Melissa Crowe

Lo maps the deprivation and richness of a rural girlhood and offers an intimate portrait of the woman—tender, hungry, hopeful—who manages to emerge. In a series of lyric odes and elegies, Lo explores the notion that we can be partially constituted by lack—poverty, neglect, isolation. The child in the book’s early sections is beloved and lonely, cherished and abused, lucky and imperiled, and by leaning into this complexity the poems render a tentative and shimmering space sometimes occluded, the space occupied by a girl coming to find herself and the world beautiful, even as that world harms her.

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Cathleen Tarawhiti

Whendell Souza

Vaughan and Nicola have survived a vampire turf war, now they face a much greater threat.“So, when you say you need to go to Egypt and find The Creator. What does that mean exactly?”After 66 years as a blood drinker, Vaughan makes moves to regain the mortality that was stolen from him.“It is time for you to show your loyalty to me. I have a task I wish for you to undertake in exchange for what you request.”He and the seductress Cleopatra embark on a doomed mission to find Clara and take her to Egypt for punishment.When you make a deal with the devil, there's sure to be consequences.

New Beginnings

Nicola Grainger appears to have it all, she is young, beautiful and gets whatever she wants. That is until she meets the mysterious and deeply troubled Vaughan. Vaughan is a 65 year old vampire who wants nothing more than to be human again. He loathes those who abuse the life they are given, the one he wishes he could lead. The two enter a forbidden relationship that sees them thrust into the middle of a vampire turf war with Ulrich and his rival coven. Loyalties are tested, who will survive?

First Sight

Ian has been summoned by the Goddess Danu to the Otherworld, and Karina will not let him go without a fight.With a Tutha De Danann that is unable to cross water, getting from Australia to Ireland will make for an interesting journey. Supernatural beings, sworn enemies and the full moon are only half of the risk as they try to cross three continents. Drug smuggling, guerrilla kidnapping and lycans on the prowl will hamper their travels.Davarus, self-proclaimed King of the lycanthropes is building an army and on the move. Danger faces these forbidden lovers at every turn.Would you travel to the ends of the earth for the one you love?

Journey

Karina has now discovered her abilities, but this only puts her in further danger. With a 600 year old lycanthrope thirsting for her blood, Ian must summon the help of his brother Ronan, the keeper of the Spear of Victory, a treasure sacred to the Tuatha De Danann. Can the two Guardians protect Karina, or will her secret ultimately bring destruction upon them all?

Haunted

The Fish Inside

Sometimes love is not enough. The human and vampire divide in Nicola Grainger's life is widening by the minute, as she struggles to pull her two worlds together. A trip to Paris with her best friend should be the perfect distraction. That is until she meets the father who abandoned her 16 years ago. Anna is after vengeance for the murder of her mother and brother. Her wrath will only be satisfied by the demise of Nicola, and everyone she holds dear. Who will make it out alive?

Awaken

Karina's world is turned upside down when she meets the sexy and mysterious Xavier. Something powerful and sensual is unlocked from inside her that she cannot explain and seems to have little control over. With Xavier's help, Karina discovers she is a Tuatha De Danann, celtic faeries long thought to have been eradicated. Xavier's insistence on making her believe troubles Karina, what dangerous secret is he keeping from her? Can her ex partner Ian save her before it's too late? This novella contains violence, and sexual situations which may not be recommended for readers under fifteen.

The Beast Within

Haunted (The Beast Within Novellas, #2)

This long-awaited poetry debut traces an emotional biography from a wild childhood through tender and terrifying adulthood. Rooted in the heart and messy organs of our mortality, Melissa Crowe's work is epistolary in tone and gritty in texture, insisting that we love fiercely no matter how much it hurts.

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