| The Curse of a Mind Destiny Booze |
Fiction-Romance/Thriller
Whimsical Publications,
LLC/paperback, 248 pages
Oct 2010
$12.95
ISBN-13: 978-1-936167-34-0
Whimsical Publications,
LLC/paperback, 248 pages
Oct 2010
$12.95
ISBN-13: 978-1-936167-34-0
They can’t win. The perpetrator is using a marvel in the medical field known as techlepathy, a combination of
technology and telepathy to produce a telepathic result. He’s reading their minds. How can they possibly get away
when he knows their every move?
Chris Chambers is a private investigator with great instincts and a shady past. She works with a skilled team on cases
that most P.I.’s won’t touch. She’s hardened to life, hardened to people and as tough as the military trained her to be.
Her team’s newest case is a construction worker by the name of Aidan Wolfe. Aidan is hardheaded and successful, a
man with no friends and a long list of enemies. Someone is trying to kill him, someone with extraordinary gifts.
The perpetrator thinks Aidan did something to him, and he wants revenge. He’s coming for Aidan, Chris, and her team.
He wants them all to die in a terrifying manner; but first, he’ll make them face their worst fears.
The intensity grows as Chris and Aidan deny a growing attraction for each other while they fight to stay alive. Her life is
a constant test of control and he makes her feel anything but in control. She doesn’t do relationships and he doesn’t
do casual. There is no middle ground for either of them.
The investigative team and Aidan will be confronted with their worst enemies—themselves. They are cursed to face
their own thoughts, inner fears, prejudices, and every private feeling or emotion they have as this man toys with their
minds and hearts. Can they survive? By the end, will they want to?
technology and telepathy to produce a telepathic result. He’s reading their minds. How can they possibly get away
when he knows their every move?
Chris Chambers is a private investigator with great instincts and a shady past. She works with a skilled team on cases
that most P.I.’s won’t touch. She’s hardened to life, hardened to people and as tough as the military trained her to be.
Her team’s newest case is a construction worker by the name of Aidan Wolfe. Aidan is hardheaded and successful, a
man with no friends and a long list of enemies. Someone is trying to kill him, someone with extraordinary gifts.
The perpetrator thinks Aidan did something to him, and he wants revenge. He’s coming for Aidan, Chris, and her team.
He wants them all to die in a terrifying manner; but first, he’ll make them face their worst fears.
The intensity grows as Chris and Aidan deny a growing attraction for each other while they fight to stay alive. Her life is
a constant test of control and he makes her feel anything but in control. She doesn’t do relationships and he doesn’t
do casual. There is no middle ground for either of them.
The investigative team and Aidan will be confronted with their worst enemies—themselves. They are cursed to face
their own thoughts, inner fears, prejudices, and every private feeling or emotion they have as this man toys with their
minds and hearts. Can they survive? By the end, will they want to?
| Excerpt for The Curse of a Mind |
It was dark by the time Chris hung the sheet up, cleaned up dinner, and made out assignments for the next day.
Lucky was outside roaming for his last time of the night. She glanced at her watch—9:12 PM. It had been a long day to
say the least. Her typical work schedule during an investigation was 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM. Getting beat up on the first
day had encouraged her to put in extra hours.
She hadn’t seen Aidan or Leon since dinner. She was still in the dog house, and she deserved it, she knew. She had
been hard on Aidan, too hard considering he was paying her salary. With the exception of that one slip with Harry
Jacobson, she had never talked to a client in that way before. Was she losing control? He made her feel on fire
whenever he looked at her. Lashing out at him was her only defense.
“Sabrina and I slept together the night before the wedding.”
If not for years of training, Chris would have jumped out of her skin at the sound of that velvet voice. She had just been
thinking about him and there he stood. The living room suddenly felt very small.
Aidan stood by the wall, keeping his arms crossed and his posture lax. “We both wanted her first time to be special and
I knew I couldn’t provide that with a ten-minute session before I left after the ceremony. Sabrina wouldn’t have cheated
on me. The baby was mine.”
Chris stayed silent, letting him say all he had to say.
“You don’t believe that, do you?”
She honestly didn’t want to hurt him, even if her actions at dinner suggested otherwise. She shook her head no. She
figured if she kept her mouth shut, it couldn’t do any damage.
