COPPER BEACH
Within the pages of very rare books, some centuries old, lie the secrets
of the paranormal. Abby Radwell's unusual psychic talent has made her an
expert in such volumes -- and sometimes taken her into dangerous
territory. After a deadly incident in the private library of an
obsessive collector, Abby receives a blackmail threat, and rumors swirl
that an old alchemical text known as The Key has reappeared on the black
market. A number of ruthless people are searching for the book. Some
believe that Abby can find it for them.
Abby wants no part of it. But the pressure mounts after a rare-book
dealer dies mysteriously. Convinced that she needs an investigator who
can also play bodyguard, Abby hires Sam Coppersmith, an expert in
paranormal crystals and amber -- "hot rocks." Passion flares immediately
between them, yet neither entirely trusts the other. Both are concealing
secrets. Both have their own agendas.
Sam concludes that the only way to keep Abby safe is to take her to
property owned by his rich and reclusive family -- a compound in the
small town of Copper Beach, on a private island. But small towns are no
safer than large cities when it comes to dealing with a killer who has
paranormal talents, and a blackmailer who will stop at nothing to obtain
an ancient alchemical code...
DREAM EYES
Gwen Frazier is no stranger to ghosts. She sees them in pools of water,
windows, mirrors--any reflective surface--at the scene of violent
deaths. But finding justice for the dead is something she's not trained
to do and a luxury she can't afford. What pays the bills is her work as
a psychic counselor who sees auras and interprets dreams.
The death of her friend and mentor, Evelyn Ballinger, brings Gwen back
to the small town of Wilby, Oregon, and brings back memories she would
rather forget. Two years ago, a killer stalked the members of one of
Ballinger's research studies--including Gwen. She survived, but two
others didn't, though the deaths were attributed to natural causes. The
apparent suicide of the killer closed the case, yet Gwen knows
otherwise. And now, she's a suspect.
Enter Judson Coppersmith--a man of startling power and disturbing
energy. Sent by a friend to help Gwen, the psychic investigator arrives
in Wilby barely in control of his own talent and his own life, haunted
by urgent dreams. His attraction to Gwen is primal, but there are
secrets he must keep to protect himself from surrendering to her
completely.
As their investigation into deaths past and present draws them ever
closer to danger, Gwen finds herself going too far--into dreamscapes,
into decades of deception, and into the fires of a desire too strong to
resist....
