Shauna McAllister is trying to piece togethter her past, and is struggling with the answers she is led to, will she unveil the truth or is the truth even important if she is safer without it? Danger lurks around the corner and she is not sure who she can trust, if anyone. Will her relationships be restored? Will she regain her identity? How much will she lose in the process?

This book is excellently written from the first chapter I was hooked. My husband and I both read it within just a couple of days. A really interesting storyline with twists and turns that keep you guessing to the very end. ( )

Definitely not my favorite Dekker book, but it is still an okay read. I think I will stick to his more suspenseful novels. ( )

A Christian suspense book that doesn't succumb to the last-10-pages-we-tell-you-it's-just- 'spiritual warfare' -the-end syndrome?!? What?!? Well, then. In that case, I have to tell you that this book, although not wonderful, was fairly decent and entertaining. Some parts were predictable, some people you knew were going to turn out 'bad' but weren't quite sure how they fit into the big picture... but it was well-written, and managed to give me a few surprises in the end. It also didn't get super preachy at any point (that I noticed) which, as some of you may know from an earlier review, is one of my other pet peeves in Christian fiction (ie. a sermon halfway through the story).

The characters weren't neatly tied up, and some supernatural elements weren't entirely explained, and you know what? It was a good thing. It worked, because people don't always come full circle in real life, and sometimes there are things we just can't explain. All said... I enjoyed this more than I expected, which is always nice. ( )

I am a huge fan of Ted Dekker, but have never read anything by Erin Healy before. I was excited to read this book, both because I love almost anything by Ted Dekker and because I was interested in what he could do with a co-author. I was not disappointed! Kiss is full of action, adventure, mystery, suspense, and political intrigue. Although I found some of the politics a bit confusing at times, everything is explained in the end.

Kiss is about Shawna a young women who has uncovered a secret. The problem is she has lost her memory in a terrible accident. She does not remember anything of the past 6 months of her life including all events that happened during that time and people who may have entered in that time. As she trys to uncover what really happened at her accident and who she really is, she discovers that some of the many people that she trusts, are not who she thought them to be.

Disclaimer for men: For those of you who think this is just a girly romantic book because of the title, you are wrong! You will not be disappointed in this book!

One thing I would have liked to see more of in this story or even in another book is more about the girl who Shawna thought could be Khai's daughter. It left you hanging and never really knowing if it was or not. Hopefully there will be another book about that later! ( )

One thing about reading books by Dekker is that he never fails to keep you in the dark filling you with the need to keep reading without stopping to find out what is going on. This book is no different. Although not as fast-paced as his previous books, the plot and action is satisfying. Dekker makes the case that it is better to die for the truth than live with a lie in a unique story. In the opening chapter there is an interesting conversation between Shauna and her therapist. Shauna feels the only way to get closure from the pain of her father's rejection of her is to hurt him back. Only then will she be able to forget the past, forget the pain. The therapist ask her to consider the possibility that her plan to put the past behind her may 'root [her] more deeply in the pain of [her] past,' and ask how can it be that the hurt imposed on her could vanish: 'By creating more pain? That mathematics of that isn't logical.' That, for me, is the thesis of this unique fiction. Another thing Dekker never fails to do is make you think deeply about the moral implications of his story. This is another of Dekker's books that ought not to be missed. ( )