Jeff Zwagerman

FROM AMAZON: After his risky mission in Key West Florida, Zander needed a break. He didn’t want to go back to Frisco, Colorado and join his bar business partner Fats. That wouldn’t clear his head from his experience with Sara Jane. He needed to be alone and explore the south on his own.

Split second decisions made him turn off highway 41 and spend time in Everglade City. There he found a woman who looked just like his favorite movie star, Natalie Wood. He was in love or as she called it, lust.

Zander had no idea that his last encounter with Sara Jane would cause her to become pregnant, and it seemed no one was about to tell him either.… (meer)

After his risky mission in Key West Florida, Zander needed a break. He didn’t want to go back to Frisco, Colorado and join his bar business partner Fats. That wouldn’t clear his head from his experience with Sara Jane. He needed to be alone and explore the south on his own.

Split second decisions made him turn off highway 41 and spend time in Everglade City. There he found a woman who looked just like his favorite movie star, Natalie Wood. He was in love or as she called it, lust.

Zander had no idea that his last encounter with Sara Jane would cause her to become pregnant, and it seemed no one was about to tell him either.… (meer)

Yes, a page turner, but not a smooth read due to editing errors, clunky sentence structure at times, and narrative inconsistencies. I realised this was the second book in the series and at times was a little confused. There were two stories in the book, I wonder if it could have been made into two different books. I was concerned at how the character Holly was portrayed from the time she met Harris and her lack of emotion over the events of her wedding night, I think this could have been treated a bit more realistically. The other thing Mr Zwagerman needs to consider is having the wives of his friends do the cooking, getting drinks, cleaning up while she sends the men off to have a drink or talk, to have two wives do this was a bit too gender stereotyped for me. Something else that confused me was why would Jayne name the baby after the father she hated so much?
I felt the character of Millie was well fleshed out and I liked her.
Overall it’s a three from me.… (meer)

Title: Beyond Contempt
Author: Jeff Zwagerman
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: Five
Review:

"Beyond Contempt" by Jeff Zwagerman

My Speculation:

I will say that this was undoubtedly one read that will keep your attention turning the pages to see what was coming next in Sander Van Zee, better known as Zander's world. This story will be all over the place from Zander's 'romantic interest, Aubrey being kidnapped' on to his entertaining friends [Fats & Fran]who are involved with having to get rid of a body. Now this will not be the end of this story because Zander finds out that he now has a baby with someone named Sara Jane now known as Jayne. What will happen next for Zander as his world that seems to be so out of control with all that is going on in his life? There will be some fascinating characters in the story that are well developed, some complex, as well as defined that will present to the readers one good story that will leave one in awe. The ending was somewhat strange, but I feel like the reader will probably like it if the story continues. Certainly, Zander still has something left on his plate that will need to be attended to very soon. How all of that will turn out, I guess we will have to wait and see if there will be more to this story. All in all, this was one excellent fascinating 'Beyond Contempt' read that I would recommend.

Thank you to the author for the gift of the read and me giving my honest opinion of 'Beyond Contempt.'… (meer)