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The Burning Point

The Burning Point

by Mary Jo Putney

2000Divorced womenWreckingFamily-owned business enterprisesFamily violenceFiction
4.0
Open Library
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Kate Corsi always dreamed of working for her family’s world famous explosive demolition business—a wish her old-fashioned father denied until the day he died. According to his will, Kate will receive a fortune while her ex-husband, Donovan, will inherit the family business. But only if they agree to live under the same roof for a year.

Themes & subjects

Divorced womenWreckingFamily-owned business enterprisesFamily violenceFictionInheritance and succession
First published 2000

About the author

Mary Jo Putney
Mary Jo Putney

Mary Jo Putney was born in Upstate New York, USA. She obtained degrees in eighteenth-century English Literature and Industrial Design at Syracuse University, she did various forms of design work in California and England before inertia took over in Baltimore, Maryland, where she has lived very comfortably ever since, single with her cats. After purchasing her first computer for her freelance graphic design business, she decided to wrote her first novel. Her first book sold quickly and was published in 1987, thereby changing her life forever, in most ways for the better. She decided become a full-time writer as soon as possible. She has made all of the national bestseller lists includin…

Author

Mary Jo Putney

First published

2000

Pages

335

Read time

≈ 8h

Editions

3

Language

English

Publisher

Berkley Books

ISBN

042517428X

Where to buy

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