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True Vision (True Trilogy #1)

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The author of Cold Midnight delivers a new paranormal suspense trilogy...

Newspaper reporter Charlie Trudeau is living an ordinary life, until witnessing a fatal hit-and-run accident gives her an intense psychic power she has no clue how to handle—and brings a Chicago police detective to her doorstep...

Noah Lassiter wants nothing more than to find the driver who killed his...more

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Published June 1st 2010 by Berkley (first published 2010)

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Jul 23, 2012 C.L. Bevill rated it 3 of 5 stars

2.5 stars. Charlie (a girl) who is also a reporter stirs up some shizz and discovers she's empathetic. Oops. Empathic. I might have meant the first one. I like that the author tried to go with a new type of paranormal kind of thing. Charlie touches someone and feels their most recent or significant event in her head. But hey someone comes to town at an inconvenient time (her cousin) and gets killed. Also a friend of her cousin, who's hot and hunky, follows thereafter, and gets all up into the my...more

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Jun 05, 2012 Not Your Ordinary Book Group rated it 5 of 5 stars

True Vision is a mind rush.

A stranger calls Charlotte from across the street and hurries toward her. Charlie Trudeau, a small town news reporter, is first puzzled by the use of her given name, and then horrified when she witnesses this woman hit by a car as she crosses the street, murdered in a hit-and-run. While Charlie tries to help, the woman dies in her arms. Upon the woman’s death, Charlie receives a jolt to her “other” senses that awakens a latent psychic ability.

And this all happens withi...more True Vision is a mind rush.

A stranger calls Charlotte from across the street and hurries toward her. Charlie Trudeau, a small town news reporter, is first puzzled by the use of her given name, and then horrified when she witnesses this woman hit by a car as she crosses the street, murdered in a hit-and-run. While Charlie tries to help, the woman dies in her arms. Upon the woman’s death, Charlie receives a jolt to her “other” senses that awakens a latent psychic ability.

And this all happens within the first chapter.

True Vision is non-stop action from beginning to end. Charlie begins to receive flashes of memory from anyone she touches. And while she’s trying to handle her new psychic awareness, someone keeps trying to murder her. She soon learns she has a family connection to the stranger murdered by the hit-and-run; Laurette was her cousin. Their mothers are estranged sisters. Noah, a police detective from Laurette’s hometown, and her friend, arrives on the scene to help solve her murder, and stays to help Charlie when it becomes apparent she was the intended victim—not Laurette. From one near-miss murder, to following attempts, Charlie and Noah are drawn together to help catch Laurette’s murderer, and to keep Charlie from becoming the next victim.

And that’s the entire teaser I’m going to give you because I want you to read the story!

Personally, I think what drew me in the most were the two main characters, Charlie and Noah. Lamb created two very likable protagonists. I was immediately invested in their journey. I also liked her writing style. She has a snappy voice and perfect pacing. The mystery unfolded slowly, the romance was believable, and the premise was interesting. The story was packed with intrigue, family secrets, romance, and a solid mystery that kept me turning the pages. I also liked the fact that she didn’t spend too much time in the antagonist’s point of view, which is my particular pet peeve. If an author makes me spend too much time in the bad guy’s head, sorry, but I will skip the pages. Lamb didn’t do this. Her pacing was perfect, a page here and there, just enough to strengthen the story without boring the reader (mainly me) into skipping forward.
Be forewarned, this book is high on the sensuality level and has graphic language. I’m giving it a Chili Pepper On Fire rating. The love scenes between Charlie and Noah have enough heat to peel paint off walls, and… oh, my, goodness... there’s more than just one of these scenes.
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Feb 08, 2012 Holly rated it 4 of 5 stars

Charlie is walking on the street near work when a stranger yells to her from across the street, calling her by her full name that most people dont know. The woman crosses the street towards her and is hit by a car. Charlie goes to help her, noticing they look slightly alike, and has a sudden flash of a memory not her own while she holds the hand of the dying woman. From there on out every skin to skin contact she has with someone leads to her having a flash of one of their memories. The police a...more

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Sep 13, 2011 Lady Lioness rated it 2 of 5 stars Recommends it for: no one

Shelves: genre-romantic-suspense, subgenre-psychic-powers, read-september-2011

I probably would have given this book three stars up until page 307, where I promptly declared the heroine a bitch. I totally sided with the hero, Noah, and if I'd been him, I wouldn't have come back. The heroine, Charlie, should've had to go to him. And then she's all righteous, "Well, of course, I did that." I wanted to slap her.

