T5 ARRI0L REWAKENED
Children of the Morning Star Book 1
The small Midwestern town of Orison Crossing has a secret: it’s 2006 and a Civil War veteran has an office on Main Street. Sure, the townsfolk whisper all kinds of rumors, but when they say, “Bloodsucking lawyer,” they mean it literally.
Humans. Vampires. God. Lucifer.
One woman stands between them…and they all want her dead.
Orphaned in an accident ten years ago, Paresh Hawthorne returns to her childhood home and her reality shatters. Her uncle kidnapped her. The man who should have raised her, attorney Eric Ravenscroft, is a vampire. And she may not be as human as she thought.
Already ensnared by the despair of failure, Eric must face the guilt of a widower in love and grapple with the unearthly desires of his predatory beast. Paresh's innocence and ethereal blood are ultimate temptations. But, as a cloaked man haunts Paresh's dreams, another threat appears in Eric's brother, Jonathan, a harbinger who stalks the shadows with cryptic motives.
Mysteries and lies stack on escalating threats and a family history tarnished by murder, but the truest dangers lurk in madness and the unknown. The Vampiric High Council's Arch Elder has staked his interest in Paresh and the grace of God may not be enough to protect her. The fabled prophecy to redeem the Vampiric Nation may be upon them, but will their cold-hearted leader choose salvation . . . or order Jonathan to kill their savior in favor of destruction?
Fiction: Dark Fantasy / Paranormal Suspense
Mature Readers: MLSV
Originally entitled "The Arrival" by Kastie Pavlik, the REAWAKENED Edition features extensive revisions, new content, and new bonus material: a deleted scene and "A Day Dream" character short featuring Jonathan, Paresh, and Alexander!
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CONFESSIONS oF The SECOND BORN
Children of the Morning Star Book 2
The small Midwestern town of Orison Crossing is home to a spiritual nexus and vampire Eric Ravenscroft. The Sacred vessel and Anointed Strength have entered the realm of Man, exposing a legacy of lies, suicide, and murder that must be reckoned with the truth, for . . .
As salvation sinks into darkness and blood, Sin preys upon the Sinner.
Tethered to Lucien at the top of the world, Jonathan divulges the horrors of his past and questions his chance for redemption. But outside the Arctic, Death stalks those closest to Eric and edges the Vampiric Nation closer to civil war.
Paresh's blood is out, and so are the emotions that come with it, further cracking an already splintered High Council and unleashing a murderous rogue upon Sunset Grove.
The bloody crusts on the victim's throat turn narrowed eyes and poisoned tongues on Eric, and, as the Vampire Shadow Hounds descend on the hunt, another body drops. Blood runs thick and trust wears thin, tempting Jonathan to forfeit his soul to join the fight.
But when a traitor targets Paresh both within the Arc of True Blood and in the Realm of Man, Jonathan realizes that no place is safe. He can only protect her if he finds a penitent heart. But have his doubts cost him precious time? Is he already too late?
Fiction: Dark Fantasy / Paranormal Suspense Thriller
Mature Readers: MLSV
Children of the Morning Star Book 2 of 4
This revised edition features new bonus material: Interviews with an Unwilling Vampire!
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LAST BoRN DAUGhTER
Children of the Morning Star Book 3
The small Midwestern town of Orison Crossing is about to become a battleground. An explosive declaration of war has destroyed a millennium of peace. Vampires and hunters, if not something—or someone—worse are coming . . .
Through the Eyes of an Angel, Hell's embers fall soft as snow.
Love tightens its corrosive assault on the vampiric mind amidst chaos engineered by friends turned foes. Raven’s duty and destiny beckon with heavy hands—an angel sits within the vestiges of memory, wings bound and spirit snuffed, keeper of the world’s fate—and Raven is his harbinger.
Tasked with the impossible, Raven confronts the missteps of her past, searching for clues to prevent Paresh’s hellish nightmares from becoming reality. Under the suffocating weight of Eric and Jonathan’s protection, all the ailing girl wants is soup and answers, but when her guardian angel closes his sight, he hints at ominous machinations that reach deeper than Raven ever thought possible.
As new enemies invade and old frictions reignite, rust erodes the Vampiric Nation’s only pillar. With their long-stable ground crumbling and their nation burning to ash, has the Second New Age brought their downfall? Or is understanding love the only way to bolster their future and prevent a premature apocalypse?
