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By Death #2
Haunted by Death
Meg Pearce is haunted by a death that may never be explained, … and so she can never truly be healed. During the summer before she started college, she and her boyfriend went on a camping trip that ended with one of their friends disappearing. In one fell swoop of destruction, she lost not only a friend but her own innocence, her future, her best friend and lover, her everything.Seventeen years later, Meg’s career as an anthropologist drives her to seek understanding about why things happen and the answers for human behavior. Those questions that torment her have her returning to the same campsite of the tragedy that defines her life. A part of her hopes to solve the mystery that has plagued her for most of her adult years. Ultimately she longs to find a way to deal with the loss. Instead of gaining closure though, she stumbles onto a gruesome discovery that has her reeling back to the darkest time in her existence.Detective Chad Ingram has spent the last seventeen years attempting to solve a stone-cold mystery—one that also stole his life and his true love.Death seems supernaturally determined to shake up their lives for good or evil—only this time, Meg and Chad are both in the cross fire.
500 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 30, 2013
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About the author
Dale Mayer
425 books1,656 followersDale Mayer is a USA Today bestselling author best known for her Psychic Visions and Family Blood Ties series. Her contemporary romances are raw and full of passion and emotion (Second Chances, SKIN), her thrillers will keep you guessing (By Death series), and her romantic comedies will keep you giggling (It's a Dog's Life and Charmin Marvin Romantic Comedy series).
She honors the stories that come to her - and some of them are crazy and break all the rules and cross multiple genres!
To go with her fiction, she also writes nonfiction in many different fields with books available on resume writing, companion gardening and the US mortgage system. She has recently published her Career Essentials Series. All her books are available in print and ebook format.
To find out more about Dale and her books, visit her at http://www.dalemayer.com. Or connect with her online with Twitter at www.twitter.com/dalemayer and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/dalemayer.author. If you like Dale Mayer's books and are interested in joining her street team, sign up here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/40238...
Books by Dale Mayer
Psychic Vision Series
Tuesday's Child
Hide'n Go Seek
Maddy's Floor
Garden of Sorrow
Knock, Knock...
Rare Find
Eyes to the Soul - fall/winter 2014
By Death Series
Touched by Death - Part 1 - Free
Touched by Death - Part 2
Touched by Death - Full book
Haunted by Death
Chilled by Death - fall/winter 2014
Second Chances...at Love Series
Second Chances - Part 1
Second Chances - Part 2
Second Chances - Full book
Novellas
It's a Dog's Life- romantic comedy
Charmin Marvin Romantic Comedy
Broken Protocols #1
Broken Protocols #2
Broken Protocols #3
New adult/adul crossover Books
In Cassie's Corner
Gem Stone (a Gemma Stone mystery)
Design Series
Dangerous Designs
Deadly Designs
Darkest Designs
Family Blood Ties Series
Vampire in Denial
Vampire in Distress
Vampire in Design
Vampire in Deceit
Vampire in Defiance
Non-Fiction Books
Career Essentials: The Resume
Career Essentials: The Cover Letter
Career Essentials: The Interview
Career Essentials: 3 in 1
She honors the stories that come to her - and some of them are crazy and break all the rules and cross multiple genres!
To go with her fiction, she also writes nonfiction in many different fields with books available on resume writing, companion gardening and the US mortgage system. She has recently published her Career Essentials Series. All her books are available in print and ebook format.
To find out more about Dale and her books, visit her at http://www.dalemayer.com. Or connect with her online with Twitter at www.twitter.com/dalemayer and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/dalemayer.author. If you like Dale Mayer's books and are interested in joining her street team, sign up here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/40238...
Books by Dale Mayer
Psychic Vision Series
Tuesday's Child
Hide'n Go Seek
Maddy's Floor
Garden of Sorrow
Knock, Knock...
