(What Kathleen Turner doesn’t know just may kill her. Her ...)
What Kathleen Turner doesn’t know just may kill her. Her boyfriend, Navy SEAL turned high-powered attorney Blane Kirk, is keeping secrets from her – the deadly kind – and it may end their relationship before it’s even begun. Someone in the shadows is stalking and terrorizing Kathleen, and Blane must lose a trial with far-reaching ramifications if he wants to keep her alive. Blane turns to assassin-for-hire Kade Dennon to keep Kathleen safe, a strategy that may backfire in more ways than one. Though Kade swears he hates her, he’s helpless to guard against things he’s never felt before and when they’re together, Kathleen sees something forbidden in his eyes. Kathleen must find the truth behind the lies before her time, and luck, runs out, or she may pay the ultimate price for falling in love with Blane Kirk.
Send Yourself Roses: Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading Roles
(From her film debut as the sultry schemer in Body Heat to...)
From her film debut as the sultry schemer in Body Heat to her award-winning role as Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, actress Kathleen Turner's unique blend of beauty, intelligence, and raw sexuality has driven her personal and professional life. Now, in this gutsy memoir, the screen icon tells us of the risks she's taken and the lessons she's learned-sometimes the hard way. For the first time, Turner shares her childhood challenges-a life lived in countries around the world until her father, a State Department official whom she so admired, died suddenly when she was a teenager. She talks about her twenty year marriage, and why she and her husband recently separated, her close relationship with her daughter, her commitment to service, and how activism in controversial causes has bolstered her beliefs. And Turner reveals the pain and heartbreak of her struggle with rheumatoid arthritis, and how, in spite of it, she made a daring decision: to take a break from the movies and relaunch her stage career. Along the way, Turner describes what it's like to work with legends like Jack Nicholson, Michael Douglas, William Hurt, Steve Martin, Francis Ford Coppola, John Huston, John Waters, Edward Albee...and, with characteristic irreverent humor, shares her behind-the-screen stories of dealing with all types of creative, intimidating, and inspiring characters. Kathleen Turner has always known that she would play the lead in the story of her life. It's impossible not to take her lessons on living, love, and leading roles to heart. And it won't be long until you'll be sending yourself roses!
(Breaking up is hard to do, as Kathleen Turner discovers. ...)
Breaking up is hard to do, as Kathleen Turner discovers. After a falling-out with her ex, high-powered attorney Blane Kirk, she’s moving on the best she can. Unfortunately, someone from her past is set on revenge and nothing short of killing Kathleen will stop them. Keeping his brother’s ex-girlfriend alive isn’t something new to assassin-for-hire Kade Dennon, but this time can he protect her from himself? She’s a woman he can’t convince himself to walk away from, no matter what it costs him. Regret is a constant companion for Blane as he realizes the truth behind the lies he’s been told. Can love heal the past, or can some mistakes not be undone? Murder reunites Blane, Kade, and Kathleen as the police put Blane in their crosshairs. Blane may lose everything unless he and Kade can find the real murderer before it’s too late. But if they can’t set aside their love for the same woman and work together, it will tear them apart. In Out of Turn, Kathleen is caught between two warring brothers, and the consequences may be fatal.
(Kathleen Turner wasn’t expecting to fall in love when she...)
Kathleen Turner wasn’t expecting to fall in love when she came to Indianapolis a year ago, much less with two very different men. And not just any men: brothers. Blane Kirk, former SEAL turned attorney, is every woman’s dream man. He’s also a playboy who changes women as often as he changes his tie, and trying to hold on to Blane could only break Kathleen’s heart. Commitment is a foreign word to Kade Dennon, assassin-for-hire and genius hacker, and nothing about him is safe. A future with Kade would surely end in disaster—for both of them. Past betrayals come to a head, and the choice Kathleen makes could sign her death warrant. Everything’s at stake as Blane, Kade, and Kathleen reach the Point of No Return.
(After her promotion from law firm Runner to Investigator,...)