Fiction: Dark Fantasy / Paranormal Suspense / Supernatural Horror
Mature Readers: MLSV
Children of the Morning Star Book 3 of 4
This revised edition features an updated bonus chapter, which previews the 4th & final book, ETERNAL LIGHT DESCENDANT!
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eT7NAL LIGhT DESCENDANT
Children of the Morning Star Book 3
The small Midwestern town of Orison Crossing is already anything but normal. But then the Archangel of the Apocalypse makes his presence known. A tragic hitch pauses Lucifer's plan to deliver Hell on Earth, but with strange lights haunting the forest, humans and vampires alike learn that "pause" does not equal "stop," because . . .
When the end is nigh, the Devil’s in the details.
The Chaos that ensues after the soul crushing events in “Last Born Daughter” brings the world to the edge of apocalypse. And no one knows what’s going on. Who’s alive? Missing? Dead?
Who can be trusted when the Vampiric Nation’s greatest allies become its largest threats? When Eric’s sanity shreds by the day? As the Dark Spot hurtles to Earth? When Lucien locks the Arc of True Blood, admitting no one and refusing to leave?
As Lucifer gains footholds and the Four Horsemen ravage the world, Jonathan barely holds the High Council together. Alex and Kestrel pick through their pasts to move the Vampiric Nation forward into an unknown and equally uncertain future. But how can they keep hope alive when the ultimate omen of demise is hovering over Sunset Grove?
Meanwhile, alone at the top of the world, Lucien relives the 4,000 years of his life. His secrets may be the key the world’s salvation, so when Jonathan finally manages to confront him, the question must be asked again: what does he truly desire? Deliverance? Or Destruction?
Fiction: Dark Fantasy / Paranormal Suspense / Supernatural Horror
Mature Readers: MLSV
Children of the Morning Star Series Finale
Mirage
Novelette available in Paperback, on Kindle, and Kindle Unlimited
That bottle in the desert may house something worse than a genie.
Be careful what you wish for.
Rumors say Atlanteans live in the sandstorm.
I didn't believe that. At least, not before I got here. But, as I stand here now, in this impossible village, in the middle of an eternal sandstorm, and stare up at a clear sky and hanging gardens, I no longer know what to believe. A fog has enshrouded my mind. Hidden my memories. I don't even know the names of the troops in my unit. Or how I got here.
I know nothing of the visions that will come. That my reality will crumble into illusion. That I'll lose my connection to time and the outside world, and instead feel the Earth's primordial rhythm and the flow of an underground spring. That I'll see myself in the Underworld walking the banks of the River Styx.
That I must link bottles of white mist to an uncrossable borderline of salt and iron and the village's nightly rituals of naked flesh and neon body paint. That dark fortresses unseen by day shall loom over the horizon, alight with gunfire and death. That I'll witness the rising of those who dwell in the ruins and question everything.
I already wish I knew if I was asleep or dead. How will I know if any of this is real? I don't know it now, but I'll soon learn that dividing fact from fiction is nigh impossible when Greek and Arabic mythology join forces. That Plato's story of a lost city might have a grain of truth to it.
Fiction: Dark Fantasy / Supernatural Suspense / Horror
Older Teen+ Readers: MV
HOW TO MAKE LEMONADE
Full Color & Text Edition Novelette available in Paperback, on Kindle, & Kindle Unlimited
Lemon Sahl has just destroyed the last two loves of her life. She's quite good at it; it seems to be her reason for existing.
Suffocating in the muck of depression, she chases a handful of pills with tequila and blacks out in a stranger's arms. That stranger is Howard, a plump widower who appears lonely and longing to care for someone.
Lemon awakens in his home, surprised and angry to be alive, at first. She slowly accepts Howard's strange kindness and flourishes under his care.
Unbeknownst to Lemon, Howard is a vampire with an agenda that may reach beyond helping her find a new zest for life. Does he see her as someone to save? Or savor?
This full color short Novelette features artwork by the author.
Content Warning: suicide, depression, alcoholism, death
The Text Only Edition is a grayscale edition that contains only the text from the original full color novelette, and the Kindle version offers a smaller download size.