RS Review: The Night Is Alive (Krewe of Hunters) Mass Market Paperback

I've finished "The Night Is Alive" the 1st book in another new Krewe of Hunters series by Heather Graham.

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MIDNIGHT IN SAVANNAH

It's a city of beauty, history and hauntings. And one of the most haunted places in Savannah is a tavern called The Dragonslayer, built in the 1750s. The current owner, Gus Anderson, is a descendant of the original innkeeper and his pirate brother, Blue.

Gus summons his granddaughter, Abigail, home from Virginia, where she's studying at the FBI Academy. When she arrives, she's devastated to find him dead. Murdered. But Abby soon learns that Gus isn't the only one to meet a brutal and untimely end; there've been at least two other victims. Then Captain Blue Anderson starts making ghostly appearances, and the FBI's paranormal investigation unit, the Krewe of Hunters, sends in Agent Malachi Gordon.

Abby and Malachi have a similar ability to connect with the dead and a similar stubbornness. Sparks immediately begin to fly — sparks of attraction and discord. But as the death toll rises, they have to trust each other or they, too, might find themselves among the dead haunting old Savannah!

About the Author

New York Times and USA Today best selling author, Heather Graham was born somewhere in Europe and kidnapped by gypsies when she was a small child. She went on to join the Romanian circus as a trapeze artist and lion tamer. When the circus came to South Florida, she stayed, discovering that she preferred to be a shark and gator trainer.

Not really

Heather is the child of Scottish and Irish immigrants who met and married in Chicago, and moved to South Florida, where she has spent her life. (She has, at least, been to the Russian circus in Moscow, where she wished she was one of the incredibly talented and coordinated trapeze artists.) She majored in theater arts at the University of South Florida. After a stint of several years in dinner theater, back-up vocals, and bartending, she stayed home after the birth of her third child and began to write. Her first book was with Dell, and since then, she has written over one hundred and fifty novels and novellas including category, suspense, historical romance, vampire fiction, time travel, occult, horror, and Christmas family fare.

She is pleased to have been published in approximately twenty-five languages, and has had over seventy-five million books in print. She has been honored with awards from Walden Books, B. Dalton, Georgia Romance Writers, Affaire de Coeur, Romantic Times, the Lifetime Achievement Award from RWA and more. Heather has also become the proud recipient of the Silver Bullet from Thriller Writers. Heather has had books selected for the Doubleday Book Club and the Literary Guild, and has been quoted, interviewed, or featured in such publications as The Nation, Redbook, Mystery Book Club, People and USA Today and appeared on many newscasts including Today, Entertainment Tonight and local television.

Heather loves travel and anything that has to do with the water, and is a certified scuba diver. She also loves ballroom dancing. Each year she hosts the Vampire Ball and Dinner theater at the RT convention raising money for the Pediatric Aids Society and in 2006 she hosted the first Writers for New Orleans Workshop to benefit the stricken Gulf region. She is also the founder of "The Slush Pile Players", presenting something that's almost like entertainment for various conferences and benefits. Married since high school graduation and the mother of five, her greatest love in life remains her family, but she also believes her career has been an incredible gift, and she is grateful every day to be doing something that she loves so very much for a living.

Product Details
Series: Krewe of Hunters
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Harlequin MIRA (July 30, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 077831507X
ISBN-13: 978-0778315070

My Review:


3.5/5

RS Review: The Night Is Watching (Krewe of Hunters) Mass Market Paperback

I've finished "The Night is Watching" the 9th book in her Krewe of Hunters series by Heather Graham.

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The dead of night

The Old West town of Lily, Arizona, is home to the Gilded Lily, a former theater and bawdy house. These days, it offers theatrical productions geared to tourists, but the recent discovery of a skull, a real skull, among the props and costumes shakes everyone up.

So, who do you call? The Krewe of Hunters, a special FBI unit of paranormal investigators. In this case, it's agent Jane Everett. Jane's also a talented artist who creates images of the dead as they once were. But the Krewe always works with local law enforcement, and here that means Sloan Trent, former Houston cop and now sheriff. His great-great-grandmother was an actress at the Gilded Lily and she's not resting in peace.

