New Zealand, late 1800s: Not wanted by the townsfolk of Morelstone, who saw her as nothing but a half bred colored girl, Birleah Aanalesa Cleyre was determined to seek her way out and start a new life. After finding a maid ad for a manor called Diadem Hill in a far away town called Avella Creek, she immediately flees Morelstone to go and apply. Once she was hired at Diadem Hill Manor by a mysterious tycoon named Willis Bryant; Birleah becomes suspicious of him, and the rest of his family after finding out that people had gone missing or murdered soon after their arrival into town. All of the servants were dodgy when answering the many questions Birleah inquired about her employers. What secrets were they keeping from her? Nothing too complicated...only that they might be vampires. To keep Birleah at bay, Willis gives her mixed signals and makes her jealous in a multitude of ways but slowly finds himself actually falling in love with her. But will he tell her that he loves her before it's too late? Birleah (Bur-lay-ah) Aanalesa (Ah-nah-leh-sah) (Klah-air) Cleyre

Abe Barrett is surrounded by ghosts - some of them are even his roommates! But now Abe's visions show something dark coming, and it wants Abe dead. ***** When Abe Barrett's family died, he started seeing ghosts. Soon he was living with three of them, and it turns out ghosts are just as eccentric as people. Abe is bothered by the ghosts constantly since he doesn't want to solve their murders, avenge them or do much of anything. He just wants to do his job and relax. His dreams, however, have been getting darker as people in town start to disappear. Soon Abe realizes there is something hunting him, and that same threat was involved with his family's deaths. A legacy of darkness is chasing Abe Barrett, and his supernatural roommates may not be enough to save him. [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]

❝I can't help it, your heart pounding against your rib cage; trapped and helpless. Why don't we take it out?❞