title: Original Blood
author: Land, Stuart
description: DESTINY IS IN THE BLOOD GAILENE'S VOW is the delicious, but tormenting tale of two women as they become vampires. Gailene must rise from devastation, rage, and vengeance in 1790s rural England, leaving her human family to become a powerful vampire matriarch in fledgling America. Two centuries later, college coed, Zondra, discovers she's the leader of her grandmother's empire when she begins turning, though never bitten. Gailene's story unfolds to Zondra through their familial blood, revealing the tragic destiny, but poignant love both women have for Jeremiah. He lives in anguish while preparing Zondra to protect her new family against the retribution of Gailene's creator.