WOMAN ON FIRE by Lisa Barr - Review & Giveaway

 "How far would you go to follow your passion? Would you steal for it... kill for it... or risk everything to save it?"

Author, Lisa Barr's new novel, WOMAN ON FIRE (HarperPaperbacks) has so many twists and turns, I couldn't put it down. The protagonist is strong, young ambitious female journalist, Jules Roth, who will follow the facts wherever they lead her - even risking her life.

In the decades leading up to WWII, the Nazis stole hundreds of thousands of pieces of art from private collections, museums, churches, synagogues, art galleries and universities. Art theft today remains the third most profitable business worldwide after drugs and weapons sales.

In WOMAN ON FIRE, green journalist, Jules is given a very secret assignment from well-known investigative reporter, Dan Mansfield. Jules is to recover the painting, Woman on Fire by Ernst Engel which was stolen by the Nazis seventy-five years earlier. There are personal reasons why Jules and Dan have to locate the famous painting, but it's not going to be easy. A ruthless gallery owner, Margaux de Laurent is on the hunt for the painting too and she'll do anything to eliminate anyone who gets in her way.

Readers are given a front row seat and transported into this exclusive international enclave. Barr's novel is not only suspenseful, but it reveals the ugly, greedy and possibly deadly side to the high stakes world of art. Jules is a smart, complex and determined woman who won't stop until she gets the painting into hands of its rightful owner. The description of the painting is so precise I could picture it and feel its energy, even though the painting doesn't exist. Lisa's writing and storytelling is addictive.

Actress, Sharon Stone has optioned the right's to Barr's novel, WOMAN ON FIRE. She will produce and star. 

Lisa Barr is the award-winning author of WOMAN ON FIRE, THE UNBREAKABLES (Harper Perennial/HarperCollins), and the historical thriller FUGITIVE COLORS, which won the IPPY gold medal for “Best Literary Fiction 2014” and first prize at The Hollywood Film Festival (Opus Magnum Discovery Award). 

Lisa also served as the editor and creator of the popular parenting blog GIRLilla Warfare: A Mom’s Guide to Surviving the Suburban Jungle. Her article entitled “Being Left Out Hurts: Moms, Stop ‘Social Engineering’” went viral, viewed and shared by nearly five million readers nationwide. She has been featured on Today, Good Morning America, Fox & Friends, and Australia TV for her work as an author, journalist, and blogger. 

Earning her master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Lisa went on to serve as an editor/reporter for The Jerusalem Post, managing editor of Today’s Chicago Woman, managing editor of Moment magazine, and as an editor/reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, for which she launched the newspaper’s first women’s section called “Lifestyles”.

She lives in the Chicago area with her husband and their three daughters (aka: Drama Central).

Thanks to GetRed PR we have one copy to giveaway. Just tell us the name of your favorite painting. We'll announce a winner soon. Good luck.

GIVEAWAY: USA only, please