Hot shot

First lines

Susannah's real father wasn't Joel Faulconer, but an Englishman named Charles Lydiard, who met Susannah's mother when he visited New York City in 1949.

About this book

From San Francisco society to a sunbaked Greek island, come share a deeply romantic adventure, bursting with vitality-and discover the unforgettable woman called Hot Shot who made it all happen. Welcome to HOT SHOT, a glorious, heart-stopping love story with characters as bold as the invention that brings them together-and changes America forever. With one ingenious invention, they started a brilliant business empire in a seedy California garage. They were renegades who took on corporate America with daring and vision. For Susannah, the cool socialite, it was the hottest challenge of her life; for Sam, the charismatic rebel, it was a rocket-driven-rainbow ride straight into the future on his terms; for Yank, the eccentric inventor, it was a precious dream made dazzlingly real; for Mitch, the marketing genius, it was a risk he had to take. But big dreams can have a cruel price--and Susannah, the daughter of one of the country's most powerful corporate titans, was about to embark on an adventure that would sever her from her family, give her unimagined courage, and open her to a passion so rich, so sensual, that she would be utterly and forever transformed...

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About the author

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

11 December 1948

Susan Elizabeth Titus was born 11 December 1948 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, daugther of Louesa Coate and John Aller Titus. She met her husband, Bill Phillips, on a blind date while in college. She obtained a BFA in Theater Arts from Ohio University and taught high school until her first child was born. She then became a stay-at-home mom. She started to write by accident when her husband’s job moved them from Ohio to New Jersey. She and her best friend, Claire Kiehl Lefkowitz, were avid readers. They decided that they would write a book together. With blind luck, they worked their way through a story and Dell bought that manuscript published under the pseudonym of Justine Cole (reedited unde…