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Pat Lawrence does not exist. Pat Lawrence is the pseudonym for husband-and-wife writing team of PAT Adsit Burke and Daniel LAWRENCE Burke.
The writing duo began their collaboration by writing multiple murder mysteries for their Murder Mystery Party company, "Murder By Design." Next came a a two-comedy,"Squirrels In The Attic," which has been performed for sold-out audiences in venues throughout WI and IL. (The next performance is in April/May 2012 at the Beloit Civic Theatre.)
"Jarred Into Being" is their first novel. A roller coaster of a suspense read that readers find hard to put down.
Pat Lawrence resides in WI with their bulldog, Diesel.
Reviewed by Karen Pirnot for Readers' Favorite
Jarred Into Being by Pat Lawrence tells of a battered and abused child who has lost her parents and is essentially fending for herself in a damaged and threatening world. When things begin to get out of hand, teenager Eva Langue splits for Las Vegas where she befriends a waitress who takes her in. A waitress herself, Eva is shocked when a rich Hispanic couple offers her a job as nanny for their children. Eva accepts the job, moves to Texas and again finds herself imprisoned in a highly negative sex slave position.
Eva befriends a farm hand named Rafael, and they fall in love, hoping to escape and form a life together. Only Eva is able to make the escape, complete with millions of dollars that belong to her drug lord captors. Eva then befriends a needy young woman who takes Eva to her home, which is occupied by her attorney father, her law school student brother and a housekeeper named Teresa. Eva vows revenge for the torment of her captors, and she manages to captivate the hearts of people essential to the accomplishment of her revenge.
This is a story with many plots, and the reader will surely identify with the internal turmoils of Eva as she struggles to make a life for herself. There is explicit sexual language in this novel which might offend some readers, and additional editing would improve the flow of the story. However, the author has done a credible job of weaving in salient themes of today's society, and most readers will be intrigued with the interweaving of those themes to the final pages of the novel.
