The Bride Collector by Ted Dekker

My hopes for this novel were set very high. Being a fan of the work that Ted Dekker is doing with Center Street Publishers I have anticipated reading The Bride Collector since I finished Boneman’s Daughters, also published by Center Street, and I must say that I was in no way, shape or form let down. The Bride Collector delivers… big.
It is the story of FBI agent Brad Raines, the man who is relentlessly chasing a killer known as the Bride Collector, and of Paradise Founder, an innocent girl hiding in a psychiatric institute from a world that has shown her nothing but hate. The two come together when it is realized that Paradise has a special ability that may hold the key to unlocking the Bride Collectors secrets. As the two begin to decode the killer’s clues, they are forced to decode a growing attraction towards one another, as well.
You’ve read thrillers. And you’ve read a few romances. But have you read anything like The Bride Collector? This is the first novel I’ve read that had an almost perfect blend of thrills and romance. One chapter you are on the edge of your seat wondering what the killers next move will be and the very next chapter you are caught up in a heart touching love story. The two are blended seamlessly. Both compliment each other. And neither suffer at the hand of the other.
Whether you plan to marvel at it’s beauty or shriek at it’s terror… this is a story you want to read.

Burn by Ted Dekker & Erin Healy

The past Janeal thought had burned away is rising from the ashes.

Years ago, the Gypsy Kumpania where Janeal Mikkado lived was attacked by outsiders. With her best friend about to be consumed by a fire, Janeal had two options: try to save her friend–at serious risk to her own life–or disappear with the million dollars that she had just discovered . . .

But the past is quickly coming back to haunt her. Both the best friend and the boyfriend that she was sure were dead have reappeared in her life, as has someone who knows about the money. There’s a debt to be paid for the money she found, but there’s an even greater debt she must face–and if the chaff isn’t burned from her own heart, it will consume her.

Burn is a story of evil within yourself. It talks about the ability that every man has to make a choice. And it talks about the result of that choice... no matter which way you choose.
It is a novel that is very easy to read and mentally consuming! I LOVED this book! It was fun to read, and it has a lesson that everyone needs to learn or be reminded of.