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I See You

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I SEE YOU is the third of Lisle's romantic suspense books. It returns to the setting of the first one, MIDNIGHT RAIN, and uses Brig as a main character rather than a secondary one. (On a side note, it's nice to hear even the tiny glimpses that are included about Alan and Phoebe, though for a moment I expected them to actually make an appearance.)

The mystery and suspense element of the book is very strong, and one of the things Lisle's readers can rely on. She gives enough hints that a very, VERY astute reader could, theoretically, figure out the plot twists before the main characters do. Most readers, however (including yours truly) will figure out only enough hints to point them in the wrong direction. Instead of being annoying, however, this only serves to increase the tension.

The romantic scenes in I SEE YOU are also well written. They flow realistically from the characters' personalities and situations rather than being there just to have sex scenes. In fact, all of the characters are fully developed, and their actions reflect their personalities in the non-romance scenes, also.

I SEE YOU is less gory than its predecessors. The paranormal element is present, though I won't give away any details about it. In all, this is a very good addition to a set of highly recommended books.

As in all of Lisle's books her characters are superbly developed and real. As a former RN, she gives amazing depth of the world and life of EMTs and Paramedics (a love of mine because my hubby is an EMT). As a woman she crafts a hunk of burning manhood for a hero. Thanks Holly, for yet another wonderful leading man! And she spins a wonderful, edge of your seat thriller with a touch of the paranormal.

Now, I was shocked when the bad guy was unmasked so quickly. Not by the characters but by the writer herself. What's up with that?!?!?! I was thinking. But then, as the story progressed, the fact that you knew who it was made everything more interesting. I was trying to figure out the how and why right along with Dia and Brig.

Through the fear and terror of what was happening to Dia and Brig's urgency in finding who was causing the horrible car accidents a romance brewed. Not just a romance but a HOT romance. Holy cow! Talk about sizzle! I wanna be a Holly Lisle heroine when I grow up. *fans self* It was intense for the characters as well. And there is nothing more exciting than a romance that the characters fight against.

So once again I was up all night reading a Holly Lisle book. Thankfully her thrillers are paperback and average around 350 pages. I can do that in a night without too much trouble. It's the fantasy that stretches into two nights. *grin* Either way when my husband sees me with one her Lisle's books he knows not to expect me to bed anytime soon.

Though the first sex scene I read made me want to toss the book down and go jump my husband. *fans self*

Hurry - go buy I See You right now. Right now! I'm serious! It's a hot summer read for hot summer nights. Then buy all her other books and keep yourself enthralled all summer long! And then go check out Holly's blog - get yourself all wound up waiting for her next stellar book. Man, it's soooooooo worth it!

"I see You," is the tale of Dia Courvant, a paramedic dedicated to her work, and a widow who is still grieving over a husband four years' gone in an auto crash that claimed multiple lives.

Brig Hafferty is a cop who's tracking a serial murderer--one who's setting bombs to cause wrecks. They meet at a devastating crash, about the time someone starts stalking Dia.

The story is as fast-paced as an ambulance chase and truly hard to put down. Holly Lisle is great at fantasy, but her mystery is some of the most surprisingly compelling I've read.

This one caught me at first word and held me until the end. I could not put it down, the plot, the characters and the way it was written just grabbed me by the throat. I love a good romance in my suspense mystery thrillers, and this had everything I look for in a good read. Do not miss it, and I also recommend her other two books, MIDNIGHT RAIN, and LAST GIRL DANCING.

Dia Courvant is an EMT, a paramedic who saves lives every day. But four yrs ago when she went to a tragic wreck she couldn't save her husband. She has dedicated the last 4 yrs to her work helping others and now she needs help.

Brig Hafferty is a detective in Fort Lauderdale FL, he is investigating a series of wrecks caused by explosives. He meets Dia at a horrible pileup on I-95. Later he determines that his unsub is responsible and goes to talk to the paramedics who answered the call. Brig is divorced and not looking for anybody to hook up with, but Dia is very attractive to him.

