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Webs of Power
by Darlene Quinn

“Darlene Quinn expertly captures the drama, greed, and emotional tumult of personal lives gone awry
during the hostile takeover attempt of a high-end retail chain in Webs of Power.”
—Laura Taylor, award-winning author of Honorbound

Imagine the drama of Melrose Place (Fox TV) coupled with the exploitation of 1980s retail and you
will get tangled into Webs of Power (Emerald Book Company, September 2008). Webs of Power is set
in unforgiving environment of the corporate playground. It’s a raw, unsentimental portrayal of greed,
manipulation, and relationships set in the excessive, insatiable retail industry of the 1980s. It is a story
about three dynamic and determined women who find the courage to drastically reshape their lives in
the face of crises and the twists of fate.

When a hostile takeover of the retail giant Consolidated is announced, the lives of three determined
women, each linked to the corporate upheaval, are unexpectedly thrown off course: Paige Toddman’s
marriage to Consolidated’s West Coast Division CEO is threatened when she decides to step out of her
fast-paced lifestyle to raise the unwanted child she is carrying, a choice driven by her secret past.
The fabric of Ashleigh McDowell’s life begins to fray when her fiancé, the president of
Consolidated’s West Coast Division, moves away and her father figure faces a lawsuit that could wipe
out his controlling shares of the company’s stock. Vain and power hungry, Viviana De Mornay will
stop at nothing to become the wife of the man leading the takeover.

Quinn has written a thrilling, real-world drama with dynamic characters. The immediacy of the prose
and fast-paced storyline quickly captivate the reader and hold that attention throughout Webs of Power.
Much of the dialogue seems authentic to the characters while also servicing the plot, and Quinn
skillfully imparts background knowledge and descriptive information necessary to establish context for
the reader.

Darlene Quinn worked in the world of Department Store management during a period of dynamic
upheaval. She has written several other works, including Sizzling Cold Case (Buddy Ebsen’s original
manuscript). Darlene now lives in Long Beach, California with her husband, Jack.