Synopsis
A woman is threatened by a coven of Satanists in this work of romantic suspense by the popular and prolific Nora Roberts. Ever since she was a little girl, Clare has been tormented by dreams in which she witnesses her father participating in a Satanic ritual. Now a successful sculptor living in New York, she returns to her hometown in Emmitsboro, Maryland, to confront the source of those dreams--and the truth of her father's mysterious death. With the help of the sexy local sheriff, Cameron Rafferty, Clare looks for answers...only to discover that her dream was no dream, but a memory.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1992-10-01 | | Edition Description: | Reissue |
| Size | | Height: | 7.0 in | | Width: | 4.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 9.6 oz |
Publisher's Note
The New York Times bestselling author of Carnal Innocence and Honest Illusions unveils a white-hot love story driven by chilling suspense. Sculptor Clare Kimball's dynamic, individualistic style has set the New York art scene on its ear. But when Clare travels back to her tiny home town, she must confront her father's suicide, her half-remembered childhood fears, and an untimely romance.
With blowtorch and steel Clare Kimball has sculpted a personal vision that commands the attention of the New York art world. But success can not burn away the vague, troubling memories, the half-remembered nightmares that have plagued Clare since childhood. These phantoms of the past have drawn her home to Maryland, to the small town where she grew up and where her father died in circumstances never really explained.Emmitsboro is just as Clare remembered - the same familiar faces, the same chatty gossip passed over the counter at the local diner. Nothing much has changed - except Cameron Rafferty. Once the high school bad boy, he landed on the right side of the law and is now the town sheriff. The only clue to his wild, passionate nature is the light in his eyes when he looks at Clare. In Cam's strong arms Clare is seduced into falling in love. And into believing her small-town world is safe.But within the dark woods of Emmitsboro something evil spreads its poisonous power. Now the once-peaceful town is wrapped in a cloak of terror, hiding a teacherous heart. And now Clare must pay the price for digging up the secrets of the past. . . and confront an evil that may be unstoppable -- because those who practice it may be divine.
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