White Lies

October 30, 2006
This spirited paranormal romance is the latest in Krentz's Arcane Society series (which includes some novels, like the recent Second Sight
, written as Amanda Quick). Clare Lancaster, like her parents and grandparents, is a member of the clandestine Arcane Society, an association of parasensitives who are dedicated to the study of the paranormal. Clare's extraordinary abilities as a human lie detector make even other paranormals uneasy, with the exception of her half-sister Elizabeth. Elizabeth's troubled marriage brings Clare to Arizona and into the family circle. There, Clare finally meets Archer Glazebrook, her biological father, but she also meets Jake Salter, another highly talented parasensitive who turns out to be on assignment from Jones & Jones (the investigative arm of the Arcane Society) to track down a possible plot to take over the society. The cabal he's after has some connection to the still-unsolved murder of Clare's objectionable brother-in-law months before. More murders follow, and Jake and Clare have to work together to save themselves and the society. Krentz delivers another evocative romance, complete with engaging dialogue and explicit sex scenes, but the real meat of the plot concerns the sleuthing: that a charismatic alpha male finally meets his mate is icing on another densely plotted Krentz confection.

December 1, 2006
Following the psychically gifted descendants of the Arcane Society introduced in "Second Sight" (written under Krentz's Amanda Quick pseudonym), this contemporary Arizona-set romantic suspense adventure takes a pair of relationship-averse, high-level psychic talentsone a human lie detector, the other a lethal huntergives them a deadly puzzle to solve, and lets the fireworks begin. An intelligent, determined heroine; a confident, take-charge hero; and a wealth of well-defined secondary characters, including a crazed, crafty killer, drive the complex plot to its logical, gratifying conclusion. A steamy thriller with a sense of fun, this lively romance with a paranormal touch has the potential to appeal to Krentz's fans across the board and leaves the door open for more stories with similar links. Compelling and well done. Krentz ("Gambler's Woman"), who also writes as Jayne Castle, lives in the Seattle area. [See Prepub Alert, "LJ" 9/1/06.]

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November 1, 2006
As a level 10 para-sensitive, Clare Lancaster can tell for certain when someone is telling the truth. So Clare knows that her half-sister, Elizabeth Glazebrook, isn't lying when she says her husband, Brad McAllister, is trying to kill her. But Brad is murdered instead, and as the first person to find his body, Clare becomes the Stone Canyon Police Department's favorite suspect. With no evidence to tie her to the crime, Clare is allowed to return to her old life in San Francisco. But six months later, her father, Archer, summons her back to Phoenix. Her unique gift tells her not only that there is more to her father's new business "consultant" Jake Salter than he would like her to believe but also that she is in grave danger. Writing as Amanda Quick, Krentz introduced the Arcane Society, a group dedicated to psychic research and investigation, in " Second" " Sight "(2006), her latest historical romance. Now Krentz successfully brings the concept into the present in a seductive, sharply witty, and paranormal-flavored thriller in which she deftly infuses an expertly crafted plot with sizzling sexual chemistry between two intriguing protagonists to create another of her supremely addictive tales of romantic suspense.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2006, American Library Association.)