I've been waiting a long time for another book by Deb
Stover and this one was well worth the wait! I read this
book in two days because I simply could not put it down.
Beth Dearborn went from being a high profile Chicago
homicide detective to becoming an insurance inspector
wherever she was needed. She also has a very special gift
that she is trying very hard to push back into the recesses
of her mind. She has the ability to live horrific murders
to the point that she also feels the victim's pain. She is
not released until she sees the murder's face and the
victim finally lets go of life. She also developed a small
drinking problem as a little side effect which she has
tried hard to overcome. Her cousin Sam who has a similar
gift, helps her through her hardships. They are more like
sister and brother than cousins.
Now she has been given the job of investigating the
disappearance of a high profile wife and mother of a
rancher in Brubaker, Tennessee. Lorilee Brubaker-Malone
has been missing for seven years. Her father received a
letter not long after she disappeared telling him that she
had run away. Ty Malone, her husband doesn't believe it
for an instant. He knows deep down in his heart he knows
she is dead and now he and his three children want
closure.
When Beth shows up and walks through the front door, she
feels it and fights it tooth and nail. She's just not ready
for another encounter with the dead. Beth also discovers
that there are quite a few people in the town of Brubaker
who are harboring secrets. Can she get things sorted out
before the ghost attacks her with a vengeance?
THE GIFT had me totally absorbed. Several times I was so
engrossed in the story, that when I heard a noise, I nearly
jumped out of my skin. This book is vintage Deb Stover! I
hope against hope that the next book will be Sam's. I'm
sure he has quite a story to tell! For those readers who
enjoy a tortured heroine, a hot cowboy rancher and a bit of
woo woo in their stories, I suggest you run to your nearest
bookstore when this one comes out and grab it up! Be
forewarned, have plenty of time to read because you won't
want to stop until you turn the last page!
Blood. Rivers of it.
The visions are overwhelming. They come every time Beth
visits the scene of a murder. She lives the victim’s last
moments, feels the pain, sees the perp. And it’s driving her
mad.
A flat tire. A deserted country road. A man too hot to be
true.
Trading life as a Chicago homicide detective for a job as a
nomadic insurance inspector was supposed to keep her safe.
Ty Malone is anything but. What isn’t he revealing about the
missing person’s claim on his ‘runaway’ wife? What really
happened to beautiful Lorilee Brubaker-Malone? And just how
far will Ty take his seduction of the one woman whose gift
can uncover the terrifying truth?
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