#1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown delivers a new signature sexy suspense about a detective seeking justice for his murdered wife with the help of a psychotherapist … while fighting an undeniable attraction to her.
Two years ago, Detective Mitch Haskell lost his wife to a vicious act of retribution, and has since attributed her murder two men: Roland Malone and the unidentified mastermind of the crime known only as Oz. Malone, a ruthless executioner and drug dealer who fronts as a restaurant owner, neutralizes so cleanly that he doesn’t leave a trace. And he performs his handiwork at the biddings of Oz, the faceless kingpin of a drug trafficking operation whose name alone evokes terror.
Obsessively vowing to avenge his late wife’s murder, Mitch has been on a downward spiral, jeopardizing his closest relationships and drinking excessively to numb his pain. After going one step too far, Detective John Bowie, his former best friend and now his boss, has forced Mitch to get therapy to sort himself out.
Dr. Dylan Reede is immediately empathetic to the pain she senses beneath Mitch’s cavalier attitude and wisecracking. She’s determined to make the most of his mandated sessions. But from the moment Mitch breezes into her office, Dylan finds it a struggle to maintain the professional and personal boundaries that keep her own tragic past at a safe distance.
As Mitch begins to close in on Oz and Malone’s operation, they’re prepared to stop him by any means necessary. And when it’s revealed that Dylan might hold the key to bringing them to justice, Mitch and Dylan’s irresistible attraction to each other may not only compromise both of them professionally, but place them in Oz’s bullseye.
Why is it that I love titles where one of the characters is some type of therapist? I think it's because of how forbidden it makes any romance with anyone with an official relationship with them, so Mitch and Dylan, well, I was in from the first page.
Usually with Sandra Brown's titles, there is a moment of a "gotcha" when something happens that you didn't see coming. This one was no different, although I actually felt it happened more than once, which made it even more fun.
I loved the book, I loved the way it unfolded, and the way I was drawn into the story from the very beginning, even though I never totally figured it out until the very end.
I also enjoyed that Bowie, the hero from a previous title, was one of the characters in this story, so it was like getting to spend time with prior characters while getting to know the ones in this story.
I enjoyed the title and I am looking forward to whatever story Sandra Brown tells next.
