Growing up the outcast in an infamous family of psychics, Nate Black never learned how to control his empath abilities. Then after five years without contact, his estranged twin turns up dead in New York City. The claim of suicide doesn’t ring true, especially when a mysterious vision tells Nate it was murder. Now his long-hated gift is his only tool to investigate.
Hitching from his tiny Texas town, Nate is picked up by Trent, a gorgeous engineer who thrives on sarcasm and skepticism. The heat that sparks between them is instant and intense, and Nate ends up trusting Trent with his secrets—something he’s never done before. But once they arrive in the city, the secrets multiply when Nate discovers an underground supernatural community, more missing psychics, and frightening information about his own talent.
Nate is left questioning his connection with Trent. Are their feelings real, or are they being propelled by abilities Nate didn’t realize he had? His fear of his power grows, but Nate must overcome it to find his brother’s killer and trust himself with Trent’s heart.
Cat gives this one 4 Meows...
Nate is an empath. It makes things hard for him in crowds feeling other people's emotions. He hasn't learned to handle his powers so they just crash down on him a lot and overwhelm him. When the news of his brother's suicide comes he gets a vision that Theo's death could be more than they were told. He embarks on a trip to New York and stumbles upon more tan he ever imagined.
Nate is an empath. It makes things hard for him in crowds feeling other people's emotions. He hasn't learned to handle his powers so they just crash down on him a lot and overwhelm him. When the news of his brother's suicide comes he gets a vision that Theo's death could be more than they were told. He embarks on a trip to New York and stumbles upon more tan he ever imagined.
Insight is an intriguing story of supernatural powers. The characters are all interesting. I liked the slow build between Trent and Nate and how the supernatural community was worked into the story. I like a little mystery added in with my romances and this delivered plenty of mystery and some suspense. The surprise at the end had me eager for the next book.
Excerpt...
Two weeks ago, someone had stolen Nate’s car. The yellow ’89 Corrado had been his only prized possession, and one night it had vanished from the parking lot of his apartment complex.
Cops in Brookside had never liked him or his family, so he’d taken the blow in silence and started going by foot. It wouldn’t have been so bad if his job wasn’t five miles away, or if the walk didn’t require him to travel deserted stretches of road that heightened his already overactive paranoia. But he had no choice.
His two options had been limited to quitting his job and finally being evicted from his apartment, or walking to the liquor store in the middle of a Texas summer.
He chose to walk.
The first time Nate had shown up late and stinking of sweat, his boss had asked why he didn’t just buy another car. What a joke. That old beater had been one of the only things his mother had left behind, and he didn’t exactly have the credit needed to waltz into a car dealership and obtain a loan.
So, he walked and hoped no one would notice him on the side of the road. It’d been a few years since anyone had kicked his ass just for the hell of it, but being the pariah of Brookside was something that stuck with a guy.
Nate shot paranoid glances over his shoulder when he wasn’t keeping his head down and his strides long, and tried not to think about how hot it was. It was the kind of heat that made things hazy, the air shimmering as his tread kicked up explosions of dust. It had bleached his hair an even paler blond and baked his normally fair skin to farmer’s tan brown after the burnt layers had peeled away. Now, he’d wrapped a shirt around the top of his head, was squinting behind sunglasses, and tried to ignore the beads of sweat that rolled down his nose and salted his parted lips.
Shade would have been nice, but his walk took him through slowly developing strips of land with nothing around but fields and distant trees. Despite the heat, being surrounded by nothing was a welcome reprieve from the thoughts and feelings constantly flooding into his brain when he was near other people. Open space was a natural barrier when he could barely summon the mental shields needed to block out impressions.
Nate stopped walking and shifted his backpack to one shoulder to grab his remaining water bottle, but a red pickup pulled up alongside the edge of the field before he had the bottle in his hand.
Fear swept in with a predator’s speed. Nate shut the bag, yanked it onto both shoulders, and began walking again. His long legs drew him away from the vehicle that sat idling only a couple of yards away.
“Nathaniel, what the hell are you doing out here?”
Nate’s shoulders relaxed. He squinted into the blazing sunlight to get a better look at the driver. A familiar figure, towheaded and possessing the same lanky build as every male in the Black family, filled the passenger’s window. His uncle, Dade, leaned out.
“The hell you doing out here, son?” Dade repeated. His hair was everywhere, nearly obscuring the large aviator glasses he wore.
“Walking,” Nate said. He approached the truck and shoved the lingering traces of anxiety aside. “To work.”
“Why?”
“My car got stolen.”
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Santino was raised by a conservative family, but he was anything but traditional. He grew up to be a smart-mouthed grunge kid, then a transient twentysomething, and eventually transformed into a guy who spends his days and nights writing romance with an edge.
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I read this one and really enjoyed it. I hope to red more by this author.
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I enjoyed reading this book from Santino
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I can't wait for the next one. I am going to read some more of his books too.
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