"Great paranormal romantic suspense"

Needing to escape the shadow people that haunt her in Colorado Springs, Micky Gunn travels to the Gunn Inn that she recently inherited from her late uncle Carl. In Pine Forest, Micky enters Poppa Joe's UFO Diner expecting alien eyeballs as a delicacy. As she admires a handsome hunk, a crazed patron points a gun at her but the intercession of the stud saves Micky's life.

Denver cop Jared Thornton is in town to learn who killed his Aunt Edith Pickles though he is outside his jurisdiction. Micky is thankful that he saved her life, but resents his take-charge attitude with the local police. When he learns she will be alone at Gunn Inn, he becomes concerned because he feels the same attraction that pulls her. The shadow people still stalk Mickey and a vampiric serial killer is on the prowl. Jared and Micky team up to stay alive and learn what is going on in this small Colorado community as Halloween approaches and another creature waits.

NIGHT WATCH is a terse paranormal romantic suspense that grips the audience the moment Micky enters the diner. The action-packed story line builds up tension on two levels; the deadly weirdness percolates as danger mounts and the love between the protagonists evolves during the taut plot. Micky and Jared are a delightful pairing of two people caught in a maelstrom of paranormal creepiness. Fans will enjoy this tremendous cleverly, designed tale; enabling a reader to appreciate this book as a stand-alone or peruse the first novel (see DARK FIRE) to enhance understanding of subplots not critical to NIGHT WATCH'S prime story, but move forward the overall arching adventure.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted May 10, 2004

Summary

Inheriting a haunted house in notorious Pine Forest is the last thing Micky Gunn wanted, but escaping the Shadow People who haunted her world drove her toward the town and new terrors. When the Shadow People follow her, things go bump in the night, and weird accidents occur, Micky decides it's time to stop running and to fight back.

Mysterious, gorgeous cop, Jared Thornton came to Pine Forest to investigate his Aunt Eliza Pickle's mysterious death. When he discovers that gutsy Micky is in danger, he vows to protect her against the shadows that haunt her, and a thousand year old vampire determined to silence them forever.

Deep underground, the ancient one rests, plotting his next attempt to create havoc in Pine Forest. Nothing and no one will keep him from spreading his evil as Halloween swiftly approaches and the veil between worlds is thinnest.