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Heart of Evil (Krewe of Hunters #2)
by
Heather Graham (Goodreads Author)
Emerging from the bayou like an apparition, Donegal Plantation is known for its unsurpassed dining, captivating atmosphere, haunting legends...and now a corpse swinging from the marble angel that marks its cemetery's most majestic vault. A corpse discovered in nearly the same situation as that of Marshall Donegal, the patriarch killed in a skirmish just before the Civil Wa...more
ebook, 384 pages
Published
July 1st 2011
by Mira Books
(first published January 1st 2011)
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Heart of Evil is the second book in the Krewe of Hunters series and it is quite different to the first one. Heart of Evil contains the same characters but this time it focuses on Jake. While, I think that you don’t have to read the first one in order to understand this one I would definitely recommend reading the first book, Phantom Evil before this one; especially if you want to know more about the characters backgrounds and things like that.
Heart of Evil is so good. It is a murder mystery, wit...more
Heart of Evil is so good. It is a murder mystery, wit...more
Perhaps I would have taken to this book more if I'd read the first Krewe of Hunters book, but my beef seems to be be mainly with the heroine, Ashley, who dumped the man she loved because he brought he a comforting message from her dead father. He goes off to join a group of crime solving ghost hunters, and she continues to run the old plantation as a B & B. After a Civil War reenactment, one of the players disappears. When Ashley sees a light in the family cemetery, of course she goes there...more
Jul 31, 2012
Linda
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
book-on-cd,
crime,
evil,
ghosts,
louisiana,
murder,
mystery,
new-orleans,
paranormal,
romance,
romantic-suspense,
serial-killers,
special-powers,
suspense,
fbi
Outside of New Orleans, Donegal Plantation is known for its unsurpassed dining, captivating atmosphere, haunting legends
and now a corpse swinging from the marble angel that marks the Donegal vault. The corpse is discovered in nearly the same position as that of Marshall Donegal, the patriarch killed in a skirmish just before the Civil War.
Desperate for help traditional criminologists could never provide, plantation heiress Ashley Donegal turns to an elite team of paranormal investigators who b...more
Desperate for help traditional criminologists could never provide, plantation heiress Ashley Donegal turns to an elite team of paranormal investigators who b...more
Jul 24, 2012
Morven
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Those who love ghost stories
This was the first time I read (well, listened to) a novel by Heather Graham and I must say I was impressed. It's a damn good ghost story, mystery, and crime novel rolled into one. The romance is there, but not overstated, which is exactly what I enjoy.
The book is set in Louisiana, and the setting was well-laid. I felt that it was indeed the South, and not a caricature.
I hadn't read the first book in the series, but I was able to follow along easily. The version I listened to was abridged, but I...more
The book is set in Louisiana, and the setting was well-laid. I felt that it was indeed the South, and not a caricature.
I hadn't read the first book in the series, but I was able to follow along easily. The version I listened to was abridged, but I...more
Sep 11, 2011
Ursula Gorman
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
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family,
friendship,
ghosts,
grandfather,
grief,
hero,
historical,
kidnapping,
memories,
military,
multiple-story-lines,
mystery,
paranormal,
romance,
sacrifice,
sadness,
sorrow,
series
The Evil series continues with Heart of Evil. Heather Graham does a great job of continuing the characters from the first book to this book, while subtely shifting the focus from the main characters of the first book to the 'new' main characters of the second, yet not losing focus on any of the 'Krewe'.
Jake is a likeable character that seems to be content with his life, but you soon find out he lost his soul mate years before when his 'abilities' scared her off...now she needs his help. Returnin...more
Jake is a likeable character that seems to be content with his life, but you soon find out he lost his soul mate years before when his 'abilities' scared her off...now she needs his help. Returnin...more
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Ashley Donegal is used to history, her family home and history are a big part of the Civil War, but when a re-enactment turns deadly and it looks like the perpetrator is targeting the Donegal family Ashley and her grandfather turn to the pros- Adam Harrison’s crack FBI team dubbed “Krew of Hunters”, created to investigate crimes out of the ordinary. Jake Mallory takes a very personal interest in Ashley’s case, he and Ashley go way back and their parting was less than favorable when it became app...more
Heart of Evil is the second book in the Krewe of Hunters series by Heather Grahamfeaturing a team of paranormal, forensic investigators that bounce from one location to the next solving crime.
