No Ordinary Man

By Suzanne Brockmann

A fan-favorite from New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann, originally published in 1996.



He was the sexiest guy she’d ever met. And that was about all Jess Baxter knew about her newest tenant. Rob Carpenter was a master at dodging questions, and igniting her desires. With just one of his searing kisses, Jess was hotter than the Florida sun.

Then the murders started—all women who looked liked her. And the profile of the killer matched Rob.

Was he an innocent victim—or had his burning kisses only been a smoke screen?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Harlequin Special Releases
• Release date: Sep 10, 2018
• ISBN: 9781488037863

Suzanne Brockmann

Suzanne Brockmann is an award-winning author of more than fifty books and is widely recognized as one of the leading voices in romantic suspense. Her work has earned her repeated appearances on the New York Times bestseller list, as well as numerous awards, including Romance Writers of America’s #1 Favorite Book of the Year and two RITA awards. Suzanne divides her time between Siesta Key and Boston. Visit her at www.SuzanneBrockmann.com.

Reviews for No Ordinary Man

[jjmcgaffey · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Ghahh, finally finished it - by skimming through. I like Suzanne Brockmann - I don't know if this was an early one or it just rubbed me the wrong way, but I've been attempting to read it off and on literally for years. The primary trope is of course overwhelming lust, and "if it's great sex it must be true love". Most of the other tropes I encountered while skimming were variations on lying to protect the other. Oh, and the author mis-presenting information to keep the twist at the end from being blindingly obvious. He's keeping secrets, is he the serial killer? He must leave her to protect her. This other guy is keeping secrets - oh, but he's FBI. And that one is immature and the other has his own problems and...ghahh. Our Heroine consists mostly of mother-love and lust for Our Hero - very little more to her, and she's the most complex character in the book. I couldn't just abandon the book, but I am _so_ glad I finally finished it so I can get rid of it.

[oldriverbooks · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

No ordinary man is an early book of Suzanne's. I liked this book, It is a suspense filled story that moves along at a good pace and keeps you reading to the end.

Jess Baxter is a divorced mother with a 6 year old daughter. She also happens to fit the description on a serial killers victims.

Needing money to help ends meet Jess finds herself renting an apartment to Rob Carpenter. As Jess finds herself attracted to the new tenant she also realizes he has secrets he isn't willing to share. As the FBI start closing in on the serial killer things start pointing to Rob.

[whybehave2002 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A fantastic mystery! I never knew from page to page where it was going to go.

[lost_lenore · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

There is a serial killer killing women that look a lot like Jess Baxter. It all started six months ago, the same time that Rob Carpenter came to the neighborhood. Jess needs a new tenant and Rob a new place to live and so, Rob move into Jess apartment and things start to get steamy between the two but Jess, being a country singer, has a lot of attention focused on her: her neighbor Stan, that lives with his parents and is creepy, her ex-husband that is a drunk and obnoxious, the bartender from the bar where she plays and Rob and his friend Frank.When the killer gets closer to her, Jess starts to suspect everyone, including Rob, even if she is falling in love with him. Things got worse when the only suspect turns out to be Rob...I love Suzanne Brockmann and even when rereading one of her books I still feel the same way as if it was the first time. Mystery, suspense, some steamy scenes and voila, a good book to read.

[flemmily · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I'm a few books away from reading all of Brockman's books. This is my least favorite. The characters are pretty wooden, and the plot is confused.

[loritori · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This was a pretty good read. I really hate it when a main character cannot come clean after awhile on their own, but I guess that makes for more suspense...

[darla_2 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The serial-killer thing is getting kind of old, and I didn't think the initial part of the romance was that convincing--chemistry may well be the answer IRL, but I like something more solid in a romance novel. In fact, for the first half of the book, it was a solid 4 stars. Then Brockmann ratchets the story up a notch--several notches, and I'm really wondering who the killer is, and even so I know it can't be the hero (I'm not dumb--this is a Harlequin Intrigue--heroes are never serial killers in Harlequin Intrigues), I can feel the heroine's fear & distress at being only 99.9% sure that he's not, which was really well done.