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Dear Reader,

When my editor called me about writing a Nocturne Bites story, I was in a U-Haul truck, moving from Texas to New York. Leaving Texas behind was an emotional roller coaster, and during the drive, I was replaying in my head all the things I was going to miss about my home state. So it was easy to decide—I wanted my Nocturne Bites story to be all Texas, and it seemed only appropriate that my romance feature a real cowboy. I have learned they don't have many of them in New York.

"Return of the Beast" features a hero nicknamed Ryder, a name he was given for his ability to tame even the wildest of horses. Ryder works as the horse trainer at the Brownsville, Texas, horse ranch that the Knights of White use as a cover for their Demon-hunting operation. Something inside Ryder tells him to go home, back to Round Rock, Texas, where he first became a Knight of White, to the place he was attacked by a Demon. It is here that he finds the Demons are again preying on innocents, and one of those innocents is a woman who will change his life. Ryder is about to be tamed—if he dares allow such a thing!

The entire Knights of White series is based upon the Texas Legend of Matamoros Monsters, aka Demons. Texas is at the heart of the Knights of White, and that will never change, because much of my heart is still in Texas, as well.

Lisa Renee Jones