Rachel Gibson Sex, Lies, and Online dating

Sex, Lies, and Online dating

Rachel Gibson

Avon, Feb 2006, $6.99, 384 pp.

ISBN: 0060772913

In Boise, mystery writer Lucy Rothchild is writing a novel about a serial killing female who murders her victims, whom she meets online using erotic asphyxiation. To further her research, Lucy arranges coffee "dates" from online chats; her r sum says nurse.

Her current encounter is with hardluvman, who tells her that his beloved Millie died six months ago, but it is time for him to move on. He says he is a plumber, but in reality he is Quinn McIntyre, undercover cop trying to stop the female serial killer that has three men dead from erotic asphyxiation. When a previous coffee date klondikemike begins choking, Lucy does nothing but panic; Quinn saves his life, but knows his date is no nurse. Though attracted to her, he wonders if she could be the killer, while she ponders how to arrange a second meeting with this attractive hunk, of course she rationalizes that as research.

This is an amusing serial killer romance starring two individuals hiding their occupations from one another, but unable to conceal how their hearts feel. The storyline centers on Quinn's confusion as to how can he fall in love with the prime internet murder suspect, while Lucy is stunned that one of the losers she has met for coffee is a winning keeper. Fans will enjoy the twist of how the author's mysteries become the source of a female sexual predator, as like Quinn the audience will believe Lucy is practicing on real men. Rachel Gibson provides an amusing online romantic suspense with the emphasis on the relationship between the lead pair.