When strange gifts and notes appear on Dia's porch she calls him for advice. That's when they realize someone has erased all of his messages off her phone. Suddenly all the little things point to a stalker. Then her stalker turns into someone Brig wants to talk to about the wrecks. There is danger at every turn and now it seems her dead husband is leaving messages on her bathroom mirror like he used to.

The tension in the story and in the romance is tight and we are drawn along on a taut string. Her stalker, her husband and her lover all want her, and even among her friends, who can she trust?

Best Action, Suspense, Romance, Mystery, Thriller I have read this year.

Holly Lisle takes readers on a superb thrill ride with I SEE YOU.

Dia Courvant is an EMT, focused on saving as many lives as her job necessitates. Unfortunately, one of the lives she saved is now stalking her and leaving her threatening messages. Detective Brig Hafferty is investigating a case involving a series of purposefully triggered car accidents and suddenly it seems that the two cases are related.

Dia doesn't want a relationship with another adrenaline junkie. Four years ago, she responded to an accident scene only to see the remains of her beloved husband, Mac. Brig is still recovering from a divorce and has promised himself to remain free of any romantic entanglements. Neither expects nor wants the growing attraction between them. Meanwhile, Mac's ghost is leaving strange messages for Dia on the bathroom mirror and haunting her nightmares. Can Dia and Brig identify the deadly stalker before it's too late?

I SEE YOU epitomizes what romantic suspense is supposed to be! The nonstop action coupled with well developed characters keep the reader turning the pages. Holly Lisle does a spectacular job at maintaining the tension level while a fantastic cast of secondary characters fleshes out the story.

The eerie scenes involving the ghostly presence of Mac are guaranteed to keep the reader on the edge of her seat. Holly Lisle craftily plots an extremely clever approach to the ghost story as Dia and Brig must figure out which messages are from Mac and which are from her evil stalker. Dia and Brig's initial skepticism regarding any kind of ghostly presence helped make the story believable.

I SEE YOU is a book that readers will not want to put down before reaching the conclusion. Be forewarned as you will stay up all night to see how Holly Lisle resolves the mystery behind Dia's stalker. I SEE YOU is a fantastic book that is highly recommended, particularly for fans of romantic suspense and the paranormal.

COURTESY OF CK2S KWIPS AND KRITIQUES

"I See You" is the third modern-day chiller/romance that I've read by Holly Lisle. I have read all three books within a two week period and this serves to show some of the similarities in her writing - and plotting - style, and perhaps isn't the best way to read her work. I certainly recommend reading her fantasy book, Talyn, in preference to these - I consider it a much better work.

"I See You" follows the pattern of her previous two books "Last Girl Dancing" and "Midnight Rain" by mixing real life with a certain amount of psychic phenomena. This book has the least amount of this - in fact, the psychic side isn't a skill that one of the protagonists has very strongly, as in the other two books, but is something quite minor.

Dia Courvant was widowed four years ago when her husband, an EMT technician, was killed in a road accident. Since that time she has qualified as an EMT paramedic and her life revolves around her ambulance crew and her work. When attending a huge road pile-up she comes into contact with Brig Hafferty, a police detective who is a side character in Midnight Rain. He thinks that the spate of road accidents recently are suspicious and is afraid there is someone out there plotting these accidents.

As in Holly Lisle's other books, hero and heroine instantly fancy each other - there's none of the initial dislike, confusion or other difficulties usual in romance-type books and in some ways I think that's a disappointment. Hero and heroine get together pretty quickly in Holly Lisle's books and are instant soulmates. Not sure how realistic that is, although of course books are meant to be escapism and not exactly realism.

Fairly soon it becomes apparent that Dia is being stalked and that the stalker in some way ties in with Brig Hafferty's case - requiring them to work together and him to be her personal bodyguard. Very personal.

The book started off really well - I loved the detail of her job as an EMT and the way that she interacted with her fellow paramedics. I found the second half of the book tailed off in terms of interest and excitement though, and the fun paramedic detail pretty much went too. There were no real surprises in the winding up of the book and although satisfactory I felt it was overall rather a let-down. I recommend you read Talyn instead!

