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Hot blooded
480 pages
A sultry, dread-soaked descent into New Orleans' shadows where dangerous secrets and steamy romance collide.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping into the sweltering, oppressive heat of a New Orleans summer, where every shadow hides a threat and the air is thick with both dread and desire. It is a propulsive, gritty experience that balances the creeping paranoia of a psychological thriller with the intense, simmering chemistry of romantic suspense. The narrative pulls you through a labyrinth of buried secrets and escalating danger, keeping the tension wire-taut as the stakes grow increasingly personal. The prose is sensory and urgent, painting a vivid picture of a sultry, dangerous world where trust is a luxury and the past refuses to stay dead. It will thoroughly delight readers who crave dark, atmospheric mysteries laced with steamy romance and relentless suspense.
- Mood
- sultry
- dread-soaked
- atmospheric
- tense
- Tone
- suspenseful
- gritty
- dramatic
- urgent
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- buried secrets · the weight of the past · dangerous attraction · escalating paranoia · trusting the wrong person
- The writing
- Fast-paced and sensory, leaning heavily on atmospheric descriptions of the sultry Southern setting to heighten the tension.
- The arc
- Moves from creeping unease and isolated paranoia to a breathless, high-stakes fight for survival intertwined with intense romantic tension.
- Who it's for
- Fans of gritty romantic suspense who love a steamy Southern backdrop, a tough-as-nails heroine, and a race against a cunning serial killer.
Content notes
- violence against women
- murder
- stalking
- sexual content
- strangulation
About the book
First One Dead Body... A prostitute lies strangled in a seedy French Quarter hotel room. Miles away, in a rambling plantation house on the sultry shores of Lake Ponchartrain, popular late-night radio host Dr. Samantha Leeds receives a threatening crank call. All in a day's work for a celebrity. Who would think to link the two? Then Another... A second hooker's corpse turns up. Samantha's ominous caller persists, along with a mysterious female claiming to be a woman from her past -- a woman who's been dead for years. With Detective Rick Bentz convinced that the serial killer prowling the shadowy streets of New Orleans is somebody close to Samantha, she doesn't dare trust anyone. Especially not Ty Wheeler, her seductive new neighbor who seems to know more about her than a stranger should....And Another Somebody has discovered Samantha's darkest secret. Somebody is convinced that lives must be sacrificed to pay for her sins. So far, the victims have been strangers. Prostitutes. But as a cunning, cold-blooded killer grows bolder, Samantha wonders in dread if she will be the next to die...
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