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Madness Unhinged
Detective Agnes Malloy is stunned…Jack the Ripper is back!Two women are found brutally murdered in modern-day Denver–their M.O. identical to the victims in 1888 London. But Agnes has no clues to the murderer. Women are terrified, and if Agnes doesn’t solve the case, the Denver police commissioner will have her handing out parking tickets.Her troubles increase when a mysterious man appears, claiming to be with the FBI. But no one called them. He insists that she needs his help–her life depends on it.It’s up to Anonghos, the chief security officer of the Orion, to stop a deadly alien from killing the Zalarian’s designated mates. He’s cut off from his ship, and to make matters worse, he doesn’t know who the alien is and must wait for him to strike.His only hope is to stay close to the curvy detective who just happens to be his mate, without her accusing him of being the murderer. The body count is about to sky rocket and only by working together can they defeat an enemy bent on destroying both their worlds.
242 pages, Paperback
Published May 12, 2018
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July 29, 2019
I’ll admit it - I’m a girl that frequently picks her romance novels (and about 75 percent of my other reads) by their covers, and when I saw the cover for M.L. Guida’s MADNESS UNHINGED at a writers conference, I wanted it. Bad. Top it off with sexy science fiction and dragons, and I was all in.
Anonghos has been handed the assignment of his life: Stop a deadly alien shape-shifting assassin from killing the human mate that the Fates have found for him. On a distant planet. Other human women are at risk, all of them fated for his kin, a quickly dying race of dragon shifters on Zalara.
Agnes is tired of living in her father and brother’s shadows. She’d very much like to be recognized for the good police detective she is, but her brother’s constant taunting and reminders of her psychic abilities keep getting in the way. Evey logical conclusion she draws is discounted, and women are dying. Jack the Ripper seems to be back, and he’s terrorizing the women of Denver, Colorado. When a stunningly handsome man keeps showing up at Agnes’ crime scenes, she finds it difficult to believe he isn’t the killer, much less that he’s there to help her solve the crimes, and keep her from becoming a victim herself.
As far as plots go, this one wasn’t bad. The characters are a bit stiff and won't quite shine as they could. Sexual tension abounds and is well-worked, but the world-building could’ve taken a little more polish.
My single biggest annoyance was the heroine’s psychic abilities. She does her best to draw logical conclusions that are founded on actual evidence. If anything, she seems to try to ignore the ghosts that would otherwise direct her to clues and works to prove herself as a good detective (which, honestly, she seems to be). However, where this thread goes awry is how often it’s harped on by people that should know better. Her chief and partner automatically discount every good lead she has. Ad nauseum. Her brother, now an FBI agent, joins in and uses his own accomplishments to tear his sister’s reputation to shreds, over and over. About half-way through the story, the reader should have a pretty good grasp that the men in Agnes’ life are chauvinists, but the author continues pounding that thread until someone gets seriously hurt.
This is an adult romance, both because of the sexual content and because of the graphically depicted murder scenes. It’s a quick, steamy read, ideal for science fiction romance fans.
Anonghos has been handed the assignment of his life: Stop a deadly alien shape-shifting assassin from killing the human mate that the Fates have found for him. On a distant planet. Other human women are at risk, all of them fated for his kin, a quickly dying race of dragon shifters on Zalara.
Agnes is tired of living in her father and brother’s shadows. She’d very much like to be recognized for the good police detective she is, but her brother’s constant taunting and reminders of her psychic abilities keep getting in the way. Evey logical conclusion she draws is discounted, and women are dying. Jack the Ripper seems to be back, and he’s terrorizing the women of Denver, Colorado. When a stunningly handsome man keeps showing up at Agnes’ crime scenes, she finds it difficult to believe he isn’t the killer, much less that he’s there to help her solve the crimes, and keep her from becoming a victim herself.
As far as plots go, this one wasn’t bad. The characters are a bit stiff and won't quite shine as they could. Sexual tension abounds and is well-worked, but the world-building could’ve taken a little more polish.
My single biggest annoyance was the heroine’s psychic abilities. She does her best to draw logical conclusions that are founded on actual evidence. If anything, she seems to try to ignore the ghosts that would otherwise direct her to clues and works to prove herself as a good detective (which, honestly, she seems to be). However, where this thread goes awry is how often it’s harped on by people that should know better. Her chief and partner automatically discount every good lead she has. Ad nauseum. Her brother, now an FBI agent, joins in and uses his own accomplishments to tear his sister’s reputation to shreds, over and over. About half-way through the story, the reader should have a pretty good grasp that the men in Agnes’ life are chauvinists, but the author continues pounding that thread until someone gets seriously hurt.
This is an adult romance, both because of the sexual content and because of the graphically depicted murder scenes. It’s a quick, steamy read, ideal for science fiction romance fans.
April 6, 2020
While I loved the book in general, I got tired of female Detective stupid judgmental attitude.
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