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** "After Glow" follows "After Dark", among other (better?) similar-plot fantasy explicit romances by Jayne Castle aka Krentz, set in futuristic planet Harmony. A 'hunter' can tune thought waves through amber to gather or disperse 'ghost' energy radiating from crystal.

The series suffers from excess amber and jargon such as 'rez' for power. If her heroines believe hunter Guilds are criminal mobs, why do they date 'thug' bosses and manipulate marriages? Action seems jerky, fits and starts, such as two pages dress payment argument, instead of building and exploding tension.

In chapter one, curator Lydia, finds a body, and boyfriend newly promoted Guild chief Emmett finds them. In two, we meet her savior after the amnesiac hours, adorable pet dust-bunny Fuzz, and hot human tongues tangle. In three, boring made-up details remind us the author has a history degree.

Finding the villain behind Lydia's weekend of amnesia, lost underground, involves the Greenie cult, guarded caverns, multiple disappearances, and dangerous confrontations. Overall, I like Krentz and her series, they are reliable for what they deliver, but can become tiresome.