Before writing such New York Times bestselling thrillers as Blood Dreams and Sleeping with Fear, Kay Hooper made her mark with novels uniquely blending romance and suspense. In this new edition of The Haunting of Josie, Hooper brings together the themes that have remained at the heart of all her workpassion, danger, and a touch of the paranormalin this classic story of a woman haunted by the past and tempted by a man too irresistible to trust.Josie Douglas came to the isolated country cottage with her research, a good alibi, and a gun. She hoped that shed have enough time to unravel the facts behind the tragedy that years before shattered her life. Instead she found herself in a house haunted by its own dark history. A series of strange coincidences, a ghostly visitor, and a mysterious brass key provide Josie with tantalizing clues to a mystery that keeps her guessing at every turn. As does Marc Westbrooka landlord who embodies the meaning of the term drop-dead gorgeous. Soon shell have to trust him with the secret that drove her into seclusiona secret that has already cost one man she loved his life.From the Paperback edition.