What if you suddenly discovered your own powers were beyond anything you'd ever imagined...

Samantha Logan's childhood home had always been a haven, but everything changed while she was away. She has a gorgeous new neighbor, Malcolm, who introduces her to the amazing world of the dream-walking, shapeshifting Amoveo clans...but what leaves her reeling with disbelief is when he tells her she's one of them...

And shock turns to terror as Samantha falls prey to the deadly enemy determined to destroy the Amoveo, and the only chance she has to come into her true powers is to trust in Malcolm to show her the way...

Get swept away into Sara Humphreys's glorious world and breathtaking love story...

Review

While Vlad's brutal acts might have inspired the name of Bram Stoker's fictional vampire, the historical man has nothing to do with that classic novel. His real story is engrossing. (Library Journal 20110501)

A novel that sets out to humanize and demythologize Vlad the Impaler...though he's still very naughty. (Kirkus 20110515)

An unapologetic tale about a man who endured great losses and was driven by intense passion for his country and religion...the novel is aimed much more at readers interested in the historical origins of the Dracula stories than at those looking for another vampire story. As such, it succeeds admirably.

(Booklist 20110505)

It makes you think harder about what it good, what is evil, and what happens when the two collide and combine within the soul. I love this book. One of the best historical fiction novels I've read. It gets my highest rating and a strong recommendation.

(The Biblio Blogazine 20110513)

It was a fascinating tale about who the real Dracula was. Rich in historical drama and bloody madness.
(Book Girl of Mur-y-Castell 20110513)

The novel moves at a rapid pace, alternating between swashbuckling episodes, poignant relationships, savage encounters, and sins and redemption for them. The final chapters contain more surprises than any reader, even a Cardinal, should ever expect from historical fiction.
(BookPleasures 20110517)

A rollicking, bloody, surprising novel of the fifteenth century which, in effect, reinvents Dracula as himself: a driven, vengeful, God-fearing human being. (Author Magazine 20110526)

An incredible story has been woven around the true facts that exist about the frightening but enigmatic leader of Wallachia and the climactic ending is superb. (Game Vortex 20110527)

Hard to put down and impossible to forget...It is a book you can emotionally lose yourself in and let yourself roam deep into the words of the story.

(Suite 101 World Literature 20110601)

C.C. Humphreys does a fantastic job of bringing Vlad to life. Readers have a lot of preconceived notions where Dracula is concerned and Humphreys pretty much throws all that out and starts over. I loved the way he was able to show Vlad as something more than the monster readers are familiar with.

(Debbie's Book Bag 20110606)

Vlad: The Last Confession was an interesting and engaging look at the life of Vlad Dracula and how history is shaped by political needs. (Devourer of Books )

Product Description

"Trust nothing that you've heard."

Winter 1431, a son is born to the Prince of Transylvania.

His father christened him "Vlad."

His people knew him as "The Dragon's Son."

His enemies reviled him as "Tepes"-The Impaler.

He became the hero of a nation.

We know him as Dracula.

Vlad: The Last Confession is a novel about the real man behind the Bram Stoker myth. It tells of the Prince, the warrior, the lover, the torturer, the survivor and, ultimately, the hero.

"A great tale, finely woven with action, palpably real characters and terrific twists of fate." -Simon Scarrow (20110415)

He's dying to have her...

The last person Olivia Hollingsworth expected to see at her Greenwich Village vampire club was her one true love, Doug Paxton—whom she believed to be dead for centuries. Olivia thought she had moved on, but when Doug reappears, her heart knows she'd rather die than lose him again.

Ever since Doug can remember, a red-haired siren has haunted his dreams. He never thought she could be real until he goes to investigate a murder at Olivia's night club. However, as the bodies keep piling up at her feet, he must fight to prove her innocence—even if it costs him his life...

Tatiana Winters loves the freedom of her life as a veterinarian in Oregon. It's only reluctantly that she agrees to help cure a mysterious illness among the horses on a Montana ranch—the ranch of the Amoveo Prince. Tatiana is no ordinary vet—she's a hybrid from the Timber Wolf Clan, but she wants nothing to do with the world of the Amoveo shifters.

Dominic Trejada serves as a Guardian, one of the elite protectors of the Prince's Montana ranch. As a dedicated Amoveo warrior, he is desperate to find his mate, and time is running out. He knows Tatiana is the one—but if he can't convince her, he may not be able to protect her from the evil that's rapidly closing in...

Shane Quesada, a four-century old vampire sentry, is known for cold, unemotional precision when hunting rogue vampires.

Maya Robertson is a youngling vampire who will not be controlled—and to prove it, she rejects Shane’s protection—only to find herself in over her head with an alpha werewolf.

Soon, a war between the coven and the werewolf clan ignites, and Maya and Shane flee to Louisiana, where their passion for each other grows—as does Maya’s power. When she finds herself at the center of the conflict, will she finally trust Shane with her life—and her heart?

Transilvania, 1501. Tras un arduo viaje, elpríncipe Horvathy ha llegado al castillo de Poienari, en los Cárpatos, con lamisión de conocer la verdad acerca del conde Vlad Tepes, antiguo voivoda deValaquia. Para lograr su objetivo deberá entrevistarse con las tres personasmás cercanas al conde durante su tormentosa existencia. El primero en apareceren Ion Tremblac, un antiguo caballero, el mejor amigo de Vlad, que ha pasadoaños en prisión después de que éste lo traicionara. La segunda es una mujer,abadesa de un convento, de nombre Ilona Ferenc. Mitad húngara, mitad valaca,Ilona fue raptada para convertirse en concubina del sultán Mehmet, destino deque la salvó Vlad para hacerla su amante. El tercero en hablar es el hermanoVasilie, un ermitaño que durante años fue confesor de Drácula. También estápresente el cardenal de Urbino, Domenico Grimani, quien en calidad de enviadopapal aconseja a Horvathy sobre la decisión de perdonar o no los pecados deVlad y, en función de esto, permitir que resurja la orden del Dragón. Trestestimonios se entrelazan para generar un retrato del legendario personaje VladTepes, el sanguinario empalador, que ha dado origen al mito del vampiro másfamoso de todos los tiempos: el conde Drácula.