After her promotion from law firm Runner to Investigator, Kathleen Turner is learning the ropes of her new job from none other than assassin-for-hire Kade Dennon, a situation her boyfriend Blane Kirk is none too happy about. But the lessons with Kathleen take a back seat when Kade becomes a target. Previously untouchable, his enemies now know of the chink in his armor – his brother’s girlfriend. And Kade’s not the only thing coming between Kathleen and Blane. From Blane's inexplicable defense of a man guilty of a horrible crime, to a mysterious stranger from Kathleen's past, to Kathleen's risky investigation into human traffickers, the obstacles mount against a relationship that's just begun to find trust again. While Blane considers a job offer that would take him back to the front lines in the war on terror, Kathleen is determined to pursue her new career, with or without his approval. Unfortunately, her current case is far more dangerous than anyone knows. Someone close to Blane will go to extreme lengths to split them up, lengths that may prove worse than death for Kathleen. Kathleen, Blane and Kade must atone for the sins of the past and the present. The fallout will force Kathleen to a turning point...in her career, and her life.
(Being a bartender by night and law firm runner by day hel...)
Being a bartender by night and law firm runner by day helps make ends meet for Kathleen Turner. Mostly. Being 23 and single in Indianapolis wasn’t exactly a thrilling adventure, but then again, that’s not what Kathleen wanted. At least, not until she met Blane Kirk. Navy SEAL turned high-profile attorney, Blane is everything a woman could want. The only problem? He’s her boss. Blane is known for playing the field and the last thing Kathleen needs or wants is to get involved with him. But when her friend is murdered and it seems Kathleen will be next, she may not have a choice. Now Blane is the only thing standing between her and people who want her dead, including assassin-for-hire Kade Dennon. Beautiful but deadly, he’ll kill anyone who gets in his way, even the woman who makes him question everything he’s become. The deeper she sinks into the web of lies and murder, the more Kathleen realizes she can trust no one if she’s going to survive. No one is innocent. Not even Blane.
(Assassin-for-hire Kade Dennon knows exactly who he is: a ...)
Assassin-for-hire Kade Dennon knows exactly who he is: a soulless killer who can’t be saved. And he thinks he’s fine with that…until he meets Kathleen. Beautiful, kind, and tough as nails, Kathleen Turner is nothing like the nameless one-night stands Kade usually goes for. Just being around her makes the hardened hit man feel emotions he never thought were possible. There’s just one problem: Kathleen is dating Kade’s brother, hotshot attorney Blane Kirk. When a shadowy figure starts threatening Kathleen’s life and forces Blane to lose a high-stakes trial, Kade is thrown into the role of reluctant bodyguard for the most captivating woman he’s ever known. For a man who spends his life taking down murderers and psychopaths, this battle against his feelings might prove to be the fight of his life. Kade’s Turn is a companion novel to Turn to Me, Book Two in The Kathleen Turner Series. Revised edition: This edition of Kade's Turn includes editorial revisions.
Mary Kathleen Turner, better known as Kathleen Turner, is an American film and stage actress and director. Known for her distinctive husky voice, Turner has won two Golden Globe Awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award.
Background
Turner was born June 19, 1954, in Spring City, Missouri, the daughter of Patsy (née Magee 1923-2015) and Allen Richard Turner, a U.S. Foreign Service officer who grew up in China (where Turner's great-grandfather had been a Methodist missionary). She has a sister, Susan, and two brothers.
Education
Turner attended Southwest Missouri State University before transferring to the University of Maryland, where she graduated in 1977, having studied drama. (One of her classmates was fellow actor John Goodman.) Living in New York, Turner initially took on roles in off-Broadway theatrical productions and commercials as well as the 1979 soap opera The Doctors before moving to Los Angeles.
Career
Turner made a name for herself and then some with her sultry, iconic movie debut in the thriller Body Heat (1981), co-starring William Hurt, in which she played femme fatale Matty Walker. Next up for Turner on the big screen was a comedic venture with Steve Martin, The Man with Two Brains, in which Turner played another antagonist.
After the edgy Crimes of Passion, Turner returned to comedic fare with the jungle adventure Romancing the Stone (1984), co-starring Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito. Stone was a hit, spawning the 1985 sequel The Jewel of the Nile. A few years later, audiences would see Turner reunited with Douglas onscreen for the divorce comedy The War of the Roses (1989), directed by DeVito.
