{"id":6359,"date":"2020-11-07T12:13:30","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T19:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=6359"},"modified":"2020-11-07T12:13:30","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T19:13:30","slug":"burning-desire-fades-the-psychopath-and-the-girl-in-black-prada-shoes-part-ii-by-m-l-stark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=6359","title":{"rendered":"Burning Desire Fades: The Psychopath and the Girl in Black Prada Shoes, Part II by M. L. Stark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A disturbing tale of deception and lies\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second installment in The psychopath and The Girl in Black Prada Shoes series continues with Mary\u2019s story as she finds herself further swallowed in a dark web of lies and deceits. The things between Paul and Mary are turning bitter with their children stuck in the middle. With the divorce proceedings on, Mary is fully entrapped in Drake\u2019s sinister scheme. He is overly attentive to her, and their romance is blooming. The first warning signal flashes for Mary when their vacation trip is interrupted by a sinister Asian mafia boss trying to recover his stolen money from Drake. Soon Mary finds herself running for her life with Drake at her side with mafia at their heels. The stakes rise when a plethora of sexual abuse and financial fraud cases open against the charismatic doctor. Dejected, Mary finds a ray of hope when the enigmatic Daniel Detwiler walks into her life. Will she take a chance or will her traumatic experience with Drake get in her way? Stark nicely captures Mary\u2019s internal struggle as she continuously questions her own decisions of getting involved with Drake. Several countries of world, including Hongkong, Spain, Holland, Croatia, Caribbean, United Arab Emirates among others serve as a picturesque backdrop for this pulp thriller. Stark is good when it comes to sketching her characters, but she needs to work on her writing: the narrative jumps in timelines, causing confusion in readers\u2019 minds, and the plotting is loose, making it difficult to stay invested in the story. The inclusion of mob elements imbues this dark romance with standard pulp thrills. But more than a troubled romance, this is a study in psychopathy as Mary attempts to understand Drake\u2019s twisted personality. As she delves deeper into the issues of her relationship with Drake, she realizes he is incapable of empathy, guilt, or loyalty to anyone but himself. Mary has come a long way from the na\u00efve, overly simple middle-aged woman of Burning Desire who couldn\u2019t see behind the charming fa\u00e7ade of her lover to the assured, reflective woman of Burning Desire Fades. It pains her that despite plenty of red herrings she failed to see the real person behind his charismatic personality. With his shallowness, a grandiose sense of self-worth, and his lack of remorse, Drake comes out as a full-fledged psychopath, who uses flattery as a weapon to entrap his victim. Any woman struggling with the uncertainty that can accompany dating a psychopath will find herself relating to Mary\u2019s story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burning Desire Fades<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Psychopath and the Girl in Black Prada Shoes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By M. L. Stark<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Xlibris Corp<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pub date September 15, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ASIN B08KG36T9P<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price $5.30 (USD) Kindle edition, $43.46 hardcover, $21.72 Paperback<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A disturbing tale of deception and lies\u2026 The second installment in The psychopath and The Girl in Black Prada Shoes series continues with Mary\u2019s story as she finds herself further swallowed in a dark web of lies and deceits. The things between Paul and Mary are turning bitter with their children stuck in the middle. With the divorce proceedings on, Mary is fully entrapped in Drake\u2019s sinister scheme. He is overly attentive to her, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":6360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[38100332,24777292,7223,178,1136176,610903656,54306025,62857929,1473,309,8811,4511574,349],"class_list":["post-6359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-amreading","tag-amwriting","tag-author","tag-books","tag-indie-books","tag-indie-books-review","tag-indieauthor","tag-indiebooks","tag-reading","tag-reviews","tag-suspense","tag-suspense-and-thriller","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-1Ez","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/burning-desire-fades.jpg?fit=317%2C475&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6359"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6362,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6359\/revisions\/6362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}