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Tender Malice

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Ever since she was a little girl, Karen Cieve knew she was different. She always felt like a square peg trying to live on a round world. Her superior intelligence has kept her from simply conforming to and interracting with her peers. For years, Karen has worked closely with her father on developing advanced computer technology. At twenty-six, Karen has moved into her own home and perfected Mastermind, a software program that keeps hackers from penetrating a protected program and even catches them in the act.

Karen needs an investor to open up her own computer company. However, the corporate world is unwilling to invest millions in her revolutionary new project. That is no one is interested until Karen meets Lucas Tanner, CEO of Falcon Industries, who is willing to subsidize her. Karen finds herself very attracted to Lucas, but questions whether his interest in her is as a person or to gain control of and illegally use Mastermind.

TENDER MALICE is a fabulous journey into a carnival fun house where distortion is reality and reality is distorted. Catherine Lanigan entertains her audience with a thriller that includes wonderfully developed characters who grow as the story line progresses. For instance, Karen matures from a meek, apprehensive girl into a strong-willed woman, who fights for what she wants. Ms. Lanigan has created a special work that embodies the essence of the female spirit.

Harriet Klausner

Blessed with brains and beauty, Karen has created Mastermind - a computer program that can change the world. It has already changed hers. Suddenly she has a life beyond the computer screen, and two men want to share it. Life should be perfect, but it's not. Someone wants Mastermined and will kill to get it. No one is safe and everyone's a suspect -- including the people Karen loves most! Catherine Lanigan's Tender Malice is a tautly written novel. This highly recommended unabridged audiobook edition is superbly narrated by Anna Fields and would prove a popular addition to any community library collection.

This is my first Lanigan book, and to be honest, I was disappointed. Although the author has a great story to tell, I felt like a rock skipping across the pond of what was truly there. The wording was short and choppy, almost elementary. I found myself trying to add more to the story to fill in what I found lacking. Karen, the heroine, finds herself blooming (a little late in life) in the arms of two men. The road blocks she faces in trying to develop a romantic relationship and the twists and turns of trying to sell her "save the world" software and are quick and superficial with a silly end.