Heart of Evil takes us to the Louisiana bayou-country, where an old plantation is experiencing sightings of hauntings and terrible murders. Ashley Donegal runs Donegal Plantation, also an historical site of the Civil War, where tourists flock annually to watch re-enactments. When a body turns up dead on the...more
Heart of Evil takes us to the Louisiana bayou-country, where an old plantation is experiencing sightings of hauntings and terrible murders. Ashley Donegal runs Donegal Plantation, also an historical site of the Civil War, where tourists flock annually to watch re-enactments. When a body turns up dead on the...more
This was definitely an interesting read. It's a cross between paranormal and actual crime scene investigation. It was almost like watching one of those episodes where people truly enter a place and try to use scientific data to interpret whether or not they encountered a presence. Usually in paranormal romances, it's the exact same information that you get in all the others, and right now there is a plethora of them to choose from.
Different angles, different ideas, or just a different spin is a...more
Different angles, different ideas, or just a different spin is a...more
This book was in terrible need of both research, and a critical eye. On the bottom of the page Griff made a statement. At the top of the next page Griff responded to the statement and disagreed with it. If you have added so many characters that you cannot keep track perhaps you need to learn to pare down. The diving scene was ridiculous and this is where I felt more research was needed. Had the author bothered to talk to someone with experience diving the Mississippi she would have learned that...more
Reviewed at: Library of Lights
Date reviewed: 12 May 2011
Review link: http://mykindaland.com/?p=269
This book, Heart of Evil by Heather Graham spooked me that sometimes, as I turn the pages, it gives me goosebumps. This book is a well written thriller. I couldn’t get enough of it, and it keeps me guessing on what will happen next. The plot, the story and everything is rather unpredictable, and I had fun trying to figure out what will happen next.
This is not exactly the book I will pick up to read...more
Date reviewed: 12 May 2011
Review link: http://mykindaland.com/?p=269
This book, Heart of Evil by Heather Graham spooked me that sometimes, as I turn the pages, it gives me goosebumps. This book is a well written thriller. I couldn’t get enough of it, and it keeps me guessing on what will happen next. The plot, the story and everything is rather unpredictable, and I had fun trying to figure out what will happen next.
This is not exactly the book I will pick up to read...more
May 28, 2011
Fictional Bookshelf
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
adult-age-paranormals,
thrillers-and-mysteries
The opening scene / prologue, where the two main characters have nightmares, was a real eye-opener and gave way to how the rest of the book would go. Jake and Ashley’s (main characters) introduction into the story couldn’t have been more perfect.
As the first chapter progressed, it was rather humorous and made me giggle. Then things began to get spooky in a good way considering it‘s a paranormal mystery. I enjoyed reading the parts from the murderer’s point of view. It made the tale more captivat...more
As the first chapter progressed, it was rather humorous and made me giggle. Then things began to get spooky in a good way considering it‘s a paranormal mystery. I enjoyed reading the parts from the murderer’s point of view. It made the tale more captivat...more
I hesitate to file this book under suspense or thriller because it just didn't seem that way. My updates pretty much tell it all about what I thought of this book:
1) It started off extremely slow with too much world building and story set up. This is book number two in the series and we shouldn't still be on world building at this point. Normally I don't mind a little bit of world building depending on how much I need to understand of the world. But this is a contemporary setting with paranormal...more
1) It started off extremely slow with too much world building and story set up. This is book number two in the series and we shouldn't still be on world building at this point. Normally I don't mind a little bit of world building depending on how much I need to understand of the world. But this is a contemporary setting with paranormal...more
Read for Fun/June is Audiobook Month/June 2012 Series Read!
Overall Rating: 4.25
Story Rating: 4.00
Character Rating: 4.50
Audio Rating(Not part of the overall rating): 4.50
First thought when finished: I am really enjoying the Krewe of Hunters! Plus, this one is set in New Orleans!
What I Loved: Anytime you even hint that you are going to have historic re-enactments tied in with a murder mystery--you pretty much have me interested. I love that Heart of Evil weaves in historic events with a present da...more
Overall Rating: 4.25
Story Rating: 4.00
Character Rating: 4.50
Audio Rating(Not part of the overall rating): 4.50
First thought when finished: I am really enjoying the Krewe of Hunters! Plus, this one is set in New Orleans!
What I Loved: Anytime you even hint that you are going to have historic re-enactments tied in with a murder mystery--you pretty much have me interested. I love that Heart of Evil weaves in historic events with a present da...more
Before Reading: Damnit! I picked this one up and clearly inside the front cover it says "The chilling Krewe of Hunters trilogy..." and below it shows pictures of the covers of 3 books: Heart of Evil (Available Now), Sacred Evil (On sale August 2011), and The Evil Inside (On sale September 2011). Last time I checked, a trilogy meant 3 books. So why is it that Heart of Evil is listed as the second in this series and there's yet another book listed as first here? And since Graham's on Goodreads, wo...more
Donegal Plantation is known for it's historic beauty, fabulous dinning, and it's re-enactment of skirmish that took place there right at the start of the civil war.
