Dr. Daniel Winters was a happy man; he just had a fabulous honeymoon with his beautiful wife and was working at a prestigious practice as a pediatrician. Yes, life was good.

Upon Daniel's return to work from his honeymoon, Daniel noted a large early group of patients waiting. He asked the receptionist, Margy, why. "Respira, the newest thing." Dr. Teddy Reynolds - the practice's owner, told Daniel that a pharmacy rep would be around at lunchtime. At lunch, Daniel finds out that Respira protects against Rhinovirus and gives the immune system a boost. Interestingly, that night Daniel receives a call from a friend, Andy, (also a doctor) that where he works there have been Respira side effects; seizures, migraines, etc.

Daniel's wife, Mia, (whom he thinks is too beautiful to want him), is already acting suspiciously.
At work, Daniel questions Respira to his boss, Teddy who tells Daniel that they had been administering with no problems. Daniel, "Just playing it safe." Daniel's drinking begins to get out of hand.

Meanwhile, Rachael Jacobs' daughter, 18 month old Suzie, gets an injection of Respira from Daniel. Suzie has a bad reaction; soon after, Suzie is in the ER with seizures. Daniel asks Ted about this - Ted tells him the seizures are unrelated.

After more suspicion-inducing events, Daniel finally enlists Billy, an old friend, to follow Mia and report back with pictures. Also, Daniel begins to support the anti-Respira campaign...and drink more.

If things are not bad enough, Teddy tells the continually Respira-questioning Daniel just to put up with this. Teddy brings Daniel to his cabin to make this perfectly clear. While Daniel gets a stern taking to at the cabin, Billy finds Mia frequently visits a man - Christian.

Mia realizes it is time to tell Daniel the "whole truth" after which she will pack up and leave...

Great, fast read! A few twists that I did not see coming. So as not to reveal any spoilers, I leave you with; MUST read!

Many thanks to Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley for a super read.

I was fortunate to receive this novel from Netgalley.com and Thomas & Mercer as an Advance Reader Copy, in exchange for an objective review.

Dr. Daniel Winters seems to have it all. A gorgeous home in the Hollywood Hills, a beautiful new wife, and a part in a thriving pediatric medical practice that caters to the Hollywood elite. Fresh from a honeymoon to the Cayman Islands, he returns to work and learns of an astounding new medication that the practice has been supporting, called Respira. Respira is being touted as a wonder drug, expected to cure the common cold and boost children’s immune systems in the process. Dr. Winters is a bit reserved about the drug but is advised by his boss and mentor that it is safe.

Rachel Jacobs is a young single mother, whose daughter Suzie receives a dose of Respira, and has a seizure a few days later. But she recovers quickly, and her mother reluctantly consents to a second dose of the vaccine, with devastating results...

Mia Winters is Daniel’s new wife. Still enchanted by their fairy-tale courtship and wedding, she seems to be the perfect companion. But Daniel sees her texting someone, when she thinks he’s not watching. And he soon learns that she’s not at work when she tells him she will be. Plagued with self-doubt, Daniel assumes the worst, and a chasm develops between husband and wife. He hires a private investigator to follow her. And he begins to drink steadily as a result of his suspicions about Mia – and about Respira.

Attempts to discuss concerns about the new drug with his boss are met first with reassurance, then condescension, and finally outright anger, threats, and insistence that he continue to administer the drug. But Daniel fears for his patients and attends a clandestine meeting with a reporter – and soon finds that nothing is as it seems – and danger is everywhere…

Wow – this book grabs you by the hand right off the bat, takes you on a wild ride, and doesn’t let go until the very last page!! I LOVED it and I couldn’t put it down! A fortunately fictional (for the most part) novel about big pharma, money and greed, filled with non-stop action, crazy twists, and some surprises too. A great read!!

I am a fan of Jennifer Jaynes and she does not disappoint with Malice.

What really goes on behind pharmaceutical companies, doctors/pediatricians and the unsuspecting patients who trusts their doctors advice? This book will give you a whole new insight! The new med being pushed on children to take care of the common cold just may not be as safe as these doctor's are promising. Enter Daniel, a.k.a. Dr. Winters who is one of the pediatricians being persuaded to push this new med although that little voice in his head continues to nag him. After hearing from Rachel about how little Suzie went into seizures after being given Respira, he tries to find out more about the drug but finds out instead just how dangerous it is to not do as told and go against it.

This was definitely eye opening and a great thriller that I enjoyed. I will be anxiously waiting for the next book by this author.

A big thank you to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for allowing me the advanced copy of this book!

