A "guaranteed great read" stamp accompanies this book, and it is well deserved. This was a very good story. The first half, though, was better than the last. The main character, Jess, dedicated her life to being a police detective in order to find out what happened to her twin sister when they were in their twenties. Hank, her love interest, was a former Army Ranger who had been injured in the line of duty. Somehow his injuries released his ability to touch things and people and be able to know about them. Really, his psychic ability almost takes away from the story and Hank and Jess's relationship. The story had minor issues, but overall a good read. ( )

A "guaranteed great read" stamp accompanies this book, and it is well deserved. This was a very good story. The first half, though, was better than the last. The main character, Jess, dedicated her life to being a police detective in order to find out what happened to her twin sister when they were in their twenties. Hank, her love interest, was a former Army Ranger who had been injured in the line of duty. Somehow his injuries released his ability to touch things and people and be able to know about them. Really, his psychic ability almost takes away from the story and Hank and Jess's relationship. The story had minor issues, but overall a good read. ( )

Lisle is better known as a science fiction novelist, but this foray into romantic suspense is quite successful. The premise, a detective going undercover as a stripper (and actually getting naked in the process), isn’t particularly believable, but when the other main character is a man who can read people through things they have touched, you’re already suspending disbelief. Ultimately, the characters were likeable and the mystery was decent (I didn’t guess whodunit until it was practically revealed). I’m not a huge sci-fi fan, but I would be interested in reading more of Lisle in this genre. ( )

I enjoyed this book because of the unusual storyline and the scarred hero. The heroine is a police detective who is part of a team looking for a serial killer that is murdering strippers. She is a former dancer that lost her twin sister who is believed dead. She poses undercover as a stripper in a sleazy strip club. The hero is a former special forces agent who suffered a serious injury to one side of his face and body from an explosion. After his injury he discovers he has psychic abilities and the police are using him to help them catch the killer. I really liked both the H/H and there was great sexual tension. Plus I was very surprised by the identity of the killer. (Grade: B) ( )

There might be some problems--this is a serial killer story, after all, and I did guess whodunit pretty early on, but that doesn't seem to matter. Holly Lisle's writing just sucks me in anyway.

A young dedicated cop gets a chance to make it into the elite homicide squad if she helps solve a series of stripper killings. The downside is that her career, which is her whole life, is on the line. Because of her dance background and her undercover experience, she's asked to go undercover as a stripper. And to work with a psychic. And she really hates psychics.

There are excellent reasons for everything, but the backstory is doled out naturally, in small doses--you don't get a big "this is who she is and why she's doing this" speech right up front, and the same goes for the hero.

Just fabulous writing. This is only the second book of Holly Lisle's that I've read, but I'm slowly collecting the rest. Since it was the writing I was so enthralled by, I expect I'll like them, too. ( )