The Hexed
www.eHeatherGraham.comA place of history, secrets…and witchcraft. Devin Lyle has recently returned to the Salem area, but her timing couldn't be worse. Soon after she moved into the eighteenth-century cabin she inherited from her great-aunt Mina–her "crazy" great-aunt, who spoke to the dead–a woman was murdered nearby.Craig Rockwell–known as Rocky–is a new member of the Krewe of Hunters, the FBI's team of paranormal investigators. He never got over finding a friend dead in the woods. Now another body's been found in those same woods, not far from the home of Devin Lyle. And Devin's been led to a third body–by…a ghost?Her discovery draws them both deeper into the case and Salem's rich and disturbing history. Even as the danger mounts, Devin and Rocky begin to fall for each other, something the ghosts of Mina and past witches seem to approve of. But the two of them need every skill they possess to learn the truth–or Devin's might be the next body in the woods….
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A place of history, secretsâ¦and witchcraft.
Devin Lyle has recently returned to the Salem area, but her timing couldnât be worse. Soon after she moved into the eighteenth-century cabin she inherited from her great-aunt Minaâher âcrazyâ great-aunt, who spoke to the deadâa woman was murdered nearby.
Craig Rockwellâknown as Rockyâis a new member of the Krewe of Hunters, the FBIâs team of paranormal investigators. He never got over finding a friend dead in the woods. Now another bodyâs been found in those same woods, not far from the home of Devin Lyle. And Devinâs been led to a third bodyâbyâ¦a ghost?
Her discovery draws them both deeper into the case and Salemâs rich and disturbing history. Even as the danger mounts, Devin and Rocky begin to fall for each other, something the ghosts of Mina and past witches seem to approve of. But the two of them need every skill they possess to learn the truthâor Devinâs might be the next body in the woods.â¦
Praise for the novels of New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham
âGraham does an amazing job of bringing real-life elements into her fiction worlds⦠[The] messages are subtle, expertly woven through a story that focuses on solving mysterious crimes using the Krewe membersâ unique talents.â
âRT Book Reviews on The Night Is Forever (Top Pick)
âBestseller Graham launches the third arc in her paranormal romantic suspense Krewe of Hunters series (The Unseen, etc.) with a rousing tale of the intriguing haunted town of Lily, Arizonaâ¦. Readers will enjoy Sloan and Janeâs interactions as romantic partners and competent professionals, aided by Lilyâs ghosts.â
âPublishers Weekly on The Night is Watching
âGraham deftly weaves elements of mystery, the paranormal and romance into a tight plot that will keep the reader guessing at the true nature of the killerâs evil.â
âPublishers Weekly on The Unseen
âIâve long admired Heather Grahamâs storytelling ability and this book hit the mark. I couldnât put The Unholy down.â
âFresh Fiction
âThe main characters are a great team, both professionally and romantically.â
âRT Book Reviews on The Unspoken
âGraham does a great job of blending just a bit of paranormal with real, human evil.â
âMiami Herald on Unhallowed Ground
âGrahamâs narrative never lags for even a single paragraph, and her setting...is a fascinating and compelling one. The ending is a heart-stopping surprise that her fan base and reading groups will be discussing for months.â
âBookreporter.com on The Dead Room
âGraham stands at the top of the romantic suspense category.â
âPublishers Weekly on Phantom Evil
To Pearl Riley and Kelly Riley
with lots of love and thanks.
Contents
âHelp me, Rocky! Help me!â
Craig RockwellâRocky to family and friendsâwas seventeen, a high school senior. It wasnât that he didnât like Melissa Wilson; he just wasnât interested the way she was interested.
He rolled over restlessly on the bed, her voiceâfrantic as alwaysâpushed to the background as his half-sleeping mind returned to the thoughts that had occupied him earlier as heâd drifted off over homework.
Heâd been waiting to leave here as long as he could remember. He wanted to head to Boston or New York. Not that there was anything wrong with Peabody, Massachusetts. It was fine. It was filled with old houses, history and die-hard Yankees, though sometimes the people around him seemed uptight. Heâd been drilled in the history of Pilgrims and Massachusetts all his life, so maybeâsince many of the people in the area were descendants of the Puritans who had first settled in the stateâit was natural that people here took a wicked long time to progress.
He played football, and he was good. Six-one, strong and sleek and quick, he had set his mind on being the best quarterback possible, and it looked as if he was going to have his choice of scholarships. But that meant hanging in and hanging tough with football and his grades. He was lucky, too. Well, lucky in a way. He had leading-man looks, and when the school drama club was doing The Crucible, he was cast as John Proctor. He would give all of it up, though, to have his dad back.
On Friday nights when training was over, he met up with friends and they went to a movie or sat around a coffeehouse, or occasionally went into Boston for a concert. It was the same group of friends heâd hung out with forever. Haley Marshall, who heâd more or less gone out with until theyâd recently called it quits; Jack Grail, lineman; Vince Steward, guard; Renee Radcliff, captain of the cheerleading squadâand Melissa.
Theyâd known one another since they were kids.