“Why?”
She stared at him for a long time without answering.
“I want to hear it. Maybe the pina-coladas were non-alcoholic. Or maybe she just didn’t know she couldn’t drink
because she hadn’t been to the doctor yet. What aren’t you saying?”
She shrugged as she said, “Hunch, mostly. Mr. Hilton talked about that baby as if it were his. He said he was close to
Sabrina before you even entered the picture. There’s every chance I’m wrong, but my job is to figure out the whole
picture. To see the things you aren’t seeing, part of that is guesswork. I can’t get to point Z without making a few
assumptions. I’m trying to help you, Mr. Wolfe. To do that, I need you to be perfectly honest with me. Mr. Hilton had a
definite bone to pick with you. Are you still sleeping with Sabrina?”
“No,” Aidan said.
She was more relieved by his answer than was professionally necessary.
“At least not lately.”
Damn. “When?”
“Our anniversary would have been in April. We got together for a drink and…it just happened. It meant nothing.”
Two months ago. Ms. Peterson was in her first trimester. “Then, this baby could be yours.”
He stared at her dumbfounded for a moment. Jeez, was the guy always this dense? She got more specific. “Did you
even use protection?”
“No.”
Double Damn. She wanted to shake this stubborn man and knock some sense into him. He was fooling around with
another man’s fiancée and wondered why someone wanted him dead. She hated domestic cases. She also hated the
situation because she really hated to think this man still had feelings for his ex-wife. And she didn’t want to analyze why
his love life would bother her.
Leon entered the room with an easy stroll and an easier smile. “Hell Chris, maybe you should just move into this crib.
Are you going to leave any time soon?”
Her answer was absorbed by the loud crash of the bay window imploding. Glass flew through the air faster than the
noise traveled. The sheet covering the window collapsed to the floor in a ball.
Lucky was outside roaming for his last time of the night. She glanced at her watch—9:12 PM. It had been a long day to
say the least. Her typical work schedule during an investigation was 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM. Getting beat up on the first
day had encouraged her to put in extra hours.
She hadn’t seen Aidan or Leon since dinner. She was still in the dog house, and she deserved it, she knew. She had
been hard on Aidan, too hard considering he was paying her salary. With the exception of that one slip with Harry
Jacobson, she had never talked to a client in that way before. Was she losing control? He made her feel on fire
whenever he looked at her. Lashing out at him was her only defense.
“Sabrina and I slept together the night before the wedding.”
If not for years of training, Chris would have jumped out of her skin at the sound of that velvet voice. She had just been
thinking about him and there he stood. The living room suddenly felt very small.
Aidan stood by the wall, keeping his arms crossed and his posture lax. “We both wanted her first time to be special and
I knew I couldn’t provide that with a ten-minute session before I left after the ceremony. Sabrina wouldn’t have cheated
on me. The baby was mine.”
Chris stayed silent, letting him say all he had to say.
“You don’t believe that, do you?”
She honestly didn’t want to hurt him, even if her actions at dinner suggested otherwise. She shook her head no. She
figured if she kept her mouth shut, it couldn’t do any damage.
“Why?”
She stared at him for a long time without answering.
“I want to hear it. Maybe the pina-coladas were non-alcoholic. Or maybe she just didn’t know she couldn’t drink
because she hadn’t been to the doctor yet. What aren’t you saying?”
She shrugged as she said, “Hunch, mostly. Mr. Hilton talked about that baby as if it were his. He said he was close to
Sabrina before you even entered the picture. There’s every chance I’m wrong, but my job is to figure out the whole
picture. To see the things you aren’t seeing, part of that is guesswork. I can’t get to point Z without making a few
assumptions. I’m trying to help you, Mr. Wolfe. To do that, I need you to be perfectly honest with me. Mr. Hilton had a
definite bone to pick with you. Are you still sleeping with Sabrina?”
“No,” Aidan said.
She was more relieved by his answer than was professionally necessary.
“At least not lately.”
Damn. “When?”
“Our anniversary would have been in April. We got together for a drink and…it just happened. It meant nothing.”
Two months ago. Ms. Peterson was in her first trimester. “Then, this baby could be yours.”
He stared at her dumbfounded for a moment. Jeez, was the guy always this dense? She got more specific. “Did you
even use protection?”