Also, what the hell was the deal with her mother? Charlie, at times, wants to protect her despite the fact the woman hit her as a child and STILL DOES. Charlie is als...more I probably would have given this book three stars up until page 307, where I promptly declared the heroine a bitch. I totally sided with the hero, Noah, and if I'd been him, I wouldn't have come back. The heroine, Charlie, should've had to go to him. And then she's all righteous, "Well, of course, I did that." I wanted to slap her.

Also, what the hell was the deal with her mother? Charlie, at times, wants to protect her despite the fact the woman hit her as a child and STILL DOES. Charlie is also incredibly loyal to her father, who didn't lift a finger to keep his wife away from his daughter. This chick needs serious therapy. It's like watching Stockholm Syndrome in action. In any other book, Charlie would've moved outta town, leaving her past & abusers in the dust, only coming back when forced to.

In addition, there's a bit of a jarring moment on page 158 where a minor character launches into a diatribe about what's wrong with newspapers today. I had to check the copyright date because I seriously thought the book was published in the late nineties. On 9/11/01, you know how I got my news? A Roswell message board because the cable went out and I was forced to beg for news from fellow fans. You know how I get my news now? Twitter and my local paper's iPhone app. And you know what all those things have? Ads. You want to get your message out to people, you better learn how to adapt to technological changes. I would have thought a self-professed billionaire would grasp that little fact.

On the positive side, the action zips along quite quickly. The illusion is helped along by the shortness of the chapters. There are sixty-eight chapters, but just 321 pages. Also, I didn't figure out ahead of time who the big bad was. I wasn't entirely sure why the big bad snapped and went on a rampage, but I certainly didn't think it was that character.

This was one of those cases where I think the author has the ability to write something great, but this was a poorly plotted book. If I came across the sequel, True Colors, I'd read it, mainly because I liked the character who will be that hero. I'm on the fence about the heroine. She already feels a bit wishy-washy to me. (less)

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Apr 22, 2011 Val Pearson rated it 5 of 5 stars

You know when you love a book so much, you just can't find the right words to do it justice? Well, that's exactly how I feel right now. It doesn't matter what I say about it, you just have to read it to enjoy it as much as I did.

The first book in the True trilogy starts out with some high powered action. Charlie was a character I fell in love with. She's smart, adventurous and not one to just stand aside when she sees something going wrong around her. Noah is that oh so sexy cop (although out o...more You know when you love a book so much, you just can't find the right words to do it justice? Well, that's exactly how I feel right now. It doesn't matter what I say about it, you just have to read it to enjoy it as much as I did.

The first book in the True trilogy starts out with some high powered action. Charlie was a character I fell in love with. She's smart, adventurous and not one to just stand aside when she sees something going wrong around her. Noah is that oh so sexy cop (although out of his jurisdiction) that is bound and determined to find the killer of his friend. All roads lead to Charlie when he finds out details of the hit and run but what neither is ready for is the instant chemistry. And my my my do these two spark when they are together.

True Vision is an extremely fast paced book that keeps you on the edge of your seat with an intense and gripping plot line. There is always something going on and when you throw in the paranormal element, this book just keeps getting hotter. The paranormal element Charlie acquires really makes you think about how she's going to get around it. I don't want to give away what it is because that was a really fun part to find out. As for secondary characters, some made me laugh and some made me want to hit the wall but all were essential to True Vision. The action scenes will blow your mind, and watch out for the more intimate scenes, there is an apparent upside to what's going on with Charlie you will enjoy. And I promise, you will LOVE it.

The second book in the series is True Colors and is Alex's story (this book is now published) and finally the third book in the series is True Shot which is Sam's story and is coming in December. You bet I'd be willing to stand in line a really long time for this final story.

