While She Was Sleeping

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Summary: An average read
Review: Courtesy of A Romance Review

Three redheads, all women, have been kidnapped at midnight while they are sleeping. All of them are held and tortured for three days before they are left drugged in city parks, dressed only in paper examining gowns. The fourth victim, Sharon Myer, isn't that lucky. She was the main detective investigating the Violator case and is found dead after her abduction.

Russ Sadler, ex partner of Sharon, is now the lead detective of the Violator case. Police Chief Kate Townsend calls in sketch artist, Jennifer Nash, to help with the sole witness in providing a sketch of the Violator.

Jennifer Nash is a forensic artist who has broken several big cases for the FBI. She is also the ex-fiance of Russ. No matter how Russ objects to the idea of involving Jennifer in the case, Kate turns a deaf ear to him.

Russ and Jennifer were engaged once and just before the wedding, Jennifer left a message on his voice mail, and then left Seattle. Seeing Jennifer again unlocks all of the emotion and bitterness that Russ has tried to hide all these years.

While She Was Sleeping has a mysterious and confusing plot. The motive of the kidnapper is not clear through the story. There weren't any hints or evidence to disclose the identity of the Violator, and the relationship between Russ and Jennifer is a mystery and appears unstable all along. However, the final surprise came from the true identity of the sole witness and it¡¦s hard to figure out what this is all about until everything is explained at the end of the tale. An average read for a romantic suspense.

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Summary: cliches for everyone and everyone a cliche
Review: I almost didn't finish this book but then I had to see if it could get any worse. Yup. The plot was full of holes and the characters were too corny to be believed. Let's see, we have a heroine who had a traumatized childhood and has issues with trusting men and a hero with a strong but silent streak but really loving underneath it all who also had a traumatized childhood. I won't even bother going into the surrounding cardboard characters. Of course these two fall in love against all the odds and well, you know what happens........they fall in love, have mind altering sex, have a fight, break up and then get back together to live happily ever after. We all know what's going to happen and I'm okay with that as long as it is done with a few surprises along the way or great characters. Did I mention that the story is suppose to be about a dangerous serial killer? There was no thrill or even chill in the thriller part of this story. I knew who the culprit(s) was/were fairly soon into the book despite the false leads and the whole plot was pretty weak. However, if you are looking for a romance where love conquers all - then this is a book that fits the bill.

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Summary: I had to skim read to finish this one
Review: I found this one to be stupid and boring. The author spends way too much time on what the characters are thinking.... let's get on with some action!! All this angst drives me crazy! I had told myself that I would never buy another book by Suzanne Forster, so I have no one to blame but myself. She doesn't make the characters engaging.... I never cared about them! She goes into too much detail. I prefer Susan Elizabeth Phillips, or Linda Howard, or Suzanne Brockman.... but I promise that I will not ever read another book by this author.

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Summary: I had to skim read to finish this one
Review: I found this one to be stupid and boring. The author spends way too much time on what the characters are thinking.... let's get on with some action!! All this angst drives me crazy! I had told myself that I would never buy another book by Suzanne Forster, so I have no one to blame but myself. She doesn't make the characters engaging.... I never cared about them! She goes into too much detail. I prefer Susan Elizabeth Phillips, or Linda Howard, or Suzanne Brockman.... but I promise that I will not ever read another book by this author.

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Summary: "Fast-paced nonstop action!"
Review: In WHILE SHE WAS SLEEPING by multi-talented writer Suzanne Forster, Detective Russ Sadler is faced with two challenges, he must track down a serial killer while forced to work with a woman that once left him at the alter. "While She Was Sleeping' is one terrific whodunit by one terrific writer to be sure! (Highly Recommended Novel!)

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Summary: A Romantic Suspense
Review: It's midnight. She's sleeping. He breaks into their houses. He abducts them, tapes thier mouth and eyes shut, and makes them perform sexual acts on themselves. He puts them in mortorcycle gear and drives them an unknown distance, to a trailer where he shaves every hair particle off thier bodies. They are all red headed, green eyed, flirtateous women. He is the Violator and no one knows who he is. Russ Sadler, the lead detective on the Violator case, and the Seattle Police Department, work strenuously to crack the case. There's only one witness, Myra Simone, a homeless woman and chronic drug taker. She cant seem to remember the face and she isnt satisfied with the Police Sketch. Jennifer Nash, a nationally known sketch artist, is called in to help. Nationally known, yes, But her tactics have made her imfamous with the Seattle Police Department. Especially with Russ Sadler, her ex-fiance, whom she left the night before the wedding. At first it seems impossible for the two to work together, but it seems like Jennifer and Russ still harbor an extreme love for each other. A great book. Both suspensful and romantic at the same time. A sensual mystery... highly recomended

