Author:Jill Sorenson
Though he's gone into virtual seclusion, Ben Fortune is still the world's most famous surfer, known as much for his good looks as for his skill. He's also a suspect in a series of brutal murders that may have begun with his late wife.
Now FBI Special Agent Sonora "Sonny" Vasquez has been sent undercover to the elite beach community of La Jolla to make friends with Fortune. With her fierce beauty and take-no-prisoners attitude, she's more than equipped for the job, and soon she and Ben have collided in an affair that is both intense and irresistible. But for the first time in Sonny's career, her emotions are threatening to get the better of her. Could this passionate, wounded man, who is genuinely anguished over his troubled daughter, really be a killer? And could falling in love blind Sonny to the greatest danger of all?
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(A) high tension romantic thriller...culminating in a page-turning climax... full of explosive sex and terrible secrets
—— Publishers WeeklyBeautiful characters, true-to-life emotions, heart-stopping action and a bona fide bad guy - it doesn't get any better than this
—— Romantic TimesAn historical novel with a difference, this is a strange but compelling read
—— Choice[An] imaginative and wholly original debut... Readers won't be able to tear their eyes away from Katsu's mesmerizing tale
—— BooklistThe Taker is a frighteningly compelling story about those most human monsters--desire and obsession. It will curl your hair and keep you up late at night
—— Keith Donohue, author of Stolen ChildThis is a great book. And by great, I mean, devastatingly so, like reading The Scarlett Letter, while riding a roller coaster, on acid. Seductive, daring, soaring, and ultimately gut-wrenching, The Taker is a lush, historical rendering of transcendent love, paranormal beings, and the depths of pain that can be felt by immortal hearts
—— Jamie Ford, author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and SweetAlma Katsu takes the reader by surprise in the first chapter of her mesmerizing debut and never stops delivering. What a wonderful book! A dark, gothic, epic worth savoring. A sweeping story that transcends time as it moves effortless from the tempestuous past to the frightening present. Enchanting and enthralling! No question - I was taken!
—— International Bestseller, M.J. RoseAlma Katsu's searing tale of otherworldly lovers and eternal obsession will seduce you from page one. With its elegant prose and riveting plot, The Taker is as irresistible as the hauntingly beautiful, pleasure-seeking immortals who scorch its pages. A wicked, sensuous, shattering love story that I can't recommend enough. You have to experience it for yourself!
—— Kresley Cole, New York Times bestselling authorKatsu's mesmerizing, original debut arcs between a Puritan community and a present-day young woman found in the Maine woods who claims that she has killed a man and that she's immortal.
—— BooklistI couldn’t put it down… a fantastic debut novel for Alma Katsu and I am looking forward to her sequel The Reckoning
—— ReabookreviewsFun and feisty women's fiction at its very best
—— HeatEdgy and entertaining
—— OK MagazineA hilarious page-turner
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