Review: Taken For the Ride of His Life
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 11, 2013
Scarlett O'Hara. Lolita. Holly Golightly Some characters jump off the page and stay with us - forever.Goldie, the eponymous heroine of Liz Adams's palimpsest Goldie's Locks & The Three Men, belongs in this small elite group. We first meet her in what at first seems like a fairy tale. Her blonde ponytail bobs behind her as her cherry-red heels clip clop along in what might be a forest glade until, with some surprise, we find her on the sidewalk in Las Vegas about to enter a casino. Goldie is not what Goldie seems. She is a thief. A pro. The real deal. And she needs the cash.It's fortunate the high roller she runs into looks like Justin Timberlake and those pretty little breasts peeking over the top of her low cut dress is all the introduction she needs. His name is Gary and it takes time to get him away from the table - with his winnings - and up into the hotel bedroom. Gary takes her for a hooker, and she goes along with it, accepting $400 - four black chips, and the promise that he's in for the ride of his life. His winning go in the safe, the four black chips go on the dresser and, as you would expect from a Liz Adams fairy tale, the sex is mythical. While Gary sleeps the sleep of Snow White, Goldie robs the safe and, a gorgeous twist, leaves the $400 in black chips to pay for the great sex.This is the set up. I won't ruin the story. But we are now crazy about Goldie and, as the title tells us, this is Goldie's Locks (as in safe locks) and The Three Men - two more to come with plenty of delicious flashbacks into the life and times of this living, breathing, loveable character.