Book profile
The Crush
- Subgenre
- romance
- Edition year
- 2002
- Spice
- Heat not verified
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Why these tropes fit
After acquitting notorious contract killer Ricky Lozada, surgeon Rennie Newton is drawn into a murder investigation while Lozada stalks and increasingly fixates on her. She allies with rogue detective Wick Threadgill, who has his own vendetta against the killer.
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- Strong Heroine: “She forms an uneasy alliance with Wick Threadgill, a rogue detective with his own personal vendetta against Lozada.” source
- Dark Romance: “Lozada stalks her and grows more and more obsessed with having her” source
- Revenge Plot: “She forms an uneasy alliance with Wick Threadgill, a rogue detective with his own personal vendetta against Lozada.” source
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Content notes
- graphic violence
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graphic violence: “one of Rennie's professional rivals is brutally murdered.” Source
