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Bath Haus
P.J. Vernon
312 pages
Published June 15th, 2021 by Doubleday Books
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About the Book:
Oliver Park, a young recovering addict from Indiana, finally has everything he ever wanted: sobriety and a loving, wealthy partner in Nathan, a prominent DC trauma surgeon. Despite their difference in age and disparate backgrounds, they’ve made a perfect life together. With everything to lose, Oliver shouldn’t be visiting Haus, a gay bathhouse. But through the entrance he goes, and it’s a line crossed. Inside, he follows a man into a private room, and it’s the final line. Whatever happens next, Nathan can never know. But then, everything goes wrong, terribly wrong, and Oliver barely escapes with his life.
He races home in full-blown terror as the hand-shaped bruise grows dark on his neck. The truth will destroy Nathan and everything they have together, so Oliver does the thing he used to do so well: he lies.
What follows is a classic runaway-train narrative, full of the exquisite escalations, edge-of-your-seat thrills, and oh-my-god twists. P. J. Vernon’s Bath Haus is a scintillating thriller with an emotional punch, perfect for readers curious for their next must-read novel.
My Review:
A steamy, seductive thriller! This one starts off with a bang and had me completely riveted from the first page.
The author did a great job with making me feel empathy towards different characters at different points within the book. With the shifting of viewpoints and POV’s, I’d be supporting and cheering on different characters throughout.
Oliver was the closest to being a likeable character, even though his decision making drove me crazy!
The dark, menacing threat was creepy enough to have me want to keep reading to see when and how he would be caught and if Oliver would make it through unscathed.
As the pressure builds throughout the story, the tension get so think you can cut it with a knife! Atmospheric and sexy and so very different than most thrillers I read, this was a 5 star read for me! And that cover – wow!!
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