Descend to Darkness, a thrilling paranormal romance full of twists and turns from New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham is out now!
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Heather Graham comes a new story in her Krewe of Hunters series…
Angela Hawkins Crow awakens to find herself in total darkness. Despite her years as a Krewe agent, she is first seized with panic, but her life and her training kick in. She knows that she must stay calm and go back in her mind to find out how she got where she is…and where she might be.
Meanwhile, an eerie phone call comes in at Krewe headquarters, warning them all that Angela has been kidnapped, describing her ordeal, and lamenting the fact that she can't be saved.
But there is no such thing with the Krewe. In the dark and in the light, the fight is on.
Angela determines that she might know what has happened to her, and she is prepared when her kidnapper can't resist the temptation to check in on her.
By following his wife's expertise with research, Jackson discovers what just might be happening—and in the darkness of night and the silence of the graveyard, he'll risk everything to find the woman he loves.
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“Race you!” she said.
“Race me?”
“Shower.”
He let her beat him, though they both had to slow down to secure their service weapons, always carefully locked in the mini-vaults by the bed because of the children.
But their clothing still wound up strewn everywhere, and they burst into the shower together, laughing, with Jackson warning her they might not get anywhere if they tripped one another or fell because of the slickness of the tile.
Slicker still when the soap came out, both of them washing themselves and then each other, the determination for absolute cleanliness their one concession to the night they had just passed. They had learned long ago that to do what they did, they had leave work behind when they came home. That afforded them sanity and a real life with Corby and Victoria.
And themselves.
They should have been tired. They were tired. But soaping and shampooing each other became something erotic, slick hands sliding here and there, bodies pressing. Fingers touching and caressing...
It was Angela who laughed softly and whispered that it wouldn’t be terribly sensual or exciting if one of them broke a leg attempting something romantic in the shower.
Jackson had to be a little romantic, though. So, he swept her up to step out of the stall, then held her close and headed out of the bathroom. Angela grabbed for towels and assured him that he was incredibly romantic but it wouldn’t lend itself to a great night if they totally soaked the bed.
“Oh, you romance-crusher,” he accused her.
“I’ll make it up to you,” she promised.
She did. He smiled, gazing into her blue eyes, and felt the slide of her body against his. Her touch, her caress. Her kiss.
Again, he had a moment when he thought about how incredibly lucky he was. She was practically a super-agent at work. And at home?
She could make all the ugly and cruel in the world go away.
Making love expended the last of their energy. Angela whispered that she loved him, and even as he replied, he realized that she was asleep, curled against his shoulder.
He held her.
Then he closed his eyes and slept, hoping that neither of them contemplated the horrors of what they’d found in the tomb in their dreams.
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Heather Graham, majored in theater arts at the University of South Florida. After a stint of several years in dinner theater, back-up vocals, and bartending, she stayed home after the birth of her third child and began to write. Her first book was with Dell, and since then, she has written over two hundred novels and novellas including category, suspense, historical romance, vampire fiction, time travel, occult and Christmas family fare.
She is pleased to have been published in approximately twenty-five languages. She has written over 200 novels and has 60 million books in print. She has been honored with awards from booksellers and writers’ organizations for excellence in her work, and she is also proud to be a recipient of the Silver Bullet from Thriller Writers and was also awarded the prestigious Thriller Master in 2016. She is also a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from RWA. Heather has had books selected for the Doubleday Book Club and the Literary Guild, and has been quoted, interviewed, or featured in such publications as The Nation, Redbook, Mystery Book Club, People and USA Today and appeared on many newscasts including Today, Entertainment Tonight and local television.
Heather loves travel and anything that has to do with the water, and is a certified scuba diver. She also loves ballroom dancing. Each year she hosts the Vampire Ball and Dinner theater at the RT convention raising money for the Pediatric Aids Society and in 2006 she hosted the first Writers for New Orleans Workshop to benefit the stricken Gulf Region. She is also the founder of “The Slush Pile Players,” presenting something that’s “almost like entertainment” for various conferences and benefits. Married since high school graduation and the mother of five, her greatest love in life remains her family, but she also believes her career has been an incredible gift, and she is grateful every day to be doing something that she loves so very much for a living.
