The Dark Gate, by Pamela Palmer

A paranormal romance published by the Nocturne line of Harlequin/Silhouette, The Dark Gate is Ms Palmer’s debut book. The novel introduces us to the world of the Esri and their human descendants, the Sitheen, and bears witness to the clash of their cultures, their ambitions and their powers.

Here’s the back cover blurb (yeah, I know, almost worse than nothing):

An ancient evil has found its way back to our world…

And the only ones who can stop it don’t know it exists.

Larsen Vale has a secret: she sees things. Terrible things. Deadly things. And her latest vision features a strange albino man… and her own death. Haunted and afraid, she trusts no one, not even the handsome cop who seems fascinated with her.

Washington, D.C., detective Jack Hallihan has one mission: find the man who is assaulting young women. But the police have not clues, no leads and no witnesses. And Jack has a deadly secret of his own—a secret Larsen holds the key to.

Time is running out. If Larsen and Jack can’t learn to trust their attraction to each other, the Gate will be opened—and the world will be forever changed…

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