As a surgeon, Dr. Rennie Newton is the consummate professional. When she’s summoned to jury duty, she brings to the courtroom the same level of competence and composure that she displays in the operating room. It is this commitment to precision that compels her to deliver a not guilty verdict in the murder case against notorious contract killer Ricky Lozada. It will be the most regrettable … decision of her life… because Rennie’s trial with Lozada doesn’t end with his acquittal. Her carefully structured life begins to crumble when a rival colleague is brutally slain. Lozada’s menacing shadow looms over the murder, but it’s Rennie the investigators focus on as the prime suspect. The privacy she has cultivated and protected at all costs is violated by the police as well as Lozada. And when he begins an earnest courtship, insinuating himself into every aspect of her life, it becomes terrifyingly clear that he is obsessed with having her. Wick Threadgill is a detective on indefinite leave from the Fort Worth PD, who has his own personal agenda for the contract killer. Temperamental, bitter, and driven by loyalty and love, Wick is determined to destroy Lozada…as determined as Lozada is to possess Rennie Newton. In order to defeat Lozada-and save their lives-Rennie and Wick form an uneasy alliance. Mistrustful of each other, they know only one thing with absolute certainty-like one of Lozada’s prize scorpions, when this killer strikes, they won’t see it coming. The Crush will take you on a tortuous path through a twisted sociopath’s eerie obsession, a haunted man’s fragile hopes for redemption, and a woman’s heart as she struggles to face her greatest fear-to open herself to love.
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Predictable story line. There was no suspense. And the characters were annoying. Not one of her best books.
I loved the twists and turns in the book and the breath-holding suspense. I was so captivated, I had to finish it in a weekend!
I try to read all of Sandra Brown’s books. I have quite the collection.
Love all her work
Fun read if for no other reason than to visit Texas even if it is fictionally.
A Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride story with an on-Ice Princess h Dr., an ex cop with great hair and the impulse control of a toddler with ADD, and a completely shaved evil (DNA you know) stalker/other man/villain. This was quite fun to read if you are a fan of the Law Abiding …
A great read that had you holding your breath
Couldn’t put it down. Very exciting.
I read this book a few years ago and the story stayed with me for such a long time. Sandra Brown is a master storyteller.
This brings on a whole new facet to jury duty, and completely upends Rennie’s well structured life. Another fast paced, nail biter from Sandra Brown. It hurt to have to split it up into more than one reading period! So many elements to this story, but still following the same framework that make all her books so great. Wonderful characters …
I usually read all Sandra Brown’s books twice but I wasn’t crazy about “The Crush”. I didn’t like the way the main characters spoke to each other as I just felt it was disrespectful(Oren and Wick).
After sitting on a well known contract killers jury Dr. Rennie Newton finds herself on the other end of an obsession that shakes her to her core. He is constantly lurking, sending her gifts, and she knows she is not safe as long as he is on the streets, so she turns to detective Wick Threadgill. He promises to help her sort out this scary …
The Crush is a standalone romantic suspense/thriller novel written by Sandra Brown. It features an incredibly engaging beginning. Most obsessive/stalker thrillers are right up my ally and I loved where this one was going…especially when said stalker gifts our mysterious heroine with a gift she can’t return and one that lands her in the spotlight …