Meet the Characters
Marina Montgomery is a brilliant young bio-scientist driven by a deep, personal mission—after losing her parents at a young age, she dedicated her life to understanding biology at its most fundamental level, hoping to prevent others from experiencing the same kind of loss. Exceptionally curious and cleverly resourceful, Marina has always believed in logic. Her world, built on reason and research, shatters when she discovers vampires are real. As she’s pulled deeper into their hidden world, torn between fear and fascination, Marina finds herself falling for Ang, the very creature that defies everything she’s ever believed. She must decide if she can trust him with her formula, her heart, and ultimately her life.
Ang Cheng is a reserved centuries-old vampire, and meticulous scientist, quietly working to unravel the mysteries of lab grown blood. When he discovers Marina’s groundbreaking research, he’s drawn not just to her brilliance, but to the woman behind the formula. After saving her from abduction, Ang brings her to the safety of his coven—only to realize he’s placed her in even greater danger. In writing Ang, I needed to give him an impossible choice to disrupt his cautious life. Forcing him to act, caught between loyalty to his coven and his growing love for Marina, he must decide their fate. If he chooses wrong it could cost both their lives.
Ryker Toussant is the bold and imposing Primus of the Catskill Coven—a former warrior turned CEO of the family-run pharmaceutical empire that secretly sustains them. Dark hair, sexy green eyes, and unapologetically indulgent, he likes his wine aged and his woman young. Though he once believed in love, heartbreak buried that part of him deep beneath a life of fleeting pleasures and hardened duty. Now, as tensions rise and his coven threatens to fracture, Ryker struggles to lead with strength while quietly battling the guilt he feels from not being able to cure his brother’s addiction.
Lilith Jacobs is the ruthless leader of the rival coven and the formidable CEO of her own pharmaceutical empire, built on ambition, manipulation, and opioids. A raven-haired devil in Manolo Blahniks with a killer smile and a wardrobe to match—she’s as dangerous as she is dazzling. Once Ryker’s lover, she was banished for betrayal—a wound she’s never forgiven. Now, she wants two things: Marina’s lucrative groundbreaking blood formula, and revenge. Calculating, cruel, and utterly relentless, Lilith will stop at nothing to win.
Ambrose Toussant is Ryker’s true brother, though the contrast is stark—where Ryker is dark and commanding, Ambrose is ethereal and ghostlike, with pale blue eyes and nearly white blonde hair. A vampire living in the shadow of his former self, Ambrose survives by drinking the tainted blood of human opioid addicts, chasing a high that keeps him in a constant state of weakness, teetering on the edge of death. Haunted by a secret guilt he’s never confessed, he’s long since given up on life. Only Fiona’s love and vigilance has kept him from overdosing. He courts death to set them both free.
Fiona Quinlan is the youngest of the coven, turned in 1969, and still carries the dreamy, defiant spirit of the era with her. Tiny, pale, and radiant with a wild halo of fiery orange curls, she walks the line between idealist and caretaker. Fiercely loyal and quietly stubborn, Fiona refuses to drink human blood, surviving instead on sheep’s blood—thin, foul-tasting, and barely enough to keep her strong. Her devotion lies with Ambrose, the broken brother of the coven leader, whom she loves deeply. Night after night, she rescues him from the brink of death, using what little strength she has to keep him tethered to life. Her love for him is fierce, unwavering—but as he sinks deeper into despair and addiction, even Fiona begins to wonder: is love enough to keep him alive?