Heat of the Moment

Love is timeless . . .

The folks in my hometown of Three Harbors call me Doc Becca aka Rebecca Carstairs. As long as I can remember I have heard the thoughts of animals, but I learned to keep those "conversations" to myself. Crazy is as crazy does, and a veterinarian who thinks she can talk to animals doesn't last long in small town Wisconsin.

A string of missing pets are found mutilated in the abandoned "witch's house," which also happens to be the childhood home of the only man I've ever loved. Owen McAllister broke my heart when he joined the Marines and left me behind.  Now he's back following an accident that left both Owen and his K-9 counterpart in bomb detection injured. Being over him was easy when he wasn't everywhere I turned.

However, the missing animals are only the beginning. Pentagrams, cults, witches—real ones—show up with disturbing speed. And what about the wolf with the oddly human, florescent green eyes that has been a companion since childhood?

When a stranger arrives calling me sister, questions about my past resurface, but before they can be answered, someone tries to kill me. After that, there's no keeping Owen away. 

But who wouldn't want a Marine and his military working dog as bodyguards when it seems like the whole world has gone mad?