Fade to Midnight

April 19, 2010
Kevin McCloud, believed dead for 18 years, resurfaces in fantastic fashion in McKenna's latest red-hot McCloud sizzler (Edge of Midnight
; etc.). After recovering from an injury suffered while trying to prevent a drowning, Kev, now 40-ish, begins remembering what happened leading up to the traumatic events that left him an amnesiac and is lured back into the dark web cast by the evil scientists intent on completing the now-dead psycho scientist Christopher Osterman's devious mind-control invention. When Kev meets graphic novelist Edie Parrish at a book signing, they forge a connection that's deeper than romantic; as it turns out, Edie has psychic powers, a history with Osterman, and believes Kev may have inspired the hero of her graphic novel. McKenna's steamy style, sci-fi twists, and possible family reunion makes this the best McCloud update yet, but readers who aren't already well versed in the series will want to start with the earlier volumes.

June 1, 2010
In her hardcover debut, McKenna blasts readers with a highly charged, action-adventure romance featuring Kev, a badly scarred man who 18 years earlier was rescued from being beaten to death but lost his memory. He has always imagined an angel, and suddenly, after surviving a fall, he remembers a name that leads him to a photo of his angel, Edie Parrish, who turns out to be graphic-novel artist and disinherited heiress who draws a character called Fade Shadowseeker, who looks like Kev and has experiences much like his. However, Edie drew the incidents in Fades life before they actually happened. This extra-steamy romance pits Kev and Edie against diabolical businessmen and scientists who are working on a deadly mind-control method. Kevs adopted brother has his back, but his long-lost biological brothers, their wives, and friends track him down, leading to misunderstandings and revelations.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2010, American Library Association.)