“No.”
Double Damn. She wanted to shake this stubborn man and knock some sense into him. He was fooling around with
another man’s fiancée and wondered why someone wanted him dead. She hated domestic cases. She also hated the
situation because she really hated to think this man still had feelings for his ex-wife. And she didn’t want to analyze why
his love life would bother her.
Leon entered the room with an easy stroll and an easier smile. “Hell Chris, maybe you should just move into this crib.
Are you going to leave any time soon?”
Her answer was absorbed by the loud crash of the bay window imploding. Glass flew through the air faster than the
noise traveled. The sheet covering the window collapsed to the floor in a ball.
| Reviews for The Curse of a Mind |
Comment/review = Chris Chambers is a PI with a strong team of investigators. She has a past that haunts her and a
strict policy against becoming romantically involved with clients. Her resolve is tested when Aidan Wolfe receives a
death threat. She’s determined he won’t die on her watch, but unbeknownst to her, her nemesis is someone or
something using a combination of technology and telepathy to read people’s minds. The past she thought was buried
comes back to haunt her and Aidan becomes much more than someone she’s protecting.
OMG is what you’ll be thinking as you read this thrilling novel. Destiny Booze has included romance, suspense,
fantasy, and twists and turns you won’t even see coming. This is one of those books you might put down momentarily,
but the draw of what is going to happen next will reel you back in. One by one, Destiny’s team disappears, and it isn’t
only Aidan she has to rescue. But who’ll rescue her when the killer decides she needs to be punished?
I’ll doubt if you’ve ever read a story where an unknown villain is given a POV, but the inclusion of the mystery person’s
thoughts played very effectively into the story. There are moments of graphic violence and bloody surprises, but you
can bet you won’t know “who done it” until the very end. You won’t be disappointed in this book if thrillers are your
thing. The Curse of a Mind is definitely an edge-of-your-seat read. Kudos, Ms. Booze for your creative mind and
awesome story.
–Ginger Simpson
Reviewer for eBooks Examiner
Comment/review = Read this novel and see if you can honestly answer the question of what it would take to make you
a killer, because no matter how righteous you think you are, everyone has a breaking point. For the protagonist in this
story, I believe it is a lifetime of feeling defeated, and having known so little love in his life that losing any amount of that
is horribly devastating. As for Chris and Aiden, I feel they could very easily have succumbed to the same fate, but
instead turned their fears and anger inward, blaming themselves and putting up walls to keep others out. Put yourself
in their place as tides of emotional and psychological warfare wash over them and really experience how their feelings
for each other may be their only chance for survival.
–Lototy
Reviewer for Coffee Time Romance & More
Rated: 4 cups
Comment/review = Destiny has written a very good mystery here. The reader's interest is engaged from the beginning
and the flame is fanned skilfully, gradually enhancing the interest level through to the very end. Like all good mysteries
this one has a twist that the author carefully develops, finally dropping the bomb toward the end of her tale.
I purchased Kindle version, rapidly becoming my favorite format because of the ease of reading.
I highly recommend Destiny Booze's mystery, The Curse of a Mind, giving the book 5-stars; the reader will not be
disappointed.
Amazon review by: J. A. Hunsinger "Author of the Axe of Iron Series"
Rating: 5 stars
Comment/review = I have to admit, I sat on pins and needles while I read A Curse of the Mind. Destiny Booze
accomplished what every reader longs for in this novel---she kept me entertained, biting my nails, and dreading what
would unfold.
When you're a private investigator with the unlikely male name of Christopher Chambers, a woman has twice as much
work to do to prove her worth. It's bad enough that she has instincts that most men would die for, a military past, and a
shady past capable of making many run in horror. Chris runs Deniro Investigations, and handles cases even the most
daring of P.I.'s won't touch. Perhaps she shouldn't have taken Aidan Wolfe's case, because a cold blooded killer is
eliminating Chris' team members one by one.
Chris' sanity is tested when she discovers she can't win in her battle against the killer. It's hard to second guess a
murderer when he's into techlepathy, a combination of technology and telepathy. Using his skills, he's always one step
ahead of her, and capable of reading her mind?
A Curse of the Mind was a spine tingling rollercoaster ride through my favorite subjects, murder and the unknown. Ms.
