SUMMARY:
Kicking off a new trilogy of vampire stories, this first title introduces psychologist Meghann O'Neill, who specializes in treating victims of abusive relationships. She is also a vampire who suffered the cruelty of the man who turned her into an immortal creature. Over 30 years ago, she left Simon Baldevar staked on a roof to die. But he survived--and now he's begun his sadistic games by murdering the humans Meghann has sworn to help through her practice.

SUMMARY:
In this sequel to "Crimson Kiss, " Meghann O'Neill continues to run from Simon Baldevar, the creature responsible for her immortality. Taking human form, Meghann is found by Simon, who takes her as a vessel of his desires. Now Meghann is pregnant with his child. Simon has always believed a vampire's offspring will possess all their strengths and none of their weaknesses, and he will stop at nothing to possess his "child of the night."

Review

100 out of 100!...The story starts off running, never stops and ends far too soon...You'll love this book -- Monette Draper, Atlantic Bridge Publishing

A Perfect 10!...Fast-paced, suspenseful, tension-filled and highly emotional! -- Carla Arpin, Romance Reviews Today

A phenomenal book that deserves its place on keeper shelves...One of the best reads of the year! -- Jennifer Martin, Interludes

I absolutely loved this book...Beautifully written...crafted with tender loving care, not a phrase out of place. -- Janet Miller, ParaNormal Romance Reviews

From the Publisher

An amazing Science Fiction Romance...Gritty, real, and superb! The first book in a series that's sure to be wildly popular!

Product Description

Xend’rik. The dark continent. A land of once-proud empires that now lie in ruin. A land shrouded in mystery where monsters and dark powers stalk the jungles, where only the bravest and most foolhardy will venture.
Now a band of war-weary soldiers must brave the depths of Xen’drik in search of an artifact that is the last hope to save one of their own.

About the Author

Keith Baker is a freelance writer and game designer. In 2003 his proposal for the world of Eberron was selected as the winner in the Wizards of the Coast fantasy setting search.

Product Description

A band of war-weary soldiers have uncovered a plot that may tear the very fabric of reality forever. To save their own lives and to prevent a long-banished race of monsters from unleashing an army of horrors upon the waking world, they must reach the very heart of Dal Quor. To stop the cataclysm in time, they must fight their way to . 

Review

Jeanette Baker has penned a classic Gothic novel, complete with a mysterious ancient home, an uncertain hero, and even a Mrs. Danvers-style housekeepe (Fresh Fiction 20110310)

A page turner full of surprises... Legacy is fascinating and spellbinding, imbued with the love of the Highlands, their history and lore. (BookLoons.com 20110316)

A great mystery that transcends generations. (Literary Litter 20110318)

A story that contains suspense, romance, time travel and Scottish history can only be a winner. (Queen of Happy Endings 20110328)

Baker did a great job of really capturing the Scottish legends and lore. (Debbie's Book Bag 20110328)

Fantastical fun all around. (Broken Teepee 20110331)

Enchanting... Quite entertaining and thought provoking. (The Long and Short of It Reviews 20110331)

The reader is instantly taken to Scotland and delivered to the midst of the settings, both past and present, feeling the 4 star work of this talented author (Reviews by Molly 20110404)

The story is well so researched and written that as each woman's story was told I felt as if I could imagine myself right in the story. (Celtic Lady's Reviews 20110405)

A multi-layered story that doesn't lose it in the details. Equal parts of mystery and romance, I enjoyed it thoroughly. (Chick with Books 20110415)

Baker kept me intrigued and surprised, completely living in the moment of the story. (Dark Diva Reviews 20110613)

A wonderfully engaging story. (Reviews by Martha's Bookshelf )

A real page turner and a great story... a wonderful novel full of romance, mystery, and a family curse that will leave you reading way too long into the night. (Laura's Reviews )

What made this book so fabulous, besides the writing, historical detail, believable and lively characters, sensuality and intriguing tension filled plot, was that we got to experience FOUR different time periods! (History Undressed )

About the Author

Award-winning author of fifteen novels, including the RITA Award winning Nell, Jeanette Baker has been hailed by Publishers Weekly as a forceful writer whose novels are "irresistible reading." Jeanette lives in California during the winter months where she teaches literature and writing, and in County Kerry, Ireland during the summer.

When Truly Plaice's mother was pregnant, the town of Aberdeen joined together in betting how recordbreakingly huge the baby boy would ultimately be. The girl who proved to be Truly paid the price of her enormity; her father blamed her for her mother's death in childbirth, and was totally ill equipped to raise either this giant child or her polar opposite sister Serena Jane, the epitome of femine perfection. When he, too, relinquished his increasingly tenuous grip on life, Truly and Serena Jane are separated--Serena Jane to live a life of privilege as the future May Queen and Truly to live on the outskirts of town on the farm of the town sadsack, the subject of constant abuse and humiliation at the hands of her peers. Serena Jane's beauty proves to be her greatest blessing and her biggest curse, for it makes her the obsession of classmate Bob Bob Morgan, the youngest in a line of Robert Morgans who have been doctors in Aberdeen for generations. Though they have long been the pillars of the community, the earliest Robert Morgan married the town witch, Tabitha Dyerson, and the location of her fabled shadow book--containing mysterious secrets for healing and darker powers--has been the subject of town gossip ever since. Bob Bob Morgan, one of Truly's biggest tormentors, does the unthinkable to claim the prize of Serena Jane, and changes the destiny of all Aberdeen from there on. When Serena Jane flees town and a loveless marriage to Bob Bob, it is Truly who must become the woman of a house that she did not choose and mother to her eight-year-old nephew Bobbie. Truly's brother-in-law is relentless and brutal; he criticizes her physique and the limitations of her health as a result, and degrades her more than any one human could bear. It is only when Truly finds her calling--the ability to heal illness with herbs and naturopathic techniques--hidden within the folds of Robert Morgan's family quilt, that she begins to regain control over her life and herself. Unearthed family secrets, however, will lead to the kind of betrayal that eventually break the Morgan family apart forever, but Truly's reckoning with her own demons allows for both an uprooting of Aberdeen County, and the possibility of love in unexpected places.