Now it is know for the body hanging from the Angel statue located in the family cemetary.
Perhaps the ghost of the plantation did it? Jackson Crowe and the Krewe are called in. They are sure there are spirits roaming the plantation but doubt they had a hand in the murder.
Ashley Donegal and Jake have a past that ended when she found he...more
Now it is know for the body hanging from the Angel statue located in the family cemetary.
Perhaps the ghost of the plantation did it? Jackson Crowe and the Krewe are called in. They are sure there are spirits roaming the plantation but doubt they had a hand in the murder.
Ashley Donegal and Jake have a past that ended when she found he...more
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Heart of Evil is the second in Ms. Graham’s Krewe of Hunters series and focuses on Jake Mallory and his past love Ashley Donegal. Ashley is the current owner of Donegal Plantation and has stumbled upon a murder scene. The scary part is that the victim is displayed much like her ancestor had been. Something is not right and the “Krewe of Hunters” are called in for advice. Ashley is hesitant at first because she knows Jake is part of this paranormal special investigative unit and is unprepared for...more
Ashley Donegal's family has had an interesting past that dates back from before the Civil war. The house has stood for centuries and is part of that past. On a day that should have ended triumphantly one of her friends goes missing and while the police are uninterested her grandfather contacts a friend of his who runs a paranormal unit that works for the FBI. A member of that team is Jake, whom Ashley grew up with and once loved. Her friend's body turns up displayed on her family's cemetery's va...more
I'm really enjoying this series. I love Heather Graham's ghost stories. That this one featured a plantation and Civil War ghosts was great!
I have to say I enjoyed the story more than the romance in this book. While I like Jake and Ashley, their "hook up" was more of a secondary aspect of this story for me.
I really liked Marshall Donegal. I thought I had the whodunnit figured out early in the book, but I was wrong! That doesn't happen very often. Granted my pick came down to the final two who cou...more
I have to say I enjoyed the story more than the romance in this book. While I like Jake and Ashley, their "hook up" was more of a secondary aspect of this story for me.
I really liked Marshall Donegal. I thought I had the whodunnit figured out early in the book, but I was wrong! That doesn't happen very often. Granted my pick came down to the final two who cou...more
Heart of Evil (Krewe of Hunters #2)
by Heather Graham (Goodreads Author)
Synopsis from Goodreads:
"Emerging from the bayou like an apparition, Donegal Plantation is known for its unsurpassed dining, captivating atmosphere, haunting legends…and now a corpse swinging from the marble angel that marks its cemetery’s most majestic vault. A corpse discovered in nearly the same situation as that of Marshall Donegal, the patriarch killed in a skirmish just before the Civil War. Desperate for help traditi...more
by Heather Graham (Goodreads Author)
Synopsis from Goodreads:
"Emerging from the bayou like an apparition, Donegal Plantation is known for its unsurpassed dining, captivating atmosphere, haunting legends…and now a corpse swinging from the marble angel that marks its cemetery’s most majestic vault. A corpse discovered in nearly the same situation as that of Marshall Donegal, the patriarch killed in a skirmish just before the Civil War. Desperate for help traditi...more
I'm always surprised when books by best-selling authors read as though they were not edited. If Heather Graham doesn't warrant an outside editor, who does?
Anyhow--it's not great. The story is kind of exciting, but clumsily told. I picked it up because of the New Orleans setting, but the depiction of the city reads like a tourist's view rather than a regular visitor. I haven't spent much time in plantation country (where most of the book takes place), so I don't know if that setting rings truer.
T...more
Anyhow--it's not great. The story is kind of exciting, but clumsily told. I picked it up because of the New Orleans setting, but the depiction of the city reads like a tourist's view rather than a regular visitor. I haven't spent much time in plantation country (where most of the book takes place), so I don't know if that setting rings truer.
T...more
In Heather Graham's paranormal romantic suspense novel, plantation heiress Ashley Donegal turns to an elite team of paranormal investigators who blend hard forensics with rare intuition. Among the "Krewe of Hunters" is an old flame, Jake Mallory, a gifted musician with talent stretching far beyond the realm of the physical, and a few dark ghosts of his own. The evil the team unveils has the power to shake the plantation to its very foundation. Jake and Ashley are forced to risk everything to unr...more
3.5 STARS
Review provided by Black Lagoon Reviews:
Heart of Evil is the second novel in the Krewe of Hunters series by Heather Graham. As far as follow up novels, however, this definitely didn't live up to it's predecessor, but still it proved to be a good stand alone read that had a great mystery and an somewhat intriguing romance. Wonderfully written and with some nice twists and turns this is another nice addition to Graham's thriving repertoire.