Additional roles for Turner in the '80s included A Breed Apart (1985), Prizzi’s Honor (1985), Julia and Julia (1987) and The Accidental Tourist (1988), with the latter co-starring Hurt, once again, as well as Geena Davis. Turner also received a best-actress Academy Award nomination for the Francis Ford Coppola film Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), in which she played a woman who’s given the opportunity to go back through time to her high school days with knowledge of what the future holds.
Two years later, Turner also returned to a bombshell role, this time in cartoon form as Jessica Rabbit in the classic animated/live-action movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, directed by Robert Zemickis. Pregnant at the time of recording, Turner once again delivered a captivating performance in which her textured, breathy siren’s voice was front and center.
In 1992 Turner was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, an inflammatory disease that greatly affected her joints and potentially could have prevented her from walking. Prescribed medication to treat the condition also had the side effect of causing weight gain. The ordeal affected her career, resulting in limited casting opportunities, and Turner eventually struggled with alcoholism, having become increasingly dependent on liquor after first using it to cope with pain. By the early 2000s, Turner entered rehab.
Despite these health challenges, Turner maintained a screen presence with various projects. She had the lead role in the 1994 John Waters comedy Serial Mom and later worked with another Coppola, daughter Sofia, in 1999’s The Virgin Suicides. Work in the new millennium included appearances on TV shows such as Friends, Law & Order and Californication as well as in films such as Marley & Me (2008), The Perfect Family (2011) and Dumb and Dumber To (2014).
Turner is also a noted stage performer. Having starred in the 1990 Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, earning a Tony nomination for her efforts, she won more critical acclaim for her performance in Indiscretions (1995). She made her West End debut in London as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate (2000), with the production making its way to New York in 2002.
Then, in 2005, Turner received another Tony nomination for her role as Martha in the revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? After directing Crimes of the Heart in both Massachusetts and the off-Broadway scene, she returned to the Broadway stage again in a short run of the play High (2011).
Turner has also authored the 2008 memoir Send Yourself Roses: Thoughts on My Love, Life, and Leading Roles.
(What Kathleen Turner doesn’t know just may kill her. Her ...)
Personality
By the late 1980s, Turner had acquired a reputation for being difficult: what The New York Times called "a certifiable diva." She admitted that she had developed into "not a very kind person," and the actress Eileen Atkins referred to her as "an amazing nightmare." Turner slammed Hollywood over the difference in the quality of roles offered to male actors and female actors as they age, calling the disparity a "terrible double standard."
In 1990, Turner received unfavorable publicity when a deliberately lit fire at the Happy Land Social Club, located in a building managed by her husband, claimed 87 lives. The club was operating without a license and the building had been cited for numerous fire safety violations, but The New Yorker quoted Turner saying, "the fire was unfortunate, but could have happened at a McDonald's."
As a result of her altered looks and weight gain from her rheumatoid arthritis treatment, The New York Times published this statement in 2005, "Rumors began circulating that she was drinking too much. She later said in interviews that she didn't bother correcting the rumors because people in show business hire drunks all the time, but not people who are sick." Turner has had well-publicized problems with alcohol, which she used as an escape from the pain and symptoms of acute rheumatoid arthritis. Turner has admitted that because of her illness, she was in constant unbearable agony and that as a result, the people she was closest to would suffer from it, as she was constantly drinking to relieve the pain and it made her a very difficult person. A few weeks after leaving the production of the play The Graduate in November 2002, Turner was admitted into the Marworth hospital in Waverly, Pennsylvania, for the treatment of alcoholism. "I have no problem with alcohol when I'm working," she explained. "It's when I'm home alone that I can't control my drinking...I was going toward excess. I mean, really! I think I was losing my control over it. So it pulled me back."
Connections
Turner married the real estate entrepreneur Jay Weiss of New York City in 1984, and they had one child, their daughter, Rachel Ann Weiss, who was born on October 14, 1987. Turner had been born into a Methodist family, but she has said that she has "taken on a certain amount of Jewish tradition and identity" since marrying her Jewish husband and raising their daughter in Judaism. In 2006, Turner announced that she and Weiss were planning a trial separation. Turner and Weiss carried this forward to a divorce that became official in December 2007, but Turner has said, "Jay's still my best friend."