The hardest secrets to keep & the worst lies we ever tell are the ones we tell ourselves. Neither Rayne nor Avi could face the truth. The lie was just too big and the secret impossible to hold. As Rayne prepared to finally introduce her best girl friend to her best keep secret something in the mix turned sour. Throw in one sassy redhead from his past and emotions ran high, tears fall, hearts break, and introductions never get made.

The wait was over. Finally Avi and Rayne could be together, hang out and get to know each other. They can share their time with the band, sneak away to find quiet time alone together and enjoy the music and life on the road, or so they thought. As their relationship grows and they draw each other into their worlds, somewhere a darkness lurks watching waiting for the right moment to strike.

Exhausted and weary from touring Avi fought the urge to just wrap himself in seclusion and therefore force Rayne to do the same. He was certain that she wouldn't mind, but he wanted to be fair, so he accepted Kirstin's invitation to the party. He didn't know he'd come to regret that decision on such a personal level.

I write things Sometimes: it's what I do.

He's a member of an up and coming band, working hard to make a name for themselves I. The industry. He's talented beyond belief, bright-eyed and funny, young and still new to love. She's a young widow, once quite a bit broken and suffering from a broken heart. She's no stranger to love, but can she learn to do it again? She had learned to live again, to laugh and take life one day at a time. She never thought she'd find love, especially where she found it. A Chance Encounter brought them together in the most unlikely of places, but will time, forever the enemy of lovers, tear them apart?

Love comes in different forms and can be said in different ways. Sometimes, it doesn't have to be explicit. (Or 100 ways to say "I love you.")

Secrets: everyone has them; he had many. "Hey girl. You alright?" was all that, that gentle voice had to say to make the tears break free again. She wanted to wail, to scream, and generally break down. She wanted to be held in his arms, in hers. It didn't matter; she could have neither and it broke her heart. She took several deep breaths to try and find her calm before even trying to speak. Her friend, knowing her better than most ever would, waited patiently, in silence for her to answer. No. She was not alright.

Cherish Every Moment: Perspectives. Because I should never be left alone with pen and paper! Just as it sounds. Perspectives. Periodically I'll take small scenes from what's already been written and perhaps every now and then something that hasn't and rewrite it from one character's point of view or another. I don't plan on spending a whole lot of time here, but I imagine that I'll spend some here as I develop my skills at writing in first person. SK

Avriel Kaplan: Well dressed, well groomed, beautifully handsome, quiet and brooding, until you get him alone, and exactly the kind of man Ariel Declan doesn't need to know. But, that is not for her to decide. He is the one she cannot resist and certainly doesn't want to. Scott Hoying: devilishly handsome, highly intelligent, reckless and caring. He's more than anyone would have ever thought he was. Mitch Grassi: Astoundingly beautiful, carefree and elegant. But even he gets rattled. Esther Kaplan: Beauty incarnate, powerful and strong, elegant and patient. She is all that she wants to be, and so much more. Someone sits quietly in the darkness and watches how the pieces fall together while outside in the cruel world, more and more people are dying, and the explanations aren't adding up. Each death was deemed as "death by natural causes" but, was it? The Chief Medical Examiner doesn't think so. Someone noticed. Someone is was listening. No one cares until the suspicious and unexplained death of a wealthy man's wife and several other high-profile cases land in the laps of the police. They can't explain what happened to all the blood went, why so many have died, or where have all the missing have gone? Ariel falls deeper into the man that is Avriel Kaplan. But who is he really? Is he a man or something else entirely? Will she ever figure it out? Delve deeper into their world as they thrust headlong into a world of swirling chaos, mischief, murder and love. Who is Mitch Grassi? What is he doing in LA? What is he to Scott, and what did he do to earn Avriel's anger and hatred. Take a walk in the memories of Avriel, Scott, and Mitch as the story of their triangle unfolds. Who or what is killing all those people? Where did those yellow eyes come from? Are they responsible for all the deaths and disappearances? What do the authorities have to say about it? Unravel the mysteries, read BloodLust, book two in the Blood Lies series.

They waited for what felt like an eternity to be Reunited. Together again, shamelessly lost in their own little world, they were blissfully unaware of the danger that lurked just outside the window. They made their plans, laughed, listen and loved, two wild hearts, combined, better together walking in love....