Title: Beacon
Description: Pastor Joanna Benally leads a double life. On the outside, she's dedicated to the work of turning around troubled churches but on the inside, she is lonely and unfulfilled, keeping everyone at arm's length to hide the shameful secrets of her past. When Jo is sent to Newark, Ohio, on church business, she is knocked off her feet by a handsome redheaded young man who claims he is Cain, history's oldest murderer and a vampire. He's taken it upon himself to butcher sinners, sadistically using his telepathic abilities to enjoy his victims' terror and pain. As Jo struggles with the ethical dilemma of how to respond to this murderer, Cain slowly dismantles her carefully constructed isolation. Then, when Jo kills two men in self-defense, an unexpected chain of events ushers her into a reality she never imagined possible. She learns she's a 'beacon, ' a genetically marked vessel for the magnetic power that enables vampires to feed off of humans. As danger and betrayal emerge in unexpected places and the line between good and evil blurs, Jo must choose between the truth of radical love and the safety of false appearances. Action-packed, romantic, and thought provoking, Beacon explores the possibility that vampirism is both scientifically possible and part of God's plan.
Subjects: Women clergy, Fiction, Vampires, Clergé féminin, Romans, nouvelles
Places: Ohio, Newark