Joyce Lamb is one of those authors who is just blessed with the talent of writing an intriguing romantic suspense book. I don't think she could write a book I didn't like if she tried. I was first introduced to her through Cold Midnight and fell in love with her writing style. In my opinion, Ms. Lamb has raised the bar when it comes to True Vision. An exceptional read that you don't want to miss, I highly recommend it. I am now addicted to anything Joyce Lamb!

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Jul 21, 2010 Jane Stewart rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romantic-suspense

The story kept my interest, but I had trouble with sources of conflict.

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Charlie (female) is a newspaper reporter. Laurette comes to town and is killed in a hit and run. Charlie witnesses the accident and touches Laurette just before she dies. This touch gives psychic powers to Charlie. Noah is a Chicago police detective. He comes to town to investigate the death of his friend Laurette. Charlie won’t tell him anything, so he follows her. Someone tries to kill Charlie, and Noah is there...more

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May 16, 2012 Nath rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary, read-2012, romantic-suspense

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. 2.5/5 (C-)

A few years ago, I was browsing the bookstore, looking for new authors when I stumbled upon Ms Lamb. They had a few things going for them: the covers were pretty and caught my eye, the genre was romantic suspense and you can never have too much RS and the publisher was Berkley, one that I usually enjoy. I decided to go ahead and buy Cold Midnight and True Vision. Hey, at least I read one right away! LOL. And now, True Vision qualifies as my TBR entry :) So win-win, right?

I knew when I...more 2.5/5 (C-)

A few years ago, I was browsing the bookstore, looking for new authors when I stumbled upon Ms Lamb. They had a few things going for them: the covers were pretty and caught my eye, the genre was romantic suspense and you can never have too much RS and the publisher was Berkley, one that I usually enjoy. I decided to go ahead and buy Cold Midnight and True Vision. Hey, at least I read one right away! LOL. And now, True Vision qualifies as my TBR entry :) So win-win, right?

I knew when I picked up True Vision that Charlie was a reporter - one of my pet peeves, but I was hoping it'd be offset by the fact that she was also psychic. Unfortunately, it wasn't. I kind of liked the psychic aspect of True Vision - the way she got flashes - but I was expecting a bit more... and the situation in which Charlie found herself in was a bit weird. Charlie's always been an empath, but her power wasn't that strong until she witnessed her cousin's death. On one hand, she's not new to the power, but on the other one,, she has no clue how to deal with it once it became supercharged... So Charlie finds herself stuck in the middle and never really moved from it. She never learned more about her power and never embraced it :( And what really rubbed me the wrong way was the fact she scoffed at the psychic her grandmother recommended Charlie to go see before her death. Seriously? I hate it when a character's a psychic and doesn't believe in other's powers. As for Charlie being a reporter, sigh, I rest my case. What I can say is that Charlie wasn't as annoying as I expected. It was nice to see someone with conviction and learning that sometimes, what you believe and reality clash and it results in a bad outcome. While Charlie wasn't as annoying, it didn't stop her from having TSTL moments though. There was one particular scene where they suspect someone is after her, but she sneaks out nonetheless to go meet someone at a cafe. They sit outside in the open... The thought of it being a bad idea does cross her mind, but instead of moving inside, she thinks "But if I'm killed, there'll at least be witnesses." Again, seriously?!? So yeah, I find that Charlie was a hard character to like... and to understand.

As for Noah, I liked him better than Charlie, but I didn't get him either. At the beginning of the book, it was mentioned a couple of time how "dark" he was, how he had demons... and that side of him was never really explained - or, I completely missed it. However, I did like he was a good friend and took the trouble to come to Florida to investigate Laurette's death. Also, he had much more sense than Charlie. As for the romance, it was too quick to my taste. I didn't see any connection between the H/H - not enough for them to be in love at the end of the book. I saw attraction and lust, but beyond the physical, I didn't even get why they liked each other ^_^;

