Sarah Meyers doesn't consider herself normal. After all, she hears the voices of spirits. A paranormal investigator, Sarah seeks to understand things that go bump in the night, perhaps to alleviate her nightmares and put her past to rest.

When a sheriff requests her assistance in Nowhere, Texas, Sarah and her team travel there, ready to make sense of recent activities. Black rain assails the town and evil permeates the air. It's not ghostly spirits that roam the area, but demons.

Although she's come to terms with being a medium, Sarah still considers herself an anomaly, not quite fitting in with mainstream society. Then she meets Max, a man who not only accepts her talents, but has some of his own. Sarah is cautiously hopeful of this incredibly sexy, deeply intense man who not only accepts her as she is, but seems to understand her as well. Soon, she feels she's known him forever and believes as Max does that she's his destined mate.

Max has been around for almost 400 years. Turned into a demon when Darkland Beasts killed his family, he's saved and recruited into the Knights of White. He now roams the world saving humanity from demons that wish them harm. When he meets Sarah, he knows almost instantly that she's his mate. But he's here in Nowhere to face a crucial test. A test that, if failed, will send him to hell. So while he'll risk his life to protect her, he vows to not get too close. Will his strength and her determination be enough to destroy the demons that threaten to take over the town, unleashing a demon of princely power? Will they be able to let go of their own pasts and find a future together in the light? They'd better decide because time is running out.

Beast of Darkness, third in The Knights of White series, is the first story I've read by Lisa Renee Jones. An absolutely riveting novel, I found myself on the edge of my seat, wondering what would happen next. Would he claim her? How will they stop the demons in time?

Sarah, while having inner vulnerability from her own past, is a strong, take charge kind of heroine without losing any of her femininity, an admirable trait in a sea of strong heroines who sometimes come across as almost abrasive. Max is a brooding, but deeply protective and compassionate hero. I enjoyed Max, who wants desperately to find his peace, to make amends for his own past. The couple's sexual chemistry is fabulously sizzling, without being over the top, giving the reader just enough to want to turn the page for more.

Fast-paced, sensual and intelligent...to know more you'll have to pick up a copy of Beast of Darkness, a story that all in all impresses me...so much so that I'm off to find a copy of her first two books in this series and will keep my eye out for stories to come.

Reviewed by: Bella