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About the Author

Michele Jaffe is the bestselling author of several adult novels, including the thrillers BAD GIRL and LOVERBOY. A native of Los Angeles, California, Michele and her sparkly shoes reside in New York City.

Reviews

Jaffe (Rosebush) tends to focus on the interior lives of her protagonists, rather than the external events of the plot, for the pacing in her thrillers. It works with an honest character, drawing readers in as emotions unfold and deeply held fears are realized. But with an unreliable narrator like Eve Brightman/Aurora Silverton, readers are warned from the start to withhold trust. Without the page-turning tension of either emotional involvement or event, what's left is a litany of wealth and spite. Living in squalor, Eve agrees to an impersonation-she will pretend to be Aurora, a cousin of Bain and Bridgette Silverton who has been missing for three years, in return for a cut of Aurora's inheritance, due when she turns 18 in three months. Aurora is believed to have run away when her best friend Liza committed suicide, but no one really knows. Upon "Aurora's" dramatic return, the dire warnings of a hired medium set up the haunting that follows, with Aurora being visited by Liza's ghost, and the interdependence of money and fraud continues to the end. Ages 14-up. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Gr 8 Up-After they see Eve Brightman working in a Starbucks in Tucson, AZ, cunning siblings Bain and Bridgette Silverton are sure that she can impersonate their missing cousin Aurora until Aurora's wealthy grandmother dies and leaves her a fortune. As a foster child, Eve has trouble remembering her past, unless you count troubled dreams and sad memories. Why wouldn't she pretend to be beautiful, wealthy Aurora for a share of the inheritance? However, Eve finds out the hard way that easy money is never that easy. The family is suspicious of Aurora's miraculous reappearance, she is a person of interest in the mysterious suicide of her friend Liza, and her presence has enraged an unknown entity. Eve is unsure who or what is after her; she is haunted day and night by the living and the dead. Aurora's unfeeling family, her so-called friends, and even Liza's ghost all seem to want to help her, yet they also appear to be conspiring against her. The more Eve uncovers about Aurora's life and Liza's death, the more troubled and frantic she becomes. Jaffe's suspense-filled, thrilling paranormal mystery has fully developed characters and a well-thought-out, twisting plot. Readers will be kept guessing how it all ends, and, despite its substantial page count, the novel is suspenseful enough to be devoured in one sitting.-Cindy Wall, Southington Library & Museum, CT (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.