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You Can't Hide (Romantic suspense Book 5) Kindle Edition

by Karen Rose (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 out of 5 stars 2,054 ratings
Terror has forever changed the life of psychiatrist Tess Ciccotelli. Someone is tormenting her patients, pushing them to commit suicide, and setting her up to take the blame. But Tess can't break her oath to protect her patients' privacy at all costs. Even when detective Aidan Reagan demands a list of everyone she's treating. Even when the mounting danger threatens Tess herself.

Aidan doesn't like anyone who stalls his cases. Still, he can't help but admire Tess's fierce loyalty to her patients, especially when it becomes clear that a nameless, facelss enemy is set on destroying her career, her family , and finally, Tess herself. As Aidan's heart softens, the killer's will hardens, and one thing becomes clear - the noose is tightening around Tess's neck.
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  1. Book 5 of 11
    Romantic suspense
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    610 pages
  3. Language
    English
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    Grand Central Publishing
  5. Publication date
    November 16, 2008
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"Riveting densely plotted and with amazing twists truly diabolical and chilling." -- Romantic Times BOOKclub Magazine

"Gripping novel of suspense that will have the reader glued to the pages from beginning to end." -- Romance Reviews Today

"The queen of murder and suspense fast reading and hard to put down just terrific." -- Romance Reviews

About the Author

Karen Rose lives in Florida with her husband and two daughters. When she isn't writing she teaches maths and science to high school students.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00EXU6NVS
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grand Central Publishing; Reissue edition (November 16, 2008)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 16, 2008
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.7 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 610 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0755337093
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars 2,054 ratings

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Internationally bestselling, RITA-award winning, author Karen Rose was born and raised in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC. She met her husband, Martin, on a blind date when they were seventeen and after they both graduated from the University of Maryland, (Karen with a degree in Chemical Engineering) they moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. Karen worked as an engineer for a large consumer goods company, earning two patents, but as Karen says, “scenes were roiling in my head and I couldn't concentrate on my job so I started writing them down. I started out writing for fun, and soon found I was hooked.”

Her debut suspense novel, DON'T TELL, was released in July, 2003. Since then, she has published more than twenty-five novels and two novellas. Her twenty-sixth novel, QUARTER TO MIDNIGHT, will be released in 2022.

Karen's books have appeared on the bestseller lists of the New York Times, USA Today, London's Sunday Times, and Germany's der Spiegel (#1), and the Irish Times, as well as lists in South Africa (#1) and Australia!

To date, her books have been translated into more than twenty languages.

A former high school teacher of chemistry and physics, Karen lives in Florida with her husband of more than thirty years.

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Customers find this book to be a fun read with a genius blend of suspense and romance, featuring more twists and turns than can be fathomed. They appreciate the compelling characters, with one review highlighting the relationship between the protagonist and Aiden. The book is well-written and easy to read, with one customer noting how it kept them up past their bedtime.

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Customers find the book readable and enjoyable, describing it as a fun and awesome Karen Rose book, with one customer noting it's great for getting lost in.

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"Great book - stayed up late so I could finish it! The suspense is great, grabs you and keeps you reading for more...." Read more

"...While I enjoyed the first, I absolutely loved and thoroughly enjoyed this book, so I am excited to read many more books by Karen rose...." Read more

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"...n't Hide was a great book; the author delivers yet another great romantic suspense novel." Read more

"...This was one of my favorite's in this series so far. The balance between suspense and romance was perfect IMO...." Read more

"...Karen Rose always manages to make it truly captivating as she blends crime and passion, twists characters' minds and hearts, creates villains and..." Read more

"...The plot made sense, moved right along, and you really care for the characters and what they are going through. Overall a good read!" Read more

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"...I loved this book, the characters were well crafted, they were not superficial, and they had a depth to them that made them seem like real people...." Read more

"...no TSTL moments and both characters were very well developed and extremely likable. This one kept me engaged until the early hours of the morning...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the writing style of the book, describing it as very well written and an easy read, with one customer noting it's a real page turner.

