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White Chocolate | 
| Author: Elizabeth Atkins Bowman
Publisher: Forge Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 1246953
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0812571819
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780812571813
ASIN: 0812571819
Publication Date: June 15, 1999
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Product Description
That's what Taylor James' first love used to call her, referring to her creamy skin, blond hair, and mixed heritage. But that was before he dumped her without any explanation.
Now years later, Taylor is a hot TV journalist who made her mark by going undercover to expose a violent white supremacist group. And she's agreed to marry her boss, the powerful owner of the Wolf Television Network.
But that's if she survives until the wedding. The white supremacists are out of jail now and they want revenge--Taylor's blood. Yes, coping with death threats is hard--but not as hard as the reappearance of her first love, who wants her back.
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 Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz #2 February 9, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm telling you...the first reviewer that labeled their review, Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz was RIGHT ON THE MONEY! I should have listened, but I was hard-headed and purchased the book anyway. This book is SO boring. I read the other reviews and thought I would give this one a shot. I liked the concept, but author just wasn't able to allow the story to flow and it is disappointing. It's been 2 weeks and I'm only on page 92...does that tell you anything? I'm really trying to fight through it and as the other reviewer stated, I'm also skipping pages so I can get to something interesting. It hasn't held my interest at all. Needless to say I may just have to put this one down and start reading something else.
Colorless Love January 23, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Taylor James, a biracial beauty, was tortured and harassed due to her mixed heritage. Having a black father and white mother didn't make life easy for Taylor especially growing up in the heart of Detroit. Julian DuPont, who was also biracial, was Taylor's closest friend and protector. If anyone even thought of trying to bully Taylor, they had to go through Julian. Not only were Taylor and Julian close childhood friends they also became each other's first love. They were inseparable and just knew they would spend the rest of their lives together. However, their relationship ended unexpectedly, and Taylor was devastated.
After the relationship ended, Taylor threw herself into her work and became a very successful news reporter. She made herself known by going undercover and exposing a violent white supremacist group. Not only did she become well-known, but she also initiated a death threat on her life, the supremacists got out of jail and wanted revenge. They were dead set on getting back at Taylor since she was the one who exposed them and assisted in having them incarcerated.
Stress is high in Taylor's life as there is not only a death threat on her life, but work is becoming a burden and she is having second thoughts about her engagement to her boss, the owner of Wolf Television Network. And the final blow is the return of her first love Julian DuPont. Will Julian's reappearance cause added turmoil with Taylor and her fiance'? Will Julian be able to act as Taylor's protector against the white supremacist group as he did in the past?
WHITE CHOCOLATE is a well-written pageturner that will keep you wanting more. The writing was so intense I felt as if I was right there with Taylor during her trials. I feared for her life as if she were a close friend. Julian and Taylor's love was so deep and strong it seems trivial why they broke up in the first place. What I enjoyed most was the realism of the storyline. Racism is alive and well even today and Bowman portrayed it pretty much true to form. The only thing I didn't like about the story was Taylor's fiance', he was a character you love to hate. That just goes to show you how well-written this book was, when you find yourself having a strong dislike for a character or two and still enjoying the story. Bowman is a talented author who has a knack for writing suspenseful thrillers.
Reviewed by Eraina B. Tinnin
of The RAWSISTAZReviewers
ZZZZZZZZZZZ September 26, 2004
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book was actually very boring. It's taken me forever to read it, and now that I am, I'm skipping over pages like it's nothing. I have 130+ pages to go, and I doubt I'll make it through.
And I'm sick of the stereotypes. Everything that happened in this book was too typical for me to take seriously.
Spare yourself this one. Ms. Bowman's Dark Secret was a much easier read.
To predictable to actually thrill me. July 27, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The best part of the story had to do with the difficulties Taylor encountered as a half black woman who was able to pass for white. Being able to pass no doubt has it's upside and it's downside. I think the book did a decent job of illustrating how no one person can eliminate the racial tension here in the USA. However, a person can surround themselves with those who accept them as they are and can quit worrying about those who won't accept them no matter what.
The idea of a biracial person going undercover in a KKK type organization was a cool idea. The book, in my opinion, just drifted on for too long. It could have been about 100 pages lighter. In the end all the main characters get the ending we all suspected they would. The ending was so pat that I felt the author sold out. All the obvious villans got their just rewards. All the supporting characters ended up okay and no one suffered any real losses.
All in all this book had an interesting concept for a story but as for a thriller I found the story to predictible to actually thrill me.
enjoyable story with a message December 13, 2002
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I liked this book. Elizabeth Atkins Bowman adeptly describes the feelings of hostility and fear that any minority person might feel when confronted by the bigotry that continues to beleaguer our nation. She does this while telling an exciting story of love lost and careers made. Taylor James, the biracial protagonist of this tale, has been betrayed by her best friend and former lover, Julian Dupont, but she has put that behind her and is now a successful television journalist and fiance of the powerful owner of wolf media corporation, Phillip Carter. Then her carefully planned life begins to fall apart when the white supremist leaders whose organization she had infiltrated and destroyed are set free and threaten to kill her. Her fiance becomes annoyed with her strong racial leanings and her strong career ambitions. Her renewed relationship with Julian makes her question her decision to marry Phillip. Julian will stop at nothing to win Taylor back and to protect her. The white supremists will stop at nothing to murder her. The story is well drawn but sometimes contrived in order to make its point both philosophically and in terms of plot lines. I did, however, enjoy it enough to order Bowman's next book.
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