Review: A Psychological Thriller, Romantic Suspense
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 30, 2013
This was the first time I read one of Shiloh Walker's FBI Psychics stories and it won't be my last. I like the theme of psychics working to solve violent crimes and the personal cost to themselves. The suspense is dark and sensual. The emotions of the characters run deep and are palpable. You feel and root for them. My attention was captured at the beginning and kept throughout. Though this novella is part of a series it stood alone well and though short it packed a punch.Destin Mortin is a former FBI psychic now working for an outside agency whose specialty is tracking down rapists. Connecting with such monstrous individuals, seeing the memories of the victims is damaging to her psyche and destructive to relationships. She lost the most important relationship in her life that with her partner and lover, due to her "gift" five years ago.Caleb Durand is a lower level FBI psychic whose talent is to act as a filter for other psychics and he is highly observant. Years ago he was partnered with Destin but had to leave her to save himself, their connection was destroying him and she failed to see it or the danger it posed to themselves and to others. He loved her but that love was killing him.Now these two are brought together again for a case by Destin's boss who wants the best partner there is for her on this case and no one partnered with Destin better than Caleb. No one understands her needs like he does and she will need such support to solve this case. Meeting again showed them both how much they still love each other and need each other but things have to be different this time. There is more than a case that needs to be solved here.I found this story to be an in-depth look at two individuals who have taken on the role in life of fighting evil. We learn of their mistakes and the suffering born of such; the lessons they learned and the growth that the years apart enabled them allowing the re-connection of two lovers who perhaps can have another chance at a future.