The pace at the beginning of LIKE BOOGIE ON TUESDAY, when Linda Dominique Grosvenor introduces her four protagonists, is slow.  On the surface, Nina, Tim, Troi, and Vaughn seem like fairly ordinary individuals with fairly ordinary lives.  I say ordinary because their lives are the lives of persons we’ve met before, whether in books, the movies or in real life.  Tim is a player, juggling women, Nina is the full-figured woman with a low self-esteem; and Troi and Vaughn seem like the typical married couple that is having marital problems.  In other words, Ms. Grosvenor gives us relatively ordinary characters…in relatively ordinary situations. Or so it seems.

But as LIKE BOOGIE ON TUESDAY progresses the pace picks up, and we soon realize that Ms. Grosvenor was deliberately preparing us for a journey into the very souls of her characters.  It is this bold look into the complexities of each of the characters that takes the story into the realm of the extraordinary and makes it a compelling story of the gritty reality of human existence.

The strength of Ms. Grosvenor’s craft is the depths of her characterization.   She takes us deep into the very souls of her characters; exposing their pain and giving the reader a close look at their emotional response to the situations in which they find themselves.  Each of the characters is forced on a painful journey of self-discovery that is necessary for them to accept who they are.

Tim is a spoilt ambitious young man who juggles woman with the skill of a player.  He manipulates and uses them, refusing to be concerned with their happiness, his self-gratification the only objective of importance.  When he meets Nina, his response to her scares him.  For once, he has no control over how he feels about her, and he slowly begins to fall in love.

Nina, successful in business, lives in the shadow of her attractive sister, Troi.  As a result she has settled for less that she deserves.  A victim of an abusive relationship, she is wary of men.  When she meets Tim, she sees the player, but she cannot deny her attraction to him.

Both Tim and Nina’s journey to self-discovery is not an easy one, as they must both confront their pasts before they can embrace the happiness and love that they have to offer each other.

To outsiders, Troi and Vaughn’s marriage is the perfect one…this is until a secret that Vaughn has hidden for years threatens to ruin it.  Troi and Vaughn’s story is especially moving and readers will be pleased with the unexpected resolution to the dilemma the couple faces.  Troi is truly an exceptional individual.

For those you did not read Ms. Grosvenor’s amazing story when it was first published by Sadorian Publications in November 2000, this reissue is the perfect way to begin the New Year.  LIKE BOOGIE ON TUESDAY is not a gentle read.  It is a stark realistic look at the lives of four basically ordinary peoples who are forced to search the depths of their very soul! At the end, however, the reader is in doubt of the outcome of this journey!

A wonderful, moving story!