Rising Darkness: Number 1 in series

A fantastically original paranormal romance for those suffering from vampire and werewolf fatigue! Thea Harrison is a fresh new voice in the genre and her Elder Races series has garnered praise from some of the most respected authors in the paranormal romance genre.

Mary, a bone-tired ER doctor, has always felt disconnected from other people, but lately she feels disconnected from her own body. She thinks she's going crazy until the world around her stops making sense - especially when a swarm of hawks saves her and a persistent snatch of wind then tells her to drive up the Lake Michigan coast as fast as she can. She listens to the wind. . . and runs into Michael, an attractive but annoyingly enigmatic man who seems to know what is going on. Soon, Mary starts to remember what she is.

6,000 years ago, eight creatures came to our world: the Deceiver to destroy it and seven to stop him. Reincarnated when they die, these legends must remember in each lifetime what they are, find each other and fight to destroy the Deceiver once and for all. Now he's back, and he's already destroyed four of the seven. The deeper Mary gets involved, the more she realises that Michael and their leader, Astra, will go to any lengths to destroy him - no matter what the cost. Then she remembers who killed her during her last life, 900 years ago: Michael.