Hello! My name is Janet M. Henderson, and I am the author of Lunch With Cassie (2005), a romantic thriller about a doctor's wife, photographer, and preacher's daughter-in-law who learns that the perfect man she married may not be so perfect after all. In my second novel The Assassin Who Loved Her (2008), a former FBI agent and his twin brother, a Hollywood heartthrob up for an Oscar, both fall in love with a journalist who is being stalked by a serial killer she once wrote about.

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I believe our economy is getting better. What do you think? We have to think (and speak) positively in order for it to happen! Our president has good ideas. Let's help him make them work.

I hear the real estate industry is rebounding. That alone is good news. It's been snowing a lot in January. I hope it doesn't get too cold. We haven't had a bad winter in Chicago for quite a few years now.

Moving on to other issues, I still think Americans need to read more. Some people only read when the movie comes out,and that's okay. The important thing is to read at all. With computers and cell phones, people rarely have time anymore.

I finished The Associate by John Grisham. It wasn't his best, but it was pretty good and will probably make a good film. I still want to see his book The Partner become a movie. It was even better. I finished reading Jane Green's Dune Road. It was about a woman who meets her long lost sister, meets a man who is out to con her, discovers her best friend has a deep dark secret and tries to come to terms with her divorce while accepting a job as a researcher for a famous writer who is carrying deep and painful secret. I thought the book was good up until the end. I was a little disappointed. I also read Lulu in Marrakech by Diane Johnson, a book about espionage, which wasn't as good as Le Divorce or L' Affaire. I guess I might as well try Le Mariage. I finished reading Candace Bushnells' book One Fifth Avenue, which is about an apartment building on Fifth Avenue in New York and all the issues confronting its rich and famous occupants. There are several other books on my reading list. Meanwhile, I'm still at work on my next book. I have no idea when it will be released.

African American romance lovers will enjoy Arabesque Romance novels published by BET. There is also a book club called Black Expressions.

Stephen L. Carter, a Yale law school professor, author of The Emperor of Ocean Park and New England White, is my favorite murder/mystery author. The first, about a judge who dies suspiciously after getting mixed up with criminals, was very good. The second, about a womanizing professor/entrepreneur who is murdered by either a jealous woman or a jealous husband or boyfriend, is also good. All of his books are set on university campuses on the East Coast.

A very popular trend in fiction now is erotica, and it comes in different varieties. I don't usually read or write this genre, but many people do. I find myself reading regency romances, stories set back a century or two, expecially during a historic time period. The romance is very strong, but unfortunately, so is the grief. I still like spy thrillers. My favorite show now is Burn Notice . I never expected to like it, but I do. When I think of all the spy thrillers I've read, no one does a better job than Ken Follett. Whatever he writes about World War II or espionage is usually too exciting to put down. He also writes good love stories!

On the Presidential front, The Incumbent by Brian McGrory is a real page-turner that will shock you. Absolute Power by David Baldacci will do the same. First Lady by Susan Elizabeth Phillips is another book about a woman who becomes president.

Stone 588 by Gerald A. Browne is a wonderful story about a diamond seller who unknowingly purchases a stone that has the power to heal. Whoever touches it, will be instantly cured of whatever ails them, mentally, physically, or emotionally. The only catch is that the person must have a good heart and good intentions. When I read the book, I thought it must've been a stone that Christ touched or something one of the Apostles prayed over, but it's really a great book. It offers faith and hope.

I could continue to list books, but I'll save some for later.

My second book The Assassin Who Loved Her , which is a love story, Hollywood novel and adventure story all rolled into one, was released last summer. It can be purchased at PublishAmerica.com, by the link down below, or it can be ordered in any bookstore (ISBN: 978-1606-10424-8 or 1-60610-424-1). The same is true for Lunch With Cassie (ISBN:1-4208-6196-4) Follow the link below. Read the NOVELS page at janethenderson.net You can buy both books at Amazon.com, Borders.com, Barnes and Noble.com and other sites.

You can find good books anywhere. There are great sales in every store and on many websites. So join a book club, visit Amazon.com or go to the library. I review just about every good book I read. So come back as often as you like. In the meantime, happy hunting!

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