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"Unique paranormal plot concept and interesting characters make this a great story."
Reviewed by Tanzey Cutter
Posted October 18, 2004

As a research assistant at the Belvedere Center for Sleep Research, Isabel Wright analyzes and interprets the dreams of special clients. She's especially drawn to the fascinating, complicated dreams of Client #2, who's a Level 5 on Dr. Belvedere's unusual Lucid Dream Scale. Isabel fantasizes about #2 and thinks of Read more...

"Fantastic romantic suspense"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted November 15, 2004

Lucid dreaming is the ability to control one's dreams and be able to find answers to questions and problems that one can't obtain when awake. Isabel Wright, a level five dreamer, works at the Belvedere Center for Sleep Research where she analyzes the dreams of other lucid dreamers. Read more...

"The best under the JAK banner this decade"
Reviewed by DeborahAnne MacGillivray
Posted November 29, 2004

Jayne Ann Krentz is back dancing on the high wire in the center ring! This is typical JAK at her very best, but at the same time just a wee bit different from her usual range, pushing over more into her Jayne Castle territory. With Paranormal Romance hitting big numbers Read more...

Summary

A red scarf. A roller coaster. A tidal wave of blood...

Isabel Wright spends her days at the Belvedere Center for Sleep Research analyzing the dreams of others. Dr. Martin Belvedere, a pioneer in the field, recognized her unique talent for what he calls Level Five lucid dreaming. It's satisfying, lucrative work, but it can be emotionally draining. Especially when one of her anonymous subjects, known only as Client Number Two, captures her imagination through his compelling dream narratives. Secretly, she thinks of him as "Dream Man."

His real name is Ellis Cutler. A loner who's learned not to let anyone get too close, he works for a highly classified government agency with an interest in the potential value of lucid dreaming. And he's just been ordered by his boss to make contact with Isabel, who's been fired after the sudden death of Dr. Belvedere. Heading to California, he pushes his fantasies out of his mind, determined to maintain a professional relationship with the woman who reads his dreams, the mysterious figure he has come to think of as "Tango Dancer."

But when they meet in the flesh, the dream becomes real enough to touch. And a waking nightmare begins—when a suspicious hit-and-run leads them into a perilous web of passion, betrayal, and murder, and forces them to walk the razor-think line between dreams and reality.