Sheriff Sharyn Howard is faced with a new murder and a series of events that don’t seem to make sense. Yet there is deadly intent behind them. When Darva Richmond’s body is found on Diamond Mountain, partially eaten by bears, her death looks accidental and tragic. Until honey and bear attractant are found on her clothes and strychnine in her body.

Darva’s nerve-wracked husband seems to be the obvious subject, but lurking in the background is his bitter family, who want to keep the inheritance he and Darva were seeking out of their reach. Darva’s elderly aunt appears to help Sharyn with the case, but could she be doing more harm than good?

To top it all off, all of Sharyn’s deputies seem to have spring fever as the winter’s end nears. She’s afraid the killer just might get away with murder!

Joyce and Jim Lavene have a passion for romance and mystery. With forty novels to their credit and a wide array of nonfiction articles and short stories, they are still going strong. They are active in local and national writers’ groups, where they lecture and give workshops on the writer’s craft.

Converted Southerners, Joyce and Jim live in North Carolina with their three children, two grandchildren, and assorted cats, dogs, computers, and herbs. They welcome readers to their web site at www.joyceandjimlavene.com.

Until Our Last Embrace is Joyce and Jim’s seventh novel for AVALON.


To learn more about Sheriff Sharyn Howard, visit www.sharynhowardmysteries.com.

Avalon Mysteries by Joyce and Jim Lavene:
The Sharyn Howard Mystery Series
THE FIRST SHALL BE LAST
BEFORE THE LAST LAP
LAST ONE DOWN
LAST RITES
GLORY'S LAST VICTIM
LAST FIRES BURNING
DREAMS DON'T LAST
FOR THE LAST TIME
UNTIL OUR LAST EMBRACE
THE LAST TO REMEMBER
ONE LAST GOOD-BYE
LAST DANCE

Avalon Romances by Joye Ames (pseudonym):
MADISON'S MIRACLES
THE DOWAGER DUCHESS
SAVE YOUR HEART FOR ME
IF NOT FOR YOU
A TIME FOR LOVE
ONLY YOU