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On The Edge (Signature Select)

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Kaylin Dancroft has the ability to dream true dreams. They always come true. Her sister Jenna was kiddnapped out of their room 4 years ago. Kaylin was knocked out by the kidnapper and has undergone hypnosis and lots of physchiatrists trying to remember something about him that would help find her sister. She has dreamed about Jenna and knows she is alive somewhere.

Shane Lynch is a former special-ops agent. He is physic also, he has the ability to read auras and to influence the emotions of others by melding with their auras. Coming from a disfunctional home he has had to learn to control the fierce emotions he inherited from his father, who killed his mother in a rage of temper.

Kaylin's father hopes Shane can sooth her emotions enough for her to remember something about the attacker that will help them. She is so shut down in her powers that when she dreams they are so frightening and terrible that she tries not to sleep. Shane stays with her and when she sleeps he tries to help her see more of what happened. But the flare of attraction between them scares him. He finds he has no control when they touch each other. How can he stay with her and love her if there is a chance he might loose control and hurt her like his father did to his mother? Intermidantly we learn what has happened to Jenna, and learn someone is following Shane and Kaylin.

The tension is taut, and the mystery is good, with a fast pace and a wonderful cast of characters, this is a good book. I loved it.

Twenty-two years old clairvoyant Kaylin Dancroft abruptly wakes up because she senses her teenage sister Jenna in trouble. She is proven right when she sees an intruder heading towards Jenna. Kaylin tries to rescue her sibling, but fails as the evil man knocks her out and abducts Jenna.

Four years later in Tampa Bay, Kaylin struggles with nightmares that never fully focus. Psychic Shane Lynch has returned from penetrating terrorist cells in Iraq and Kuwait to Tampa Bay to help Kaylin deal with her bad dreams, but she never slows down for even a minute so he has no way of casually meeting her. He feels he can soothe her restless soul while she sleeps and in her dreams confronts the evil that snatched her sister, who she believes is alive. As he finally succeeds in meeting her when she dozes off in a movie theater, he provides her the needed help to look at the faceless evil haunting her. As they fall in love, both know that rescuing Jenna comes first.

Susan Kearny writes a fantastic paranormal romantic suspense that will make believers out of the most skeptical physicist. The story line is action-packed but character driven as the lead couple step slowly towards confronting the vile villain. Readers will remain ON THE EDGE of their seat wondering whether Kaylin assisted by Shane will save Jenna in time.

Harriet Klausner

For Kaylin Dancroft, dreaming is more than just what happens when you fall asleep at night. A powerful clairvoyant, Kaylin has for years had nightmares and visions that seem to foretell coming events. They proved true enough four years ago, when her sister Jenna was kidnapped from the bedroom that they shared during college break-her sister who, Kaylin is sure, was taken in her place.

Now the nightmares are back, stronger and more terrifying than before, showing scenes that speak to her of her sister's disappearance. Every night she awakes in a terror, with only small fragments of those horrible dreams reverberating through her mind. How can she find Jenna when she doesn't even know who took her? Or ever more importantly, why Kaylin and Jenna were targeted in the first place? With no one to answer her questions, with nowhere to turn, Kaylin feels helpless to accomplish anything, including the most important task of all-finding and rescuing her sister before it's too late.

Then the most unlikely of heroes comes to her aid. Ex-CIA agent and psychic, Shane Lynch, seems to appear out of nowhere when Kaylin falls asleep after a marathon of hours working hard to stay awake. Determined to do anything to keep the nightmares at bay, she seeks solace at a movie theater-only to fall into a deep sleep riddled with disturbing images of her lost teen-aged sister. When Shane comes to her rescue by taking her next door for coffee, Kaylin finds herself sharing the story of her life with her unlikely confidante.

Ms. Kearney has written a wonderful paranormal romantic suspense story, filled with rich characters, believable situations, and a heart-warming attraction. Fans of Ms. Kearney's paranormals, or even fans of the genre itself, are in for a real treat with this deliciously haunting story.

A friend of mine told me about Susan Kearney; we live in the Tampa area. I picked it up mostly to satisfy my curiosity about a "local" girl. Wow! I'm so glad I did and now I will seek out all of Ms. Kearney's books. This was a great read, lots of suspense with a psychic twist. I absolutley loved it! Of course, it was made even better when I could picture the areas mentioned in the book, such as jogging along scenic Bayshore Blvd. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking to get totally absorbed in a book.

On the Edge was not what I was expecting at all when I first bought the book and read the book's description. It was a little far fetched with all the talk about people's auras, but somehow still held me riveted to the pages until the very end. Odd story, good writing. This was characteristic of a romantic suspense novel with the paranormal aspect to the plot. It isn't a mystery in the true aspect of a whodunit type, but has the feeling of unraveling the mystery with new clues to what happened to Kaylin's sister Jenna after she was kidnapped from her bedroom.

Kaylin has the gift of sleep induced premonitions, but can not recall enough details of that horrific night her sister was taken instead of her. With the help of an Aura expert, Shane he will help mute her fear and anxiety toward the dreams so that she can remember the details more lucidly. However, with his altering her emotions, Kaylin doesn't know if her feelings for Shane are her own or ones he's manufactured to suit his purpose. She must trust him with her mind and her heart if she hopes to find her sister before the culprit kills them all.

The story is not only hard to accept as being even remotely possible, but it is a little sappy and anti climactic at the end.

Is it worth the money? Depending on the reader, yes. However, if you can find it at the library or discounted to half off the original price or even less than it's okay. Not one of the ones I would probably keep in my library other than the really interesting facts about how to interpret your dreams at the very end of the book.

This book was alright. It wasn't quite what one expected from the blurb, but it was enjoyable to read. I did get lost a few times because some it seemed to be disjointed. In the end, it was okay, but at the end I also wanted to scream WHAT HAPPENED!!