Teaser Tuesdays: Midnight Rain

Midnight Rain, by Holly Lisle

Phoebe Rain’s violent ex-husband lies in a coma a thousand miles away. Yet Phoebe knows the voice on the other end of the phone, the voice of that twisted man, who vowed he’d never let her get away. Panicked, she turns to her neighbor, Dr. Alan MacKerrie, who finds the story hard to believe… But now he too is receiving chilling warnings of danger from beyond. Caught between icy terror and mounting passion, is there no escape?

On the way to my goal to read every book Holly Lisle has ever written… Well, not yet close to that goal, but at least heading in the right direction. And like her other romantic suspenses, Midnight Rain comes with about equal parts evil suspense, paranormal terror, and passionate romance, all weaved through a compelling story driven by deep characters, proof that stories that grab you do not also need to be shallow.

Today’s teaser, from page 84 (randomly selected by Random.org) of Midnight Rain:

I don’t have a woman in my life, Alan thought, and looked at Phoebe and knew as the words were forming in his mind that they were a lie, and that at least from his perspective, he suddenly did…

Phoebe was still reading. “… but the core of the reading, and the part that I find most interesting, comes in the outcome.”

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just follow the directions at the “Teaser Tuesdays” post.

-TimK