The Monster of Arden — Helen G. Huntley

The small town of Arden, Massachusetts has been put under a spell by a four-hundred-year-old warlock masquerading as a preacher.With an appetite for handsome young men, he has made his latest prey, Arnul Phenis, the most powerful man in Arden. After a horrible double murder and one young girl left half insane, he riles up the people of the town into a frenzy and they burn the house of an innocent family with them in it. He doesn't know the family is not dead. Ten years later, Rence Hofford, the young man he thought they had killed that fateful night, returns as the police chief of Arden, bent on revenge. Himself a sorcerer, backed by the most powerful sorcerers in the word, he is determined to take down this warlock and his puppet.  Holly Stahl's parents were killed in a horrible carraige accident, that wasnt an accident at all. Her father left her secrets to find. Hidden in the archives of the family bookstore she will find out who she really is. But what will she find?There's a new Miller in town who seemingly came out of nowhere. is he  looking for something or someone?What about the mysterious man who is turning the warehouse down by the river into a gambling casino? What is he doing spending so much time with Arnul's beautiful wife?Holly and Rence together with an unforgettable cast of characters, come together to save the town of Arden once and for all. If they can.It may take more than magic. The Monster of Arden is a dark, adult, paranormal fantasy you won't want to put down.