WOW. This book literally left my in tears. What a ride. Thank you so much Net Galley and publisher with providing me an ARC in exchange for an honest review. This is my first Jennifer Jaynes book, and I was so excited to see that she has earlier books as well. This will not be my last.

I devoured this book in a little over 24 hours. This is the type of book that you just can not put down. Her writing is perfection. There was no rambling, no deviations, no dumb side plots, she wrote a great story and stuck to it. Her character development was great. I always glance at reviews before I pick a book, and one thing that I noticed was how all the reviews were 5 stars. The hype is real and the ratings are well deserved. Pick this book up if you are looking for some DIFFERENT, you will not be disappointed!

It always looks so good on the outside, smart, pretty, accomplished, caring. and Malibu. But, as always, nothing is as it seems.
The clinic covers for a nefarious plan to distribute a drug that will for sure help many, but also hurt many others. Rather than pull back, the inevitable cover up commences.

Then, the too pretty wife with secrets of her own. The pharma storyline is both expected and sadly all too true.
Fun read, not too much, not too little.

Thanks to NetGalley for letting me read this book!!
I love Jennifer Jaynes and have read all of her books. I find that she is so good with words, all of the characters come to life, as if you are watching a movie. I never have to go back and flip through to find out who is who, etc.
And she did not disappoint with this book "Malice" . This is a thriller with twits and turns and an unexpected ending. The book was faced paced, and I never lost interest at any point.

Dr. Daniel Winters, a man with a rough childhood, inherits a beautiful home, and becomes a Pediatrician and works in an affluent California practice. He then meets Mia, in a hotel bar and hit it off right away and marry soon after. Daniel, already paranoid of women due to his father, begins to distrust Mia, as she becomes secretive with her phone, and her whereabouts become questionable.
In the meantime, A new drug has been promoted from a Pharmaceutical rep, Respira, a new vaccine for the Rhinovirus His partner, Teddy, seems very eager to promote this drug to their patients, and becomes very angry when Dr. Winters questions the safety of this drug when an 18 mo old begins to have seizures right after this drug is given to her. The mother is upset, as any mother would be, and tells them they will pay for not informing her of the dangers and side effects of this vaccine. (Even though Respira is fictional, it does make you wonder, as I often have, the dangers of the vaccines we give to our children, and the greed behind promoting them.)
Things begin to take a more darker turn when a friend/doctor at another practice who also questions the safety of this vaccine, comes up dead.
The book digs into the greed that pharmaceutical companies, and the fact they will stop at nothing to make money, even death.
The book continues to take many twists and turns, and Dr. Winters life begins to take a downward spiral, of murder, greed, death and lies.

I rate this book a 5 stars plus, its one heck of a book!!!!!!

Not bad, but definitely nothing to rave about. Starts out well but then loses the thread as so many novels do,

Suspenseful and thought-provoking fictional story about vaccinations and what we are told by the doctors who give them as well as the underlying things that aren't said about them and possible reasons why that happens. The characters are well-developed and even though the story is fictional there has been research done by the author about vaccinations and it has been put into the story.

Malice is about a pediatric doctor named Daniel and his wife Mia. It has twists and turns to this story It’s very suspenseful and great. Daniel comes from a dark past as does Mia. As Daniel’s life send to be spiraling down the book gets better and better. .

Excellent! A fast paced thriller with many intersecting stories and turns you don't see coming. Unfortunately in today's age, this story is very likely the truth.

Malice by Jennifer Haynes was a thriller that had me hooked from page one. It's about a successful pediatrician, Daniel Winters, and his beautiful wife, Mia. Upon returning to work following his honeymoon, Dr. Winters learns that a new pharmaceutical drug is being heartily pushed on children, which promises to be a cure-all that will prevent even the common cold. Doctors seem a little too eager to prescribe this vaccine and before long, his suspicions about the drug seem to be valid. 

Around the same time, Daniel learns that another local pediatrician's family has been murdered, and he begins to suspect that his own wife is holding secrets from him as well. Daniel begins a quest to figure out the truth behind this "miracle" drug, all while trying to figure out what his wife is hiding from him too. 

Pretty much from the beginning, I knew what the plot of the book was about and predicted the ending (to a point), but I really enjoyed the build up and was surprised at the twists and turns that led me to the ending. I felt extreme empathy for Rachel, a single mom who, with the best intentions, takes her daughter to get the Respira vaccine, which leads to devastating consequences. 

Great, fast-paced mystery/thriller with real-world themes, such as Big Pharma and ethical decision-making by doctors. 

4 out of 5 stars for Malice by Jennifer Jaynes.

Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for the advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Wow!

I am a huge Jennifer Jaynes fan! Her writing style is so unique! This book left me gasping out loud at all the twists and turns. Completely took me by surprise!

