BOOK REVIEW- TRUST MY LOVE- Philippe Toussaint takes his roles seriously: New Orleans Missing Persons Detective, First-born Son, Protector. When his only niece is abducted, he'll do anything to secure her safe return. With few clues and limited time, he seeks answers from every resource, no matter how far-fetched. Intensely private artist Claire Davenport fears the worst when a frightened teen girl shows up in her dreams and her most recent paintings. Now, her secret dream paintings are playing out in real life. She wants to help but fears her psychic ability will be exposed, forcing her to relive the devastating events that caused her world to implode. Can she trust Philippe to keep her secret so that she can protect her own safety while working with him to save the innocent teen girl? Can Philippe set aside his doubts to work with the unwilling artist? Claire never expected to fall in love, especially not with his promises to love and protect her. The case is only the beginning of their problems. AMAZON 4 Stars
What a hellacious life Claire has lived because of her "gift". It all started when she was a normal 8 year old. When it was discovered, she became an instant outcast, especially when her dreamscape came to pass. It was the total opposite for Philippe who was a part of the warm, outgoing, beloved Toussaint family. I found it sad that while hugging was almost as natural as breathing to them, Claire had difficulty remembering when she had been hugged last. That emotion and others were well shown in the story. The friendship between Philippe and his detective friend and partner Geo, was good; at times juvenile, in a good and funny way though. He was practically a member of the family, with sparks shooting off him and Philippe's sister, Delphine. Now there is a story I would like to read too (Unwind My Love). With such a large family, both natural born Toussaints and adopted ones there will be plenty of future stories to be had. Now back to Claire and Philippe's story...the tension between the two of the was good. It was going to take a lot for Claire to really trust him. And let's face it, he blew it a few times. He was handsome and sexy but he was a clod more than once when it came to relating to Claire He also hurt her more than once, although he didn't mean to. The pressure and guilt about not being able to find his niece was part of the problem in the beginning. The sexual tension between the two had them jumping into bed pretty quickly before they really got to know each other that well on other levels. The connection between the MC's was there, now they just had to work their way to seeing if it could be more. There will be more problems to complicate things of course, but this is a story about romance as much as it is about the mystery of where Alexis is and if she can be found....alive.
I really liked the story being set in New Orleans, it was a good setting without being too detailed.
The damage that was done during the flooding was woven into the story without taking over the story.
Just wanted to mention I'm not a fan of psychics but this story didn't dig too deep into that. The story idea is what called to me, so I took a chance on selecting this book. Not sorry that I did.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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