Dark and sexy vampire romances are now all the rage, and this trade paperback collection of four novellas features a wide array of styles and historical settings. Veteran writer Howells's "The Yearning" takes readers to 15th-century Scotland with a tale of vengeance, a witch's curse, and a heroine brave enough to set things right; in Lynsay Sands's "Bitten," a young woman is rescued from a shipwreck only to learn that her savior is not quite human; Sara Blayne's "Stranger in the Night" tells of a young antiquarian searching through the ruins of an ancient manor and finding more than the treasure she seeks; and in Kate Huntington's "The Awakening," an orphan rushing to the estate of her ailing aunt learns that the mysterious stranger she encounters along the way is not only her aunt's longtime companion but also something far more ominous.
Author's comments
This short, historical vampire story was the first anthology… well, the first anything, actually, that I wrote for a publisher other than Dorchester. What a nerve wracking experience! It was like the first day at a new school. Especially when I was told that Kensington did not want laugh out loud funny. You will never know how many funny scenes I had to erase and write over. Who knew that non-funny would be hard? But I've always been a fan of Hannah Howell and the chance to share a book with her was too good to pass up.