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The year is 1952, and Diana Hilton, a recent divorcee and longtime member of a secret magical group, the Order of the Silver Light, leaves Boston for a small town in Maine, where she hopes to find answers for her frustration with her Order's restriction on the advancement of women. In the presence of Thomas Morgan, called the Hermit of Pepperell Hills by the townspeople, she discovers something unexpected. Morgan, though still a member of the Order, not only is a vampire but also is cursed by the faery folk and wants Diana's assistance in a magical "working" that might prove to have disastrous consequences. VERDICT Second in a series of connected stories about modern vampires and their covert society, this dark fantasy by the author of Mortal Touch features memorable characters and a plot sure to attract fans of vampire fiction. Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information.