Readers around the world have fallen for Kelley Armstrong's intoxicating, sensual, and wicked tales of the paranormal, in which demons, witches, werewolves, and vampires collide—often hilariously, sometimes violently—with everyday life. In Armstrong's first six novels, Elena, Paige, and Eve have had their way with us. Now get ready for Jaime Vegas, the luscious, lovelorn, and haunted necromancer.
Jaime, who knows a thing or two about showbiz, is on a television shoot in Los Angeles when weird things start to happen. As a woman whose special talent is raising the dead, her threshold for weirdness is pretty high: she's used to not only seeing dead people but hearing them speak to her in very emphatic terms. But for the first time in her life—as invisible hands brush her skin, unintelligible fragments of words are whispered into her ears, and beings move just at the corner of her eye—she knows what humans mean when they talk about being haunted.
Jaime is determined to get to the bottom of these manifestations, but as she sets out to solve the mystery she has no idea how scary her investigation will get or to what depths ordinary humans will sink in their attempts to gain supernatural powers. As she digs into the dark underside of Los Angeles, she'll need as much Otherworld help as she can get in order to survive, calling on her personal angel, Eve, and Hope, the well-meaning chaos demon. Jeremy, the alpha werewolf, is also by her side offering protection. And, Jaime hopes, maybe a little more than that.
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"Jamie, finally gets the chance to prove that she can do something with her powers. She is on set for a reality television show, while there she is trying to court Jeremy. She also notices ghosts in the garden near by. This prompts an investigation by her and things get deep from there. I liked Jeremy and Jaime together. I loved the way she initially was so tongue tied around him and then later gains her confidence. Their sex scenes are intense and naughty, I liked it. What I didn't like was the situation to which Jamie was trying to solve. The details were a bit graphic and disturbing to me. Really its well written but ICK. The appearance of Eve and the usual misunderstanding of her job is typical and frustrating but I love Eve. So far I can't find any real complaints about this series. Back to reading for me."
— Michelle (4 out of 5 stars)
“Armstrong deftly juggles such creatures as werewolves, witches, demons, and ghosts with real-life issues.”
— Publishers WeeklyLaural Merlington...reads with a sense of joy that makes the listener smile.
— AudioFile“Paranormal and show-business power struggles make for hard-to-put-down entertainment.”
— Booklist" Jeremy is one of my favourite characters in this series and after reading about him in the other books and stories from the Otherworld it was great to see him get his own romance. Jaimie Vegas was a great choice for him, such a colourful well written character and it's refreshing to see a love story between characters that are still sexy and vibrant over 40. The details of Kelley Armstrong's supernatural world building are always really captivating. "
— Alesha F., 7/6/2022" This installment of the 'women of the underword' series focused on Jaime Vegas - a character that has undergone a lot of transformation since she was first introduced. There's lots of aspects of the story that I could pick apart - but I won't ;-). I quite simply enjoyed it, and was pleased to see that Kelly Armstrong appears to be becoming more comfortable with writing erotic scenes, and is showing the wisdom to use them to promote and explain the developing relationships between the characters (rather than just plunking them down into odd-numbered chapters as some other well-known authors are inclined to do). "
— Mark, 2/16/2014" All I have to say is, it's about time. "
— Leilani, 2/8/2014" I enjoyed reading this book it was nice to read about Jaime and jeremy. it was good to see and hear about characters from the first six books. "
— Belinda, 1/25/2014" As annoying as Jamie Vegas has been in past books, I am enjoying her character development in this book. Almost done! "
— Jami, 1/7/2014" I liked the story between Jamie and Jeremy. The new charaters were not interesting "
— Gem, 1/5/2014" The books in this series with werewolves are my favorite! "
— Srosch, 12/31/2013" I love Jaime and Jeremy together!! <3 :) "
— Jenny, 12/22/2013" Very good, I loved the Romance between Jeremey and Jaime, I wish Kate and Logan had shown up more in the story but I mean...I do love it. I really hope I see more of Hope and Karl in the uncoming books. On to the next book!! "
