After the Night

by Linda Howard.

A new author to try, she writes southern romances with mysteries mixed in.  Her style seems to be that she follows the characters from a young age, highlighting important points in their lives and moving forward pretty quickly to the 'current' time but giving us a glimpse of what is really behind these characters. 

I found this book very intriguing and had trouble putting it down a few times.  Gray is from an uppercrust family and his father is promiscuous to say the least.  One of the women tied to Gray's father is Faith's mother.  Meanwhile Faith has a serious crush on Gray, idolizing him.  But she's a Devlin and Devlin's are 'garbage' from everyone's point of view.  No one cares that Faith isn't like the rest. 
Jump forward a few years, all of a sudden Gray's father and Faith's mother disappear the same night and their worlds get turned up side down.  The Devlin's get kicked out of town by Gray and Faith will never forget how he looked at her and what he said to her (she's trash).
Jump forward many years and Faith has built a life for herself and has decided she wants to solve the mystery so she goes back to town.  Gray tries to drive her away but she's stronger now and won't back down.  There's a lot of mystery in this one and it really moves along quickly with a few twists and turns.  Again a page turner and had me looking for more by Linda Howard for sure!