Rare Find
Eyes to the Soul - fall/winter 2014
By Death Series
Touched by Death - Part 1 - Free
Touched by Death - Part 2
Touched by Death - Full book
Haunted by Death
Chilled by Death - fall/winter 2014
Second Chances...at Love Series
Second Chances - Part 1
Second Chances - Part 2
Second Chances - Full book
Novellas
It's a Dog's Life- romantic comedy
Charmin Marvin Romantic Comedy
Broken Protocols #1
Broken Protocols #2
Broken Protocols #3
New adult/adul crossover Books
In Cassie's Corner
Gem Stone (a Gemma Stone mystery)
Design Series
Dangerous Designs
Deadly Designs
Darkest Designs
Family Blood Ties Series
Vampire in Denial
Vampire in Distress
Vampire in Design
Vampire in Deceit
Vampire in Defiance
Non-Fiction Books
Career Essentials: The Resume
Career Essentials: The Cover Letter
Career Essentials: The Interview
Career Essentials: 3 in 1
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May 16, 2016
I received a free copy of a box set with this book in exchange for an honest review.
A pre-college camping trip goes horribly wrong for a group of teens when one of their number goes missing, presumed dead. Seventeen years later, each of them has dealt with tragedy in his or her own way. Meg Pearce coped by choosing a job that took her abroad much of the time and avoided settling down in a relationship. She also stayed away from the area where her friend disappeared. One weekend, in an effort to mend a broken relationship, she agrees to go to her boyfriend's cabin, not too far away from where they'd camped all those years ago. That small decision has big ramifications, and so many threads unravel.
The writing style is passive and overuses filter words. The text also contains more than a few typos. The plot and pacing are steady, but the characters feel one-dimensional. I didn't ever care what happened to them. This book is mostly a suspense with a thread of romance that builds momentum toward the end, and reaches a steam climax. I give 3.5 out of 5 stars, rounded up to a soft 4 for rating purposes.
A pre-college camping trip goes horribly wrong for a group of teens when one of their number goes missing, presumed dead. Seventeen years later, each of them has dealt with tragedy in his or her own way. Meg Pearce coped by choosing a job that took her abroad much of the time and avoided settling down in a relationship. She also stayed away from the area where her friend disappeared. One weekend, in an effort to mend a broken relationship, she agrees to go to her boyfriend's cabin, not too far away from where they'd camped all those years ago. That small decision has big ramifications, and so many threads unravel.
The writing style is passive and overuses filter words. The text also contains more than a few typos. The plot and pacing are steady, but the characters feel one-dimensional. I didn't ever care what happened to them. This book is mostly a suspense with a thread of romance that builds momentum toward the end, and reaches a steam climax. I give 3.5 out of 5 stars, rounded up to a soft 4 for rating purposes.
August 11, 2020
Meg Pearce is an anthropologist and she feels like death haunts her as in her last summer before college an innocent camping trip ended in a friend’s disappearance. This had the effect of destroying her life because she lost her innocence, the plans she has for her future and even worse she lost her best friend/lover. After seventeen years, she has reluctantly returned to the same area, however, a gruesome discovery has sent her reeling back to the events that changed everything. Chad Ingram is a police detective and has spent the last seventeen years trying to solve the mystery of that camping trip so he can regain his life and more importantly the woman he lost - the love of his life. But this time death has not finished with them and even worse this time they are firmly in the sights.
Wow - this story was very dramatic and had lots of layers with many candidates for the guilty person, I certainly didn't see who it was and even when I had worked some of the story out, I was still wrong about who was responsible for it. Well written and very clever in the way the story was structured. I really enjoyed being on the journey with the characters in the story in order to work out what was going on.
Wow - this story was very dramatic and had lots of layers with many candidates for the guilty person, I certainly didn't see who it was and even when I had worked some of the story out, I was still wrong about who was responsible for it. Well written and very clever in the way the story was structured. I really enjoyed being on the journey with the characters in the story in order to work out what was going on.
October 29, 2022
Haunted by Death by Dale Mayer
By Death Series Book Two
Chad Ingram and Meg Pearce were in love. Ready to head for college. One last summer outing with seven other people. And then everything changed when one of them went missing. And, even though Chad and Meg thought their love could handle anything…they found out it couldn’t.
Seventeen years later, Meg finally returned to the area that had changed her life. Had led her down the path to becoming an anthropologist. Chad became a cop. Meg finds something that brings Chad back into her orbit after all this time. Maybe they can finally have closure and move on.
The reader can meet Meg in the first book, Touched by Death. Loving the series so far. Romance and suspense kept me turning the pages until the end.
