Divine Evil

Product Description
Bestselling author Nora Roberts dazzles once again with a powerful tale of passion, murder, and small-town scandal. In this classic novel, a woman returns to the home she left behind, to a past that is waiting to kill her….

A decade ago, sculptor Clare Kimball fled Emmitsboro, Maryland, to take the art world by storm. Now shes celebrated as the artist of her generation. But no amount of success can eclipse the nightmares that haunt heror the memories of her fathers suicide. Just as her star is shining brighter than ever, Clare leaves it all behind to face her demons.

Emmitsboro sheriff Cameron Rafferty loved Clare from afar all through high school. Now that shes back, they form a bond that grows stronger each dayfueled by an attraction thats been simmering for years. But Clares past soon rises up with a vengeance, rocking the town with a sinister murder that is clearly linked to her return. As an investigation gets under way, Clare and Cameron will learn that evil can linger anywhereeven in those you love and trust the most. But its a discovery that may come too late to save them.
From Publishers Weekly
Clare Kimball, an accomplished sculptor, is troubled by depression and the return of childhood nightmares. So she takes a break from New York City and heads for her sleepy hometown in Maryland, despite its association with her beloved father’s violent but apparently accidental death. Cameron Rafferty, formerly the town hellion, is now the sheriff and faced with a puzzle: the century-old grave of an infant has been dug up. In fact, the grave was robbed by Satan worshipers; Clare’s dreams date from the night in her childhood when she saw them performing a coven ceremony–and they know she saw them. Cam’s problems are compounded when the mutilated corpse of his hated stepfather is discovered in a field after the two have a public fistfight. Cam and Clare are an engaging couple, but by relying on the most obvious plot complications, Roberts has made her latest romantic mystery a virtually no-thrills thriller. (Is there a single reader who won’t prediet that Clare will end up in the coven’s clutches?) Also, while this tale is about ritual murders instead of a serial killer, the work’s marked similarities to last year’s Carnal Innocence give it the feeling of being a rerun.
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Review
[Roberts] can make romance seem fresh and hopeful every time.
Time

The undisputed queen of romance.
New York Post

A consistently entertaining writer.
USA Today

From the Trade Paperback edition.
From the Publisher
With blowtorch and steel Clare Kimball has sculpted a personal vision that commands the attention of the New York art world. But success can not burn away the vague, troubling memories, the half-remembered nightmares that have plagued Clare since childhood. These phantoms of the past have drawn her home to Maryland, to the small town where she grew up and where her father died in circumstances never really explained.

Emmitsboro is just as Clare remembered – the same familiar faces, the same chatty gossip passed over the counter at the local diner. Nothing much has changed – except Cameron Rafferty. Once the high school bad boy, he landed on the right side of the law and is now the town sheriff. The only clue to his wild, passionate nature is the light in his eyes when he looks at Clare. In Cam’s strong arms Clare is seduced into falling in love. And into believing her small-town world is safe.

But within the dark woods of Emmitsboro something evil spreads its poisonous power. Now the once-peaceful town is wrapped in a cloak of terror, hiding a teacherous heart. And now Clare must pay the price for digging up the secrets of the past. . . and confront an evil that may be unstoppable — because those who practice it may be divine.
From AudioFile
Evil is afoot in Emmitsboro, Maryland, and sculptor Cla