The reader meets Shannon in book one. She is mortal, and Kate’s best friend. They went to college together, and both secured jobs at the same advertising agency in Washington, D.C. Shannon’s importance in the story grows through the six book series. When Kate first meets Shade, she is overwhelmed by him on many fronts.…
ANCIENT RULES VERSUS NEW BEGINNINGS Powerful King Shade Medici wants to expand his coven into the U.S. The Medici Queen proves she can hold her own beside her king, with an ability believed thought extinct. She also holds a power never seen in the vampire world. What will that mean to their kind? Not everyone…
The evolution of Shade was a collaborative effort. My friend Joanna, who had been encouraging me to write, had been a fanfiction writer who worked with a group of other writers. She had a vision for this character of an Italian warrior vampire named Shade, but her writing group never saw a place for him…