Infamous

June 14, 2010
Veteran A.J. Gallagher suffers PTSD from the first Gulf War, leading to "lost years" of homelessness and alcoholism before he pulls his life together. Historian Alison Carter, daughter of an alcoholic, spends a decade writing about the gunfight in which Arizona marshal Silas Quinn shot notorious outlaw James "Kid" Gallagher, who had kidnapped and killed Silas's beloved wife, Melody. Then James Gallagher's ghost appears to A.J., his great-grandson, and asks him to get Alison to set the record straight: Silas was corrupt and abusive, and Melody and James ran off to a long, happy life in Alaska. A.J. and Alison are well-developed, damaged souls who begin their achingly beautiful romance with a big secret between them: how can he tell her his primary source is a ghost? Brockmann's only error is including a heavy-handed suspense plot that bogs down the otherwise beautifully layered story.

July 1, 2010
Alison Carter may be the leading expert on Marshal Silas Quinn, Jamie The Kid Gallagher, and their infamous feud, but as far as A. J. Gallagher is concerned, Professor Carter knows nothing. Sure, the sexy professor wrote what many consider to be the final word on Quinn and Gallagher; and, yes, the lady is the official historical consultant on the latest big-budget Hollywood production of the Quinn story, but A. J. knows better. After all, not only is A. J. the great-grandson of Jamie Gallagher; his infamous relative has also recently returned from beyond the grave in a last-ditch effort to set the historical record straight. So now all A. J. has to do is convince Alison to rewrite her book and the script because his grandfathers ghost is telling him she has everything wrong! With Infamous, best-selling Brockmann takes a break from her sexy romantic-suspense SEAL series to fashion a wildly inventive, wonderfully original contemporary romance spiced with a generous dash of the paranormal and lots of adrenaline-raising danger.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2010, American Library Association.)