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Date read: May 23, 2024
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
7. The Bride Wore White - Paperback | Kindle
Amanda Quick (aka Jayne Ann Krentz)
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
Being Madame Ariadne, Psychic Dream Consultant, wasn’t Prudence Ryland’s ideal gig, but it paid well which was reason enough to do the work—until she realizes that her latest client intends to kill her. But Prudence, a master at reinvention, finds a new job and home as far away as possible and is finally able to relax—which turns out to be a big mistake. Letting her guard down means being kidnapped and drugged and waking up in a bloodstained wedding dress in the honeymoon suite next to a dead man. With the press outside the hotel, waiting with their cameras and police sirens in the distance, it’s obvious she’s being framed for the man’s murder. Prudence knows who is responsible, but will anyone believe her?Thoughts on The Bride Wore White: We're back in Burning Cove and I couldn't be happier. Why? Because Burning Cove is filled with fascinating people who are willing to take chances and put themselves in danger if the situation calls for it.
It doesn’t seem likely that rumored crime boss Luther Pell or his associate, Jack Wingate, believe her seemingly outrageous claims of being a target of a ruthless vendetta. In fact, Prudence is convinced that the mysterious Mr. Wingate believes her to be a fraud at best, and at worst: a murderer. And Jack Wingate does seem to be someone intimately familiar with violence, if going by his scarred face and grim expression. So no one is more shocked than Prudence when Jack says he’ll help her. Of course, his ideas for helping her involve using her as the bait for a killer, but Prudence feels oddly safe with Jack protecting her. But who will protect Prudence from her growing fascination with this enigma of a man?
This time around, we have Prudence. We met her in Maggie's book and she seemed to be nothing more than a librarian who had dreams of bigger things. As it turns out, there was plenty more to Prudence than just being a librarian. I mean, the lady was a psychic dream consultant prior to the librarian gig. She wasn't a fraud, either. But having a client die during a reading doesn't do a lady's reputation any good, so Prudence changed her profession and left the psychic stuff behind.
And yet, she still ended up in an awful predicament and ended up asking Luther for help unraveling what was going on.
Which brings us to Jack. Ever since the accident that scarred him, he's been adrift. Prudence's case intrigues him, which is something that hadn't happened all that much recently. So while he might not believe Prudence has genuine dream reading abilities, he still wants to help her figure out how she ended up in a hotel suite beside a dead man. As he works on building a profile on the person who is framing Prudence, he finds himself falling for her. Which doesn't stop him from using her as bit to draw out the killer, but it really is the only plan that seems like it will work.
A little danger, several familiar faces, complicated family dynamics, a big house with lots of baggage, a man who needs a push to break out of his rut, and a lady who is willing to do whatever needs to be done to build a life for herself. MAN, I like spending time in Burning Cove.
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