JK Lassiter has gained enough confidence in psychic abilities to help the police solve gangland murders—even if doing so leaves him burdened with traumatic psychic residue. If only he can make his lover Nick understand why he takes these risks.
Professor Nick Collier is having a hell of a spring. He’s worried sick about the danger JK puts himself in; and he’s developing a very strange reaction to stress that he can’t explain—things break around him, untouched.
When Nick’s estranged cousin Leah ropes Nick and JK into rescuing her daughter from a gang hideout, matters get messy. Relationships can change people, but Nick’s changing in a way JK never imagined possible.
In the space of a week, JK learns that everything he knew about his abilities is wrong. He’s not the only psychic in the world. Not even the only psychic in the house.
But will his newfound knowledge be enough to save him when he’s targeted for death by a powerful and vengeful gang-boss?
Lane Robins was born in Miami, Florida, the daughter of two scientists, and grew up as the first human member of their menagerie. When it came time for a career, it was a hard choice between veterinarian and writer. It turned out to be far more fun to write about blood than to work with it. She received her BA in Creative Writing from Beloit College, and currently lives in Lawrence, Kansas, with an ever-fluctuating number of dogs and cats.
Maybe closer to a 3.5? I wish more time had been dedicated to character interactions/relationships and less to the murder mystery aspect. I would loved to have had more from Nick’s cousin and her daughter, more on JK’s relationship with his parents, and more interactions between JK and Nick that weren’t just them rehashing the same argument over and over. In fact, I could have done with about 3/4 of the argument scenes between the two of them. Overall still enjoyable though.