I was hooked immediately and completely!

Thriller fans... this is a MUST READ!! I quickly devour everything she has written.

Malice is a thriller with multiple plot lines converging. The cure for the common cold appears to be deadly and pediatricians everywhere are pushing the vaccine. Daniel is one of these pediatricians buying into the pharmaceutical sales pitch and dishing this medicine out left and right. Then a child is his care suffers severe side effects yet Daniel's personal life seems to be crashing around him distracting him away from the tragedy. When Daniel begins to question his ethics and the drug, his career appears to be in danger of falling apart and his life may be under threat. The other doctors who have spoke out against this drug have suffered questionable deaths and Daniel still does not know what is happening with his new wife. The story plays out believably in a way that will make you want to question every new drug the doctor offers. The underlying story is just as compelling and even more surprising for a smoothly flowing, suspenseful read with an unexpected ending. I would like more closure at the end but the story definitely hooked me and kept the pages flipping. My voluntary, unbiased review is based upon a review copy.

You know from the beginning that one of the characters will kill another one by the end of the book, but I honestly didn’t see it coming. Nothing I thought was right and the storyline blew all my expectations out of the water. As always, Jennifer Jaynes gives us rounded, believable characters placed in extreme circumstances. Dr. Daniel Winters has worked hard to rid himself of his demons and has become a successful doctor. After seeing his father destroyed by alcohol and beautiful women, he has vowed – successfully – never to let them get a hold of him. This all changes when he marries Mia, a gorgeous but mysterious woman who becomes more and more secretive and may be a gold-digger having an affair behind his back (no kidding, says every single reader after the first few chapters). He also starts having trouble at work, when he is forced to push a pediatric medication that may not be as safe as promised by Big Pharma. The way the story unfolds, sending Dan into a tailspin, made me fall in the “just one more chapter before I go to bed” trap and the twists really blindsided me. I really enjoyed this novel, as much as it made me cringe and saddened me in equal parts.
I chose to read this book and all opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased. Thank you, NetGalley/Thomas & Mercer!

This was a very good book, and actually I couldn’t put it down. The main storyline, about a new pharmaceutical being given to children, was compelling, timely, and frightening. This was the first book I’ve read from this author, and I will definitely be reading more!

What a fantastic book, absolutely loved everything about it and full of suspense. Really enjoyed the way Jennifer writes, she just gets you involved with all the characters from the very beginning.

Can recommend this book and I look forward to reading more from Jennifer, well done.

This story has two mysteries as a doctor ponders the safety of a new vaccine, while at the same time wondering if his beautiful new wife is lying to him. For me, the most interesting and frightening aspect of this book was the greed shown by pharmaceutical companies, doctors and even the regulatory agencies that are supposed to protect consumers. All you have to do is turn on the radio or TV to hear all the lawsuits pending against pharmaceutical companies to know that this fictional tale is all too plausible

Dr. Daniel Winters life seems to be perfect. He just returned from his honeymoon with his gorgeous new wife Mia, he is a pediatric doctor at a well established clinic, and he lives in a beautiful Malibu beachfront home. When Daniel returns to work, he is told that the clinic is backing a new immunization called Respria, a three part vaccine which protects against rhinovirus while boosting children's natural immune system. Although Daniel feels a bit hesitant he doesn't see a reason not to start prescribing it. When one of his patients has an adverse reaction after receiving the vaccine, Daniel begins to worry that he might be harming the patients he vowed to help. Daniel decides to voice his opposition to the new drug but discovers that everyone who has voiced concerns has ended up dead...

Malice is a new suspense novella by Jennifer Jaynes in which a pediatrics doctor is faced with the consequences of his actions both at work and in his personal life. The novella transitions primarily between Daniel-a pediatric doctor who has vowed to do no harm, Rachel-a single mother who want's what is best for her child, and Mia-Daniel's mysterious new wife who begins acting strangely after the honeymoon. This novella is full of suspense as Daniel is dragged into inner turmoil over patient care and concerns about the secrets his wife seems to be keeping from him. This novella explores what happens when the consequences of ones actions touches the lives of others in a tragic and heartbreaking unfolding of events. A quick and suspenseful read that questions trust and morality.

Malice is another excellent suspense book written by author Jennifer Jaynes. It's a real page turner. Can't wait to read the sequel. Thanks to NetGalley and Thomas and Mercer for the advance copy.

This story was well written and draws you in completely, as a reader. The characters were dislikable but in a loving way. You start to care about them, even though they’re complete idiots at times. I like the way the different layers of the story all came together. I really enjoyed this story.

Disclaimer: I was given a free copy of this book from NetGalley in return for my honest review of this book.