Like the first novel, Graham's world building is...more
Review provided by Black Lagoon Reviews:
Heart of Evil is the second novel in the Krewe of Hunters series by Heather Graham. As far as follow up novels, however, this definitely didn't live up to it's predecessor, but still it proved to be a good stand alone read that had a great mystery and an somewhat intriguing romance. Wonderfully written and with some nice twists and turns this is another nice addition to Graham's thriving repertoire.
Like the first novel, Graham's world building is...more
What do an old Louisiana plantation, a civil war re-enactment and things that go bump in the night have in common? These are all elements in the second Krewe of Hunters book HEART OF EVIL by Heather Graham. (Yes I know I read the books out of sequence, but it didn't seem to make that much of a difference.)
Ashley Donegal is the co-owner/operator of a hotel in her family's plantation home. During a Civil War re-enactment a man is murdered. It just so happens that this particular man was portraying...more
Ashley Donegal is the co-owner/operator of a hotel in her family's plantation home. During a Civil War re-enactment a man is murdered. It just so happens that this particular man was portraying...more
Reviewed first at www.quixoticmagpie.blogspot.com
I recently read Phantom Evil, and I was not overly impressed. This is the sequel, and second in the Krewe of Hunters series. I liked this one so much better!!! The characters and the relationships did not seem as forced, there was not the sense of fake camaraderie that I felt in the first book. The mystery itself was more interesting, and had me guessing until the end, and I usually figure mysteries out early on. I loved the ghosts in this book to...more
I recently read Phantom Evil, and I was not overly impressed. This is the sequel, and second in the Krewe of Hunters series. I liked this one so much better!!! The characters and the relationships did not seem as forced, there was not the sense of fake camaraderie that I felt in the first book. The mystery itself was more interesting, and had me guessing until the end, and I usually figure mysteries out early on. I loved the ghosts in this book to...more
Heather Graham is very much a hit or miss author with me. In a great number of her books, I find them to be good stories, but very superficially written. I had the opportunity to review this book; however did not have the chance to review the first book in the series. Although I have done this before with her other series, it appears that the character development which occurred in the first book, Phantom Evil, was pretty important to understanding the characters in this book. What I thoroughly...more
I have really been into these books. The Krewe of Hunters series is very engaging and has the perfect mix of supernatural, detective work, suspense, and romance. I have never read a series like this before.
This series is not appropriate for kids under 18- it is definitely adult content. Mostly for the medium graphic sex scenes.
I would recommend this series to anyone who wants to mix a series that is a bit different into their paranormal romance genre.
Each story could be read on it's own, though...more
This series is not appropriate for kids under 18- it is definitely adult content. Mostly for the medium graphic sex scenes.
I would recommend this series to anyone who wants to mix a series that is a bit different into their paranormal romance genre.
Each story could be read on it's own, though...more
I didn't really like this story as much as the other two in the series that I have read. It was pretty dull, mainly because of the two lead characters. The male lead, Jake, I liked as an ancillary character in the first book, but as a lead he was pretty boring. His character also seemed to have changed dramatically from the first book. He was less brooding and dark in the first book; then, his entire persona changed when he became the lead in this story. Ashley, the female lead, was annoying. Th...more
Heart of Evil is the second book in this series and is also set in New Orleans like the first one. The Donegal Plantation is well known in these parts especially for their civil war reenactments. Ashley is the main character and the person behind organizing the reenactments. Well one thing that she did not organize was the killing of the person playing Marshall Donegal, her grandfather who died during the civil war.
Can the ghosts help Ashley figure out who committed this crime? Can her long lon...more
Can the ghosts help Ashley figure out who committed this crime? Can her long lon...more
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Also published as Heather Graham Pozzessere and Shannon Drake.
New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Heather Graham majored in theater arts at the University of South Florida. After a stint of several years in dinner theater, back-up vocals, and bartending, she stayed home after the birth of her third child and began to write, working on short horror stories and romances. After some tria...more
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New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Heather Graham majored in theater arts at the University of South Florida. After a stint of several years in dinner theater, back-up vocals, and bartending, she stayed home after the birth of her third child and began to write, working on short horror stories and romances. After some tria...more
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Awesome! The next book in the series is definitely my favourite.
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