Then more remains appear in the nearby desert. As they search for answers, using all the skills at their disposal, Jane and Sloan find themselves falling into danger — and into love.

About the Author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Heather Graham has written more than a hundred novels. She's a winner of the RWA's Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Thriller Writers' Silver Bullet. She is an active member of International Thriller Writers and Mystery Writers of America. For more information, check out her websites: TheOriginalHeatherGraham.com, eHeatherGraham.com, and HeatherGraham.tv. You can also find Heather on Facebook.

Product Details
Series: Krewe of Hunters
Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Harlequin MIRA; a edition (May 28, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778315061
ISBN-13: 978-0778315063

My Review:

Storyline:  We are transported to the Old West in the town of Lily in Arizona.   The town is known for The Gilded Lady a former theatre and brothel.  The main drag has been restored to it's former glory and it's rumored to be haunted by ghosts. The old jailhouse is now a hotel where you can stay in outlaw cells and you can also stay at the Guilded Lady, dine in a A-Class Restaurant and watch nightly theatrical productions.

Characters:  Sloan Trent is a former Houston cop who quit his job and became sheriff when his uncle became ill.  He stayed on because he enjoys the quiet life.  When he receives a call that an old skull wearing a wig is found at The Gilded Lady he calls his former partner and friend Logan.  Logan now heads up Jane's FBI team and when Sloan asks for a forensic artist he sends in Jane Everett to reconstruct the skull.

Sloan was a sexy, smart, dedicated, level-headed and well respected.  At first he was quite cold towards Jane but he was attracted to her.  Once he thawed their romance was hot and steamy.

I wanted to bop Sloan on the head at the beginning because of the way he first treated Jane.  He judged her without finding out what she was capable of.

Jane was smart, well respected, a great artist and capable FBI agent.  Glad she was able to communicate with the spirits and able to take care of herself.  

Romance:  The first meeting didn't go so well between Sloan and Jane because he was acting like a jerk towards her.  You can feel the chemistry between them even though they are civil towards each other at first until Sloan finally thaws out.  Then it becomes hot, heavy and steamy!

Villain(s):  The villains all had personality and were motivated by greed and egos.  I was surprised at all the players and who some of them were.  

4/5

RS Review: The Uninvited (Krewe of Hunters) [Hardcover}

I've finished "The Uninvited" the 4th book in her Texas Krewe of Hunters series by Heather Graham.

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1777: In the throes of the Revolutionary War, Landon Mansion is commandeered by British Lord "Butcher" Bedford. He stabs Lucy Tarleton — who spurned his king and his love — leaving her to die in her father's arms.

NOW: After the day's final tour, docent Allison Leigh makes her rounds while locking up … and finds a colleague slumped over Bedford's desk, impaled on his own replica bayonet.

Resident ghosts may be the stock-in-trade of stately Philadelphia homes, but Allison — a noted historian — is indignant at the prospect of "ghost hunters" investigating this apparent murder.

Agent Tyler Montague knows his hauntings and his history. But while Allison is skeptical of the newcomer, a second mysterious murder occurs. Has "Butcher" Bedford resurfaced? Or is there another malevolent force at work in Landon Mansion? Wary, yet deeply attracted, Allison has to trust in Tyler and work with him to discover just what uninvited guest—dead or alive—has taken over the house.

Or their lives could become history!

About the Author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Heather Graham has written more than a hundred novels. She's a winner of the RWA's Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Thriller Writers' Silver Bullet. She is an active member of International Thriller Writers and Mystery Writers of America. For more information, check out her websites: TheOriginalHeatherGraham.com, eHeatherGraham.com, and HeatherGraham.tv. You can also find Heather on Facebook.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Harlequin MIRA; Original edition (August 28, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778313700
ISBN-13: 978-0778313700

My Review:

The Tarleton-Dandridge house gives tours to the public.   All of the tour guides dress in traditional clothes and the weapons are real but there is no gunpowder.  Julian Mitchell a tour guide snuck out of the house after lunch to play with his band at a gig for real money.  He sneaks back  into the house within the 2 hour tours and plans to beg Allison for her forgiveness.

Alison has loved the house for a long time and she is also a professor at the University writing papers about the house and the time period.  When she is locking up for the night she finds Julian dead with his jaw punctured by his bayonet.  She is questioned by the police for hours and then a FBI Krewe agent is sent to find out what happened.

