Crescent Moon
by Lori Handeland

New Orleans is known for sinful pleasures and strange magic, but for cryptozoologist Diana Malone it offers one irresistible attraction. For over a hundred years there have been whispers of wolves around the Crescent City, and the recent discovery of bodies in the nearby swamps hints at a creature even more dangerous...one that could make Diana's career and fortune, if she lives to capture it.

Adam Ruelle is a reclusive former Special Forces officer, the last of a mysterious Cajun family rumored to be cursed, and the only person skilled enough to guide Diana in her search. Rugged and captivating, he fills her nights with desire...but by day, Diana is plagued with doubts. Adam clearly knows more than he's telling, but is his aim to protect her or distract her? Something is stalking its prey in the Louisiana bayous, and every step towards the horrifying truth brings Diana closer to a centuries-old enemy that lives for the smell of fear and the thrill of killing, again and again...

Lori Handeland's Bio

Lori Handeland has written over forty novels, novellas and short stories in several genres—historical, contemporary, series and paranormal romance, as well as urban fantasy—for such publishers as: Dorchester, Kensington, Harlequin, St. Martin’s Press, Harper-Collins and Simon and Schuster.

She is a New York Times, USA Today, Waldenbooks and Bookscan Bestselling Author and the recipient of many industry awards, including two RITA Awards from Romance Writers of America for Best Paranormal and Best Long Contemporary Romance, a Romantic Times Award for Best Harlequin Superromance, the Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence, the Write Touch Readers Award, the National Readers Choice Award and the Prism Award.

Published world wide and known for her popular and highly acclaimed Nightcreature paranormal series, Lori will begin the long awaited new Urban Fantasy series — The Phoenix Chronicles, with the November 2008 release of ANY GIVEN DOOMSDAY. The series continues in 2009 with the May release of DOOMSDAY CAN WAIT, followed by APOCALYPSE HAPPENS later that year.

Lori lives in Wisconsin with two sons, a husband and a yellow lab named Elwood. She can be reached through her web site www.lorihandeland.com.