Something else that didn't work in True Vision's favor is I felt I was missing a chunk of background story. Charlie's past with Mac, her ex-best friend... and Logan, one of Charlie's cop friends, and Charlie's younger sister Alex. It's kind of funny because Lori read True Colors which is the next book and said in her review: "while I could tell that important things happened in the first book (for example, the h/h - Alex and Logan - already have a well established friendship/almost relationship), I didn't have any difficulty jumping right into this one." Here I am, reading the first book and still feeling puzzled ^_^; I felt the readers never really got a good explanation. Also, there was the relationship between Charlie and her mother that was never really developed nor resolved :(

At the end, what saves this book from being a dud is the suspense and the writing. True Vision wasn't actually thrilling and I was able to guess who was the villain fairly early on, but I kept reading to find out his motives. As for the writing, I enjoy Ms Lamb's voice and style. That'll be the main reason for me to pick up Ms Lamb again :)

Basically, True Vision was a passable book for me and I believe my mood, when I read the book, didn't help matters either. While I believe Ms Lamb has a lot of work ahead of her, especially when it comes to characterizations and relationships, I'm most probably going to give her another try because I also believe she has a lot of potential :)(less)

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Jun 11, 2010 Tori smexys_sidekick rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: review-for-smexybooks, arc

Favorite Quote: "Hey darlin', what's your sign?"
"Do not enter."

Charlie Trudeau is having a normal day when she suddenly witnesses a fatal hit and run. Now she is having psychic experiences and someone is trying to kill her. Enter Noah Lassiter. A police detective from Chicago, he knew the hit and run victim and he wants justice. His only witness is Charlie who is not pleased with him nosing through her business. He knows she is hiding something but Noah needs her help-even if the attraction betw...more

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Sep 26, 2010 Karmen rated it 3 of 5 stars

Charlie Trudeau
Noah Lassiter

viewing a hit and run of a woman hauntingly similar to Charlie leaves her with heightened psychic psychometric skills.

Noah Lassiter was a close friend of the woman killed - Laurette. Staking out her house to find a way to talk to her, he steps into the first of several murder attempts on her.

The story follows Noah as a Chicago cop trying to solve Laurette's murder as Charlie fights off the murder attempts while coping with the demands of her new skills.

Was more inter...more

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Nov 09, 2010 Kaetrin rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: paper-book

2.5 stars

from my blog (October Reads post, 2010)
C. I won this book and it had an interesting premise - out of town cop is investigating the death of his friend, the witness is a woman who bears a striking resemblance to said dead friend (except he wants some smexxing with this one and didn't have those sort of feelings for the friend 0-o), who has suddenly developed some psychic powers - when she touches someone, she relives their most recent traumatic/passionate experience (makes for interestin...more

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Aug 07, 2010 Judi rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: rom-suspense, aug-2010, paranormal

True Vision's got a little bit of sumin’ sumin’ for everyone. It’s a combo platter of romance, suspense and it's even got a paranormal element.

Lamb doesn’t waste any time getting right to the action. Small town reporter Charlie Trudeau is the lone witness to a nasty hit and run accident right outside the paper where she works. The resulting death of the young woman, who called out to Charlotte by name just before being struck down in the crosswalk has shaken Charlie to her core for more than one...more True Vision's got a little bit of sumin’ sumin’ for everyone. It’s a combo platter of romance, suspense and it's even got a paranormal element.

Lamb doesn’t waste any time getting right to the action. Small town reporter Charlie Trudeau is the lone witness to a nasty hit and run accident right outside the paper where she works. The resulting death of the young woman, who called out to Charlotte by name just before being struck down in the crosswalk has shaken Charlie to her core for more than one reason. While comforting the injured woman, we get a little glimpse into the “special abilities” that have previously been dormant in Charlie and have now been turned on big time with megawatt intensity when Charlie has a strange reaction while holding the woman’s hand. The death of Laurette Atkins has also brought Noah Lassiter, a police detective from Chicago to Charlie's doorstep as he investigates the death of his good friend.

