March 2008 Newsletter, Issue Two with Margie Gosa Shivers

St. Martin’s Griffin

January 22, 2008

978-0-312-94817-7

Fiction

4 ½ Stars

Give a big shout out for Traci Evans – a full figured, self-made woman with a nose for business and a heart of steel. Traci is a widow taking her life back from an cheating husband. She is determined to make the most out of her life despite the pitfalls she has endured. But Traci can’t do this on her own; she has the unconditional love from her next door neighbor and sista friend, Maureen.

Maureen has invited Traci to join the Invincible Sisterhood (a group of elderly widows looking to get the most out of life). Traci’s loves her involvement with the sisterhood and is getting her groove back through conversations with Ryan. The new detective in town, Simon, seems to have lit a spark under Maureen as well.

The action in this novel is phenomenal. Watch the antics of secondary characters – Jason, Elisa, and Ezekiel. Ray understands that love is everywhere. The characters are real – full figured, smart, older, hard working, and sexually awake. The subplots are difficult to follow at times but do not take away from the overall story.  Not Even If You Begged proves that love is all around and even the everyday folks can be the focus of a bestselling romance!

Francis Ray can be contacted at www.francisray.com or www.myspace.com/francisray.