Psychic Visions Books 1-3
Tuesday's Child Book 1
This book was a special on the author's website a while ago and I couldn't resist. I had started this series at the end instead of the beginning, so now I am starting the first three books in a bundle.
Samantha Blair has unusual vision, she actually manifests the injuries of the victim. This book opens with one such vision and I truly felt sorry for her. In the thrall of the vision she sees a ring, one she has seen before and now does her best to commit the details of it to memory. In spite of previous interactions with the police being very stressful and frightening she was determined to bring this information. The ring was important and although not admissible the energy of the assailant was the same. She really isn't surprised when the outcome of her meeting was much the same, doubt and suspicion. In a rush to leave she runs into a man, apologizes and continues on her way.
Brandt Sutherland is the detective she ran into. A visiting detective trying to find the evidence to create a serial killer task force. He has several murders he's convinced are the same killer and would like to put these cases to rest. When he inquires about her identity from Kevin Bresson he isn't surprised that Kevin has dismissed her as crazy. He doesn't judge so quickly being friends with a renowned psychic Stefan Kronos. It's when Kevin mentions a ring, he knows this woman is a valid psychic and she's witnessed his nemesis kill again. After reading Kevin's notes and then the scene that was reported, Brandt goes to see Samantha with questions of his own.
Samantha has another vision, and in spite of the fact it's a car crash she senses the presence of the same energy as the murders. Now since I've read the later Psychic Vision books I knew right away who the man she saw in her vision was, however, she believes it was a loved one come to escort her to the other side. She documents the vision and after much consideration calls Brandt.
After Brandt validates her information about the crash and visits her again.
With that visit he leaves her with Stefan's phone number, hoping she'll contact him. The uncontrolled visions could be dangerous to her. He doesn't know why he can't get her out of his mind, knowing he should distance himself.
A lot happens in this book as we follow Samantha, as she travels through her days. Her work at the veternarian's office is soothing to her as is her dog Moses and home in the middle of nowhere. She acquires a second dog the vet considers dangerous, but she has managed to build a bit of a rapport with him. The vet wanted to put him down, but she wasn't going to give up on him. The visions keep happening and are changing. This frightens her but also gives her hope of this killer being caught.
Brandt in spite of being a bit skeptical, is drawn to her and arranges a meeting with her and Stefan. He's definitely worried about her. There's also some stuff going on at the police station that is causing chaos within.
I couldn't put this book down, every page has clues and I love the way this relationship develops. Quite the unusual relationship but one that really makes perfect sense.
Hide'n Go Seek Book 2
Kali Jordan along with her dog Shiloh have gained a reputation in the Search and Rescue (SAR) world. Part of that is Shiloh's skills but the other part is unknown to the rest of the world. Kali's grandmother called it sight, for Kali it was a bit different. She could sense where to look, but it was Shiloh who could tell if the person was living or dead. At least that's what Kali thought.
The book opens with a disaster site in Mexico, where Kali and several others are searching for survivors. They find one, but as they are trying to get the child out, another aftershock hits devastating the entire area and injuring Kali. We sort of meet the bad guy in the aftermath of this event. We as readers get to know his mindset but not who.
FBI agent Grant Summers is a fan of Kali's. He and his brother had been very active with a SAR team in Maine until their paths took them elsewhere although they both keep up their certifications. He has admired Kali from afar ever since he attended a lecture given by her years ago. He'd been new to the energy signs at that time but there was a sense of rightness between them. It's as he's reading an article about her and Shiloh that Stefan calls him and tells him that he will see her soon, plus she has abilities and he should also ask to see her paintings.
For Kali things changed after Mexico with regard to her 'gift'. Everything becomes more intense, and she's seeing ribbons of energy and really can't refer to it as intuition. She also does some painting, and sometimes it's her 'gift' that controls the brush.
Once Kali has returned home, the killer decides to up his game and involve Kali in it by placing a letter on her doorstep. This escalates even more when another letter turns up at the center. With Grant involved as well they try to understand exactly what the letters mean, but Kali and Shiloh head out to Sacramento and a mudslide. There she sees the funky energy and with Shiloh's help and a couple of witnesses she finds another victim, not of the slide but murder.
On her return home she finds Grant waiting for her along with someone she hasn't met, Stefan Kronos.
As Kali realizes the connection to the her painting, she becomes even more concerned she'd be considered a suspect. Her visions are ramping up too and with Stefan's help she is discovering ways to get more information from them.
Her connection to Grant also intensifies going from a simmer to sizzle over the course of the investigation.
A page-turning read, with intrigue, suspense and surprises.
Maddie's Floor Book 3
I confess to having started this series somewhere in the middle, I've been curious about Dr. Maddy for a long time. In this book, I get to meet her.
Dr. Maddy has an entire floor of The Haven, a long term care facility and hospital. Her approach, surrounding her patients with healing and positive energy along with her skills as a medical intuitive and physician help improve quality of life for her patients. There is a long waiting list, and several criteria to be met in order to be a patient on Maddy's Floor.
Drew's aunt is a patient at Haven and his uncle a former police chief is trying to get on Maddy's floor. Maddy literally runs into him on her way up the stairs, she's been running up them for years and never ran into anyone before. There are no introductions at this time though.
With budget issues the CEO Gerard Lionel has convened a board meeting, where they need to propose some things to Maddy. She's not going to like them but hopefully she'll go along. They can't afford to lose her, the donations and grants that come in for her project helped keep this facility afloat. The economy had caused budget issues and they needed to address them somehow.
Even though the new addition to Maddy's floor was almost complete, his thought is to fill a few of these beds. His choice of patients for those spots, well lets just say two of them are not ideal and the third would please Maddy.
Things start turning weird and suspicious as a patient referred to Maddy dies. Maddy notices strange energy around him that she can't identify. However, it's when one of the patients on her floor dies that things really get interesting. It's the autopsy on this patient that gets Drew involved and they officially meet in Dr. Miko's office. Jansen Svaar has a bruise at the base of his spine and a matching one on the crown of his head. Drew's cold case has six children with a very similar mark on them.
With Drew now trying to link all the deaths, Maddy is trying to figure out the what and how of that strange energy. Stefan comes into the picture with visions of his own, in regard to Maddy and Drew as well as the happenings on her floor.
Plenty of twists and turns, a wonderful romance that turns sizzling even when Drew doesn't quite understand a lot of what's happening. Page after page of surprises and suspense kept me reading till the very end.
I can't wait to start on the next three book bundle in this series.