Tyler Montague used to work as a Texas Ranger with Logan but now works in the special unit of the FBI called the Texas Krewe of Hunters.  All the members have some six sense and most of them can see ghosts.  Tyler is lead on this case and when he investigates further he decides to bring the rest of his team in. 

Allison starts seeing Julian everywhere she goes and she believes she is going crazy.  The first time she sees him she faints dead away.  Tyler figures out she is seeing a ghost and manages to see and hear Julian himself.  When his team arrive they also see and hear Julian who tells them he didn't kill himself.

The Krewe stay at the house to figure out about events that started about ten years ago with a boy that was electrocuted when he tried to break into the house and then a tour guide died from a massive heart attack.  A recent case involves a father and husband that is in a coma after visiting the house.

I really enjoyed the storyline and the characters except for Allison who I thought was rude, stuckup and unbelieving.  I didn't really enjoy the romance because it was an abrupt turn from her being rude, stuckup and unbelieving to how safe she felt around Tyler and she started realizing how handsome he was.

3/5

Books in series:

1.  The Unseen 
2.  The Unholy
3.  The Unspoken
4.  The Uninvited
5.  The Night is Watching - May 28, 2013

RS Review: The Unspoken (Krewe of Hunters) [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "The Unspoken" the 3rd book in her Texas Krewe series by Heather Graham.

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1898: Bound for Chicago, the freighter Jerry McGuen goes down in Lake Michigan, taking with it every man aboard. But what other fate could befall a vessel carrying the ill-gotten sarcophagus of an Egyptian sorcerer?

Now: A veteran diver and "ghost ship" expert is exploring the legendary wreck for a documentary. He dies inexplicably inside the freighter's main saloon. Then another diver is killed and panicked rumors rise like bubbles from the lake: ancient demons have awakened below!

The expedition's beleaguered financier calls paranormal investigator Katya Sokolov to Chicago to save the film — and perhaps some innocent lives. Along with media forensics guru Will Chan, Kat plumbs the depths of an evil that may date back to the time of the Pharaohs. But some secrets are best drowned in the seas of the past .…

About the Author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Heather Graham has written more than a hundred novels. She's a winner of the RWA's Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Thriller Writers' Silver Bullet. She is an active member of International Thriller Writers and Mystery Writers of America. For more information, check out her websites: TheOriginalHeatherGraham.com, eHeatherGraham.com, and HeatherGraham.tv. You can also find Heather on Facebook. 

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Harlequin MIRA; Original edition (July 31, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778313611
ISBN-13: 978-0778313618

My Review:

In 1898 The Jerry McGuen sinks to the bottom of  Lake Michigan taking with it the ill-gotten sarcophagus of an Egyptian sorcerer and everyone on board.

When a lone diver mysteriously dies doing a documentary on the Jerry McGuen on a solo dive before his crew arrives medical examiner and paranormal investigator for the Texas Krewe of Hunters Katya Sokolov is assigned to investigate.   Her partner is FBI and former magician Will Chan of the original Krewe of Hunters.  The ship was carrying the sarcophagus of Amon Mopat the evil sorcerer during Ramses II era.

I really enjoyed the interplay between Kat and Will because they are the total opposites of each other (she's more subtle while he's more in your face during interrogations) and it seems like they are always arguing and not having a civil conversations.  I thought it was quite funny and it was very sizzling by the time they finally did the deed.

3.5/5

RS Review: The Evil Inside (Krewe of Hunters, Book 4) [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "The Evil Inside" the 4th book in her Krewe of Hunters series by Heather Graham.

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Some deaths live on forever

For as long as it has stood overlooking New England's jagged coastline, Lexington House has been the witness to madness … and murder. But in recent years the inexplicable malice that once tormented so many has lain as silent as its victims. Until now …

A member of the nation's foremost paranormal forensic team, Jenna Duffy has made a career out of investigating the inexplicable. Yet nothing could prepare her for the string of slayings once again plaguing Lexington House — or for the chief suspect, a boy barely old enough to drive, much less kill.

