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Running Hot

  • 2008 first published
  • 337 pages
  • ★ 3.8 (4 ratings)
  • 17 editions

Published in 2008, Running Hot is a romantic suspense novel by Jayne Ann Krentz. Much of the action takes place in Maui, Hawaii and Hawaii. Key subjects include psychic ability, librarians, ex-police officers and women librarians.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, and 9 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 17 editions. It appeared on the New York Times Hardcover Fiction bestseller list in 2009.

It runs to roughly 337 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Running Hot

The New York Times-bestselling author of Sizzle and Burn has a brand-new Arcane Society novel.Ex-cop Luther Malone, lifelong member of the secretive paranormal organization known as the Arcane Society, is waiting to meet Grace Renquist. Hired as an aura-reading consultant in the quest for a murder suspect, she's got zero field experience. She's from tiny Eclipse Bay, Oregon. She's a librarian, for heaven's sake.As for Grace, she's not expecting much either from Malone, who walks with a cane and isn't so good with a gun. Nice resume for a bodyguard...But even before they reach their hotel in Maui—where they'll be posing as honeymooners—Grace and Luther feel the electric charge between them. Problem is, they need to remain vigilant day and night, because it soon becomes clear there's more going on here. Rogue sensitives—operatives for the underground group Nightshade—are pouring into the luxury resort like there's a convention. Grace recognizes those dark spikes in their auras. She saw the same pattern in someone else in another life—a life she hasn't revealed to Luther or anyone else. And she understands how dangerous these people can be...especially with those para-hunters at their sides.While the pair's employers at Jones & Jones scramble to get them backup, Luther and Grace have to think on their feet. The criminals in their midst aren't just high-level sensitives: They've enhanced their talents with a potent—and unpredictable—drug.
Description from Open Library

Awards & lists

  • 📰New York Times bestseller list — Hardcover Fiction, 2009

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Romance
  • Psychic ability
  • Suspense romance
  • Librarians
  • Hawaii
  • Ex-police officers
  • Women librarians

Quick answers

Who wrote Running Hot?

Running Hot was written by Jayne Ann Krentz and first published in 2008.

What genre is Running Hot?

It is usually shelved as Romantic Suspense.

How long is Running Hot?

The median edition has 337 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Running Hot?

Readers who like it often enjoy Hidden Riches, The Cartel and Angels Fall.

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