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Consumed as a child by her love for the founder’s son, Jonathan, Lanny will do anything to be with him. Andrew, Maine, back when it was a Puritan settlement. Her impassioned account begins at the turn of the 19th century in the same small town of St. As she begins to tell her story, Luke finds himself utterly captivated. He is inexplicably drawn to her…despite the fact that she is a murder suspect with a police escort. A mysterious woman with plenty of dark secrets, Lanny is unlike anyone Luke has ever met. But the minute Lanore McIlvrae-Lanny-enters his ER, she changes his life forever. Luke Findley is expecting another quiet evening of frostbite and the occasional domestic dispute. On the midnight shift at a hospital in rural Maine, Dr. True love can last an eternity…but immortality comes at a price.

From the author of The Hunger-hailed by Stephen King as “deeply, deeply disturbing, hard to put down”-comes a hauntingly atmospheric tale filled with alchemy, lust, and betrayal.

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