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• My rating: I absolutely love this series and give it very high marks. While the subject matter of The Immortals wasn’t my favorite (pagan rituals and alternative religions I enjoy but please no vampires) I devoured it in almost one sitting. Her story telling is addictive and I have trouble finding a good stopping point because I just want to keep on reading until the sun comes up on a new day. I discovered the series earlier this year and blew through the first four books within the blink of an eye. I can’t seem to get enough of Lt. Taylor Jackson. Keep ‘em coming J.T.
• New-to-me author: No
• Would I read more from this author: Yes and J.T.’s website is announcing that book #6 in the Taylor Jackson series, So Close the Hand of Death, will be published in March of 2011. Yay! Its already wish listed.

Title: The Immortals

Author/website: J.T. Ellison

Publisher: MIRA Publication date & page count: October ’10 & 390 pages

It is Samhain – the Blood Harvest. Non-believers call it Hallowe’en. The night when eight Nashville teenagers are found dead, with occult symbols carved into their naked bodies. It’s a ritual the killers believe was blessed by Death himself. When children are victimized, emotions always run high, and this case has the public both outraged and terrified: a dangerous combination. Recently reinstated Homicide Lieutenant Taylor Jackson knows she has to act quickly, but tread carefully. Exploring the baffling culture of mysticism and witchcraft, Taylor is immersed in a darkness that threatens to unbalance the order of her world, and learns how unchecked wrath can push a killer to his limits.