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The Gift Horse
by Pamela J. Dodd
from Booklocker.com
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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Ms. Dodd's writing skills are impressive! 
Pamela Dodd taught English to high school and middle school students for over twenty years. She has always loved telling a good story. She also has published TRINITY ON
TYLOS, which is a futuristic novel.
Angela Donalson is a young beauty from Georgia who is orphaned and living with an aunt who has little means herself. When Angela applies for a college grant, she catches the eye of a man who has more than subsidizing students in mind. Angela is kidnapped and held at Marc Avery's Tennessee estate.... more info
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Are You KIDDING Me? 
Ms Dodd wasted her talent, and my purchase price, on this ridiculous creation.
The author is very talented, and managed to hold my interest, even though my mantra at each new "twist" was "Are You KIDDING Me?" At first, it was plausible that, initially,this might happen to an "unworldly" teen ager, but if this main character, Angie, is smart and clever as the author would have us believe, she would have found a way to escape and have her captors punished. Of course, then there would be no book to sell.... more info
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A detailed and efficient thriller
Pamela J. Dodd tells the story of high school student Angela ("Angie") Donalson's abduction by millionaire Marc Avery with a detailed, straightforward approach. Angie's new life begins with her harsh imprisonment--capably managed by Ms. Billie Chapman, an ex-Marine who knows how to break people down and build them back up--and quickly moves into a mental territory more remote than Avery's vast estate. As Angie changes, she must decide whether it's for better or worse and whether she has any choice in the... more info
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Engrossing tale a good read
This book was a real page-turner; I found that it was so unbelievable that I kept wanting to know what happened next. I was reading a Baldacci novel at the same time and kept going back to The GIFT HORSE because of the pace and original story. The characters are pretty well-rounded and the dialogue is believable. An interesting way to be entertained for an afternoon.
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