Marquel

A Romantic Thriller (Includes Adult Content)

By Emily W. Skinner

Published October 3rd 2011

Marquel is a fast ride from Florida to Hollywood California and back to Florida again. An emotionally broken yet rising star Marquel is struggling with haunting memories, a romance with her psychiatrist, a mystery man who is stalking her all while an aggressive tabloid journalist Mark Collins is trying to unveil her past. It's a race to see who will discover her secrets first and how that knowledge with effect her career and the men who love her.

Rating: ☆☆☆☆

Marquel is a young beautiful actress enjoying a stint in a popular television show. On the surface all seems well until a relentless reporter scrapes the thin surface of her happy façade. With the reporter unwilling to believe there wasn’t a juicy story hidden in her past, Marquel needs help dealing with the pressure and ultimately the secrets that refuse to stay buried.

This was my first time reading Emily Skinner so I wasn’t sure what to expect. This romantic suspense story exceeded my expectations due to the incredible depths of emotion of its characters and the intricate plot woven by this skillful author. There was a secret and it was slowly revealed to the reader as the characters themselves were introduced to them.

This was a well-thought out story with strong emotions on both sides of the spectrum. I was not expecting the emotional roller coaster and pain that the story would reveal and the author ensured I was with her the entire way. Excellent!

Emily had a goal when she was 15, she would have a daughter named Marquel and write a novel titled "Marquel." She accomplished both and more. A member of The International Thriller Writers, Emily was a protege of the late master of the pulps or paperback originals, Harry Whittington. Emily interviewed Whittington during her days as a feature writer for the Clearwater Sun daily newspaper and its weekly division. They became friends and he taught her how to plot and gave her approval of the original outline and sample chapter for "Marquel" shortly before he died in 1989. After Whittington passed away, Emily challenged herself to write as her mentor did and wrote a chapter a day and finished the novel "Marquel" in 52 days. For more details on the novel's history read:http://www.thefilmmom.blogspot.com/20... Fast forward, a second daughter, Blair is born and Emily and husband Tom focus on raising their family. Both daughters are now grown and work in Hollywood. So this might be an example of art imitating life or the reverse? A devoted Catholic, Emily is rekindling her love for writing and has just completed the movie script for "Marquel" and a young adult paranormal appropriately named after her youngest child, "St. Blair: Children of the Night." She will begin the sequel to "Marquel" in the coming months, currently untitled. When Emily isn't working as a marketing consultant or writing, she enjoys antiquing/thrifting and producing short films. Emily is the proud Executive Producer of Blair Skinner's film "Relative Eternity," a 2012 LA Shorts Film Festival selection, Sunscreen Film Festival selection and Short Film Corner Festival de Cannes selection. Written, directed and edited by Blair Skinner, "Relative Eternity" is on snagfilms.com for your viewing pleasure. It is free to view.

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