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Title:
Fever

Author:
Linda Dominique Grovsenor

Published By:
BET Publications

ISBN:
1-58314-261-4

Copyright:
January 2003

Format:
Print

Fever is the compilation of the stories of several individuals who all influence each others lives. First we meet Tim and Nina, a couple who fall in love and get married. Nina leaves her career and life back in NYC to live out in California with Tim, a film producer. Down the line, she feels trapped in a loveless marriage, or so it seemed. She wonders if she can ever recapture the spark in her marriage, that is, if Tim even glances at her from his refrigerator raids. What will it take for her to keep her husband that she loves so dearly? When she plans a surprise picnic lunch at his office, she ends up being the one surprised –Tim with his ex-girlfriend sitting on his lap. Can this marriage be saved?

Next, we meet Carla and Sam, a married couple with lots of deep seeded problems. Carla hasn’t given her husband any attention in the bedroom for so long, and Sam is growing frustrated. Each time he tries to get near her, she panics. Why does she act that way? Carla holds a dark secret that eats at her soul, and it is costing her husband and daughter. When Sam suggests she seek therapy, she refuses. Things only get worse when Carla starts taking out her frustrations at work. Can she find some sort of peace to save her own sanity? What about Sam? What keeps him with Carla through all of this?

Troi is Carla’s best friend and Nina’s sister. She is the rock to which all rely with their secrets and troubles. She helps them through despite her own problems with a teenage daughter and a forbidden attraction to Sam, Carla’s husband.

I really enjoyed this book of people facing real problems that life sometimes presents. Each handle the situation the best they can. And they all find help through Troi, the strong female character in the book. She is by far the most admirable character. She not only fights her secret desire to love Sam because doing so would hurt her best friend, but she also stood by her own husband as he lay dying of HIV. There was a wonderful question she asks Nina which sums up the entire book, “...do you conquer your demons or do you let them conquer you?”

Fever is a wonderful entertaining tale, one you must have plenty of time to read through in one sitting. Yes, the story is so engrossing, you won’t want to put it down. The characters are all well developed and interact well together. A few surprises are in store for readers along the way as they get a glimpse into the lives of these people. Readers will keep asking themselves, who will end up together, and who will have to go on alone?

Reviewed by: Miriam