First Paragraph (of Chapter 1 / not the prologue):
"Another rain squall splashed across the windshield, as hard and thick as guilt, and yet again Emily wondered what in the hell she was doing out here on a night like this."
This is a debut book, probably more Gothic Horror than any other "category" I can think of - more to come in a full review.
"Trust her; couldn't snag a decent man in a year of bars and clubs, but she could find a handsome weirdo at the drop of a phone call."
The Darkness Within is a supernatural thriller in which Emily Winters must protect her family from a predatory coven of magicians. It is based on a novella written by my partner, Mil Clayton, and myself by email while we were courting three states apart.