With the young man's life on the line, Jenna must team up with attorney Samuel Hall to pinpoint who — or what — is taking the lives of those who get too close to the past. But everything they learn brings them closer to the forces of evil stalking this tortured ground.

About the Author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Heather Graham has written more than one hundred novels, many of which have been featured by the Doubleday Book Club and the Literary Guild. An avid scuba diver, ballroom dancer and mother of five, she still enjoys her south Florida home, but loves to travel as well, from locations such as Cairo, Egypt, to her own backyard, the Florida Keys. Reading, however, is the pastime she still loves best, and she is a member of many writing groups. She’s currently the vice president of the Horror Writers’ Association, and she’s also an active member of International Thriller Writers. She is very proud to be a Killerette in the Killer Thriller Band, along with many fellow novelists she greatly admires.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Mira; Original edition (August 30, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778312534
ISBN-13: 978-0778312536

My Review:

Storyline:  Sam Hill a lawyer almost runs over a young boy running onto the road covered in blood and in shock.  He calls his old friend sheriff John Alden who tells him Malachi Smith lives in the Lexington House a legend in Salem and where many people have been killed since the 1600's.  He also informs him that Malachi has hacked his whole family to death.

Jamie O'Neill Malachi's therapist doesn't believe Malachai is the killer so he asks his niece Jenna Duffy a member of a FBI special paranormal unit The Krewe of Hunters to investigate.  He also recruits Sam Hill to defend Malachai pro bono.  Jenna and Sam team up but they don't quite trust each other.  Jenna knows that Sam doesn't believe her abilities or respect her and only thinks Sam is only looking for fame and fortune.  As they investigate further they realize that Lexington House is the root of evil.

I really enjoyed learning about the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, the Puritans and the Wiccan religion.

Characters:  Jenna has a temper, fiercely loyal, dedicated, smart and a great investigator.

Sam is hard working, smart, sexy, dedicated and a great lawyer.

Romance:  I didn't really feel the romance in this book between Jenna and Sam because he didn't really respect her or her abilities.  I felt the attraction between them though - even though they were at each other throats most of the time they interacted.

Killer:  The killer was really crazy and psychotic.  Didn't even blink an eye or have any remorse after any killings.  Really enjoyed the thrill!

3/5

Books in The Krewe of Hunters Series:

1.  Phantom Evil
2.  Heart of Evil
3.  Sacred Evil
4.  The Evil Inside
5.  The Unspoken - July 31, 2012

RS Review: Sacred Evil (Krewe of Hunters, Book 3) {Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "Sacred Evil" the 3rd book in her Krewe of Hunters series by Heather Graham.

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A terror born of Jack the Ripper

The details of the crime scene are no coincidence. The body — a promising starlet — has been battered, bloodied and then discarded between two of Manhattan's oldest graveyards.

One look and Detective Jude Crosby recognizes the tableau:

A re–creation of Jack the Ripper's gruesome work. But he also sees something beyond the actions of a mere copycat. Something more dangerous … and unexplainable.

As the city seethes with suspicion, Jude calls on Whitney Tremont, a member of the country's preeminent paranormal investigating team, to put the speculation to rest. Yet when Whitney and Jude delve deeper, what they discover is more shocking than either could have predicted, and twice as sinister …

About the Author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Heather Graham has written more than one hundred novels, many of which have been featured by the Doubleday Book Club and the Literary Guild. An avid scuba diver, ballroom dancer and mother of five, she still enjoys her south Florida home, but loves to travel as well, from locations such as Cairo, Egypt, to her own backyard, the Florida Keys. Reading, however, is the pastime she still loves best, and she is a member of many writing groups. She’s currently the vice president of the Horror Writers’ Association, and she’s also an active member of International Thriller Writers. She is very proud to be a Killerette in the Killer Thriller Band, along with many fellow novelists she greatly admires.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Mira; Original edition (July 26, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778312429
ISBN-13: 978-0778312420

My Review:

Has Jack the Ripper risen to re-in act his reign of terror in the East Side of New York?

Jude Crosby is puzzled by the killings of women which re-in act the Jack the Ripper killings of the 1800's.  There is myth that Jack the Ripper came to America under an assumed name Jonathan Black who was the head of the House of Spiritualism, the Satanic church which housed his ritualistic practices.