**Sexual content and language
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By Death Series Book Two
Chad Ingram and Meg Pearce were in love. Ready to head for college. One last summer outing with seven other people. And then everything changed when one of them went missing. And, even though Chad and Meg thought their love could handle anything…they found out it couldn’t.
Seventeen years later, Meg finally returned to the area that had changed her life. Had led her down the path to becoming an anthropologist. Chad became a cop. Meg finds something that brings Chad back into her orbit after all this time. Maybe they can finally have closure and move on.
The reader can meet Meg in the first book, Touched by Death. Loving the series so far. Romance and suspense kept me turning the pages until the end.
**Sexual content and language
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August 22, 2017
A storyline that looks simple but packed with plenty of surprise twists. It's a suspenseful read that keeps you guessing till the very end. The end itself is a satisfying one, one that justifies the story and pretty much an apt ending to a good book..
April 26, 2023
A gripping tale of deadly infatuation, with a twist at the end.
October 15, 2013
I received this book from Netgalley for my honest review.
I strated reading this book as soon as I finished Touched By Death.
This is the story of Meg, one of the secondary charaters of Touched By Death.
Here too the stroy is building slowly. The first part of the book is full of confusing feelings of Meg and of Chad, Meg's love when she was a teenager.
In the prologue we met all the characters as teenagers and find out what happened to mark all of them so deeply and permanently.
The story jumps ahead 17 years and we slowly find out that all involved with the tragedy have had a difficult time trying to adjust and none of them have succeded. They're all unsatisfied, unhappy, some serisously tormented.
The story starts slowly and, at the beginning, I had to convince myself to continue reading, but now I'm so very glad that I had persevered!
At first, I remember clearly that Meg was involved with a guy named Eddie, but here her significant other is Pete, so I was not sure that it was the same Meg, but there was a mention about Jade and Dane from the first book... Mmmm... Maybe Ms. Mayer changed her mind about the name? *wink*
Anyhow, the story starts building momentus and the suspense escales continuosly. I felt very near to Meg and unserstand completly her issues and her doubts. I was cheering, I was having her same doubts about the situation she found herself in, I was afraid of the same things!
And the ending!!! WOW!!! Who could have thought of it!!!!
As usual, the books are RS, but with a heavy accent to suspense and mistery.
Wonderful book! I really hope there will be more! :D
I strated reading this book as soon as I finished Touched By Death.
This is the story of Meg, one of the secondary charaters of Touched By Death.
Here too the stroy is building slowly. The first part of the book is full of confusing feelings of Meg and of Chad, Meg's love when she was a teenager.
In the prologue we met all the characters as teenagers and find out what happened to mark all of them so deeply and permanently.
The story jumps ahead 17 years and we slowly find out that all involved with the tragedy have had a difficult time trying to adjust and none of them have succeded. They're all unsatisfied, unhappy, some serisously tormented.
The story starts slowly and, at the beginning, I had to convince myself to continue reading, but now I'm so very glad that I had persevered!
At first, I remember clearly that Meg was involved with a guy named Eddie, but here her significant other is Pete, so I was not sure that it was the same Meg, but there was a mention about Jade and Dane from the first book... Mmmm... Maybe Ms. Mayer changed her mind about the name? *wink*
Anyhow, the story starts building momentus and the suspense escales continuosly. I felt very near to Meg and unserstand completly her issues and her doubts. I was cheering, I was having her same doubts about the situation she found herself in, I was afraid of the same things!
And the ending!!! WOW!!! Who could have thought of it!!!!
As usual, the books are RS, but with a heavy accent to suspense and mistery.
Wonderful book! I really hope there will be more! :D
December 7, 2013
This book had a few twists I didn't see coming. I wish I could talk about them but my aggressive anti-spoiler stance in reviews tells me that wouldn't be appropriate. Instead, I shall simply say "Well done, Dale Mayer. I didn't see that coming." (which, yeah, I said above. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT CAN'T BE SPOKEN OF!)
*ahem*
So. Meg and Chad -- in fact, their entire group of friends -- had to deal with tragedy. It helped shape them all in so many ways. Some ran, some fell into drugs and alcohol, and some became protectors so they could try to untangle the mystery of what happened that summer. But for all of them, the uncertainty behind what happened and the lack of closure has stayed with them.
