BOOK SUMMARIES

The war between good and evil has been fought for millennia but people aren’t usually asked to choose sides. In The Counting House, Nick and Merlin, Alex and Philip have to do just that – choose sides and, surprisingly, it isn’t an easy choice to make. But, if they don’t, they’ll never escape the town beneath the strange house on the hill, the town where this war is all that is ever fought …

In Outside The Door, it’s the time for the yearly group vacation. This year, Andy and his friends have chosen Haystone Manor as their location. Haystone is – reputedly – the most haunted house in northern California. Will they crack the secrets alone – or will they need the Luna Foundation’s help?

When the call comes, it’s almost more than anyone can bear. On the way back from New York, Derek’s and Merlin’s plane has crashed. They’ve survived but they’re in the ICU. While Nick, Rachel and Alex investigate the reason for the crash, Derek and Merlin are in limbo. And, there, they find A Good Deal Too Strange to be believed.

When Anna Cowley finally arrives in San Francisco for her promised tour, Derek is delighted to see her. Murray Snowden turns up soon after with a strange request. Soon, they are on their way to Egypt to see if there could be any truth to the Pharaoh’s curse. In To Bleed A While, they find that there isn’t and yet there is.

The arrival of Steve Anthony to the San Francisco Legacy house seems like a bad dream to Nick but his troubles are only just beginning. Soon Steve is going to be Nick’s worst nightmare come true .. but, by then, Nick doesn’t appear to care. In Dare Devil, it falls to the other members of the house to first find out what is happening and then to save both men.

When Alex is attacked in the city, she is rescued by a stranger. In the months which follow, she claws her way back from the nightmare of that night. In Powder and Steel, a little girl needs help and turns to Alex who discovers more than she expected.

Many years ago, Derek Rayne met Nick Boyle. The man and the boy are plunged into danger as they investigate Robert Boyle’s disappearance. In An Ultimate Rising, the foundations of future friendship and mutual respect are laid as courage and commitment to tested to the limit.

Everyone knows the four main reasons why souls linger on in this world. While Merlin tries to discover what the Unfinished Business is concerning the residents of Hatherleigh House, Derek and the team attempt to solve a seventy five year old disappearance in the nearby village – a mystery which begins with screams in the graveyard. Can it really be a murder in the vicarage?

Looking for somewhere to set up home, Profelis stumbles across a little corner of heaven. He discovers all is not as it seems and he is soon trapped there. When the situation escalates to a life and death showdown, both the Legacy and the Enforcers have to find The Man Who Wasn’t There.

As a psychiatrist, Rachel knows how to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental illness so, when she starts hearing voices, she suspects the worst. But ‘the worst’ isn’t even close. In The Death Of Illusion, Rachel has to fight to learn the truth and then she faces her toughest fight of all – survival.

More titles coming soon:

Moonwater Inn

A Moving Target

For previous titles – Flamefall, Dance to Remember, The Church of Lost Souls, Shadow Play, Fade to Black, The Triple C, Drawn from Memory, and Separate Ways – please go to the Book Summaries page at Original Paradise Drive.

For The Gray and the Black, Between The Dark And The Light, The Death Of Saints, Blood From A Stone, To Cast A Long Shadow, A Sea Of Trouble, The Chimes At Midnight, Fried Green Ghosts, Wheel Of Fire, and Roses In December; and the Flamefall Diaries – please go to the Book Summaries page at Paradise Drive.

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