Dream Man
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4.2 • 35 Ratings
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
A heart-pounding romantic suspense from RWA Lifetime Achievement Award–winning author Linda Howard—where passion, danger, and psychic visions collide.
Marlie Keen thought she had left her past—and her dangerous clairvoyance—behind. For years she’s tried to live a quiet, ordinary life, believing the “knowing” that allowed her to witness crimes in real time had vanished. But when the visions return with terrifying force, Marlie knows she needs help to control them…or risk being consumed.
Detective Dane Hollister of the Orlando Police Department is skeptical when Marlie claims to see crimes as they happen. Yet he can’t ignore the way she unsettles him—with her haunting vulnerability, her determination, and the electric attraction that sparks between them. For Dane, Marlie is both a mystery and a temptation, awakening a desire he can’t resist.
As their connection deepens, the investigation draws them into the twisted mind of a ruthless killer who will stop at nothing to silence Marlie. Together, they must navigate a perilous path—balancing the searing heat of their passion with the deadly stakes of a relentless pursuit.
Dream Man is a seductive, edge-of-your-seat romantic thriller that blends sizzling chemistry with white-knuckle suspense, perfect for fans of Mr. Perfect and After the Night.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Detective Dane Hollister has a tough life. He hasn't had a day off in a month, a serial killer with a predilection for slashing women to death is on the prowl and now a psychic who claims to witness the murders through the killer's eyes has come forward to share her visions. As far as he's concerned, the psychic is as twisted as the slasher. For her part, from the moment she walks into the Orlando police station, Marlie Keen is sorry she offered to help. Hollister (and everyone else) treats her gift of ``knowing'' with suspicion, but the detective's investigation into Marlie's past convinces him that her gift is genuine. Hollister moves into Marlie's home, nursing her through terrifying and exhausting bouts of clairvoyance. At the same time the two ease the sexual tension threatening to overtake them-which if it doesn't quite make for good police work, does make for steamy romance. The author (Heart of Fire) has obviously done her homework on the procedure used to develop a serial killer's profile and brings this process cinematically alive. Hollister makes the perfect romantic hero. As Hollister's partner says about him: ``He's street-smart, woods-savvy, and sly as a fox. A real throwback. Mean, too. Damn, can he be mean! But he turns to putty where women are concerned.'' Howard's writing is compelling, especially the murder scenes. If you ignore an insipid epilogue bogged down in psychic overkill, this is Howard's best work yet.
Customer Reviews
Not what is executed but loved it!
I was expecting a romance novel, not a murder mystery with some romance. Although somewhat predictable, it was still good and funny. Linda Howard knows how to make us understand and feel the true characters' emotions, it's as if we've known them for years. That's a quality not every writers have.