Rare Find by Dale Mayer ~ Review

Title: Rare Find (Psychic Visions #6)
Author: Dale Mayer
Genre: Adult, Paranormal Romance
Length: 292 pages
Publisher: Valley Publishing
Release Date: April 11, 2014
Source: Purchased
Reviewed by: Jasmyn

When people need help or are injured, they call out for their friends and family. When an animal needs help or is injured, it calls out for…anyone…that can help them… 

One person hears them… 

Tabitha is determined to bury her aching heart in the service of her animals at Exotic Landscape. Until she’s yanked out of her cozy retreat to help someone in need…and she gets more than she bargained for. 
Detective Ronin Chandler understands secrets. He’s got a few of his own. But when the woman he loves gets into trouble – the kind that stretches even his belief system – he struggles to understand…and to help…before he loses her. Maybe forever. 
As the danger escalates, Tabitha and Ronin need to find out who they can trust…and who they can’t…and who wants them dead…before it’s too late. 

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Psychic Visions is one of my favorite paranormal romance series. They are stand-alone enough that I can enjoy each one individually, but there's enough crossover that you get to know the world and how it works. The world isn't so different than ours, it just has a variety of psychic powers.

Rare Find went a little to far into the psychic abilities for my personal tastes though. We actually meet Tabitha in book 5. A lover of animals, she has a special connection. That special connection is her ability to feel what they are thinking and find out what they need and want to be happy and healthy. This I can believe. But the next step in her psychic development just was a little too much - just barely.

Detective Ronin is a great guy - even if he is afraid of cats - like panic attack afraid. But he's fiercely protective and crazy smart and it's just what Tabitha is going to need. Their romance is an odd one because Tabitha isn't actually  present in the real sense throughout part of the book. But this dangerous situation only cements Ronon's feelings for her and insticts to protect her at all costs.

Rare Find was one of the more exciting additions to the series - with a good dose of action compared to some of the others. It was a real page turner that was a good step along the path of the series. I think what really stood out to me in this one was a gathering of characters and ideas from past books that seem to be coming together into something really big coming up.

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Now You See Her by Dale Meyer - Release Blitz and Giveaway

Check Out the Newest Novel from USA Today Best-

Selling Author Dale Mayer, NOW YOU SEE HER. 

Energy is where all life comes from. Sometimes it is good and 

sometimes it is evil. Tia escaped from a ‘special program’ and is on 

the run. Those that had her are hunting her and they won’t stop till 

they get her back…

Energy. The life force of good … and evil

And sometimes evil is stronger.

Tia spent years imprisoned in a 'special' program. When she finally escaped, she ran as far 

Only one person can help her. Stefan. But when she contacts him for help, she gets more than 

she bargained for. Six weeks later, she awakens from a coma to find more problems than ever – 

Dean, moonlighting as a guard at the hospital, finds himself in an impossible situation. His belief 

system is stretched out of control by someone whom he can't forget ... and can't believe. Until 

away as she could. But it wouldn't leave her alone.

and she's still being hunted.

he has no choice.

With everything on the line, Tia and Dean must work together to solve the problem that has 

somehow – in a very unique way – entwined them both.

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Excerpt from Now you See Her:

Tia wanted to bolt up from the couch and run as far and as fast as she could from the three men. But

she didn’t move a muscle. In fact, she wasn’t sure she could. Her body was starting to seizure but her 

muscles didn’t appear to move. Energy seizures? Was such a thing possible?

People with abilities seemed to have two systems. One physical and one energetic. If a person could get 

sick on the physical system, in theory it should then be possible to get “sick” on the energetic level.

Great.

Just what she needed. Was there an equivalent to cancer on the physical system? ’Cause it would be so 

typical of her to be the first one. Damn.

Deciding she’d had enough of being stared at, she shifted to a sitting position then stood up – a little 

shaky but at least she was vertical. She studied the room. As far as she could tell she was still in Dean’s 

house, but everything was foggy. As if she was looking through a light rain.

“Where’s Dean?”

“Right in front of you.” Dean’s voice came through a weird cloud.

She rubbed her eyes but she still couldn’t see him clearly. “I can’t see you very well,” she muttered.

Instead of a shocked exclamation, a warm hand landed on her shoulder, grounding her. 

Instantly, her vision cleared. He stood in front of her, a worried look on his face.

She smiled. “Thanks, now I can see you.”

“I didn’t do anything, but you’re welcome.” His smile gentled, but his gaze narrowed as he studied her 

features. She could feel the power of his concern. It was…disconcerting.

“I wish I woke feeling like I’d had some rest. Instead, every time I wake up I feel frazzled, frayed at the 

edges. Terrible feeling,” she muttered. She should go to the washroom, wash her face, maybe it would 

wake her up, but she didn’t want to move.

Dean stepped back, letting his hand fall away and as if a connection had broken she suddenly felt 

worse. Weird. She felt better touching him. 

