[b:With Visions of Red|25482007|With Visions of Red (With Visions of Red Broken Bonds #1)|Trisha Wolfe|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1439824097s/25482007.jpg|40554873] (With Visions of Red: Broken Bonds #1) by [a:Trisha Wolfe|4928927|Trisha Wolfe|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1458045925p2/4928927.jpg]
An Erotic Thriller Romance
Exceptionally well written. My only problem is it's a trilogy, dang it!
I have this and book 2, but not book 3, and I am so intrigued.
Huge thriller, suspense and mystery.
It was amazing. I am so getting book #3!
February 21, 2017 – Started Reading / February 22, 2017 – Finished Reading ( )

Brilliant comes to mind after reading this first in a new series from Trisha Wolfe. She takes us not only into the suspense world with a serial killer but also deep into the BDSM world where a criminal profiler still haunted by her own past with a serial killer meets a mysterious man who craves her and uses his Japanese bondage skills in shibari to give her the release she craves from the nightmares from her past.

Sadie Bonds was abducted by a sadistic killer when she was a teenager. She managed to survive her time with him but not without it leaving not only an outer scar but also with a fascination with blood and a craving for things she’s tries not to think about. She went on to work in the police force and had worked herself up to becoming a profiler with the FBI but instead took a demotion and now works for the Arlington County Police department as their criminal profiler. Most of the men don’t respect her job including her partner Quinn. But when women start turning up dead with plenty of blood surrounding the crime scenes Quinn’s animosity changes when he knows that if they are going to catch this killer that Sadie and her gift of being able to read what story the blood from the victims tells her will be their best bet.

Sadie is such a fascinating character. Her time in captivity with a killer certainly messed with her mind but instead of letting it make her insane she has taken her fascination with blood and used it help find other killers. What she doesn’t realize at the start of this case is it is personal and this killer knows things about her past that no one should.

In the middle of the investigation we are shown Sadie frequents a BDSM club as a voyeur to try and sate the demons in her mind that take over after seeing the horrific things of the murders. It is here she meets the club owner’s brother Colton Reed who is a master at rope bondage – which is one of her triggers from her time with her own abductor. We get Colton’s POV throughout the book and he is one hot sexy Dom but by the end of this book he is still a man of mystery. We haven’t gotten the full story on him yet and I can’t want to see what demons are in his past.

This book does end on a cliffhanger. Normally that would drive me nuts but we were given plenty of story to stew on until the next book. I was fascinated with all the threads of different genres the author weaved throughout this book. Yes, it a romantic suspense at heart but it also soo much more than that and I was entranced from beginning to end.
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Review
It has taken me a couple of days to write this review because I have no words for the awesome that is in this book.

I love Sadie.  She's struggling with who she is, and the murders aren't really helping with that.  She is trying to be as strong as possible, but fears what she can become.  There's a dark side to Sadie, and she doesn't know if it's because of what happened in her past, or if she's always had it lurking beneath.

Colton is amazing.  He's hot, caring, and ultimately infatuated with Sadie.  He notices her at a club, but the timing couldn't be worse as the string of murders starts providing suspicions.

I really can't say more because I think that will take the enjoyment out of your reading.  With Visions of Red is hot, steamy, sexy, dark, twisted, and provides a lot of mind-fuckery.  I couldn't put it down, and got wrapped up in the lives of Sadie and Colton.


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With visions of red flowed perfectly, just liked the blood from the victims in the story. There is a strong crime element in this story and while it may seem a bit more of a crime thriller at the start of the story, things do start coming to light the more you read into the story.

This story starts in the past with the main character locked in a dark room with her thoughts and for the unknown male to return. This story is dark and does deal with some strong themes. I believe there may be more to Sadie than the author is really letting on. She has moments in the story, but nothing is really revealed about them. I'm left wanting more.

I loved how the author put in the UNSUBs' POV. This was very clever and have more insight into the mind of the person that they are trying to find. Their thoughts were so dark and yet strangely poetic.

I would have liked to have heard more of the story from Coltons' POV. Maybe in the next book we will learn more about him. Something about him is just a little off for me.

Despite all this the author has a magical way with words and I just couldn't put the book down. I was captivated and I want more. Right Now. ( )

With visions of red flowed perfectly, just liked the blood from the victims in the story. There is a strong crime element in this story and while it may seem a bit more of a crime thriller at the start of the story, things do start coming to light the more you read into the story.

This story starts in the past with the main character locked in a dark room with her thoughts and for the unknown male to return. This story is dark and does deal with some strong themes. I believe there may be more to Sadie than the author is really letting on. She has moments in the story, but nothing is really revealed about them. I'm left wanting more.

I loved how the author put in the UNSUBs' POV. This was very clever and have more insight into the mind of the person that they are trying to find. Their thoughts were so dark and yet strangely poetic.

I would have liked to have heard more of the story from Coltons' POV. Maybe in the next book we will learn more about him. Something about him is just a little off for me.

Despite all this the author has a magical way with words and I just couldn't put the book down. I was captivated and I want more. Right Now. ( )