Booze provides an exceptional story filled with second-guessing, twists and turns, and emotional upsets that made me
gasp. This is the best novel yet to come from Destiny's hand, and I recommend A Curse of the Mind to anyone looking
for that novel that will make you wonder just who has insight into your thoughts....
4 spine-tingling Stars!
Amazon review by: At Your Fingertips
Rating: 4 stars
strict policy against becoming romantically involved with clients. Her resolve is tested when Aidan Wolfe receives a
death threat. She’s determined he won’t die on her watch, but unbeknownst to her, her nemesis is someone or
something using a combination of technology and telepathy to read people’s minds. The past she thought was buried
comes back to haunt her and Aidan becomes much more than someone she’s protecting.
OMG is what you’ll be thinking as you read this thrilling novel. Destiny Booze has included romance, suspense,
fantasy, and twists and turns you won’t even see coming. This is one of those books you might put down momentarily,
but the draw of what is going to happen next will reel you back in. One by one, Destiny’s team disappears, and it isn’t
only Aidan she has to rescue. But who’ll rescue her when the killer decides she needs to be punished?
I’ll doubt if you’ve ever read a story where an unknown villain is given a POV, but the inclusion of the mystery person’s
thoughts played very effectively into the story. There are moments of graphic violence and bloody surprises, but you
can bet you won’t know “who done it” until the very end. You won’t be disappointed in this book if thrillers are your
thing. The Curse of a Mind is definitely an edge-of-your-seat read. Kudos, Ms. Booze for your creative mind and
awesome story.
–Ginger Simpson
Reviewer for eBooks Examiner
Comment/review = Read this novel and see if you can honestly answer the question of what it would take to make you
a killer, because no matter how righteous you think you are, everyone has a breaking point. For the protagonist in this
story, I believe it is a lifetime of feeling defeated, and having known so little love in his life that losing any amount of that
is horribly devastating. As for Chris and Aiden, I feel they could very easily have succumbed to the same fate, but
instead turned their fears and anger inward, blaming themselves and putting up walls to keep others out. Put yourself
in their place as tides of emotional and psychological warfare wash over them and really experience how their feelings
for each other may be their only chance for survival.
–Lototy
Reviewer for Coffee Time Romance & More
Rated: 4 cups
Comment/review = Destiny has written a very good mystery here. The reader's interest is engaged from the beginning
and the flame is fanned skilfully, gradually enhancing the interest level through to the very end. Like all good mysteries
this one has a twist that the author carefully develops, finally dropping the bomb toward the end of her tale.
I purchased Kindle version, rapidly becoming my favorite format because of the ease of reading.
I highly recommend Destiny Booze's mystery, The Curse of a Mind, giving the book 5-stars; the reader will not be
disappointed.
Amazon review by: J. A. Hunsinger "Author of the Axe of Iron Series"
Rating: 5 stars
Comment/review = I have to admit, I sat on pins and needles while I read A Curse of the Mind. Destiny Booze
accomplished what every reader longs for in this novel---she kept me entertained, biting my nails, and dreading what
would unfold.
When you're a private investigator with the unlikely male name of Christopher Chambers, a woman has twice as much
work to do to prove her worth. It's bad enough that she has instincts that most men would die for, a military past, and a
shady past capable of making many run in horror. Chris runs Deniro Investigations, and handles cases even the most
daring of P.I.'s won't touch. Perhaps she shouldn't have taken Aidan Wolfe's case, because a cold blooded killer is
eliminating Chris' team members one by one.
Chris' sanity is tested when she discovers she can't win in her battle against the killer. It's hard to second guess a
murderer when he's into techlepathy, a combination of technology and telepathy. Using his skills, he's always one step
ahead of her, and capable of reading her mind?
A Curse of the Mind was a spine tingling rollercoaster ride through my favorite subjects, murder and the unknown. Ms.
Booze provides an exceptional story filled with second-guessing, twists and turns, and emotional upsets that made me
gasp. This is the best novel yet to come from Destiny's hand, and I recommend A Curse of the Mind to anyone looking
for that novel that will make you wonder just who has insight into your thoughts....
4 spine-tingling Stars!
Amazon review by: At Your Fingertips
Rating: 4 stars
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