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On the outside, Joe Horn looks like a homeless Vietnam vet, but he proves that appearances can be deceiving. Joe’s spent countless years running from a terror that few live to see and recount the tale and he is the only one who’s ever accomplished that. Something about that encounter allowed Joe to sense the “other side” and he’s secretly protected lives from those from the otherworld.
Sarah Fenton claimed she was a reporter doing a story on the homeless, but she seemed only interested in Joe and knew more about him than most people could find out. Sarah consumed Joe’s thoughts, but she was off limits. Joe hadn’t been able to feel anything about a woman for a long time; he couldn’t afford to lose control of his emotions.
Sarah and Joe have a close encounter with the nightmare that has terrorized Joe’s life and Joe is finally unable to deny that he has feelings for Sarah. Their brush with death serves to bring them closer, but will closer only bring death back to them?
Masterfully written to keep you on the edge of your seat, IN THE BELLY OF THE NIGHT will keep you wondering if you’re going to be frightened or titillated. Jonathan Wright has the formula down for combining paranormal horror with sensuality. I was a little unsure about the horror aspects of the story, but Mr. Wright knows when to pull back from the horrific and send the reader, and his characters, to passionate heights. If you’re a fan of the dark paranormal, IN THE BELLY OF THE NIGHT is the book for you. Just don’t read in the damp dark….
Reviewed by Tina Burns
for The Road to Romance
May 9, 2005
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