Whitney Tremont is the first of her team The Krewe of Hunters to arrive.  She is set up at Blair House right across from the House of Spiritualism and is partnered up with Jude.  She specializes in film and this helps with her questioning of the movie crew and her other special talents help with the case too.

As they investigate further the murders become more brutal until the final confrontation with Whitney being the last victim which fits the last victim of Jack the Ripper.

Jude is skeptical at first of Whitney and her gang but as he gets to know her better and her investigative skills he realizes they aren't kooks.  He begins to admire and respect her skills which blooms into a loving relationship.

I highly recommend this book if you like historically correct theme, romance that builds up slowly into a loving relationship with a ghost story that is believable.  I thought this third installment was even better than the first two in the series.

5/5

Other Books in Series:

1.  Phantom Evil
2.  Heart of Evil
3.  The Evil Inside

Phantom Evil (Krewe of Hunters) [Hardcover]

I've finished "Phantom Evil" the 1st book in her new Krewe of Hunter series by Heather Graham.

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A secret government unit is formed under the oversight of Adam Harrison, famed paranormal investigator. The six members he's gathered know a little of the otherworldly — each has honed a psychic talent of their own.

Jackson Crow, part English, part Cheyenne, heads the group. Haunted by his experience with an ancestral ghost who saved his life as a child, and the recent murders of two previous teammates, Jackson can't tell if Adam's demoted him or given him an extraordinary opportunity. Despite his link to the realm of spirits, he's well aware that the living commit the most heinous crimes, with spiritualist charlatans existing merely to fool and seduce the unwary.

To counterbalance Jackson's careful skepticism, Adam Harrison has paired him with Angela Hawkins, a young woman who learned the painful lesson of loss at an early age. A police officer utilizing her paranormal intuition in Virginia, she already has her hands full. But Adam's call to New Orleans is strong.

The case: In a historic mansion in New Orleans's French Quarter, a senator's wife falls to her death from a balcony. Most think she jumped, distraught over the loss of her young son. Some say she was pushed. And yet others believe she was beckoned by the ghostly spirits that inhabit the house — once the site of a serial killer's grisly work.

Whether supernatural or all too human, crimes of passion, greed and desire will cast the pair into danger of losing their lives … and their immortal souls.

Product Details
Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Mira; 400 edition (March 29, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0778329534
ISBN-13: 978-0778329534

My Review:
Storyline:  The wife of Louisiana State Senator David Holloway, Regina falls from the balcony of their mansion to her death. The New Orleans Police Department investigates and concludes Regina committed suicide as she still grieved the loss of her son Jacob due to a DUI several months ago.

Adam Harrison sends in his special paranormal unit headed by Jackson Crowe and his team consists of five other people, each of which has some sort of experience or knowledge about other-worldly things. Their first job and the place where they all meet each other is in a New Orleans mansion where the senator's wife was found dead on the walkway underneath her balcony. Having suffered a horrendous loss recently, many assume that she has jumped to hear death, but the good Senator swears that she would never have jumped, and asks the special team to come and investigate whether or not ghosts had anything to do with her untimely death.

Jackson and Angela Hawkins a young policewoman from Virginia who has can communicate with the dead  wind up leading a team of younger men and women, all in their 20's. The six of them live together in the mansion in order to investigate and to determine if it really was some sort of ghost that killed the Senator's wife, or if she was killed by someone who was far from the grave.

Characters:  Jackson made a great team leader because he's dedicated, feels responsible for his team-mates, great detective skills, delegates really well and has some interesting talents himself.  Angela made a great right hand women because she's cool and calm in situations, also some great detective skills, can communicate with the dead, level-headed, can take care of herself and nice personality.

Really liked how all the kids as they are called got along really well and figured out the pecking order between them.  They also had no problem with Jackson and Angela leading them and delegating team-work to them, etc.
  
Romance:  Both Jackson and Angela were attracted to each other from the start and their romance started very slowly and they got to know each other.  Loved how all the kids knew they were sleeping together!

Killer(s):  All of the them had an agenda and motives of why they were killing people, etc.  One of them was really sick and perverted!

4/5


Books in Series:

Heart of Evil - Jun 28th
Sacred Evil - July 26th
The Evil Inside - Aug 30th