When She Dreams by Amanda Quick [Review]

When She Dreams (Burning Cove #6) by Amanda Quick
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: January 26, 2023

Burning Cove
1. The Girl Who Knew Too Much
2. The Other Lady Vanishes
3. Tightrope
4. Close Up
5. The Lady Has a Past
6. When She Dreams - Paperback | Kindle
7. The Bride Wore White

Amanda Quick (aka Jayne Ann Krentz)
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

Maggie Lodge, assistant to the reclusive advice columnist known only as Dear Aunt Cornelia to her readers, hires down-but-not-quite-out private eye Sam Sage to help track down the person who is blackmailing her employer. Maggie and Sam are a mismatched pair. As far as Sam is concerned, Maggie is reckless and in over her head. She is not what he had in mind for a client but he can't afford to be choosy. Maggie, on the other hand, is convinced that Sam is badly in need of guidance and good advice. She does not hesitate to give him both.

In spite of the verbal fireworks between them, they are fiercely attracted to each other, but each is convinced it would be a mistake to let passion take over. They are, after all, keeping secrets from each other. Sam is haunted by his past, which includes a marriage shattered by betrayal and violence. Maggie is troubled by intense and vivid dreams--dreams that she can sometimes control. There are those who want to run experiments on her and use her for their own purposes, while others think she should be committed to an asylum.

When the pair discovers someone is impersonating Aunt Cornelia at a conference on psychic dreaming and a woman dies at the conference, the door is opened to a dangerous web of blackmail and murder. Secrets from the past are revealed, leaving Maggie and Sam in the path of a ruthless killer who will stop at nothing to exact vengeance.

Thoughts on When She Dreams: A little case of blackmail has Maggie hiring weary PI Sam and heading to Burning Cove and...MAN, that place is wild. In a good way. Well, good in the way conmen (and women!) running cons and dangerous people hiding in the shadows is. I mean, there was a lot going on there.

But first, Maggie and Sam. She's a woman with a whole lot of secrets who doesn't trust easily. Given how she's been burned in the past, the trust thing isn't surprising. He's a former detective who's just opened his PI business and he's seen a lot. He's also not too trusting because he's seen some of the worst people can do. Basically, there's a whole lot of baggage these two need to deal with on a personal level as they work at following the clues of Maggie's case.

Throw in a little murder, a SUPER skeevy doctor who'd like nothing better than to use Maggie for his research (whether she's interested or not), and there's plenty to keep Maggie and Sam busy. Blackmail, murder, an old death that ties into the current case, and a conference chock-full of suspects.

Like I said, there's a lot going on here and I'm loving it.