When Meg stumbles over a body years later, it reunites old friends and puts them on the path of discovering what happened. Do you remember when I mentioned those twists? Yeah, this is where those came in. Because nothing's straightforward and Meg and Chad have to dig to uncover the truth. (Heh. Did you see what I did there? DID YOU? Oh, anthropologist humor. You never get old. *pauses* *stops self from making a crack about how anthropologists deal in old things* *steps away from this entire paragraph before the word-play overtakes me*)
Solid mystery with a nice romance. Meg and Chad are given a chance to rekindle their old love while putting the painful parts of their past to rest. Did I mention the twists? Oh, the twists.
-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal
*ahem*
So. Meg and Chad -- in fact, their entire group of friends -- had to deal with tragedy. It helped shape them all in so many ways. Some ran, some fell into drugs and alcohol, and some became protectors so they could try to untangle the mystery of what happened that summer. But for all of them, the uncertainty behind what happened and the lack of closure has stayed with them.
When Meg stumbles over a body years later, it reunites old friends and puts them on the path of discovering what happened. Do you remember when I mentioned those twists? Yeah, this is where those came in. Because nothing's straightforward and Meg and Chad have to dig to uncover the truth. (Heh. Did you see what I did there? DID YOU? Oh, anthropologist humor. You never get old. *pauses* *stops self from making a crack about how anthropologists deal in old things* *steps away from this entire paragraph before the word-play overtakes me*)
Solid mystery with a nice romance. Meg and Chad are given a chance to rekindle their old love while putting the painful parts of their past to rest. Did I mention the twists? Oh, the twists.
-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal
October 19, 2013
The second book in the series is an intriguing thriller that keeps the reader reading until the very end.
Seventeen years ago, a group of young friends’ lives were destroyed when one of them disappears on a camping trip. Meg left everything behind including her lover and now concentrates more on her career than anything. Chad the one she left behind, is a detective and has spent the last seventeen years trying to solve the mystery. When Meg returns she makes a gruesome discovery that sets things in motion that will turn their life upside down.
The plot is set at a slow and steady pace that keeps the reader engaged with solving the mystery. The suspense builds as more clues are uncovered that leaves them with more questions. This book is very intriguing and keeps the reader guessing until the very end with some surprising twist and turns.
The author conveys the suspense in such a way that the reader is taken along with the compelling characters as they discover the horrible truth to what happened to their friend. The book is a romantic suspense but it concentrates more on the mystery than the romance, but what is there is well written and fits into the story at a believable pace. Though this is part of a series, it can be read as a stand-alone book. I am looking forward to reading more in this series.
I received this review from NetGalley in exchange for a hones review.
Seventeen years ago, a group of young friends’ lives were destroyed when one of them disappears on a camping trip. Meg left everything behind including her lover and now concentrates more on her career than anything. Chad the one she left behind, is a detective and has spent the last seventeen years trying to solve the mystery. When Meg returns she makes a gruesome discovery that sets things in motion that will turn their life upside down.
The plot is set at a slow and steady pace that keeps the reader engaged with solving the mystery. The suspense builds as more clues are uncovered that leaves them with more questions. This book is very intriguing and keeps the reader guessing until the very end with some surprising twist and turns.
The author conveys the suspense in such a way that the reader is taken along with the compelling characters as they discover the horrible truth to what happened to their friend. The book is a romantic suspense but it concentrates more on the mystery than the romance, but what is there is well written and fits into the story at a believable pace. Though this is part of a series, it can be read as a stand-alone book. I am looking forward to reading more in this series.
I received this review from NetGalley in exchange for a hones review.
October 5, 2014
Dale Mayer's work is always outstanding and Haunted by Death is no exception. As the tale is revealed, the elements of the past and present weave together to create a magnetic story that pulls the reader further and further into the story. Wonderful well developed characters help bring the story to life as we root for the shadow that has hung over these people to be cleared away and for the ultimate answer to be revealed.As always, there are a couple of twists the shake up the characters and maybe the reader.
Nine young adults spent the weekend at the lake 17 years ago, but only 8 came home. For 17 years the shadow of suspicion has hung over the group and the experience reshaped their lives. Now one of the group has discovered a skeleton that may be the missing friend. This discovery once again changes the dynamics of life for many of the group.
