Fore Play by Linda Sheehan

TITLE INFORMATION

Fore Play

Linda Sheehan

Black Rose Writing, 263 pages

9781684339167, 4.6.22

Overall Rating = 4.33

Storyline & Concept = 4.5

Writing & Delivery = 4.25

Editorial = 4.25

In Fore Play, Bellstone Country Club in Los Angeles is the setting that brings together an eclectic cast of players, including Jody Benson, a likeable and talented golfer, who challenges Mandy Manville, a villainess extraordinaire both on and off the course, in a golf tournament. Their comedic hijinks are aided and abetted by, among others, club president, Newt Sizemore, who is more interested in money than golf; a priest who is more interested in golf than preaching; and a cheating husband who is more interested in golf and money than his wife.

The author demonstrates her skill for both golf and humor in this engaging and funny novel. The action is non-stop on the golf course, in the club, and in the equipment room where things get a little steamy. A motley crew of well-developed characters carries this story through a viciously competitive women’s golf tournament, a plot to divest the club of its wine resources, and the poaching of trumpet cranes for the ‘enhancing’ chemical found in their beaks. It all ties up neatly in the end in true movie-style form.

Sublime Line: “For a rollicking read, Fore Play delivers a hole in one, from the rousing story to the high-voltage characters.”

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