LAKELAND, Fla., Oct. 6, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Police officer Brent Dorsey is tried of being an enforcer, he wants to make a real difference in Monroe City and help dissipate the carnage he has witnesses on the streets. In C.B. Wiland's Unattended Passion (now available through 1stBooks), Dorsey leaves the force to become a teacher. Little does he know his teaching days will be filled with just as much danger as his law enforcement career.
Ellie Jean Robbins, the illegitimate child of a local mobster, tries to seduce Dorsey. Despite her cunning ways and beauty, he rejects her. Slighted and psychotic, she vows to ruin him.
Ellie's lover, Tony Martinez, an employee of her father's, is pulled into her schemes. Her revenge includes terrorizing and raping Dorsey's sweetheart and framing the ex-cop for murder. Ellie then manages to persuade her school principal that Dorsey forced her into a sexual relationship.
A nightmare for Dorsey, Ellie's sharp sense of malice doesn't carry her all the way through. She makes critical mistakes: She keeps a diary and she underestimates Dorsey's police ties. His ex-partner, Eddie Gomez, is as savvy and determined as she is.
A captivating thriller from an experienced novelist, Unattended Passion is an unbelievable, but realistic story of power and revenge.
Wiland left his most recent position in corporate communications in Tampa, Fla., to pursue writing full time. A veteran of the U.S. Naval Air Force, he earned his bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees from Kent State University, where he served as an administrative dean for 14 years. Also a former high school English teacher and school principal, he has continuously written novels throughout his life. Unattended Passion is his fifth novel. He wrote These Sharp Springs as a student at Kent State. The Pygmy was written in 1995, and The Survivor's Affair and Ethan's Son were published in 2001 and 2002, respectively.
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