Members of a sex club come to sex therapist, Morgan Snow because members of their secret society are disappearing. Locks of the victims hair are being sent to a reporter, so the killer is called Delilah. Excellent story. ( )

I couldn't put this book down once I started reading it. I really enjoyed spending the time reading this novel and want to read some more of this authors books. If you are looking for a good suspense novel that'll keep you on the edge of your seat then you need to pick this book up and start reading. ( )

This is an intriguing suspense story with an erotic edge. I enjoy M.J. Rose's writing style. She isn't overly descriptive, yet she manages to engage all the senses with her words. I love when an author can make me smell something or hear something as if I'm in the room with the characters.

Like some other reviewers have mentioned, I knew who the killer was early on, though it was disguised well. The downfall for me was the ending. I don't want to give spoilers, so I'll just say I found it difficult to believe Morgan Snow would make the decisions she did in those pages leading to the climax. It felt too contrived, too convenient for the author.

Despite my issue with the ending, I enjoyed the story. This is the type of read that keeps you turning pages.

** The Halo Effect is the first book in the Dr. Morgan Snow series. This one is the second, though it reads well as a stand-alone. ** ( )

Book 2 in the Butterfield Institution series, a group of women belonging to a secret society appeals to Dr Morgan Snow for therapy sessions when one of their members is apparently killed. But can she help them when there appears to be dissension within the group itself and where the members only share first names with each other? At the same time, someone appears to be kidnapping some of the members of this society and mailing photographs of their dead bodies to a reporter at a newspaper. But without the bodies actually being found, the police are stumped for clues as the body count rises.

What makes this novel more than passably interesting is the amount of psychological analysis and process that is described. It's a pretty sexually graphic book, but the sex is not gratuitous. The author does a wonderful job of keeping the suspense taut throughout. ( )

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I have read Halo Effect, the first in the trilogy and gave it a 3 but no review, this one I enjoyed even more. There are story lines that continue from one to the other but both can be read as stand alone's.

It started off with a great bondage crime scene, what a way to capture your attention immediately.

I really enjoy stories with counseling sessions, to be a fly on the wall, so real and energised. Dr. Snow is a sex therapist which her daughter calls Dr. Sin as a cute joke between them. The fascination of this story is knowing some of the dark sex secrets from The Scarlet Society and how everyone is scared with the mystery of who is involved and how is edge of your seat entertaining. Missing men that of course the women from the SS realise, so they are feeling guilty, grieving, emotionally angry with each other and then you have the other men that realise they are at risk to be the next victim.

Every character and storyline are interesting and keep you glued to the pages waiting for the outcome. I loved the additions on breaking the case and thinking they were done then BAM what a great ending. And to understand the reason behind the serial killer, fascinating, such a great Dr. Snow storyline.

I recommend this trilogy, can't wait to read the next one. Sexy, addicting, thrilling with a great ending.

Favourite quotes

You don't ever stop missing someone you have loved, you simply learn how to make the longing for them a piece of you. You learn that missing them is the part of loving them that never leaves, but that doesn't mean that every once in a while it doesn't catch you unawares and shock you with its potency.

He inflicted the kiss on me. I accepted it as my sentence. I argued with my mouth. It had not been all my fault. He had not fought back. But he was fighting back now. ( )