Playing for Keeps

by Stevie Rios

When the cruise ship full of fun-loving women pulls away from shore, leaving her stranded, Becca Neal realizes that she has indeed "missed the boat." What Becca cannot imagine is that the greatest... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883061075
• ISBN13: 9781883061074
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Rising Tide Press (AZ)
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Outstanding...

This was the best love story I have ever read. The author pulls you right into the emotion and experience of the characters, both past and present. I very highly recommend this book to EVERYONE. Beware... the sequal that was mentioned in the book is no where to be found. While the book is complete as written the author will leave you wanting to experience more and more of these characters love and adventures. Stevie it's never to late to write that sequel! Take my advice READ THIS BOOK - you will not be sorry!

Is there such a thing as a "Peeping Becca?"

A friend convinces Becca to take advantage of nontransferrable tickets she won for a lesbians-only cruise. The only problem is Becca takes a day trip at one of their stops and misses the boat that evening. She enters an odd bookstore to find something to read and runs across an old box full of odds and ends. In the box is a journal maintained by Lindsay West, outlining her time with the late Rob, her beautiful lover Mercedes, and a cast of other characters. I certainly enjoyed the story in the journal, but the Becca story detracted from the overall book and could have been omitted. The characters were three dimensional and memorable. Although the cover suggests a sequel, I wouldn't have been interested in it because the story ended at the right place. I don't think the sequel was ever published anyway (this book was published in 1995 and I can't find anything else by Rios). This book was not what I expected, but I enjoyed it anyway. It is a good read for a warm summer day by the lake under a shade tree.

I want more of Rios

I found this book totally captivating, I loved the mystery combined with the reality of todays often cruel society. I found myself using the atlas to trace Lindsay's and Mercede's journey, A truely wonderful experience.Can anyone tell me if Rios has completed the sequel she speaks about in the " About the Author " section of " Playing for Keeps ", I would really love to continue on this journey. Thanks, Gail.