Title: Her Darkest Nightmare
Author: Brenda Novak
Stars: 5 out of 5
Review:
I can't believe I am saying this but this is my first Brenda Novak novel.
I hadn't read the prequel (Hanover House) and even though it refereed to the events that had happened in the book. The author keeps the reader connected to the events that happened. There were a few really long passages that you will be able to jump to enjoy more of the fast pace or romance in the book. If you do then you miss the essence of the book and what makes Evelyn Talbot desire to understand the psychopathic mind.
The author doesn't sugar coat the experience Evelyn went though which makes the story seem all the more real.
The romance is interesting because of Evelyn background but what she was more hung up on was their age than sex. Which got really old after a while but if you read deeper you will see it was the only excuse she could come up with to stay away from the one man who made her body wake up after years of hiding.
The end was interesting but some of it felt thrown together and other parts got a little confusing.
In all the story, characters, settings, who done it and not to mention throw in a bunch of crazy murders. This book will have the readers enjoying every second and wondering what level does your neighbor falls in the Psychopathy Checklist—revised (PCL-R)
I loved this book and please to read more by Brenda Novak
Advance Copy from Netgally
Synopsis:
First in an electrifying new series from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak
THE HUNT FOR A SERIAL KILLER Evelyn
Talbot knows that a psychopath can look perfectly normal. She was only
sixteen when her own boyfriend Jasper imprisoned and tortured her—and
left her for dead. Now an eminent psychiatrist who specializes in the
criminal mind, Evelyn is the force behind Hanover House, a
maximum-security facility located in a small Alaskan town. Her job puts
her at odds with Sergeant Amarok, who is convinced that Hanover is a
threat to his community…even as his attraction to beautiful Evelyn
threatens to tear his world apart.
BEGINS WITH AN ESCAPE FROM HER PAST Then,
just as the bitter Alaskan winter cuts both town and prison off from
the outside world, the mutilated body of a local woman turns up. For
Amarok, this is the final proof he needs: Hanover has to go. Evelyn,
though, has reason to fear that the crime is a personal message to
her—the first sign that the killer who haunts her dreams has found her
again. . .and that the life she has so carefully rebuilt will never be
the same.
About The author:
It was a shocking experience that jump-started Brenda Novak’s bestselling author career.
“I
caught my day-care provider drugging my children with cough syrup and
Tylenol to get them to sleep while I was away,” Brenda says. “It was
then that I decided that I needed to do something from home.”
However,
writing was the last profession she expected to undertake. In fact,
Brenda swears she didn’t have a creative bone in her body. In school,
math and science were her best subjects, and when it came time to pick a
major in college, she chose business.
Abandoning her academic
scholarship to Brigham Young University at the age of 20 in order to get
married and start a family, Brenda dabbled in commercial real estate,
then became a loan officer.
“When I first got the idea to become
a novelist, it took me five years to teach myself the craft and finish
my first book,” Brenda admits. “I learned how to write by reading what
others have written. The best advice for any would-be author: read,
read, read….”
Brenda sold her first book, and the rest is
history. Many of her novels have won or placed in contests such as the
National Reader's Choice, the Bookseller's Best, the Write Touch, the
Award of Excellence and the Beacon Award for Published Authors.
Brenda
and her husband, Ted, live in Sacramento and are the proud parents of
five children—three girls and two boys. She juggles her writing career
with her children’s softball and soccer games, field trips, carpool runs
and homework sessions.
When she’s not spending time with her
family or writing, Brenda is usually working on her annual fundraiser
for diabetes research—an on-line auction held at her website May 1st –
May 31st. Her youngest son, Thad, has diabetes, and Brenda is determined
to help him and others like him. She also enjoys traveling, watching
sporting events and biking--she rides an amazing 20 miles every day!
