They say cats have nine lives. Lucky for Cat Dupress, she s got seven left. Bounty hunter Cat Dupress first cheated death when she was thirteen. The second time left her orphaned and scarred. And the only thing that will diminsh her lust for revenge is finding the man who left her for dead as she watched him murder her father. Every job she takes is an opportunity to invade the criminal world that hides the tattoed man who ruined her life. And she hopes to hunt him down on her current mission into the rugged deserts of Mexico, where there is no law to watch her back. Without her knowledge, bondsman Wilson McKay is on the same job, and trailing Cat is the fastest way to find his man. He s willing to share resources -- and the reward -- especially if that means getting to know the lonely woman beneath Cat s tough, take-no-prisoners exterior. Life s taught Cat that the surest way to land on her feet is to work alone, but Wilson might be the man to change her mind -- when they re not competing for jobs or ready to kill each other.
With over fifty books in print, award-winning author Sharon Sala, who also writes as Dinah McCall, still has to remind herself from time to time that this isn't a dream.
She learned to read at the age of four and has had her nose in a book ever since. Her introduction into romance came at an early age through the stories of Zane Gray, Grace Livingston Hill and Emily Loring. Her pride in contributing to the genre is echoed by the letters of her fans.
She's a four-time RITA finalist, Winner of the Janet Dailey Award, three-time Career Achievement winner from Romantic Times magazine, four-time winner of the National Reader's Choice Award and five-time winner of the Colorado Romance Writer's Award of Excellence, as well as numerous other industry awards.
Her books are regularly on bestseller lists, such as the New York Times extended list, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Waldenbooks mass market, and many others.
She claims that, for her, learning to read was a matter of evolution, but learning to write and then being published was a revolution. It changed her life, her world and her fate.
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天呐,我必须得吐槽一下这本书的叙事结构。简直就是一场灾难!作者似乎沉迷于非线性的叙事手法,时间线在不同的章节之间来回跳跃,一会儿是过去,一会儿是现在,中间还时不时插入一些哲学思辨的旁白,搞得我完全跟不上趟。我感觉自己就像在看一部被剪辑得七零八落的独立电影,每一个场景都很有风格,但组合在一起就成了碎片化的混乱。有好几次,我不得不放下书,去查阅网上的“阅读指南”或者“时间线梳理”,这完全违背了我读书的初衷——我只想沉浸在故事里,而不是在做复杂的逻辑推理。书中那些充满了象征意义的意象堆砌得太多了,比如反复出现的乌鸦、生锈的钥匙,每次出现都让人疑惑:“这到底意味着什么?是不是有什么深层含义我没get到?”这种过度解读的压力,让阅读从一种放松变成了一种负担。尽管我承认,当那些看似无关的线索最终以一种极其偶然的方式交汇时,确实有那么一瞬间的震撼,但为了达到这个效果,付出的阅读成本实在太高了。这本书更适合那些热爱拆解文本、沉迷于后现代主义结构分析的学者,对于普通读者来说,它显得过于故作高深和疏离。
评分当我合上这本书时,脑子里留下的不是一个完整的故事轮廓,而是一系列挥之不去的情绪碎片和未解的谜团。它像一幅印象派的油画,从远处看色彩斑斓、意境深远,但走近了看,却发现笔触粗犷随意,许多细节模糊不清。我花了大量的时间去试图拼凑作者想要表达的“核心思想”,是关于自由意志的探讨?还是对现代社会异化的控诉?书里抛出了无数个深刻的问题,却几乎没有提供任何明确的答案,这让我这个追求故事闭环的读者感到非常不适应。它更像是一场智力的挑战,而不是一次心灵的慰藉。每一次我以为自己抓住了作者的尾巴,准备顺着他往下走时,他总会一个急转弯,把我带入另一个充满问号的角落。坦白说,这本书的艺术价值或许很高,它确实在挑战传统的叙事规范,但在我看来,这种挑战是以牺牲故事的可读性和情感连接为代价的。读完后,我留下的更多是困惑和一种“我好像错过了什么重要信息”的焦虑感,而非满足。
评分这本小说,说实话,刚开始读的时候我还真有点提不起精神。封面设计得挺素雅,但内容上,我总觉得作者在铺陈一个巨大的谜团,却迟迟不肯揭晓。开篇几章,那种沉闷的叙事节奏简直让人昏昏欲睡,主角的内心挣扎描绘得太过冗长,仿佛每一滴汗水、每一个犹豫的眼神都要被细致入微地记录下来。我一度怀疑自己是不是选错书了,尤其是在中间部分,情节仿佛陷入了一个无尽的迷宫,人物关系错综复杂得像一团打死结的毛线,读起来非常费力。我得反复回翻前面的章节,才能勉强跟上作者那跳跃式的思绪。不过,耐着性子读下去后,我开始捕捉到一些细微的闪光点。作者对环境氛围的营造确实有一手,那种弥漫在字里行间的压抑感和宿命感,偶尔能让人产生一种身临其境的窒息感。特别是描写城市角落里那些边缘人物的片段,笔触相当老辣,充满了对人性幽暗面的深刻洞察。但总体来说,这本书的阅读体验称不上愉悦,更像是一场需要耗费大量精力的智力游戏,而不是一次轻松的阅读享受。
评分这本作品的语言风格,简直是冷硬派侦探小说和意识流文学的怪异结合体。句子结构极其晦涩,充满了大量的长句和复杂的从句嵌套,仿佛作者在刻意与读者保持距离。阅读时,我常常需要放慢语速,逐字逐句地去咀嚼那些拗口的描述。比如描述一个简单的动作——“他关上了门”,在作者笔下可能会变成:“那扇厚重的、被时间侵蚀出斑驳锈迹的木质构造,在轻微的空气扰动中,以一种近乎不情愿的摩擦声,完成了与门框的最终分离,象征着既定事实的不可逆转性。”你看,这种详尽到令人发指的程度,虽然在某些特定的段落能营造出一种仪式感,但持续保持这种密度,对读者的注意力是极大的消耗。我无法想象把它当作睡前读物,因为它需要你时刻保持警醒。唯一让我感到欣慰的是,作者在处理一些高潮场景时的节奏感,突然间,那些长句被拆解成了短促有力的断句,如同机关枪扫射,瞬间将阅读的张力拉满,那种对比感非常强烈,但这种爆发点实在太稀少了。
评分说实话,这本书最吸引我的地方,恰恰是那些最不被关注的配角。主角的处理手法,我个人不太感冒。他太‘完美’地‘不完美’了,所有的缺点和优点都像是被精心设计来推动剧情的工具,缺乏一种真实的、日常的烟火气。相比之下,那个在背景中默默无闻的图书管理员A,或是那个总是在雨夜出现的流浪汉B,他们的几句台词,他们无意中流露出的某个小动作,却比主角的一整段内心独白来得更真实、更动人。作者在刻画这些边缘人物时,那种克制而精准的笔墨,透露出一种对生活细微之处的敏锐观察力。我甚至一度希望故事能拐个弯,让A或B成为叙事中心,那样或许会更有血有肉。这本书的优点在于它成功地构建了一个充满灰色的世界观,但缺点在于,它似乎过于沉迷于宏大的哲学命题,反而忽略了支撑起一个真正感人故事的,那些最朴素的人性瞬间。所以,我读得很纠结,一方面欣赏作者的野心,一方面又为那些被主角光环压制住的精彩配角感到惋惜。
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