Dream Man (edition 1998)

Added to this romantic thriller is the twist (fairly new when in it was written in 1994) of the paranormal. In this case, the heroine is clairvoyant although the hot detective doesn't believe it at first... Does he become convinced? Read it and see ( )

Dan has rich partner - fit along in the story.Dane was a little too pushy for my likes. ( )

Linda Howard is one of my favorite romantic suspense authors. This is an older one, published in 1998. I read this one as a group read. At first, Dane is a jerk, but once he finally admits Marlie has some kind of psychic "gift", and clears her as a suspect, he really appears to go through a change. He doesn't give Marlie the emotional assurances she would like to hear from him, he is a bit controlling, but under the circumstances that seems to be more protectiveness. But, as I read on, I began to suspect Dane had an ulterior motive. I thought he might be using Marlie to solve his murder case. But, I wasn't prepared for the emotional curve ball the author tossed out at us. It came so close to the end of the book that I never really recovered from the shock of it.
Marlie kicks butt all the way, especially at the end. The mystery is taut and suspenseful, which is what redeems this book for me. The romance part left me unsatisfied, even though Dane is contrite and did really love Marlie, or so he claimed. I don't know if I would have treated someone I loved like he treated Marlie, but we had to have our HEA. I still felt like I had been punched in the stomach when I finished the book though. Over all not one of my favorite Linda Howard books. I gave it a three star rating mainly for the good suspense. ( )

A- Classic Linda Howard, excellently narrated by Phil Gigante. Dane Hollister (what a cool name) is a cop investigating (what will become) a series of murders and Marlie Keen is a psychic who sees through the eyes of the killer when he's doing the deed. Great book, better on audio. (Although, I think Lisa Marie Rice may have got the idea for her heroes - and I mean this in the nicest possible way - from this one - big alpha male, just about stalkerish behaviour with a constant hard-on for the heroine - sound familiar?) ( )

didnt finish. not one of my faves.