In 1484, then Pope Innocent VIII issued a papal bull-- A decree giving the
endorsement of the church to the inquisitors of the day who hunted,
tortured, tried and ultimately murdered those accused of heresy--
especially the practice of WitchCraft. Modern day Witches refer to this dark
period of history as "The Burning Times." Rowan Gant returns to face a
nightmare long thought to be a distant memory. A killer armed with gross
misinterpretations of the Holy Bible and a 15th century Witch Hunting
Manual known as the Malleus Maleficarum has resurrected the Inquisition
and the members of the Pagan community of St. Louis are his prey. With
the unspeakable horrors of "The Burning Times" being played out across
the metropolitan area, Rowan is again enlisted by Homicide Detective
Benjamin Storm and the Major Case Squad to help solve the crimes-- All
the while knowing full well that his religion makes him a potential target.
At 1:52 PM, November 18, Rowan Gant’s wife, Felicity O’Brien was
arrested and charged with a string of brutal murders.

Due to a number of bizarre and almost inexplicable events leading up to
her arrest, even she is unsure of her own innocence, let alone her sanity.

Rowan’s faith in her, however, remains unshaken, and he will stop at
nothing to find the real killer. The only problem is, the woman he is
looking for has been dead for more than 150 years…

All Acts Of Pleasure is the powerful and revealing sequel to the Rowan
Gant Investigations biggest cliffhanger to date, Love Is The Bond.
A legacy of darkened desires and magick gone terribly wrong... If Rowan
Gant's wife, Felicity, is ever to heal, the sadistic serial killer calling herself
Mistress Miranda must be stopped. Of course, simply finding her will be a
trick, because she's not exactly who she appears to be.

Even then, stopping her may simply not be enough. When a blood
connection is cemented by magick from all sides, the expression "thicker
than water" doesn't even begin to cover it.

If sanity is to once again reign, a forgotten spell must first be broken. An
incantation bound in love, but cast in fear; one that is now growing
stronger every minute it remains unchecked.

Breaking a spell should be child's play for a seasoned Witch like Rowan.
The problem is realizing exactly which spell he needs to break...

The End Of Desire is the final chapter of the gut wrenching Miranda
Trilogy...

Or, is it?
Of existing serial homicide cases, women make up less than one-tenth of
American serial killers. However, among female serial killers in existence
worldwide, American women have the dubious honor of snagging better
than three-quarters of that total.

Within the characteristics of the Kelleher Typology nine point
categorization of serial killers is that of SEXUAL PREDATORS— those
who systematically kill others in clear acts of sexual homicide.

They are sociopaths, sometimes harboring a form of paraphilia, but
almost always killing in order to fuel or even validate an ongoing fantasy.
In the case of female serial killers, however, this classification is so
distinctly rare that there has only been one documented instance of it in
the United States.

Still, there are those who wonder if that case was merely an isolated
anomaly, or in fact a harbinger of what is yet to come.

Rowan Gant is about to find the answer to that question. The problem is,
it might just be one he doesn't want to hear...
A missing school teacher, decomposed remains in a shallow grave,
and a sadistic serial killer prowling Saint Louis by the semi-darkness
of the waning moon...EXACTLY the kind of thing Rowan Gant has no
choice but to face. But, this time his bane, the uncontrolled channeling
of murder victims, isn't helping; for the dead are speaking, but not
necessarily to him.

Rowan once again must skirt the prejudices of police lieutenant
Barbara Albright as he and his best friend, homicide detective Ben
Storm, race to save a friend...and perhaps someone even closer.
In February of 2001, serial killer Eldon Andrew Porter set about creating a
modern day version of the 15th centure inquisition and Witch trials.
Following the tenets of the Malleus Maleficarum and his own insane
interpretation of the Holy Bible, he tortured and subsequently murdered
several innocent people. During a showdown on the old Chain of Rocks
Bridge, he narrowly escaped apprehension by the Greater Saint Louis Major
Case Squad.

In the process, his left arm was severely crippled by a gunshot fired at close
range. A gunshot fired by a man he was trying to kill. A man who embraced
the mystical arts. A Witch. Rowan Gant.

In December of the same year, Eldon Porter's fingerprints were found at the
scene of a horrific murder in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, just south of Saint
Louis. An eyewitness who later spotted the victim's stolen vehicle reported
that it was headed north...
Rowan Gant is a Witch. His bane is to see things that others cannot.
To feel things he wishes he could not.
To experience events through the eyes of another...
Through the eyes of victims...
Sometimes, the things he sees are evil...
Criminal...
Because of this, in the span of less than two years, Rowan has come
face to face with not one, but two sadistic serial killers...
In both cases he was lucky to survive.
Still, he abides the basic rule of The Craft-- Harm None.
When a young woman is ritualistically murdered in her Saint Louis
apartment with the primary clue being a pentacle scrawled in her own blood,
police are quick to dismiss it as a cult killing. Not one for taking things at
face value, city homicide detective Ben Storm calls on his long time friend,
Rowan Gant- a practicing Witch- for help. In helping his friend, Rowan
discovers that the victim is one of his former pupils. Even worse, the clues
that he helps to uncover show that this murder is only a prelude to even
more ritualistic bloodletting for dark purposes. As the body count starts to
rise, Rowan is suddenly thrust into an investigation where not only must he
help stop a sadistic serial killer, but also must fight the prejudices and
suspicions of those his is working with-- including his best friend.
The following titles are autographed by the author at any
number of events I attend.  While I do not have certificates of
authenticity, I hope that you trust that these autographs are
authentic.
M.R. Sellers - Rowan Gant Investigations