Take a straight-laced, well-grounded police detective and throw him into a situation involving black magic and a demon. Now there's conflict, and Rebecca York does it well in Edge of the Moon. Jack Thornton first appeared in Killer Moon as the cop who finds out his new friend is a werewolf. He rolled with that bit of paranormal trivia.

He met Kathryn Reynolds and had an instant overwhelming attraction, which was not his style at all. More conflict. In fact, Jack thought she was a witch and cast a spell on him. That was out of character for him also.

Kathryn could not deny her attraction for Jack, but he kept his distance until they shared a dream. The two combined forces to figure out who a serial killer was and what the presence was that kept appearing in their dreams.

Jack and Kathryn are two people you desperately want to see together. I stopped reading at one point to go to sleep, but I couldn't because my heart was still racing from the action. Despite the fact that I did put down the book, I didn't want to do that.

I found the concepts put forth in this book especially chilling because you don't have any choice but to sleep, and that's when they would be in the most trouble. I did expect to have an odd dream, but didn't.

Rebecca York takes the paranormal elements and makes them believable. Her characters are flesh and blood real. You could meet them in the supermarket. Not for the faint of heart, I'd highly recommend Edge of the Moon.

Reviewed By: Chris Redding
© July 2004