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Description of  Darkness Bound (Chimney Rock)

This fantasy world starts out introducing us to the little fledgling team of werehounds who are battling extinction and the werewolves their enemies as the hounds seek to protect each other and the humans around them. Their hope is for their leader, Niles, to find a compatible mate in the woman who is returning to live in their small island community. At first, Niles is all business and has a plan which goes south the moment he realizes that Leigh might just come to mean more to him than the survival of his race. Niles is a complex character with both inner demons and enemies that can't wait to get him. Leigh is returning to the cottage her late and much loved husband left her to start her life over. She used to work as a game programer for Microsoft, but has taking the business management over for the local bar and grill to bail out its owner Gabriel. She is afraid that she must make this new start or slowly waste away from her true self. Niles and Leigh's relationship starts out slow and tender as trust is built as they help tackle each other's issues. Meanwhile we are introduced to the delightful characters working at Gabriel's, Niles' team of hounds, an adorable little dog, a cunning kitty, and a lot of other scary characters who go bump in the night. Odd things are happening on the island too. Women disappear and return several days later, someone wants Leigh's land really bad, Leigh keeps seeing and hearing things she can't explain, and its hard to tell friend from enemy in some cases. As Niles and Leigh's relationship comes to the point, he must now somehow tell her who and what he truly is without terrifying her into running all the while he must protect her from the wolves and everyone else who wants her for who and what she is.