Bloodlust by Sandra Brown

This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration.

Bloodlust

Summary: #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown delivers a new signature sexy suspense about a detective seeking justice for his murdered wife with the help of a psychotherapist … while fighting an undeniable attraction to her.

Two years ago, Detective Mitch Haskell lost his wife to a vicious act of retribution, and has since attributed her murder to two men: Roland Malone and the unidentified mastermind of the crime known only as Oz. Malone, a ruthless executioner and drug dealer who fronts as a restaurant owner, neutralizes so cleanly that he doesn’t leave a trace. And he performs his handiwork at the biddings of Oz, the faceless kingpin of a drug trafficking operation whose name alone evokes terror.

Obsessively vowing to avenge his late wife’s murder, Mitch has been on a downward spiral, jeopardizing his closest relationships and drinking excessively to numb his pain. After going one step too far, Detective John Bowie, his former best friend and now his boss, has forced Mitch to get therapy to sort himself out.

Dr. Dylan Reede is immediately empathetic to the pain she senses beneath Mitch’s cavalier attitude and wisecracking. She’s determined to make the most of his mandated sessions. But from the moment Mitch breezes into her office, Dylan finds it a struggle to maintain the professional and personal boundaries that keep her own tragic past at a safe distance.

As Mitch begins to close in on Oz and Malone’s operation, they’re prepared to stop him by any means necessary. And when it’s revealed that Dylan might hold the key to bringing them to justice, Mitch and Dylan’s irresistible attraction to each other may not only compromise both of them professionally, but place them in Oz’s bullseye.

Traveling With T’s Thoughts:

You do not have to read Blood Moon before Bloodlust, but you are going to be introduced to some characters that you would meet in Blood Moon first, so maybe read it!

Sandra Brown has a formula and that is a-ok. This book follows her formula and it is enjoyable.

What I liked:

This cover is pretty cool!

Mitch and John’s friendship. These 2 characters had each other’s back in Blood Moon and they, even with the fighting that was going on between them, these 2 are characters that really care for one another.

Dr. Dylan. She was a very layered character!

Bottom line: While we knew who the bad guys were pretty quick in the story, watching the police figure things out and the who to trust vs who to not trust angle kept me reading!

*This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration. All thoughts and opinions are mine alone.*