When She Dreams by Amanda Quick
Return to 1930s Burning Cove, California, the glamorous seaside playground for Hollywood stars, mobsters, spies, and a host of others who find more than they bargain for in this mysterious town. 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. Read more
Amanda Quick (Jayne Ann Krentz) really knows her craft. She has a way with quirky , lovable characters, who you can't help but fall in love with. And her settings are so descriptive and picturesque, you can imagine yourself participating in the story. I can almost tell you exactly where to find her latest creation, Burning Cove, supposedly North of L.A in California. She is also an expert in the history and era she includes in her books. Amanda Quick specializes in the past and with Burning Cove she has moved on from Regency era to the post depression , early days of Hollywood and mobsters. When She Dreams ,is the newest of the Burning Cove novels. Once again I was hooked from the very first page. Her female protagonist is ,of all things , a new writer, and a lucid dreamer. Her personality part prim librarian, part curious author, provides a wonderful counterpart to her hero, the hard-core disillusioned, ex-cop turned PI, Sam. Their snarky, intimate conversations had me in stitches most of the time. The dream sequences were vivid and chillingly real. The whole concept of lucid dreamers , a conference on the field of dreaming was creatively original. I loved every minute of it, losing sleep to read it in one 24 hr session. There was no question about me pre-ordering When She Dreams. Amanda Quick is on my Must Read shelf. If you haven't already tried Amanda Quick novels, Run! Don't Walk ! And pick up her work ASAP! Just a note, you might read her series in order. They will make more sense!
ASIN -> B09BV44L5F Publisher -> Berkley (May 3, 2022) Publication date -> May 3, 2022 Language -> English File size -> 4954 KB Text-to-Speech -> Enabled Screen Reader -> Supported Enhanced typesetting -> Enabled
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