Seven years ago, Regan Calloway learned a bitter lesson about the pitfalls of usingpsychic ability to help catch a vicious criminal. Since retreating to the small milltown of Sheridan, Massachusetts, she has focused her life on the second-handstore that she manages there. But she can't completely escape her reputation, her past, or her powers of perception. When a psychologist, Dr. HiramClauson, recruits Regan to help him interview victims in a series ofbizarre assaults around Sheridan, Regan gains more knowledgethan she counted on. Her investigation attracts the attention of Jonathan Vaughn, a writer who has recentlymoved to Sheridan. Many locals are curious about Jonathan's mysterious bookproject and his interest in a crumbling old former commune outside of town, but no one is more intrigued than Regan's best friend and confidante, Veronica Standish. When Veronica begs Regan to help her find outmore about Jonathan's past, she unwittingly sets up a collisionthat has a shattering effect on all of their lives. JonathanVaughn is older and more unusual than anyone realizes:one of the tiny and scattered network of men andwomen known as vampires only to the very fewwhom they trust. Jonathan never anticipates the cascading series of disasters that will ensue when hedecides to trust Regan with his secret. Along with Veronica, and a curious youngfriend, Sean, Regan plunges headlong into a new reality, one in which death istemporary, love is everlasting and blood is an elixir. As her friendships andloyalties are torn apart, and former associates turn into ruthless enemies, Regan must learn what can be relinquished, and what is worthprotecting at any cost. Ultimately, she confronts choicesthat she never dreamed she would have to make. | Mortal Touch by Inanna Arthen, Paperback | Indigo Chapters