From Publishers Weekly
With red herrings this fishy, how come Kane's brainy heroic lovers don't figure out the psychopathic stalker's identity until almost too late? That's the real enigma in Kane's hardcover romantic suspense debut. When gorgeous psychologist and talk show host Taylor Halstead goes to bed with gorgeous attorney Reed Watson, Kane (_Run for Your Life_, etc.) is in her element: "He was naked. She could feel every incredible inch of him, hot and hard and desperate to get inside her." The writer is a pro in the romance department, offering ample tenderness and lubricity, and the details of the talk show world are well researched and convincing. But the suspense plot relies on the predictable and improbable. The book opens with a brutal near-rape scene involving Taylor and her cousin's gorgeous but evil boyfriend, Gordon Mallory. Kane seems to dispose of Gordon (along with Taylor's beloved cousin) in a yacht explosion, only to introduce his egregious identical twin, Jonathan, several pages later. Among other unconvincing developments, the twins turn out to be their rich dad's illegitimate sons and one was repeatedly molested by their stepmother. Who's stalking Taylor? Is it Jonathan? No, it's got to be Gordon, right? But wasn't he dead? Where's he hiding? Thank goodness for the steamy sex, because the answers don't hold water.
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Taylor Halstead has made a successful career for herself by counseling others, either at an elite New York prep school or through her radio talk show, but when her safety is threatened by her cousin's boyfriend, Gordon, she feels helpless. He attempts to rape her, then both he and her cousin are killed in a boating accident. Months later, Taylor receives an e-mail that quotes Gordon's last words to her, followed by ominous phone calls. But the worst thing she encounters is Gordon's twin, Jonathan, who seems to have an unnatural attraction to her. She meets Jonathan at the lawyer's office as she is settling her cousin's estate. The lawyer, Reed Weston, is also taken by the beautiful Taylor and tries to help her by teaching her the rudiments of self-defense, and inveigling his way into her life, and her heart. As the killer comes closer, Taylor doesn't know if she should trust Reed or her own instincts. An exciting thriller right up to the last page. Patty Engelmann
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