I read at a few of her Beauty books as a curious teen, mostly attracted by the endless sex scenes, although a bit horrified by some of the weirder moments of brutality. This is my first legitimate foray into Anne Rice. The question is, will they triumph over an undying, patient evil with a plan? But Rowan and Michael are too in love, too sure of their own strengths and wisdom to see the mistake, and so they walk into the trap set for them. And Rowan has broken the trust, returned to claim her family home, and walked right into the path of an unstoppable supernatural force.

There is a being, a demon, an entity, that wants Rowan. Soon an ancient order arrives on the scene with a detailed family history and devastating news. Fate, however, has more in store for them. Michael is looking for answers, but in Rowan he finds love and forgiveness.

Now, everything he touches breathes its vibrant history into him, a powerful mix of emotions and visions that leave him staggered.Īs time goes on, the two find their way back together. But he came back with a mission that he can’t remember and a terrifying power that he cannot understand. A sensitive restorer of grand mansions, Curry’s life was going well until the fatal accident, until Rowan pulled his body from the dashing waves and resuscitated him. Meanwhile, Michael Curry is falling into a depressive alcoholic fugue. She knows that she has killed and that she is trying to repent. She knows that she has a strange power, one that has life in it but also much death. She knows only that she is adopted as an outcast from her people, sworn to never go back to her roots, to never ask questions. Rowan Mayfair knows nothing of her history, of the being that has crafted it. There are generations of witches and behind them is one insidious entity, carefully gathering power and information, who rules them all.

The witching hour by anne rice