The Vampires of New England Series
Mortal Touchby Inanna Arthen
All I need to do is touch you...
Seven years ago, Regan Calloway learned a bitter lesson about the pitfalls of using
psychic ability to help catch a vicious criminal. Since retreating to the small mill
town of Sheridan, Massachusetts, she has focused her life on the second-hand
store that she manages there. But she can't completely escape her reputation,
her past, or her powers of perception. When a psychologist, Dr. Hiram
Clauson, recruits Regan to help him interview victims in a series of
bizarre assaults around Sheridan, Regan gains more knowledge
than she counted on.
Her investigation attracts the attention of Jonathan Vaughn, a writer who has recently
moved to Sheridan. Many locals are curious about Jonathan's mysterious book
project and his interest in a crumbling old former commune outside of town,
but no one is more intrigued than Regan's best friend and confidante,
Veronica Standish. When Veronica begs Regan to help her find out
more about Jonathan's past, she unwittingly sets up a collision
that has a shattering effect on all of their lives. Jonathan
Vaughn is older and more unusual than anyone realizes:
one of the tiny and scattered network of men and
women known as vampires only to the very few
whom they trust.
Jonathan never anticipates the cascading series of disasters that will ensue when he
decides to trust Regan with his secret. Along with Veronica, and a curious young
friend, Sean, Regan plunges headlong into a new reality, one in which death is
temporary, love is everlasting and blood is an elixir. As her friendships and
loyalties are torn apart, and former associates turn into ruthless enemies,
Regan must learn what can be relinquished, and what is worth
protecting at any cost. Ultimately, she confronts choices
that she never dreamed she would have to make.
"With a sympathetic heroine, an innovative approach to traditional vampire lore, and plot twists you won't see coming,
Mortal Touch deserves a place on any vampire fan's bookshelf."
Margaret L. Carter, author of Dark Changeling,
Child of Twilight, Sealed in Blood,and Different Blood: The Vampire as Alien
"...a wonderful fictional treatment of the authentic vampire tradition in this region... has the honesty and local color that brings the characters and their towns to life and makes the plot palpably real."
Michael Bell, author of
Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England's Vampires
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ISBN: 978-0-9793028-0-0 |
Inanna Arthen has been a scholar and researcher of vampire fiction, folklore and phenomena for thirty-five years. Her serious research website at http://users.net1plus.com/vyrdolak/ is one of the best known vampire websites online and celebrated its tenth consecutive year in 2007, and she maintains an online bookstore of over five hundred vampire-related titles, fiction and non-fiction. Ms. Arthen is a New England native, a life-long student of the paranormal and an initiated Pagan priestess. She has been trained in mental health and substance abuse counseling and brings a highly varied set of life skills and experiences to her writing. A member of Mensa, Ms. Arthen holds a graduate degree from Harvard University. This is her first published work of fiction.
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