Saraphina Cazares y Silvana speaks to spirits; a trait she inherited from her father. Iron-willed, she defies her mother and the Roman Catholic Church in her endeavors and continues to speak with the spirits of the wicked who fascinate her. Saraphina and her best friend head to Romania to seek the rumored Beast who will be the subject of her thesis. Until she encounters The Vyye.
Silent GladiatorLucretia existed. Just that, existed. A professor of anthropology, and a workaholic, supporting a deadweight of a husband for over a decade who did nothing but suffocate the life out of her. She was ripe. Vulnerable. Enter Professor Reginald Chad Worthington. The temptation was real, even for a devout woman. A siren, dormant in her soul soon emerges, leading her into the darkest of waters.
A Mestizo AutumnThey breathed blood. When sixteen-year-old Miguel Salamanca's grandmother is killed in a cartel raid at her restaurant, Miguel is left an orphan. All that is left are his grandmother's recipes and his knowledge of exotic plants. Forced to leave his valuable ancestral land in Mexico, he would have to use his wits and the guidance of his grandmother's whispers to survive in a country by some who do not want him there.
House of Cages an excerptThe French Revolution is on the brink of erupting. Claret Du Casavant's alcoholic father has gambled away the family's possessions, save Chateau Casavant. Before Monsieur Du Casavant passed away, he wed an opportunist during one of his backouts. The new wife and her pirate lover imprison and force the stepdaughters into unimaginable conditions. Claret, the eldest must save herself and who is left of her sisters. Into her life stumbles a conflicted Father Sebastian Valentini, who envies the sun that touches her lips.