"...They went from disliking each other to friends to lovers in a very believable and moving way...." Read more

"...You Can't Hide was both difficult to read and hard to put down, as any solid romantic suspense should be...." Read more

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  • Jillian
    5.0 out of 5 stars You Can't Hide
    Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2013
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    Tess is a great psychiatrist, she cares about her patients and really wants to help them, when she pronounces a man mentally ill who killed girls the police department turns against her. They don't get to her fast enough when she is brought in to talk to a killer; she almost dies and is left with scars around her throat. Now someone is trying to destroy her, they are driving her patients to commit suicide and framing Tess for it. Aiden is a detective and hates her as much as the rest of the detectives, until he gets to know her. Aiden finds out Tess is not what she seems, he wants to protect her and keep her. I loved this book, the characters were well crafted, they were not superficial, and they had a depth to them that made them seem like real people. Aiden and Tess had an intense chemistry that smoldered throughout the entire book. The twists and turns in this book had me glued to my kindle, I couldn't even begin to guess at who was behind all of it. The identity of the tormentor is heartbreaking, I found myself yelling at the book and cursing. You Can't Hide was a great book; the author delivers yet another great romantic suspense novel.
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  • Danielle Taylor
    5.0 out of 5 stars Engaging RS with the perfect blend of suspense and romance
    Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2016
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    4.5 Stars! This was one of my favorite's in this series so far. The balance between suspense and romance was perfect IMO. The suspense was intriguing and interesting (although I thought the identity of the villain was easy to spot). Even knowing who the villain was I still thoroughly enjoyed the suspense plot of the book. I loved the relationship build between Tess and Aidan. They went from disliking each other to friends to lovers in a very believable and moving way. There were no TSTL moments and both characters were very well developed and extremely likable. This one kept me engaged until the early hours of the morning. Fantastic romantic suspense!
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  • Tracy
    4.0 out of 5 stars Chilling Madness and Sizzling Heat
    Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2010
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    Psychiatrist Tess Ciccotelli isn't well liked by the cops after testimony she once provided sent a child killer to a psych ward instead of under a needle. Maybe that's why Aidan Reagan gives her such a cold shoulder and shows such disdain for her when she shows up at the scene of a suicide of one of her patients. Tess, stricken by the loss of her patient, diligently ignores him, understanding his hostility and having too hard a time coping with the tragedy of her patient's death to worry about Reagan.

    When evidence in the victim's apartment suggests a systematic and malignant psychological war waged against a fragile psyche and the instruments of that war all point right to Tess, she can no longer ignore Reagan or his hostile questions and suspicion. Especially when he's interrogating her. But a killer isn't done stirring the pot and another of Tess' patients takes his own life. Suddenly Tess is listening to voice recordings that sound enough like her to fool her own mother...from phone calls she didn't make, and her fingerprints are showing up in places she's never been. The body count rises quickly, brutally, and it becomes painfully clear to Aidan that Tess isn't a sick, manipulative killer. She's the true target of a vicious predator and no one around her is safe - least of all Tess.

    The road is long and winding, treacherous and hazardous, but Karen Rose always manages to make it truly captivating as she blends crime and passion, twists characters' minds and hearts, creates villains and heroes, tragedy and love. You Can't Hide was both difficult to read and hard to put down, as any solid romantic suspense should be. Grimly entertaining, passionate and heated, it kept me up way past my bedtime. And I enjoyed almost every exhaustion-inducing moment of it (the effects of a full pot of coffee the morning after notwithstanding).

    The plot was well developed and paced, full of twists and turns that kept me on my toes. I enjoyed the tension Rose so adroitly created - and appreciated that I didn't have a clue until the end how all the pieces fit together. This one wasn't easy to suss out as I was reading, and I prefer books that can keep me guessing until the evidence stacks up nice and high. I also enjoyed Tess' character, though I have to admit, it was Aidan that most impressed me. Rose manages to offer up protagonists who are inherently good at their core, but with realistic flaws and peccadilloes that make them easy to relate to, and just a few personal scars or demons to add some depth and angst. Aidan resonated with me in that manner. I admire the attention to detail put into his character and how that played out in the story.

    There were a couple of things that I wasn't quite as enamored with. Most of them are related to my personal reading preferences. I prefer romances that develop over more than just a few frantic and stressful days. I have a hard time sustaining belief in one that slams solidly into place in that short a time frame. The Tess and Aidan pendulum swung quite the relationship distance after a very short acquaintance and I wish it had developed differently. It's not that I have any complaints with how it was written technically - it was actually a very potent plot thread filled with depth and emotion. I just wish it had been spread out over a longer time frame.