I See You...A chilling realization from someone being stalked.

This is a romantic thriller centered on Dia Courvant, an EMT in south Florida and Brig Hafferty, a detective. They meet at the scene of a horrific accident where several lives are lost and emotions run high. Their new relationship is a tangled web of attraction and protection from danger.

Dia and her coworkers/friends are adrenaline junkies over and above their jobs saving lives. As sparks begin to fly between Dia and Brig, she is confronted with a stalker. The stalker seems to be in control of her computer and is writing menacing things on her bathroom mirror.

Brig is investigating the possibility that many of the large traffic accidents are not accidental. As he is discovering this, he also feels tasked to protect Dia from her newly acquired stalker. But Dia is not so sure she wants to open up so quickly to his protection, for she feels that the messages may be coming from the grave...her deceased husband, who died in an ambulance, on the way to a crash scene to save lives.

I See You is a fast-paced, ramping thriller that keeps you turning the pages. The in's and out's of the emergency medical business are intense and seem quite real. I'm always a sucker for a good car chase, whether in a movie or in a book, and this book has a good one. I don't usually read thrillers but I was given this book as an assignment and found that it was an exciting read.

Just finished the book and I really enjoyed it. What a twisted ending! I didn't see it coming. Had some romance, a little sex, and lots of mystery. Pacing was good, easy to read in 2 sittings. I felt like I knew and could visualize the Hero & Heroine. I actually would have given this 4-1/2 stars if I could, just because I like the sex hotter, but this was an enjoyable read and one I would recommend to my friends. It goes on my keeper shelf.

Paramedic Dia Courvant is an adrenaline junkie who channels her need to live on the edge by saving lives in risky situations. When she and her team are called to a multi-car pile up with injures and death, she notices a police detective looking around the area. She finds his actions strange because the Highway Patrol usually works the highway accident scene in the Fort Lauderdale area.

Detective Brig Hafferty is searching to see if an explosive device caused the lethal explosion because they were at the scene of similar incidents. He notices Dia but since his divorce he wants nothing to do with women; she feels the same way as a widow she does not need another adrenalin junkie ever since her spouse died in an accident in which a car crashed into an ambulance.

Someone stalks Dia, sending her gifts and breaking into her home to leave messages on her mirrors. She asks Brig for help. Teaming up they learn that Sinclair Forbes, her late husband's best friend, drove the vehicle that killed him. Dia believes he deliberately killed her husband making her feel sick as she had saved Forbes' life. He is coming for her with Brigs vowing to keep the woman he now loves safe.

Holly Lisle is a great romantic suspense writer who creates likable characters (Forbes aside) and places them in realistic yet stratospheric levels of conflict scenarios. There is plenty of action in I SEE YOU while the romantic subplot provides some relief from the tension. Using misdirection, false leads and red herrings, Ms. Lisle has her audience wondering how Forbes has easy access to the heroine's life. With all this going for it, this is obviously a one sitting read.

Harriet Klausner

The great parts that I liked was Dia Courvant was in love with her husband during their marriage and he was her best friend. She was a thrill seeker in her job and so was he. He was a special kid when he was younger and grew up to be a great person. Nice to have Dia know that and found love again without discounting the good things in her past marriage and not spoiling her future in the marriage market. The author wrote that very well. Not always seen in books.

The author didn't have her characters do dumb things just to fit into the story outcome. So smart. I just finished a book where the bad guy got to the woman because she was determined not to change her life to have the bad guy "win." Lisle addressed that very well. So nice to see smart characters and not just ones that toot their horn to be independant which puts their caretakers in dangerous situations.

Brig kept to his job and didn't constantly remind us that he couldn't do it if he was involved. He checked the vehicles for bombs every time. He did his job through out the story. He didn't forget why he was a good cop.The author didn't do dumb writing just to make it easier to get through to the obvious ending.

The negative is the ghost scenes. The bad person...I don't know I have to reread some sections to see about this part of the writing.

I think that there could easily be a second story about these two married and before children. The characters are really, really interesting characters.

Maybe even a prequel with her first husband. I really, really liked him as well.