Still, she could hardly hold his hand all the time. Besides, she was better than before she’d collapsed. 

She excused herself and used the facilities. Afterwards she tried to run her fingers through her hair. 

Thankfully there was mouthwash in a cupboard. Stefan had brought her meager belongings from the 

hospital, but apparently toiletries had not been among them. 

Finally, she pushed open the door and walked out to the living room and to the men who waited for 

her. She heard Dean say something to her but where he stood was only a blur of energy. 

Turning toward the sound of Stefan’s voice, she realized he was no longer as clear as he’d been either.

She whispered, hating the fear snaking through her, “There’s something wrong with me.”

Then she fell to her knees.

The men rushed to her side.

But not in time.

She toppled face forward to the floor.


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Review: It's a Dogs Life by Dale Mayer

Title: It's a Dog's Life
Author: Dale Mayer
Source: Self-Purchased
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Length: Novella
Release Date: October 24, 2011
Reviewed by: Jasmyn

Rating - 4
Sexual - 1

It's the first day of Ninna's job in the local animal shelter...and a dog is talking to her.
Not just any dog...a fat, old, smart-alecky Basset Hound who says his name is Mosey.

She can't quit, she needs this job. And then there's the yummy vet who turns out to live across the street from her. He has a house big enough to hold a few animals - including the mouthy Mosey. With all this going on, she doesn't have time to worry about the rash of break-ins and the sense of being watched. She's too busy worrying that she's nuts.

When Ninna agrees to dog sit for the cute vet from work, she sees it as a trial at being a pet owner and a way to build on her budding relationship with the vet. For Mosey, this weekend means time to get to know each other.

For the stalker who's tracking Ninna's movements, it means...opportunity.

 I am a big fan of Dale Mayer's Psychic Visions series, and while this one is definitely something different, her amazing writing style still brings the story to life.  Ninna is a big of a mess.  She's an unusual one that has had a problem with hearing things.  When she starts her new job at the animal clinic she thinks this is going to be a fresh start - until the voices begin again.

This is an incredibly sweet romance.  Ninna and Stuart are brought together by a very unusual force - a Basset Hound named Mosey.  He's a rather particular creature that is quite excited to find out that Ninna can hear him and communicate with him.  He sets off to give her life advice and try to convince her she isn't really crazy.  In fact, when a stalker comes calling, he and his friends are an important part in saving the day - in a very humorous fashion.

The addition of the stalker adds a nice little dash of danger to the story and keeps it from being overly sweet.  Mosey and the other animals add a nice dose of humor and fun as well.  This book was so much fun to read.  The only downside was that I wanted it to keep going!

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Review: Maddy's Floor by Dale Mayer

Title: Maddy's Floor
Author: Dale Mayer
Source: Self Purchased
Genre: Paranormal Thriller/Romance
Length: Novel
Release Date:  May 20, 2012
Reviewer: Jasmyn

Medical intuitive and licensed MD Madeleine Wagner thought she'd seen every way possible to heal a diseased body...then patients start dying from mysterious causes in her long-term facility.

The terminally ill fight to get into her ward. Once there, many miraculously...live. So when her patients start dropping and she senses an evil force causing their deaths, she calls on her friend and mentor, Stefan, for help. Together, they delve beyond the physical plane into the metaphysical... Only to find terror.

She wants to save everyone, but are some souls not meant to be saved?

Detective Drew McNeil has two family members in need of Maddy's healing care, but his visits to her facility leave him wondering - who cares for Maddy? Bizarre events on her floor raise his professional curiosity. And the more time he spends with Maddy, the more personal everything becomes. When the deaths on Maddy's Floor intersect with one of his cold cases, he realizes an old killer has returned - and Maddy's standing in his path.

How can these people stop something that no one else can see, feel or even believe?

Review: Hide N Go Seek by Dale Mayer (Psychic Visions #2)

Title: Hide N Go Seek
Author: Dale Mayer
Source: Self Purchased
Genre: Paranormal Romance/Thriller
Length: Novel
Release Date : December 28, 2011
Reviewer: Jasmyn

A twisted game of Hide'n Go Seek forces an unlikely alliance between a no-nonsense FBI agent and a search-and-rescue worker.

Celebrated search-and-rescue worker Kali Jordon has hidden her psychic abilities by crediting her canine partner Shiloh with the recoveries. But Kali knows the grim truth. The Sight that she inherited from her grandmother allows her to trace violent energy unerringly to victims of murder. No one knows her secret until a twisted killer challenges her to a deadly game of Hide'n Go Seek that threatens those closest to her.

Now she must rely on FBI Special Agent Grant Summers, a man who has sworn to protect her, even as he suspects there's more to Kali and Shiloh than meets the eye. As the killer draws a tighter and tighter circle around Kali, she and Grant find there's no place to hide from themselves.

Are her visions the key to finding the latest victim alive or will this twisted game of Hide'n Go Seek cost her...everything?