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Lillian Byrd, a former journalist living in Detroit, receives a frantic call from a friend in crisis and, instead of staying safe, flies to Palm Springs, California. There the Dinah Shore golf tournament, the world's largest women’s sporting event for lesbians, draws thousands of competitors and spectators. Amid the excitement and drama of the championship, Lillian takes several undercover roles—reporter, nun, caddie—to investigate a series of threats targeting a top LPGA star, with whom she falls passionately. As she penetrates deeper into the star’s past, she uncovers a surprising, terrifying secret that endangers everyone involved.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: LGBTQ+ Fiction/Lesbian Fiction
Authors: Elizabeth Sims
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