— ƆαÏÑ‚Ê‹Ñɛ∂, 12/20/2013" I love this series- they are all superbly written, slightly steamy, and compulsively readable. This particular installment features chiefly necromancers, but also werewolves and some other forms of magic. Excellent- and definitely on the high-end of this genre. "
— Brittany, 12/10/2013" I found it irritating to have more than one narrator. I don't think it enhanced the book in any way, shape or form. Apparently the next book has three narrators, oh dear! However, it was nice to finally see Jeremy loosen up a bit in this story and see his more "human" side. "
— Sharon, 11/20/2013" Jaime and Jeremy is even better that Elena and Clay! "
— Amandha, 11/16/2013" Interesting premise and strong, older female lead which was awesome but otherwise this book left me..fairly cold. "
— Meg, 11/11/2013" I really loved this book. I didn't like Jaime at first from the little we see of her in the previous books. I'm glad we got to see her redeeming qualities. It was great to see her connection with Jeremy too. It was very sweet. "
— Laura, 8/15/2013" i love the book. I liked seeing Jeremy having someone it was time:). I love little bits of how the twins(Kate and logan) were growing up, hope to more of them they so smart and fun to read about. "
— Milagros, 6/11/2013" excellent book!! one small complaint was the scene between Jamie and Jeremy wasn't long enough :) "
— Rebecca, 10/11/2012" Pretty okay, but not as good as the Elena-series by Armstrong. Oh well, still a fun read. "
— Inge, 9/25/2012" Another solid effort by Kelley Armstrong. Jaime Vegas is a fun character but what I really liked about this book was the chance to see Jeremy in a more central role. Armstrong's werewolf characters are still the most fascinating for me. "
— Rachel, 7/23/2012" I liked this. #7 in the series was probably not the best place to start. The author has created a very rich supernatural world. Unfortunately, I spent the whole book trying to figure out what exactly was going on and who she was talking about. Yeah, I should try and start again with book one. "
— Trina, 6/11/2012" they did the sex and it was awesome "
— Evewithanapple, 5/5/2012" Finally Jaime's story! And of course Jeremy comes to play. "
— Jen, 2/3/2012" This was a fun read, and I didn't have a problem following, even though I never read any of the previous books. "
— Ardis, 1/31/2012" Really loved this one! Jamie is a too fun and I'm so glad she finally got her man! "
— Samantha, 9/8/2011" Jeremy and Jamie. Finally! "
— Marissa, 6/26/2011" very excellent book Kelley has done it again. "
— Nancee, 5/16/2011" It's not my favourite of this series, but I liked this book- A lot. I enjoyed the story. It is as good as Bitten or the dime store magic- women of the other world. <br/> <br/>All in all it is another great offering and I am sure will buy the next book by Kelley armstrong. "
— Shannon, 5/11/2011" Really enjoyed this one. I wasn't really expecting the series to include a book narrated by Jaime Vegas but was pleasantly surprised as I do like her character. Ol' Jeremy has chosen well! "
— Kyle, 5/7/2011" i love the book. I liked seeing Jeremy having someone it was time:). I love little bits of how the twins(Kate and logan) were growing up, hope to more of them they so smart and fun to read about. "
— Milagros, 4/27/2011" I really liked this one (I like most of Armstrong's books). Jaime and Jeremy are my favorite characters. "
— Michelle, 4/11/2011" I really like this book. Even though I read this book out of sequence I still like it. These stories hold their own. So it's easy to read any of the stories out of context. I think this book is worth the time to read it, but it may take a few chapters to actually get into it though. "
— Vivian, 4/9/2011" I really loved this book. I didn't like Jaime at first from the little we see of her in the previous books. I'm glad we got to see her redeeming qualities. It was great to see her connection with Jeremy too. It was very sweet. "
— Laura, 3/2/2011Kelley Armstrong is the author of young adult fiction, paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and mysteries in stand-alone novels and over fifteen series. Frostbitten, The Gathering, and No Humans Involved were New York Times bestsellers. She believes experience is the best teacher, though she has been told this shouldn’t apply to writing her murder scenes. To craft her books, she has studied aikido, archery, and fencing. She sucks at all of them. She has also crawled through very shallow cave systems and climbed half a mountain before chickening out.
Laural Merlington is an audiobook narrator with over two hundred titles to her credit and a winner of multiple Earphones Awards. An Audie Award nominee, she has also directed over one hundred audiobooks. She has performed and directed for thirty years in theaters throughout the country. In addition to her extensive theater and voice-over work, she teaches college in her home state of Michigan.