Can you imagine werewolves, vampires, trolls, witches, and gingerbread houses in small town Georgia? Neither can Sheriff Clay Finnes, even when people around town start reporting such things. A seeming domestic dispute with a wife stabbing her husband in the neck with a fork turns out to be rather perplexing when the M.E. says that all the blood had been drained from the body. A deputy is sent out to look into reports of a pack of wolves in the woods, although there are no wolves in the area. A couple from out of town maroon their car in an unlikely puddle and hysterically babble about a gingerbread house and a witch that has stolen their children.
The sheriff has his own problems to deal with. He and his wife are in the process of a divorce following the unexplained disappearance of their infant daughter last year. A local reporter is trying to pursue him, while a handsome doctor working at the hospital with Mrs. Finnes is trying to make their relationship more than professional. But Clay doggedly pursues all the reports and even tracks down some town history in an effort to find out what is causing all the disturbances.
Can a small town peace officer with only a few deputies track down a supernatural disturbance that seems intent on touching everyone in the area? The suspense of the investigation is counterbalanced by the prickly push & pull between Clay and Jenna Finnes. The addition of the other possible love interests - the reporter and the doctor - ratchets up the tension on the personal level.
And to put the icing on the cake, at the end of all the nerve-wracking experiences personal and professional, the author offers two possible endings. How can readers go to bed feeling that all is well with the world when they do not have a definite finale? The suspense will most likely continue to keep them awake for quite a while.
I received a copy of the book from the publisher for review purposes.
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