Juliet Dark

Perfect for fans of Deborah Harkness and Elizabeth Kostova, The Water Watch is a breathtakingly sexy and atmospheric new novel of ancient folklore, passionate love, and thrilling magic. After casting out a dark spirit, Callie McFay, a professor of gothic literature, has at last restored a semblance of calm to her rambling Victorian house. But in the nearby thicket of the honeysuckle forest, and in the currents of the rushing Undine stream, more trouble is stirring. . . . The enchanted town of Fairwicks dazzling mix of mythical creatures has come under siege from the Grove: a sinister group of witches determined to banish the fey back to their ancestral land. With factions turning on one another, all are cruelly forced to take sides. Callies grandmother, a prominent Grove member, demands her granddaughters compliance, but half-witch/half-fey Callie can hardly betray her friends and colleagues at the college. To stave off disaster, Callie enlists Duncan Laird, an alluring seductive academic who cultivates her vast magical potential, but to what end? Deeply conflicted, Callie struggles to save her beloved Fairwick, dangerously pushing her extraordinary powers to the limitrisking all, even the needs of her own passionate heart. Includes a preview of Book Three of The Fairwick Trilogy: The Angel StonePraise for The Water Witch A lighthearted, fast moving fantasy . . . The Water Witch should appeal to readers of Charlaine Harris Sookie Stackhouse novels.New York Journal of Books Dark has an exquisite and clear voice. . . . One is aware of being in the hands of a mistress of the fine arts of storytelling and characterization. . . . Its all just great fun.Albany Chronogram An intriguing story that will keep readers guessing.Romance Reviews Today Readers are sure to enjoy being back in the atmospheric Fairwick. The cliffhanger ending will only leave readers clamoring for the last installment in this interesting trilogy.SheKnowsPraise for Book One of The Fairwick Trilogy: The Demon Lover Darks letter-perfect gothic style is a satisfying tribute to previous gothic novels, and the paranormal elements, including incubi, fae, vampires, and witches, make this a stellar romance.Booklist, included in its list of the years Top 10 SF/Fantasy Titles Steamy and nuanced.Kirkus Reviews

A cant-miss read for fans of Deborah Harkness and Karen Marie Moning, The Angel Stone weaves a tale of ancient folklore and thrilling fantasy with a passionate love story that transcends time. For Callie McFay, a half-witch/half-fey professor of folklore and Gothic literature, the fight to save the enchanted town of Fairwick, New York, is far from over. After a hostile takeover by the Grovea sinister group of witches and their cohortsmany of the local fey have been banished or killed, including Callies one true love. And in place of the spirit of tolerance and harmony, the new administration at Fairwick College has fostered an air of danger and distrust. With her unique magical abilities, Callie is the only one who can rescue her friends from exile and restore order to the schoola task that requires her to find the Angel Stone, a legendary talisman of immense power. Propelled on an extraordinary quest back to seventeenth-century Scotland, Callie risks her life to obtain the stone. Yet when she encounters a sexy incarnation of her lost love, she finds the greater risk is to her heart. As the fate of Fairwick hangs in the balance, Callie must make a wrenching choice: reclaim a chance for eternal passion or save everything she holds dear.Praise for The Angel Stone Intelligently written and visually appealing . . . This story is a sheer delight.RT Book Reviews Dark skillfully entwines the past and present, the mundane and magical, love and loss, to spin a beautifully nuanced and sensuous tale rooted in legend and lore.Booklist Praise for Juliet Dark Darks letter-perfect gothic style is a satisfying tribute to previous gothic novels, and the paranormal elements, including incubi, fae, vampires, and witches, make this a stellar romance.Booklist, on The Demon Lover Fast moving . . . should appeal to readers of Charlaine Harris Sookie Stackhouse novels.New York Journal of Books, on The Water Witch

I gasped, or tried to. My mouth opened, but I couldnt draw breath. His lips, pearly wet, parted and he blew into my mouth. My lungs expanded beneath his weight. When I exhaled he sucked my breath in and his weight turned from cold marble into warm living flesh. Since accepting a teaching position at remote Fairwick College in upstate New York, Callie McFay has experienced the same disturbingly sensual dream every night: A mist enters her bedroom, then takes the shape of a virile, seductive stranger who proceeds to ravish her in the most toe-curling, wholly satisfying ways possible. Perhaps these dreams are the result of her having written the bestselling book The Sex Lives of Demon Lovers. Callies lifelong passion is the intersection of lurid fairy tales and Gothic literaturewhich is why shes found herself at Fairwicks renowned folklore department, living in a once-stately Victorian house that, at first sight, seemed to call her name. But Callie soon realizes that her dreams are alarmingly real. She has a demon loveran incubusand he will seduce her, pleasure her, and eventually suck the very life from her. Then Callie makes another startling discovery: Her incubus is not the only mythical creature in Fairwick. As the tenured witches of the college and the resident fairies in the surrounding woods prepare to cast out the demon, Callie must accomplish something infinitely more difficultbanishing this supernatural lover from her heart.Vivid and enchanting . . . Darks letter-perfect gothic style is a satisfying tribute to previous gothic novels, and the paranormal elements, including incubi, fae, vampires, and witches, make this a stellar romance.Booklist (Top 10 SF/Fantasy) [Juliet] Dark develops a complex, detailed world where magic, reason, and gothic literature enjoyably intersect.Publishers Weekly

Una misteriosa novela gótica, donde la fantasía urbana y el romance paranormal se dan cita en una novela que hechiza.Desde que aceptó un puesto como profesora en la remota Universidad de Fairwick, Callie McFay ha experimentado todas las noches el mismo inquietante sueño: un desconocido surge de la bruma para seducirla y llevarla al extasis.Quiza esos sueños sean el resultado del interes de Callie por los cuentos de hadas escabrosos y la literatura gotica, que la ha llevado a escribir un libro sobre el tema y a elegir como vivienda una antigua mansion victoriana en el propio Fairwick, de la que se enamoro nada mas verla.Pero Callie pronto comprende que sus sueños son alarmantemente reales. Tiene un amante demonio -un incubo- que parece empeñado en seducirla una y otra vez hasta quitarle la vida.El amante demonioes una novela que gustara a los fans de Stephenie Meyer, Elizabeth Kostova y Anne Rice.Opinion:Juliet Dark desarrolla un mundo complejo y detallado donde la magia, la razon y la literatura gotica se combinan de manera magistral.PublishersWeeklyEl perfecto estilo gotico de Dark rinde homenaje a las novelas goticas anteriores. Una sorprendente novela romantica, vivida y encantadora.BooklistLogra introducir con exito una dosis de misterio gotico en una historia romantica sobrenatural.Fantasy BookReviewSi te gusto la serie de Crepusculo, no dejes de leer la nueva novela de suspense de Juliet Dark.Stylist