Book 24 - The Sign of Seven: Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts

One book leads to another.

This one was a stretch, I know,but hey, I still made it work! The Darkest Evening of the Year led to The Sign of Seven: Blood Brothers. And there is a plot theme that is vaguely linked between the two books though I can't say what it is since it's a spoiler for Darkest Evening.

On their 10th birthday, unbeknownst to them, three best friends - Caleb, Fox, Gage - made a blood pact on the Pagan Stone and released demonic evil that had been imprisoned for hundreds of years.

Now, every 7 years, on the 7th day of the 7th month, 7 days of terror plagues their home town of Hawkins Hollow and no one in town really remembers what happened during that time. No one except the reluctant heroes who made a pact to do everything they could to protect their twon from this evil.

Now 21 years after the demon was unleashed, fear attacks the town early and Caleb, Fox, and Gage, and three woman drawn to the town for unknown reasons - Quinn, Layla, Cybill - must find courage and hidden strength to defeat the monster once and for all. And maybe even find love in the midst of terror, if only they can survive.

I was quite invested in this story and enjoyed this first installment in Nora's latest trilogy far more than some of her other recent works. Romance is found, as to be expected for Nora, but this book is evenly split between the romance story and the horror/suspense story. We have a whole variety of things here, psychic gifts, demons, ghosts, reincarnation (maybe) and several other nteresting elements. Far better than her last attempt at a paranormal trilogy - The Circle.

Blood Brothers leads to Carpe Demon by Julie Kenner through the common theme of fighting demons.

The D2K Paranormal Junkies