Bad Marie Is Really Good Says Pete

Bad Marie is the story of Marie, tall, voluptuous, beautiful, thirty years old, and fresh from six years in prison for being an accessory to murder and armed robbery. The only job Marie can get on the outside is as a nanny for her childhood friend Ellen Kendall, an upwardly mobile Manhattan executive whose mother employed Marie's mother as a housekeeper. After Marie moves in with Ellen, Ellen's angelic baby Caitlin, and Ellen's husband, a very attractive French novelist named Benoit Doniel, things get complicated, and almost before she knows what she's doing, Marie has absconded to Paris with both Caitlin and Benoit Doniel. On the run and out of her depth, Marie will travel to distant shores and experience the highs and lows of foreign culture, lawless living, and motherhood as she figures out how to be an adult; how deeply she can love; and what it truly means to be "bad".

Pete says:
"To call Bad Marie a sociopath might be stretching it, but it's clear from the beginning that Marie suffers from what some may call 'extreme problems with living.' You couldn't trust her alone with your man, your pets, your money, or really anything of value. But she does provide surprisingly good child care to the toddler she 'borrows' from a friend. So Marie is maybe not so bad at all, or at least there is a slight glimmer of hope for her future.

Bad Marie is in a McDonald's in Paris attempting to change the diaper of a screaming baby. Bad Marie is in the south of France being kicked out of an actor's swanky villa. Bad Marie is trying to drown herself in Mexico but cannot because the water is too shallow. Bad Marie is really not so bad (unless you're a cat lover) and is quite resourceful after she gets herself into yet another fine mess. You can almost see a sequel coming: Good Marie.

'Bad Marie' was a fast and fun read about a young woman just a month out of jail and already heading down every dark road she can find. The funny thing is, you develop a real rooting interest for Marie despite the poor decisions she continues to make. Just don't turn your back on Bad Marie."