    I also had an issue or two with some of the ancillary plot threads that are quintessential Karen Rose, but in this book did less for me in adding depth to the characters and plot and more for distracting and weighing down the story. I didn't like the abrupt resolution to Tess' family estrangement and had some real issues with her mother's choices and behavior. I didn't think there was enough buildup to that family thread, nor do I think it was woven into the overall story arc all that well. So too the storyline with Joanna, who I found to be mostly despicable and unsympathetic, and reading about her actions was tedious.

    On the plus side, the sense of continuity and connection in Rose's books is one of the strongest draws for me as a reader. While each are stand-alone novels, the books are connected through the characters created to inhabit them, adding an almost comforting relationship between each book that gives the reader a sense of a series without limiting the stories to an overall arc. I find the stand-alone plots combined with the familiarity of characters to be exceptionally appealing, particularly for this genre, and Rose masters it with aplomb. I haven't been reading her books in order, so I can assure with authority that it's not necessary. Not doing so hasn't hampered my enjoyment of any of them so far. I have to admit, though, my next Rose book is going to be her earliest, Don't Tell, and I'll probably read sequentially from then on, but that's more personal preference than necessity.

    In each book Karen Rose provides a twisted psychological thriller and a strong, sizzling romance, blending them together nearly flawlessly and maintaining a good, healthy balance between the two aspects. I haven't come across another author in quite a while that so consistently manages such a feat. I'm looking forward to reading more.

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  • JP books4me
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2007
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    Great book - stayed up late so I could finish it! The suspense is great, grabs you and keeps you reading for more. The relationship between Aidan and Tess starts off rocky, but quickly turns to romance. Strong characters in an intense situation.

    I like the supporting players that kept their personalities from earlier books. Though it was nice to have read the other books first, it definitely isn't necessary - this book stands alone nicely.

    The plot made sense, moved right along, and you really care for the characters and what they are going through. Overall a good read!
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  • Tracy Vest
    5.0 out of 5 stars Chilling first rate read
    Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2007
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    Someone is encouraging the patients of Dr. Tess Ciccotelli to commit suicide, and all clues lead police to the doctor herself. Estranged from her family and already considered a pariah by police since her testimony made sure a cop killer did not stand trial due to insanity, they don't want to clear her just yet. But the coincidences are just that, and someone with a grudge wants to see Tess not only stripped of her job, but her freedom too.

    When detective Aidan Regan starts to suspect that she is the pawn in a sadistic killer's game of vengeance, he vows to protect the woman that on one hand he dislikes, and on the other he desires. As the two are drawn to each other, and she escapes the traps the killer has set, it becomes an even deadlier game as friends and acquaintances are suddenly being targeted. Will they be able to figure out who hates Tess enough to commit murder before she becomes the next victim or has a chance to reconcile with the family she loves and misses so much?

    Rose's latest is yet another first rate romantic suspense, guaranteed to have you biting your nails right down to the cuticle. With plenty of potential suspects and a few plot surprises, the duo of Tess and Aidan burn up the pages and make this nearly 500 pager go quickly. It begs the question, can Rose write a mediocre novel? Doesn't appear so.
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    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in India on July 4, 2017
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    thrilling...keeps you riveted
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  • Narelle Meyer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Body count
    Reviewed in Australia on June 3, 2023
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    It was a fast-paced story, I loved the relationships between the Reagan clan and also the Ciccotelli family. There were a lot of murders, some not appearing to be connected until the end. A lovely epilogue.
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  • Penny Harvey
    5.0 out of 5 stars complex and a little scarey!!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 12, 2006
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    I have enjoyed all of Ms Rose's books and this was no exception. It is fast paced, twists and turns and the characters are really superb.

    Tess Ciccotelli is a psychiatrist - the psychiatrist who testified against the police in a high profile case and instead of death row a murderer was confined to a three meals a day psychiatric hospital.

    When one of her patients commits suicide Aidan Reagan is assigned the case - he knows of Ms Ciccotelli - but does not know her. As more of her patients meet their maker Tess and Aidan begin to bond and as the web becomes tighter they are pushed closer together.

    The emotional intensity is fraught at times, with good central and ancilliary characters and a fast pace; the story line is good as well - but I NEVER get the murderer anyway, so that doesn't mean no-one else will!!

    A superb read!
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good read
    Reviewed in Australia on December 18, 2019
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    Good mix of crime and romance. Love Karen Rose
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