Kirby Brown's life goes horribly wrong on the night her
best friend is killed, and now the killer is after her.
Helen and she had grown up as orphans together, and now
Helen is gone and Kirby has no one to turn to. The police
are unable to protect her, so she turns to a mysterious
stranger. She has no idea that she has entered a CIRCLE OF
DEATH and her hidden memories are at the center.
Doyle Fitzgerald, an investigator for the Damask Circle, is
in Melbourne in search of a killer. It is what the Circle
does; they go after the things that go bump in the night
which no one else can solve. What he doesn't expect to find
is Kirby, who was as a child unknowingly involved with a
bunch of inexperienced witches that were capable of
controlling elements. Now someone wants to gain all that
power, while exacting revenge for a childhood mishap.
As they work together to find the killer, they also find
out what was in Kirby's past, a past that she doesn't
remember, and one linked to today's events. They also
explore the feelings that they are both beginning to have
for one another.
CIRCLE OF DEATH has a fast paced fantasy storyline, filled
with magic, both good and evil, a sexy thief/panther
shifter, who finds himself involved with a strong, though
at times, timid woman. Kirby didn't want the past to come
back but when it was time to face it she did ... with a
strength even she did not expect. Doyle has the perfect
touches of humor and toughness to get the job done. They
did the romance dance that I so enjoy and when finally time
for both of them to accept the truth, they did so in very
satisfying fashion. All this is done in the way only Keri
Arthur can write ... fantastically. I love the flavor of
Australia in her books. She always makes me feel like I
have been there and am back again.
CIRCLE OF DEATH is the second book of the Damask
Circle series and is a reprint, but having missed them
the first time I am enjoying them now.
PASSION REBORN
In one vicious night, Kirby Brown’s world is torn apart. Her
best friend is dead, killed by a madman who is now after
Kirby, and she has no idea why. When the police prove
incapable of protecting Kirby, she has no choice but to
trust a mysterious stranger. And while she finds herself
inexplicably drawn to him, she fears the strange abilities
he wields.
An investigator for the Damask Circle, Doyle Fitzgerald, has
come to Melbourne, Australia, to hunt down a killer. What he
doesn’t expect to find is a cadre of witches capable of
controlling the elements, a sorceress determined to take
that power for herself, and a broken woman who is more than
she seems. Doyle is certain that the reason behind the
bloodshed lies in Kirby’s past—a past she has no wish to
remember. Because Doyle isn’t the only one with magic in his
soul: Kirby’s special gifts have the strength to destroy the
world.