Author Archives: Maria

I have been a reader from an early age as a way to escape reality. I discovered all sorts of books in the public library, and found the Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys books to my taste. Then I came upon the works of Jules Verne and science fiction novels. My first venture into horror stories was with Stephen King, and I have followed him from his start to the present. I got into paranormal by reading a few different authors starting with Christine Feehan, Kelley Armstrong, Karen Marie Moning, and Diana Gabaldon. I then discovered Steve Alten, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, Ken Follett, Dan Brown, and Steve Berry. I do my reading for relaxation whenever I have a spare minute, and I sometimes juggle three books at a time.

Shadows of Dawn by Jane Timm Baxter

Shadows of Dawn by Jane Timm BaxterThis is a story of a love/hate relationship between vampires and ebondrakrys—immortal creatures who also need blood to survive but have power over objects and use spells like witches.

Lila Bishop is a vampire who loses her lover Max to a beheading. Trying to follow his body, she finds out he is not whom he appeared to be. Read More »

Changeling by Morgan Gallagher

Changeling by Morgan Gallagher Changeling is a story of a woman abducted by a vampire who plans to maintain her as food but then changes his mind as he notes her physical and mental reactions. He, Johnathon Dreyfuss, a vampire from the Roman era, has an old school view of how to turn a human, involving an intense prolonged development with an century-long training after change, hence the term changeling. Read More »

Fane by H.C. Brown

Cyborg Doms - FaneThis story is set in 3010 on a planet of humanoids and erotic cyborgs who produce special pheromones that turn a twosome into a threesome. Fane and his best buddy, Jace, are two such genetically-enhanced humanlike cyborgs (think of Data on Star Trek). They perform for a audience using their enhancements in any way requested. However, they want a better life for themselves, so they hijack a time travel ship that takes them to Earth in the year 2040 where they set up a disco bar. Fane meets Dr. Tamara Bright when he rescues her from being robbed and beaten but gets injured for his trouble. Read More »

Italian Weddings and Funerals by A. J. Llewellyn

Being Italian and having been to many weddings and funerals in my life, meeting people you only meet at these occasions, I knew something would be weird in Italian Weddings and Funerals. To begin with, you have a main character, Luca Dell Toro, who is an event planner for “special” weddings and funerals using an old-fashioned Italian theme with special wines, foods, decorations, etc. He has special helpers who help with preparations and serving the needs of his clients. The reason he has such exquisite knowledge of proper details is that he has been a vampire since the sixteenth century.
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