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Date read: May 16, 2023
Arcane Society
1. Second Sight
2. White Lies
3. Sizzle and Burn
4. The Third Circle
5. Running Hot - Paperback | Kindle
6. The Perfect Poison
7. Fired Up
8. Burning Lamp
9. Midnight Crystal
9.5. The Scargill Cove Case Files
10. In Too Deep
11. Quicksilver
12. Canyons of Night
Jayne Ann Krentz
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
Ex-cop Luther Malone, lifelong member of the secretive paranormal organization known as the Arcane Society, is waiting to meet Grace Renquist. Hired as an aura-reading consultant in the quest for a murder suspect, she's got zero field experience. She's from tiny Eclipse Bay, Oregon. She's a librarian, for heaven's sake.Thoughts on Running Hot: A little danger, a little steam, and a whole lot of talent. Sure, sure, both Luther and Grace downplay their abilities - and as aura talents, they tend to be overlooked anyway - but these two have some serious psychic firepower going for them.
As for Grace, she's not expecting much either from Malone, who walks with a cane and isn't so good with a gun. Nice résumé for a bodyguard.
But even before they reach their hotel in Maui where they'll be posing as honeymooners Grace and Luther feel the electric charge between them. Problem is, they need to remain vigilant day and night, because it soon becomes clear there's more going on here. Rogue sensitives operatives for the underground group Nightshade are pouring into the luxury resort like there's a convention. Grace recognizes those dark spikes in their auras. She saw the same pattern in someone else in another life a life she hasn't revealed to Luther or anyone else. And she understands how dangerous these people can be... especially with those para-hunters at their sides.
While the pair's employers at Jones & Jones scramble to get them backup, Luther and Grace have to think on their feet. The criminals in their midst aren't just high-level sensitives: They've enhanced their talents with a potent and unpredictable drug. And as Grace knows all too well, if you don't control your powers, your powers will control you...
Or maybe they have just the right amount of psychic firepower. With a whole lot of Nightshade higher-ups in the area, a probable traitor in the Society, and a singing assassin gunning for them, they need all the hidden abilities they can muster. It also doesn't hurt that they have a solid group of people who have their backs. Starting with Jones & Jones and running straight through to some former government agents.
The bad guys are bad (and some are a little unhinged), the good guys sometimes kill people (but only when in danger), and the effects of the new and improved founder's formula aren't doing anyone any favors. As a bonus, we got to meet the Sweetwater clan. What can you say about them except the family that kills together, stays together. GOOD TIMES!
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