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Summary: Not a typical Forster...
Review: Jennifer Nash is renowned for her uncoventional way of tapping into a witnesses subconcious and producing an eerily accurate sketch of the suspect. When she is called to Seattle to interview a witness that has been the police departments only lead, she is hesitant, but goes anyway, as the latest victim was a good friend of hers. The reason for her reluctance is all too apparent when she arrives. Russ Sadler, who is the lead detective on the case is also her ex-fiance. Though she knows he has no reason to forgive her, she can't help but hope that he will. Soon she is in the middle of a case that leaves her as the target of a psycopath and has her doubting the man that she loves.

Russ Sadler always had a hard time opening up and showing his emotions to anyone, but with Jennifer it just happened. When she left him with no explanations, he closed himself off. Now she is back and he can't help but feel the pull to her that he felt for their brief time together. However he has a case to solve where his ex-partner was murdered and a witness that seems to be a little crazy.

This is a pretty straightfoward romantic suspense, which I haven't come to expect from Forster. She always has a plotline that is really out there, but a great read anyway, which this was not. Jennifer's 'problem' with intamicy is anti-climatic because it is not anything that you would expect. I really enjoyed this book, but didn't expect something so tame.

A great book!

Rating:
Summary: Not a typical Forster...
Review: Jennifer Nash is renowned for her uncoventional way of tapping into a witnesses subconcious and producing an eerily accurate sketch of the suspect. When she is called to Seattle to interview a witness that has been the police departments only lead, she is hesitant, but goes anyway, as the latest victim was a good friend of hers. The reason for her reluctance is all too apparent when she arrives. Russ Sadler, who is the lead detective on the case is also her ex-fiance. Though she knows he has no reason to forgive her, she can't help but hope that he will. Soon she is in the middle of a case that leaves her as the target of a psycopath and has her doubting the man that she loves.

Russ Sadler always had a hard time opening up and showing his emotions to anyone, but with Jennifer it just happened. When she left him with no explanations, he closed himself off. Now she is back and he can't help but feel the pull to her that he felt for their brief time together. However he has a case to solve where his ex-partner was murdered and a witness that seems to be a little crazy.

This is a pretty straightfoward romantic suspense, which I haven't come to expect from Forster. She always has a plotline that is really out there, but a great read anyway, which this was not. Jennifer's 'problem' with intamicy is anti-climatic because it is not anything that you would expect. I really enjoyed this book, but didn't expect something so tame.

A great book!

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Summary: Romantic Suspense
Review: Seattle women are being terrorized. In the middle of the night, they awaken to find themselves staring at a stranger who then abducts them, mutilates, rapes, and dumps them. The police are baffled, but the case is going nowhere fast. Then, the madman escalates, killing one of the victims. Now the cops get really serious, bringing in one of their best sketch artists after finding a witness to the murder. Jennifer Nash now has to work with her once upon a time lover, Russ Sadler, the lead detective.

The passion that was once between these two has turned to hostility, but that quickly melts as they can not resist what never truly died. However, what Jennifer is able to learn from the victims makes her terrified. She recognizes the face that emerges under her skilled art. Racing against time, Jennifer and Russ try to keep one step ahead of a maniac in this tangled web.

***** With the heat that is a trademark of this writer, Ms. Forster twists and turns the reader through an intricate maze. The plot may be confused, but the sensuality is unmistable. *****
Reviewed by Amanda Killgore

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Summary: exciting police procedural romance
Review: The entire Seattle metropolitan area is terrorized by the serial killer the Violator especially since his last victim was Sharon Myer, a cop working the case. Residents wonder if the police are not safe who is from this night stalker who, come midnight, snatches females from their bed. Even The Morning After no longer feels safe.

Police Chief Kate Townsend directs Sharon's partner Russ Sadler to work with forensic artist Jennifer Nash as a homeless person witnessed the latest homicide. Russ does not want to work alongside Jennifer, nor her with him as both still reels from the torrid affair they had that ended in two third-degree burn victims. As their love reheats, Russ refuses to play as Jennifer dumped him two years ago even while both struggles to focus on catching the Violator before someone else dies.

Though the bookstores are flooded with a rash of serial killers (must be the acid free paper), WHILE SHE WAS SLEEPING is an exciting police procedural romance due to the electricity generated by the lead couple. The dichotomy of love and animosity rings so real that the audience will comprehend how difficult it is for Russ and Jennifer to team up though that is what is needed to capture the Violator. Suzanne Forster writes a strong romantic suspense that will enthrall her vast audience.

Harriet Klausner