Nine young adults spent the weekend at the lake 17 years ago, but only 8 came home. For 17 years the shadow of suspicion has hung over the group and the experience reshaped their lives. Now one of the group has discovered a skeleton that may be the missing friend. This discovery once again changes the dynamics of life for many of the group.
May 13, 2016
>Book review - Haunted by Death -
>I am an independent reviewer. This is the first book in the By Death series and ends in an HEA. A teen girl disappears on a camping trip and the other teens on the trip have their lives changed as the horror of that day never leaves them. Meg travels back years later and stumbles upon the body of her long lost friend.
>There are a lot of characters and back stories that tend to throw the reader off track. The actual bad guy seems obvious by the end of the book, but during the story, the views of each character and the different theories hid the bad guy in plain sight.
>This is a really good mystery. I wish the romance was as good, but it was a bit weak. Readers of mysteries will enjoy the fast pace and plot twists. This book is appropriate for an adult audience. I am giving the story 5 stars.
>I am an independent reviewer. This is the first book in the By Death series and ends in an HEA. A teen girl disappears on a camping trip and the other teens on the trip have their lives changed as the horror of that day never leaves them. Meg travels back years later and stumbles upon the body of her long lost friend.
>There are a lot of characters and back stories that tend to throw the reader off track. The actual bad guy seems obvious by the end of the book, but during the story, the views of each character and the different theories hid the bad guy in plain sight.
>This is a really good mystery. I wish the romance was as good, but it was a bit weak. Readers of mysteries will enjoy the fast pace and plot twists. This book is appropriate for an adult audience. I am giving the story 5 stars.
January 13, 2014
I received this book from netgalley for my honest review.
The books starts with a group of friends camping when one of the girls disappears. The book then picks up many years later when the main character, who happens to be one of the girls in the beginning, is now an anthropologist and comes across the skeleton of a young woman. And it just so happens to be in the same area where they camped as teenagers.
This was a good book but did drag at times. There were a couple of times where I debated stopping for a while but then something exciting would happen and grab my attention again. On the whole, it was a good book and I would recommend it.
The books starts with a group of friends camping when one of the girls disappears. The book then picks up many years later when the main character, who happens to be one of the girls in the beginning, is now an anthropologist and comes across the skeleton of a young woman. And it just so happens to be in the same area where they camped as teenagers.
This was a good book but did drag at times. There were a couple of times where I debated stopping for a while but then something exciting would happen and grab my attention again. On the whole, it was a good book and I would recommend it.
March 24, 2014
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book By Dale Mayer March 23, 2014
By M. Brown
Format:Kindle Edition
Haunted By Death was a great read. The characters were well developed and the settings were very descriptive. There were twists and turns throughout the whole story making for a very suspenseful read. Just when I thought I had it figured out something would happen to make me change my mind. Although I have read some of Dale Mayer's Psychic Vision series, this is the first I have read in her Death Series. I can tell you it won't be my last. If you like to read romantic suspense full of twists and turn, then this book is a must read for you!
By M. Brown
Format:Kindle Edition
Haunted By Death was a great read. The characters were well developed and the settings were very descriptive. There were twists and turns throughout the whole story making for a very suspenseful read. Just when I thought I had it figured out something would happen to make me change my mind. Although I have read some of Dale Mayer's Psychic Vision series, this is the first I have read in her Death Series. I can tell you it won't be my last. If you like to read romantic suspense full of twists and turn, then this book is a must read for you!
July 11, 2014
I wasn't disappointed.... it was a great read.... yet again no sleep lol that's when I know im reading a good book when you look up at the Time and it's 5 in the morning lol.... an amazing author ..... great value and she e isn't greedy with her prices a big fan x
December 10, 2015
Another great book!
I simply can't get enough of Dale Mayer's stories! I enjoyed this one as much as all her others and plan to,right on to the next one!
I simply can't get enough of Dale Mayer's stories! I enjoyed this one as much as all her others and plan to,right on to the next one!
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April 27, 2017Dale Mayer has become one of my favorite authors . Suspenseful Mystery and Thriller. Love the book you won't be disappointed. I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review
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