Shades of Jade: A Novel (Strivers Row)

by Gloria Mallette

Book Overview

Marissa, a young woman having affairs with four different married men, suddenly realizes that one of the wives of the men she is dating apparently wants her dead, a discovery that prompts Marissa to reexamine the choices she has made in her life and to embark on a quest to find Mr. Right--if she sur

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375757430
• ISBN13: 9780375757433
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Villard
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

It's A Thriller!

This novel was like a thriller! I had to read it! Ms. Mallette did a good job writing this and you need to read it!

I NEED MORE STARS PLEASE.....!!!

Usually when I order or buy a book I always read maybe two or three pages then come back to it later. With this book I started at 9:30 that night and by 3:15 that morning I was finished!!! Shades Of Jade was a good book!!!!!! I kept saying to myself I'll just read this chapter and put it down. I couldn't put this book down until page 245 which is the last page!Shades Of Jade is about a woman (Marissa) that only dates married men for her own personal reasons. Her best friend Charmaine dislikes her lifestyle and constantly warns her that: ONE OF THESE DAYS YOU'RE GONNA MESS WITH THE WRONG WOMAN'S HUSBAND! Marissa ignores her best friend until she starts receiving threatening phone calls, hang ups and disturbing letters. By Chapter four I thought I knew who the stalker was, but as the plot thicken I wasn't sure. When I finally find out who it was I was totally SUPRISED! In a million of years I would have never guess the stalker..........NEVER!Gloria, you did a EXCELLENT job on writing this book! This book is full of DRAMA, LIES AND SUSPENSE! This book will keep you turning the pages until you are finished! I HIGHLY recommend this book to everyone you will be in for a suprise by the end!This book deserves more than five stars just for the ending......My mouth is still opened from who the stalker was!!!!!!!!GO GET THIS ONE YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPONITED!!!

COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN

Shades of Jade is a novel of passion, deceit and suspense.Marissa is a beautiful woman with a penchant for married men. She has several men that she is seeing at the same time, without the men knowing about each other. Marissa also has another secret--she is being stalked by someone. Who is this person? You will be shocked to find out the answer. This book will have you up all night, trying to figure out the stalkers identity. This is a great debut novel from Gloria Mallette. I highly recommend this one. Continued success and blessings to Gloria Mallette. Peace!!

Hats off to Gloria A. Mallette

Shades of Jade is a great suspenseful novel. Once I started reading, I couldn't put the book down until the last page. Marissa has a passion for married men. She has been warned several times but she refuses to listen to the threats. Who wants her dead? Who is the stalker? You'll be on pins and needles trying to figure this one out.This one shouldn't be missed. I highly recommend this novel. Best wishes to Gloria. Be Blessed!

Loved it, Loved it, Loved it!!!!

This book was EXCELLENT. It's a mystery, with a little (unlikely) romance thrown into the mix. Marissa really got on my nerves at the beginning of the book, with four relationships she's juggling, and her disinterest in any man that actually is available. But, boy did I start to feel for her when the stalker started coming after her with a vengeance. As the other reviewer of this book mentioned, I could not put the book down, I just had to find out who wanted Marissa dead so badly. I thought the potential killer was everybody EXCEPT who it really was! Mallette did an excellent job of holding my interest, keeping me in suspense, and giving a crazy twist to the relationship/dating/marriage game. I was very impressed, and I highly recommend this book.

A Magnificent Suspenseful Romance

Whew! I started reading Shades of Jade this morning, and I finished it this evening. I could not close this novel, until I read the last word on the very last page; and even then, I still wanted more! With a palpitating heart and sweaty fingers, I sat on the edge of my sofa anticipating the outcome of this stellar story.Shades of Jade is an intense thriller laced with romance. Marissa is a beautiful, vivacious, successful women whose got it going on, except that she's got an attraction for married men. She lives this life void of remorse, responsibility, or guilt until a narcissistic stalker threatens her life, stopping at nothing short of her heinous death.Gloria Mallette does a magnificent job of luring readers into this penchant story brimming with scorching deception and magnetizing romance. The characters are vividly developed, colorful, and alive. The story zips along like an AWOL raft on white water. Intermingling with the suspense is an arduous subplot that will leave you even more anxious than the mystery at hand. Intrigued, curious, and stimulated you'll turn each page wracking your brain trying to figure out the mystery, while simultaneously cheering the romance that threatens to rupture. You'll never be able to guess the outcome, so just block off an abundance of time, deal with your anxiety, and flow through the pages of Shades of Jade until your curiosity is squelched.