Original Sin is an anthology of cautionary tales where science intersects with the paranormal and nature gets her revenge. Mankind's hubris is the central theme in all the stories.
In the title story, Lucy Richards, the founder of a medical software company, discovers a shocking revelation about her family history and life expectancy. Her search for answers leads her on a dark journey into her Ukrainian ancestry. Dark family secrets and evil desires are also central to Lady Jane, Mona Lisa, Lia's Revenge, and A Place of Torment.
In A Tale of Two Monsters', Chloe Deschene's mantra is 'There is power in nature that man has ignored, and the result has been heartache and pain'. This Native American proverb is an underlying theme in Beauty or Beast, View to a Kill, and Sins of My Father, as well.
Werewolves and vampires don't mix, or that's what Kieran Callisto, a seventeen-year-old vampire, has believed all his life - until he falls for the Alpha's son.
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When Kieran meets his new classmate, Mason Kane, he bristles with an unexplainable disdain. Soon it becomes apparent why: Mason is a werewolf. But when a fight turns into a sudden kiss that neither expects, Kieran's feelings for Mason turn to attraction in an instant. None of it makes sense - vampires and werewolves are supposed to be mortal enemies, so why does Kieran find Mason so irresistible? He knows that each kiss is dangerous, each bite is unpredictable...