Nocturnal

    by Clare Willis, Kate Douglas, Jacquelyn Frank, Jess Haines

    Zebra Books

    August 31, 2010

    ISBN-10: 1420109871

    ISBN-13: 9781420109870

    Available in: Paperback

    Nocturnal
    by Clare Willis, Kate Douglas, Jacquelyn Frank, Jess Haines

    Surrendering to otherworldly desire has never been so dangerous—and deliciously satisfying...

    THE PHOENIX PROJECT by Jacquelyn Frank
    Held captive, Amara is subjected to bizarre experiments that test the limits of her sanity. But nothing prepares her for being locked away—naked—with a sexy ex-cop...after they’ve been pumped full of drugs that increase their sexual appetites to animalistic intensity...

    CRYSTAL DREAMS by Kate Douglas
    When Lemurian Guard Darius chases a demon spirit to Earth, he faces a lethal battle between good and evil. His ally is Mari, a breathtakingly beautiful human who unknowingly holds the key to victory. But before the war is over, Darius’s desire for his mortal companion threatens to erupt—and could cost Mari her life...

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    SPARK OF TEMPTATION by Jess Haines
    Blackmailed into taking a treacherous case, P.I. Sara Halloway is thrust into a demon war. Sara seeks guidance from a charismatic mage, but their hunger for one another soon becomes a deadly distraction...and the danger surrounding them only makes their urges more powerful...

    MY SOUL TO TAKE by Clare Willis
    New Orleans native Dr. Maggie Dillon thought she left her past behind her—until she’s enraptured by a handsome patient who has been possessed by a malevolent spirit. To find a cure, Colby revisits her magical roots—and unleashes a primal lust too vital to ignore...



    Clare Willis' Bio

    Clare spent much of her childhood in Berkeley, California, but she also lived in Italy and England (her father is British and she holds dual citizenship) and travelled around the world before she was five. As an adult she lived in Los Angeles and Massachusetts, but always came home to the San Francisco Bay Area, where she lives now with her husband and two sons. While her family is at school and work, Clare writes with her two dogs at her feet: a cockapoo named Mocha and a terrier mix shelter puppy called Riley.

    Clare’s first literary success came early, when her play, The Stepsisters, (a retelling of the Cinderella story) was performed by her fourth grade class at Parents’ Night. During college at UC Santa Cruz she took creative writing classes, but succumbed to the convincing argument that she needed a "real job" to fall back on and added an elementary education minor. She taught for several years, earned two masters degrees in education, and worked in educational research and curriculum development.

    But the lure of writing never went away. After she married and had her first child, Clare became a stay-at-home mom, and found story ideas coming to her during the quiet hours when the baby was asleep. She wrote four books and numerous short stories. Several of her short stories were published, but it took ten years and many rejections before her first book (literally her first) was picked up by Kensington Press and she was signed to a two-book contract.

    Clare has loved the paranormal world, especially vampires, since she read “Interview with a Vampire” in 1976. By using vampires as a metaphor for the struggle between good and evil in the world and in each individual, Anne created an irresistible paradigm that writers could work in, seemingly forever. It also made a great metaphor for forbidden lust, and as any parent knows, once something is forbidden it becomes irresistible...