Shades of Gray. The first in the Amaranthine Series

 
When Patrick is found dead in his apartment,
Katelina is left in a vacuum of uncertainty with no leads. Then the
enigmatic Jorick appears. In a single sweep he turns over the rocks
of reality to reveal what hides underneath in the shadows; monsters
that she thought only existed in horror movies.
 
Trapped in a nightmare, Katelina is forced to accept
the truth of vampires; vampires who want her dead for her
association with Patrick. Jorick saves the day, but what should she
do when her hero turns out to be one of the monsters? Can she
really trust – and even love – someone who isn’t human?
 
Caught between light and dark, Katelina and Jorick
must travel down a path of mystery and terror as their pasts are
slowly revealed and their passions ignite, in a world that smells
like blood and tastes like fear.
 
Look for the action-packed sequel, Legacy of
Ghosts!
 
 

 
Dedicated to Carolyn - the mighty Ed - Cason, the one
for whom this book was actually finished.
 

 
Second Edition Notes:
I hate authors who rewrite their books, don’t you?
That’s a little bit of ironic sarcasm, since I’ve done just that,
though this isn’t a complete re-write. The original goal was to add
some information and (hopefully) clear up some questions, but once
I started I tidied up a few conversations, cut some words here,
added some words there, and, well, now it’s a second edition. For
the most part it’s the same; the same things happen in the same
places (sorry, the scene at Claudius’ is what it is), the same
people die, and Senya still smirks evilly. But in some instances
what the characters say has changed. I’ve tried to make a couple of
incidents more obvious, for instance how Katelina is able to
recover after Claudius’ lair and why Troy does what he does, and
updated Katelina’s answering machine (who has those nowadays?). If,
in the process, I ended up chopping out a couple thousand words,
know that they must have been superfluous and that you’re not
missing anything. It just means you can get to book two faster, and
that’s always a good thing. Right?