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	Catherine Chant is an award-winning writer from New England. In addition to serving as the FMAM webmaster and book review coordinator, Catherine is a PRO member of the Romance Writers of American (RWA) and an active member of the From the Heart Romance Writers (FTHRW) chapter, the National Association of Women Writers (NAWW) and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). A graduate of Boston College, she worked for fifteen years at her alma mater as a computing & communications consultant/technical writer and web content manager. She is currently working on a young adult time travel romance. She can be reached at webmaster@fmam.biz.

BLUE TWILIGHT
Blue Twilight
Maggie Shayne
Mira, March 2005, $6.99, 394pp.
ISBN 0-7783-2150-9

Something strange is happening in Endover, New Hampshire. Private investigators "Mad Maxie" Stuart and Tempest "Stormy" Jones intend to find out what it is. Their newly formed Supernatural Investigation Services specializes in the paranormal, particularly vampires. When an old friend calls asking for their help locating two missing teenage girls, the women immediately take the case. But their friend may know more about the girls' disappearance than he's letting on and may be leading the women into a trap. Retired cop Lou Malone, a long-time friend of Maxie's, tags along to make sure everything is on the up and up, but Maxie hopes to use this time together to convince Lou that they should be lovers.

As the trio nears Endover, Stormy experiences a strange vision. She initially thinks it's related to the coma she was in after being shot in the head (in a previous book in the series). But the strength of her visions increases the longer she stays in Endover and lessen when she's outside the town limits. Most of the townspeople in Endover seem to walk around in a stupor, disinterested in the newcomers, except for a ten-year-old boy, who may be in danger if it's discovered he's not affected by whatever has a hold of this town, and the town's sheriff, who doesn't seem overly eager to help find the missing girls.

BLUE TWILIGHT, the eleventh installment in the "Wings in the Night" series, is more the story of Maxie and Lou than the vampire, but that's okay. The romance between optimistic Maxie and angst-ridden Lou is played out beautifully against a gripping backdrop of suspense. Have no doubt that the search for the missing girls, the mystery of what's happened to this town and the key to Stormy's visions will keep you turning the pages as much as the unstoppable attraction between Maxie and Lou. Although the vampire does not have much stage time in BLUE TWILIGHT, you get to see enough of him to know you want more--a lot more. I, for one, plan to be first in line for the next installment in this series. PRINCE OF TWILIGHT is due March 2006.

Catherine Chant

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