Blurb:
#1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown delivers a riveting thriller
in which a conflict of conscience for a former football star and an ambitious
state prosecutor swiftly intensifies into a fight for their lives.
Former Super Bowl MVP quarterback Zach Bridger hasn’t seen his
ex-wife, Rebecca Pratt, for some time--not since their volatile marriage
imploded--so he’s shocked to receive a life-altering call about her. Rebecca
has been placed on life support after a violent assault, and he--despite their
divorce--has medical power-of-attorney. Zach is asked to make an impossible
choice: keep her on life support or take her off of it. Buckling under the
weight of the responsibility and the glare of public scrutiny, Zach ultimately
walks away, letting Rebecca’s parents have the final say.
Four years later, Rebecca’s attacker, Eban--the scion of a
wealthy family in Atlanta--gets an early release from prison. The ludicrous
miscarriage of justice reeks of favoritism, and Kate Lennon, a brilliant state
prosecutor, is determined to put him back behind bars. Rebecca’s parents have
kept her alive all these years, but if her condition were to change--if she
were to die--Eban could be retried on a new charge: murder.
It isn’t lost on Zach that in order for Eban to be charged
with Rebecca’s murder, Zach must actually be the one to kill her. He rejects
Kate’s legal standpoint but can’t resist their ill-timed attraction to each
other. Eban, having realized the jeopardy he’s in, plots to make certain that
neither Zach nor Kate lives to see the death of Rebecca--and the end of his
freedom.
My review:
Overkill is an intriguing tale of two men. Zach is a former Super
Bowl MVP quarterback, playboy all around celebrity type (minus the drugs). Eban
is a spoiled rich kid, narcissistic psychopath. One woman brings the two into
each others sphere. Rebecca was a party girl when she met and married Zach.
Their short lived marriage didn’t change their lifestyles and they had an
acrimonious divorce.
Eban met Rebecca at a party filled with sex, drugs and alcohol.
He assaulted her and left her brain dead. Despite daddy’s money Eban was sent
to prison for the attack but now he’s out after a ludicrously short time and he
hasn’t a shred of remorse.
This book tells the tale of justice delayed but not denied. The
dichotomy between Zach and Eban and the paths not taken will enthrall and
entertain.
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