Cassandra, fairly new in the witness protection system, is
Priestess Cassandra, voodoo priestess and shop owner in New
Orleans. She's also a Jager-Sucher (Hunter-Searcher), an
operative of a secret government agency that hunts
monsters. She's come to Haiti to find a voodoo practitioner
who can supposedly raise the dead -- not just as zombies,
but as actual, living flesh.
Cassandra hires Devon Murphy, local guide and fortune
hunter, to take her into the jungles of Haiti to find the
voodoo priest. The attraction between Cassandra and Devon
is instant and mutual, the passion just about unstoppable.
But Devon doesn't know that Cassandra really wants to find
the voodoo priest not to kill him, but to find out how to
raise her daughter from the grave. And Cassandra doesn't
know that Devon is really after a huge diamond the priest
is supposed to have.
I really liked MIDNIGHT MOON, Ms. Handeland's latest story
about the Jager-Suchers. Cassandra is a heroine every
mother can identify with, and Devon is the bad boy every
woman remembers -- or wishes she did. The storyline is fresh
and unusual, with realistic ancillary characters. It kept
me wondering just exactly how it would work out all the way
to the end. Familiar with Ms. Handeland's previous novels,
I expected this to be a very good read -- and I was right!
Cassandra thought she had the perfect life until she
suffered a devastating tragedy. Now she has a new identity
as Priestess Cassandra, owner of a New Orleans voodoo shop,
and a new purpose. A research trip for a paranormal secret
society leads Cassandra to Haiti, where rumors fly of a
sinister voodoo master, Jacques Mezareau, who can resurrect
the dead. Fortune hunter Devon Murphy agrees to guide
Cassandra there safely, but his sensual appeal promises
danger of a different kind…
As Cassandra and Devon make their way to the eerie jungle
village, their attraction explodes into an intoxicating
desire, and Cassandra begins to question her resolve to
never let another man into her life. Her attempts to resist
Devon become more and more impossible. But when she succeeds
in learning Jacques’s macabre ritual, her new powers may
have come with a terrifying price. Now, haunted by violent
dreams that grow more vivid as the midnight moon approaches,
Cassandra must uncover the shocking truth about an ancient
curse before it leads her to destroy herself—and everyone
she loves…
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