Why Sleeping Dogs Lie: 6

by Tracie Howard

Book Overview

From the co-author of Revenge is Best Served Cold and Talk of the Town comes a sizzling solo debut novel about a New York city girl confronting a scandalous past affair which had serious consequences neither she nor her then lover and now TV star Saxton McKensie had foreseen. Thrown together unexpectedly by circumstances they must deal with the past and embrace the future, whatever that may bring...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 045120977X
• ISBN13: 9780451209771
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: New American Library
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

One of my favorites

I love this book it's great, I mean it has it all, it is trendy, glitzy, glamorous, and the author is being true to herself. I love the book and I love the characters, and the plot. I love the ending it suprised me. I own this book and I read it over and over again! It is one of my favorites!

Good Read

This book read like your typical romance novel. I found it to be very entertaining. However, I was irritated by the constant deluge of designer names to describe the clothing and shoes being worn by the characters. The ending tied together nicely as expected. If you are looking for high brow literature with complicated plots and subplots, you will not find that in this book. Yet, I found this book to be a good read that held my attention to the very end.

Just What I've Been Looking For !!!!

I'm a African American,professional female in my 30's who loves to read."Sleeping Dogs" was recommended by a girlfriend as a well-written,hip and provocative story without the typical 'baby momma drama'that is the focus of a lot of our popular fiction today. No offense to anyone who wants to go there...it's just that those books don't reflect who I am and even if they did I can't say that I'd enjoy reading about it.Personally, I want to read about men and women who work hard and are doing really well. That's what I loved most about "Sleeping Dogs"--it was refreshing and wonderful to pick up an African American dramatic story where the characters are clearly getting paid and enjoying the material and social fruits of their labors.I applaud Tracie for helping to change perceptions that women of color are restricted to only handling their business in the bedroom and not the boardroom. Bravo,sister, and I look forward to your next novel!

Glad I Picked This Up !!!!

Ok, I am not gonna lie---I read lots of romance novels and the fiiiiine brother on the cover prompted me to pick up "Sleeping Dogs".....and am I glad that I did! I loved this book! Saxton McKenzie (the hunk on the cover)is just the type of man I dream about at night---smart,athletic,successful and well-equipped to handle his bizness in the bedroom.He's at ease handling 100 million dollar deals or putting the clamps on the schemes his fiancee Deena and her girl, Nikki cook up(I could slap them!)..... I won't divulge secrets about their scandalous plot but I guarantee you won't be disappointed...and I'll bet you'll end up LOVING Saxton as much as I do!

An Amazing New Talent

This book was recommended to me by a friend who couldn't stop talking about the characters and story, so I picked it up for something to read over the Holidays, and couldn't put it down! The story was brisque, sexy and dramatic, holding you in its grips from the first chapter to the last. There was something for everyone. Saxton McKensie, one of the lead characters, is a charismatic, sucessful dreamboat, torn between Mallory - the good girl - and Deena, the super bad girl, with whom he's engaged. Though Deena is a media celebrity, she also has a very nasty little secret in the form of an equally bad girl, Nikki! Why Sleeping Dogs Lie is a romantic story that is also quite titaliting. I am a new fan of Tracie Howards, she is the new voice of African American fiction!