacation. Senator Santorelli tells Pink to bring the evidence or else face prosecution as a chief auditor who hid the accounting scam.

Pink returns to her hometown of Midland, Texas even as physical threats rise from the Doo Dog Stalker and others, and rumors abound of her sleeping with Santorelli. Her mother, who wants her to drop the case, provides her work as the only person who would hire her. She also gets her a new lawyer, Ed, who successfully sued Marvel Energy, and strongly encourages Pink to tell the truth. Ed and Pink start with respect that turns into love but her life is on hold until she can exonerate herself at the senate hearing.

This intriguing whistle-blowing romance taken from the headlines is a fine tale that grips the audience from the moment that Pink, trying to do the right thing, is treated as a pariah by Congress, the media, her former peers and associates, and the public. Many conclude she is a loose woman who performed the illegal acts or just a traitor to her employers. Thus the story line centers on Pink's struggles. The romance with her second lawyer Ed takes a back seat to the whistleblower treated like a criminal by almost everyone.

Harriet Klausner

Whitney Pink Pearl is a CPA. She's smart, sassy and has an attitude. She kicks butt, calls a spade a spade, has PMS, and cries when she gets angry or frustrated. She has a mother who is also a CPA and just as smart, sassy and with her own attitude.

Most CPA's do their work from the seats of their chairs, but not Pink. She does her work from the heels of her feet in the field, getting shot at and shooting at others.

The plot just keeps getting thicker and thicker and the cheating husbands and wives keep mounting up. And the dead bodies keep mounting up also.

Beside being a great romantic suspense, Show Her The Money deals with values, principles, and lies told long ago that come back and haunt you and make you realize that if you hadn't believed those lies, your life would have been a lot better.

Show Her the Money is a great read. I couldn't put it down.

Show Her the Money by Stephanie Feagan
Silhouette Bombshell # 40 - April 2005

RITA Award recipient for Best First Book

Whitney aka "Pink" is a CPA recently fired from her job for whistle blowing their fraudulent practices to the SEC resulting in hearings before a senate finance committee. Pink has been granted immunity from any wrong doing as a result of her association with her former firm. Unfortunately this immunity hinges on documents that have been recorded on disk and now the disk in unattainable for several weeks. Forced to move back to Dallas and take a job for her mother as a forensic accountant, Pink finds that her troubles have followed her. She's being threatened by her former bosses, by employees of the company she blew the whistle on, and by a stalker who likes to leave dog poo with his threatening messages. And while all this is going on, Pink's new job brings her even more danger. And to top it off, Pink now has three love interests; Senator Steve on the finance committee; her new boss, Sam; and her lawyer, Ed. But as Ed puts it, Pink likes his chili best

This is my first Bombshell. It's written in the first person, which took me awhile to get used to. Ms. Feagan meets the challenge of creating developed characters only through Pink's eyes. This story was fun, witty, sexy and with a few moments of intrigue. I thoroughly enjoyed it!

I'm glad this one was awarded the RITA for Best First. Ms. Feagan's Pink finds herself caught in situations that could jeopardize her immunity. Yet she manages to squeak through them with the help of her friends. This is a fun read, and well worth seeking out and reading. I'm looking forward to reading Pink's next adventure.

...and it won't be my last. I had to buy it for the heroine's name alone. An author who'd name her lead character after an eraser MUST be a creative genius. I'm happy to say I wasn't disappointed. Feagan's character development is top notch, and there were some pleasant twists and turns to the plot. I won't recap the plot here since others have done that already, but I just wanted to add my recommendation to the rest.

One other comment I will make is that it's so refreshing to see a kickbutt heroine who has a real job and seems like an actual human being.

I'm definitely looking forward to Ms. Feagan's other books!

I had the chance to read this book before it was published, and it is amazing...

Regardless if you have a closed mind about ass-kicking heroins, i promise you that the hilarious mishaps that the main character go through won't let you down!

Pick up a copy as soon as you can! ;)