Random House
Featuring: Madeline Smith; Jon
336 pages ISBN: 0440246555 EAN: 9780440246558 Kindle: B00EBRU00I Paperback / e-Book (reprint) Add to Wish List
Madeline Smith keeps getting a ghost-like visit from Jon
Barnett. She doesnt believe in ghosts but he wont leave
her alone. He keeps asking for help. He's been injured and
stuck in a well just outside of Taurin Bay. She doesn't
want to get involved, she isn't about to fall into a CIRCLE
OF FIRE, not again.
With the astral persuasion comes the truth that 16
teenagers have gone missing from that area. They were all
stolen from their homes without a trace, now those missing
include her nephew, Evan. Madeline travels to the rescue
both Jon and her nephew. She promised her sister she would
find her nephew and Jon knowing the dangers tries to send
her back home to safety.
Almost immediately Maddie finds herself in a strange new
world where nothing is what it seems to be, not even Jon. A
world she is a part of, yet untrained. They have so much
more in common than either would imagine. He's a shifter
investigator with the Damask Circle and she can call fire
and has visions. A match made in magic?
CIRCLE OF FIRE throws you into the action immediately and
keeps the fast pace going all the way to the end. Maddie
had retreated to isolation in fear after a fire started by
her kills her abusive husband but breaks free of the fear
to try to rescue a stranger and her nephew. Jon is an
investigator to the bone, protective yet at times hostile.
It's as if his heart isn't allowed to become involved
though in this case he can't stop it.
Author Keri Arthur has a way of creating magical beings
that make you believe they are real and has you involved in
their lives. My one complaint is the way this book ended;
it is one that is not a favorite of mine, though a number
of authors use this method. I guess because I prefer my
forever after to be immediate not have long separations. I
do understand the reason Ms. Arthur did it this way. It is
an easy way to tie up all the lose ends to a storyline. One
note that might come in handy... this is a reprint from Aug.
2001.
VISIONS OF TERROR Sixteen teenagers taken from their homes. Eleven bodies recovered, each completely drained of blood. Some believe vampires are responsible. Jon Barnett knows that what’s happening is far worse. Sent by a group of paranormal investigators known as the Damask Circle, Jon quickly becomes enmeshed in a web of black magic and realizes he needs help. But fate gives him only one choice. Madeline Smith has retreated to an isolated farmhouse, afraid of the abilities she cannot control—abilities that have killed. But when a “ghost” brings a warning of danger and her nephew goes missing, Maddie not only has to leave her haven, she has to place her trust in a man who is neither ghost nor human. As the noose of sorcery tightens, the search for the teenagers becomes a race against time. But the greatest danger to Maddie and Jon could be the intense feelings they refuse to acknowledge but cannot ignore.
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