Pèlerin est le nom de code d’un homme qui n’existe pas. Autrefois il dirigeait un service de surveillance interne regroupant l’ensemble des agences de renseignement américaines. Avant de prendre une retraite dans l’anonymat le plus total, il a écrit le livre de référence sur la criminologie et la médecine légale.Une jeune femme assassinée dans un hôtel de seconde zone de Manhattan.Un père décapité en public sous le soleil cuisant d’Arabie saoudite.Un homme énucléé vivant devant un laboratoire de recherche syrien ultrasecret.Des restes humains encore fumants trouvés dans les montagnes de l’Hindu Kush.Un complot visant à commettre un effroyable crime contre l’humanité.Et un fil rouge qui relie tous ces événements, avec un homme résolu à le suivre jusqu’au bout. Traduit de l’anglais par Sophie Bastide-Foltz

Een vrouw staat op een brug. Over een paar seconden zal ze springen, meer dan zestig meter de diepte in. Wie is ze? En waarom wil ze zich van het leven beroven? De achtjarige Ava woont in een tehuis en wacht op haar vader. Maar diep in haar hart weet ze dat hij niet zal komen. Het tehuis is een plaats van duistere schaduwen en angstig gefluister. Geen van de kinderen durft zich hardop uit te spreken over wat daar plaatsvindt. Totdat de waarheid aan het licht komt en de levens van de vrouw en het meisje op schokkende wijze met elkaar verbonden blijken...
(source: Bol.com)

Review

Praise for The Shadowfae Chronicles

“Steamy urban fantasy...magical [and] fast-paced.”—Romantic Times BOOKreviews (four stars)

“A thrilling and darkly erotic tale of betrayal, passion and redemption that will ensnare the senses with lush prose and a deadly vision of the Fae that conjures fairy tales of old.”—Caitlin Kittredge, bestselling author of Second Skin

“A mind bending blast into a darkness that enfolds and ensnares you from the first page...Pure magic from the word go.” —Bitten By Books

“Weaves rich sensual imagery and dark eroticism into a breathless thriller plot…Hayes’s characters have distinct and delightful voices, and she’s developed considerable skill at blending the gritty and the supernatural.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Seductive, dark and wild.”—Romantic Times (four stars)

“Hayes's debut and series opener exemplifies erotic urban fantasy at its most visceral, illuminating the splendor and squalor of life on the edge. Fans of Laurell K. Hamilton’s Merry Gentry novels and Caitlin Kittredge’s Nocturne City books will enjoy this tale of sex, violence, and the supernatural.” —Library Journal

“Readers will thoroughly enjoy this entertaining tale of forbidden love. Erica Hayes has a great future ahead of her as a bestselling author.” —Genre Go Round Reviews

“Hot, spicy and well rounded…awesome. I’m waiting for the next round!”—Tynga’s Urban Fantasy Reviews

Product Description

To a vampire, nothing is sweeter than bloodfairy essence—and Ember is the most sought-after fairy on the underworld circuit. Selling her blood to the highest bidder—and robbing her clients in the process—Ember has unwittingly become a target of dark and dangerous forces. Her enemies are everywhere. And if she hopes to survive, she needs protection…

Diamond is a glassfairy who, for better or worse, knows his way around the vampire underworld. Smooth as silk and tougher than trolls, Diamond is Ember’s only chance to keep her magical blood inside her body, where it belongs. But he also poses a threat to Ember, a strange kind of danger she’s never experienced before: She’s falling in love with him…

Brilliant forensic pathologist Edward Jenner returns in this explosive sequel to Precious Blood—an edgy, electrifying thriller set in a small-town coastal community where nothing is as it seems.

Edward Jenner, introduced in Precious Blood, has survived the horrific ordeal of the Inquisitor serial killings in New York, but not the political fallout. His state medical license suspended, Jenner finds himself banished to Douglas County in coastal Florida, working as a medical examiner in the balmy seaside resort of Port Fontaine.

But there's a seamy underside to picturesque Douglas County. First Jenner finds the bodies of a murdered man and woman decaying in a sunken car. Then an anonymous call in the middle of the night leads him to a gruesome discovery in the heart of the Everglades. He finds traces of a shadowy criminal conspiracy, and soon learns that he can trust no one.

With his life on the line, Jenner refuses to walk away and let the murderers go...

Review

“Weaves rich sensual imagery and dark eroticism into a breathless thriller plot.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) on The Shadowfae Chronicles

“Thrilling and darkly erotic.”—Caitlin Kittredge, bestselling author of Witch Craft

“Steamy urban fantasy...magical [and] fast-paced.”—Romantic Times BOOKreviews (four stars) [more TK]

Product Description

 Mina is a banshee whose greatest power lies in her siren song. She’s beholden to her boss Joey, a snake-shifter who once saved her life and now employs her as a gang enforcer. She refuses to upset the fragile balance between them by admitting that she longs for him, that his embrace is the only thing she craves more than revenge for her mother’s death…

When Mina learns that Joey may have been involved in her mother’s murder, fury threatens to spill out of her note by vicious note. She and Joey have always trusted each other to stay alive, but now she’s not sure what to believe. The evidence stacked against him—or the one man who haunts her dreams and burns her blood…

Date: October 2020

Place: Ely, Minnesota

They didn’t know what to do.

Would you?

Let’s say you just found out you’d survived a massive chemical attack. How it happened and how many others lived through it… you don’t yet know. You don’t know the when (exactly), the who, or the why. You just… don’t… know.

You have so many questions, but there’s no doubting what you’ve seen. Surreal as the aftermath may be, this isn’t a hoax. This is for real.

You scramble back to where you were—where you were safe—and hear a message on the radio confirming this is widespread—across all of North America. There are probably thousands of other survivors out there—for now—people who got lucky like the nine of you. But it’s not over. Not even close. That message tells you an enemy army is on the way to finish the job. It’s only a matter of time.

So what do you do? You’re only 20. The Marines have prepared you for a lot… but this? Your dad, your girlfriend, and your little sister… they’re not ready. How could they be? None of you are. But you only have two choices: Stay—and await the inevitable—or run.

Supposedly there’s one safe haven left—ONE—and it’s clear across the country (and an ocean) in Hawaii. But the enemy knows that too. They’ll be lying in wait as you run right at them. That’s your best chance? It can’t be. There has to be a better way.

But you know there isn’t. You have to leave behind a mother, your friends, neighbors and families—an entire lifetime. You have to leave behind everything. You have to face off with fear, with the massive devastation, and the force that will be hunting you all the way.

This is it…

The only way to live is to leave.

Forty-nine states are no more. Nearly two years after Qi Jia’s annihilating chemical attacks, only a few thousand Americans remain—most of them living under the cover of Hawaii’s Shield. The Shield is impenetrable. Supplies are limited but sufficient. The survivors have everything they need, and there is no reason to leave the islands.

Until a threat emerges from within. Until the survivors make a discovery they cannot ignore. Until a friend becomes an enemy and forces some who risked their lives coming here… to consider risking them again to go back.

Stay or go? That is the question.

The answer depends on what you have to lose.