Darkness Becomes Her

April 30, 2012
Rush’s sixth Offspring paranormal (after Beyond the Darkness) is an emotionally charged romance uniting two people in spite of guilt and fear. Lachlan McLeod turned ascetic after he accidentally killed his mother while playing around with his ability to astral project. As a child, Jessie Bellandre watched her uncle Russell and his Darkness—tremendous negative energy brought on by intense feeling—kill her mother and possess her father. She escaped and has run from him for 15 years while stifling her own Darkness. While trying to kidnap Jessie, Russell badly injures Lachlan’s brother, Magnus. Jessie saves Magnus with her Darkness, and Lachlan bulldozes her into accepting his help, assisted by the spirit of a hilariously mercurial 18th-century McLeod. Jessie and Lachlan are perfectly matched, and as they suss out Russell’s plan, she learns how to channel her power while he learns how to accept redemption. This strong installment will have new readers hunting down Rush’s backlist. Agent: Nicole Resciniti, the Seymour Agency.