Noah is attracted to Charlie right from the get go and he’s determined to find out the connection between Laurette and Charlie (cuz you knew there had to be one right?) and he does have some inside info that Charlie is not aware of. I might have been skeptical about Noah’s instant attraction and lust at what some might consider inappropriate times..like on the run from a Ninja (I’ll get to that in a minute), but the author does explain to my satisfaction his fascination with her.

As for Charlie's "special abilities"...pretty sure not something I would ever want to experience. There seemed to be a definite downside to her newly awakened empathic abilities and some pretty debilitating side affects. Experiencing someone else's intense pain or grief through skin to skin contact with no controlling the sensations I'm thinking is not such a good "ability" to have. That being said, during more intimate moments, it did seem that skin to skin contact was a double whammy for Charlie and her reactions were off the charts.....yowza!

Now to the Ninja. Let me just say that should I ever be the target of a Ninja-clad assassin, I hope he is inept as the one after Charlie. Ninja boy had more misses on Charlie's life than a batter at the plate - dude 3 strikes and you're out!

Charlie's mom was a real biotch! I had to wonder why the family put up with her abusive behaviour especially Dad Trudeau. Not sure that I received a satisfactory explanation as to her nasty disposition especially towards her own daughter. I wish Ninja boy would have gone after her because she needed a good beatdown.

I was never sure who was out to silence Charlie or why, what all the family secrecy stuff was all about but it keep me hooked til the end.

Next up for Joyce Lamb is True Colors which is sister Alex's story.
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Jul 12, 2010 Amy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance, romanticsuspense

A little strange, but still a good read. Newspaper reporter, Charlotte "Charlie" Trudeau is living an ordinary life, until witnessing a fatal hit-and-run accident gives her an intense psychic power that she has no clue how to handle -- and brings a Chicago police detective to her doorstep ...

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Jan 27, 2012 Belinda rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: true-trilogy

Kept me vaguely interested. At one point early on I considered putting it down but the mystery got to me in the end. I don't think it can be considered a 'paranormal' book. I'd class it more of a 'who-dun-it'.

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Jan 22, 2012 Laura added it

Not what I expected. It was a great book and kept me reading to the end, was just a little more graphic than I expected. I picked this book on the title alone and the first line of the back cover.

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Oct 06, 2012 Samantha rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance, scyfy

Not bad for a paranormal romance, but I felt the author could have shortened a few things up. I felt like it went on and on and didn't need to.

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Jan 09, 2012 LibraryLass rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: mine, 2012, r-suspense

3.5 stars. I would have given up on this one to be honest except I have purchased the other two books in the trilogy. Having said that, I am glad i persevered as the second half of the book was better than the first.

The writing just didn't flow for me. The dialogue felt stilted and false. The psychic episodes really pulled me out of the story everytime as they just seemed so.... fake? unreal? I really don't know but they certainly didn't help me like the book and I LOVE the psychic premise in a...more

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May 18, 2013 Jennifer rated it 4 of 5 stars

3.5 stars Paranormal books are not my thing , but this one was good. I actually enjoyed it and will be reading the other books in the trilogy

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Jul 31, 2011 Kathy Kulig rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Amazing book. Couldn't put it down. Very hot! Loved the story and the characters. Highly recommended.

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Dec 16, 2010 Lora rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: lib-read

Haven't read a lot of romantic suspense, but this one made me want to read more. Really good.

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Feb 23, 2011 Rachel rated it 3 of 5 stars

Not my kind of book...

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May 11, 2012 Sheri rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: romantic-suspense

My first Joyce Lamb book and I've already purchased four more. This was a great book. I can't wait to read the other sisters' stories.

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Jul 14, 2012 Leigh Verrill-Rhys added it

Shelves: mystery-crime-suspense

Thoroughly enjoyed reading this. Reluctant to put it down.

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Feb 15, 2011 Aris Whittier rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I loved this book. It has a little of everything…romance, suspense, mystery, paranormal…I’ve never been disappointed with a Joyce Lamb book yet!!

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Nov 18, 2012 Jennifer rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: dropped

Yeah..well...no.

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Jun 09, 2010 Connie rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book totally rocks!!! I LOVED IT. I already put the next book on my wish list!

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