The Final Possession

A dark and controlling evil, far greater than anyone could possibly imagine, has the small town of Grandeur Falls in its grasps. With seventeen victims under his belt, Donavan Wright wants nothing more than for the lovely Claire Henley to be his next. Fourteen years after her mysterious and sudden disappearance, Claire returns to the only home she has ever known. Desperate for a new beginning, she quietly tries to rebuild her life. Things begin to take on some semblance of normalcy as she attends the local college and makes new friends. When her best friend, Maggie, gets engaged to Marcus, a professor from the school, Claire is happy for her. Her happiness, however, is soon marred when her friend and study partner, Lela, is found murdered. Claire begins to worry. Could it be the sinister force that has followed her since the day she left Grandeur Falls? When Maggie also disappears, Claire knows it"s not just a coincidence. Suspicions against Claire mount; after all, she"s the only solid connection in each case. Detective Quaid Carrington, having worked on the most gruesome of murders and seen eerily similar cases, is the only man capable of clearing her name. Unfortunately for Claire, he also happens to be the very man whose heart she shattered fourteen years ago. Quaid, though he never really recovered after losing his high school sweetheart, begrudgingly agrees to help Claire. But as he begins to unravel the complexities of her past, he begins to doubt his ability to protect her from the evil lurking, waiting to destroy her. Together can they succeed in stopping the monster before Claire becomes his next victim, or will Claire be The Final Possession? A. M. Hunter lives in central Texas with her husband and their six children. The Final Possession is her first novel.