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Diana Palmer is a former newspaper reporter with 16 years' experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. She began selling romance novels in 1979 and currently writes for HQN Books (mainstream romances) and Silhouette Books (contemporary series romances).
Diana Palmer has over 40 million copies of her books in print, which have been translated and published around the world, and she has written over 100 books for Silhouette, MIRA and Harlequin Books.
Her awards include 10 Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times Magazine, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards.
In 1998, a Japanese Harlequin reader poll gave her Silhouette Desire novel The Patient Nurse its favorite-book-of-the-year award.
She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by the Gale Group, Twentieth-Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Melrose Press, Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk.
She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the Archeological Institute of America, the Planetary Society, the Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriffs' Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
She has been marriedto her husband, James, since 1972. They have one son, who is in college studying to pursue a law enforcement career.
Diana herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45, inspired by her husband, who had quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming. He retired from his own computer business in 1998, and now enters skeet-shooting competitions in local, state, national and international competition.
Diana graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, Georgia, in 1995 with a major in history and a double minor in archeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi) and was named to the National Dean's List.
In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies.
"Diana Palmer provides her myriad of romance fans with a stirring story."(Midwest Book Preview)
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Walter Ray Williams Jr
reviewed The Texas Ranger on May 15, 2012
The Texas Ranger
The Back Story
Age 15 Josette sneaked from her house and went to a party. While there a boy slipped a drug into her drink and attempted to rape her. Enter police officer Brannon. He decided she was lying and because of his testimony, the would be rapist walked.
Seven years later Brannon and Josette are dating (very weird) and one night he discovers she was actually telling the truth about her assault. His response is to call her a whore and tell her she isn't enough woman for him and never wants to see her again. What???
Two weeks later Josette is at a party where an old man is murdered. The police think he drank too much, fell into the water and drowned. She contacts the police to tell them the old man wasn't drinking at all and that she saw Brannon's best friend arguing with him. In court the attempted rape when she was 15 is brought up to discredit her as a witness. Because Brannon broke the law by failing to disclose pertinent information, an innocent man was sent to prison, and Josette was branded a liar and all but unemployable.
Two Years LaterThe man who went to prison has been killed and Josette and Brannon are thrown together to solve the case. So...one of the suspects is Brannon's closest friend. The murdered man was Josette's date to a party. Brannon and Josette dated. Josettle testified in a court case against Brannon's friend. Is it just me or is there something wrong with these two investigating this murder?
"We can't change anything," she said.
"I wish to God I could," he said harshly. "I rushed to judgement about you. I've ruined your life."
"I helped," she returned without looking at him. "I deliberately left the house at night to go to what I knew would be a wild party".
This book offends me on so many levels. I have the distinct impression that Diana Palmer is a misogynist. She defends Brannon's failure to adequately protect the victim of a serious sexual assault with the excuse that his last case was that of a man who was sent to prison after a co-worker cried rape. She implies that women making false claims of sexual assault is common.
I can't see myself reading anything by Diana Palmer ever again. Half a star for the book's value as a target next time I go shooting.
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