The Gift [Paperback]

Verda Foster (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2004

Detective Rachel Todd doesn't believe in Lindsay Ryan's visions of danger, even when the horrifying events Lindsay predicted come true. That mistake could cost more than one life before this rollercoaster ride is over. Verda Foster's The Gift is just that - a well-paced, passionate saga of suspense, romance, and the amazing bounty of family, friends, and second chances. From the first breathless page to the last, a winner. Radclyffe - Author of Fated Love, shadowland, and the Justice and Honor series

Product Details

• Paperback: 212 pages
• Publisher: Intaglio Publications (October 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933113030
• ISBN-13: 978-1933113036
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,935,410 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Charming Cross-Genre Romance, October 28, 2004

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Lori L. Lake "Author of Like Lovers Do, Buyer... (Portland, Oregon, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Gift (Paperback)

Lindsay Ryan, a redhead who looks like "an older, Irish version of Shirley Temple," has no family to speak of and has been a loner for much of her life. It's not due to her looks-she's a nice-looking mid-thirties-aged gal. But she's hiding a secret, which has kept her from getting close to anyone. She has recently moved to a new town and hasn't been at her job for many months when she is confronted with a vision so compelling, so palpable, and so frightening that she is moved to warn the family of a child she keeps "seeing" victimized.

Police detective Rachel Todd is sent out to investigate a stalker case and meets Lindsay, the alleged stalker. The two take an immediate dislike to one another, especially when Rachel decides Lindsay is some sort of lunatic and has her jailed. Rachel has been alone for the last few years after losing the people most important to her, and she's not too good with the touchy-feely stuff. She's focused on the day-to-day of her gritty, demanding job.

Both women's lives are turned upside down when Lindsay's visions start coming true. Rachel has to decide whether to believe Lindsay-or not-and before a plot of murder, kidnapping, and abuse is exposed, Lindsay will have to draw on reserves of strength she didn't realize she had. Rachel, too, must learn to trust in this cross-genre action/romance about two hearts who have loved and lost, but with any luck at all may be found once again. Entertaining and recommended.-Lori L. Lake, author of lesbian fiction and freelance reviewer for Midwest Book Review, Golden Crown Literary Society's The Crown, The Independent Gay Writer, and Just About Write.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Suspenseful! Intriguing!, March 8, 2005

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Joyce McNeil (Metairie, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Gift (Paperback)

What do you do when you can "see" events that are going to happen, and you are shown an unpleasant picture? Already costing her more than she cares to admit, events of her past have forced Lindsay Ryan to move to a new city and a new job. When fate or whatever you call it shows her that a child is, once again, in danger, Lindsay is forced into revealing herself. What is this peril to the child? Why a child? And why do the police and the child's parents not believe her? When all attempts at warnings are met with resistance, Lindsay decides to take matters into her own hands.

Detective Rachel Todd, assigned the task of checking things out, has the usual reaction and decides Lindsay is "nuts" and is not to be trusted....especially when one certain detail in Lindsay's vision points directly to the detective herself! What is this detail and why does it bring suspicion on the detective? Eventually forced into working together by a third party coming into the mix, Rachel and Lindsay start to struggle with totally different feelings for each other? Who is this third party? How and why are they involved? And whose life could it cost? Will both women survive the danger and rescue the child? Or will it cost them everything and keep them from exploring these emerging feelings?

The author of such dynamic books as The Chosen, Graceful Waters, Crystal's Heart and These Dreams tells an intriguing, suspense-filled tale of how two women, each with heartbreaking pasts, meet and bond together to overcome intense danger, overwhelming odds and society's reaction to "psychic revelations".

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars i wanted to like it but..., December 27, 2005

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Penn Byrne (Brooklyn, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Gift (Paperback)

I tried to like this book but found it very disjointed. The jumps the author made (in story and emotional content)kept me rolling my eyes and wondering why I didn't just put it down. I added the book to my wish list based on the other reviews but I have to wonder 'what book did they read?'