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Summary: The Stuff "Dream"s are made of
Review: Linda Howard tells a marvelous story with Dream Man.After six years of freedom from the "knowing", Marlie is chagrined to find that it - her clairvoyant empathy - has returned. A few days after she has a graphic and disturbing vision of a murder, she decides to go to the Orlando police to assist them in finding the killer. Detective Dane Hollister doesn't believe a word that the woman with the compelling blue eyes tells him. But he knows that somehow Marlie knows exactly what she's talking about. He also knows that the feeling that overcomes him whenever the psychic is near is too strong to ignore. After getting off to a rocky start and trying to deny a wild attraction, Dane and Marlie try to work together to find the Orlando Slasher and to figure out what's going on whenever they're in the same room. Ms. Howard deserves commmendations for writing such an excellent story. I loved the scenes between Dane and Marlie, especially what each one went through as feelings were revealed. I highly recommend this novel for anyone who loves romantic suspense.
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Summary: Reprint of an older book that was not one of her best.
Review: I bought this book thinking it was a new release. It had a prominent position on the bookshelf, and the cover had a bold reference to LH's last book: Open Season (which was very good by the way).
The first hint of trouble came when the Dane, the hero, went looking for a pay phone (why didn't he just use his cell); the second hint was when Dane was about to board an commercial airplane and decided at the last minute to leave his gun behind and just take his knife onboard instead! Wait a minute... I flipped to the front and sure enough the book was originally copyrighted in 1994. I don't mind reading older books, but I think it is just plain sneaky when a publisher tries to pass-off an older book as a new release and then has the nerve to charge the premium price of 8 bucks per copy. Anyway, enough venting. About the story... My first observation about this book is that it was darker and much more sinister than LH's latest releases. Parts of the book were creepy and downright gory, and it lacked the humor and hilarious situations that Ms Howard normally uses to relieve the tension in the story. Secondly I found that this book moved at a must slower pace than her other works. In fact it dragged quite a bit. I found myself skipping a lot of passages, impatiently trying to find the good stuff. I guess you can tell that I didn't really enjoy this book. If you want a good LH read, try After the Night, White Lies, Midnight Rainbow, Duncan's Bride, or Mackenzie's Mission instead.
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Summary: I LOVED THIS BOOK SO MUCH I'VE READ IT 4 TIMES
Review: THIS BOOK MUST BE ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVOURITES. I WOULD LOVE A COPY IN HARDBACK AND IF IT WAS RE-LEASED I AM SURE THAT IT WOULD SELL WELL. THIS TOGETHER WITH MR PERFECT AND NOW YOU CAN SEE HER MUST BE SOME OF THE BEST ROMANTIC SUSPENSE WRITTEN.
THIS NEW ISSUE IS NICE BECAUSE MY COPY IS GETTING TATTY
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Summary: A Serial Killer..A Pychic..The Cop Who Will Break the Case..
Review: Another good one from Ms Howard, but not her best. The suspense was lacking in this one unlike most of her others. The killer was revealed too soon. The romance moved way too quickly for my taste and in the end I wasn't real convinced that they knew each other well enough.
The killer was frightening and the scenes gory enough to make you wince, but none of the creepiness you usually get in her novels due to the fact that the killer is revealed to us early on and we know how he thinks and how he hunts.
I was surprised though that I truly began to believe in Marlie's pychic abilities almost from the start. Ms Howard makes her writing very believable and she convinced me she was truly able to sense things and feel the murders. No hocus-pocus here.
The detective in the case, Dane, was a little too pushy. He came on to Marlie so fast and so strong that I was taken back by it.
Having read alot of Ms Howard;s work, this one was a bit of a let-down. The end was disapointing and anti-climatic. If you never read her work before, DO NOT start with this one(although it is good, just not her best) start with 'Mr. Perfect' or 'All the Queen's Men'. Marlie Keen is a clairvoyant trying to lead a normal and quiet life again when after six years of blessed silence she is seiged with a vision so horrifying that she blacks out. What does she see? A vicious murder by a madman...a madman that exudes his energy so powerfully that Marlie is stunned at the violence of it.
Was it a dream or was it real? After seeing the news the next day and seeing her vision come to life, she knows she is going to have to report the vision and be sucked into the life once again...but can she do it? After what happened 6 years ago? Detective Dane Hollister of the Orlando Police Department doesn't believe Marlie's claim of clairvoyance. She must be involved in the murder to know that much information. But was she? After witnessing an episode of a vision, he feels chills race down his spine and immediately checks it out only to find that she was 100% correct...they have a serial killer loose in Orlando and the only link to his capture? A clairvoyant who is reluctant to help.
Dane finds himself extremely attracted to the strange woman. What happened to her to make her so afraid? What caused her scars? Dane is determined to find out and to heal them, even if she won't let him in.
The deeper they delve and the more Marlie reveals about her past and the killer, the closer they are getting to falling into the madman's lair. But when Dane goes too far to catch him...it puts Marlie's life in danger and the past comes back to haunt her.... Tracy Talley~@
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Summary: Incredible
Review: I've read all of Linda Howard's recent hits, but this reprint is definitely my favorite. It pulls you in from the first page and never lets you go.
This has to be her best. Don't miss it!
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Summary: Captivating Read
Review: I'm new to Linda Howard's books and so far she has become my favorite author. This was a great book and hard to put down. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Another hit for Howard
Review: This novel has it all: a unique concept (the heroine as an empath), an ultra-sexy alpha male hero, a feisty heroine, and some spine-chilling thriller "stuff." All in all, it's a definite one-night read.
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Summary: One for the fans
Review: I personally love most of Linda Howards stories and i really enjoyed this book but its typical Howard, in so far as the woman is to innocent, and the man is such a stud, this is the part of her books i do not always enjoy the only saving grace is that he our hero is devoted to the heroine. The plot was pretty good and kept you mostly guessing. Howard has written much better books.
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Summary: Another Great Linda Howard Novel
Review: I enjoyed reading this novel. It's premise is unique, an empath who begins to visualize a serial killer's attacks. As usual, Howard's hero is an alpha male whose completely smitten with Marlie from the moment he sees her, even though he initially believes she's a charlatan. His attraction to her is so strong that he can't keep away from her even when she's disregarded as a suspect and she orders him to leave her alone (even though she really doesn't want him to). This novel is a good blend of suspense and hot romance. A definite one-night read.
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Summary: Linda Howard did it again! A "feel-good" story.
Review: I really loved reading this book. In fact, when I finished reading it, I did not start on my other new Linda Howard book at once, because I re-read it again. The characters were so breathtaking that after reading it I felt so good. The plot is so different from other books I've read. Linda is really one of my favorite authors, in the league of Jane Ann Krentz, Elizabeth Lowell & Nora Roberts. How I just wish that all of Linda's books are available here in Manila, Philippines. That's why when I went to LA, California last summer, I bought as much of Linda's books as I could see.
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