Maureen Child, Nevermore

Nevermore

Maureen Child

Silhouette Nocturne, February 2007, $5.25

ISBN: 0373617577

Three weeks before her thirtieth birthday, Erin Brady is on the run from an unknown person, her biological father, who wants to strip her of her psychic powers before killing her. In Shadow Cove, Maine, Erin feels that someone is following her and ducks into a store. She touches a knife that enables her to envision someone named Santos just as he is killed, because she somehow distracted him. She sees a second vision in which Santos is in present day San Francisco, so following her intuition she travels across the country.

Santos is an immortal Guardian who watches the portals between earth and the demon dimensions, so none of these evil beings cross; if they do he insures they are returned to their hells worse for wear. When Erin arrives to see him, someone tries to run her over, so he takes her to his home. After hearing her tale and knowing she is the woman who distracted him, he offers to protect her, especially when he realizes humans and demons want her. As he tries to learn why, they fall in love, but he is an immortal warrior vowed to fight demons for eternity, making it impossible for them to have a normal life together.

This horror romance is a wonderful tale of star-crossed lovers, with Santos trying to keep her alive when mortals, demons and other ilk want her dead. The immortal is a brave warrior when it comes to fighting, even against overwhelming odds, but he is a cowardly lion when it comes to his heart. Erin is a strong individual, not afraid to go where her heart leads her, even if that places her out in the open with seemingly every evil in the universe wanting a piece of her. Maureen Child provides a spellbinding romantic fantasy that transports the audience into a magical realm where evil is around every corner.