The Ruby Tear
"The Jewel" was just another play, but the real ruby necklace was the subject Of a thousand-year-long curse on the playwright's family. Lovely Jessamyn, in love with playwright Nicolas Griffin, fights her way to the starring role...and no one can really tell her just how perilous a choice she has made, especially when she starts responding to the romantic attentions of the enigmatic European Baron von Cragga. Romance, adventure, and terror stalk a beautiful actress -- in the form of a centuries-old vampire "Not just another vampire novel... a highly atmospheric, low key supernatural thriller with a conclusion that wasn't at all what (this reviewer) had expected". -- Science Fiction Chronicle "A highly theatrical novel....By the time the plot cranks into high gear, everything that once appeared simple has slipped a quantum level into complexity. The climax of The Ruby Tear will modestly rip your heart out". -- Locus