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I have to make a sad and heartbreaking announcement. My beautiful wolf, Salish, has departed from us on 4-11-07 after battling the effects of old age. She was my best friend, my inspiration, my guardian angel sent to keep me safe.In my grief, I have the consoling fact the world will know about my white Ghost, Salish's nickname, when Whisper To Me is published for I have immortalized my baby in the story. Salish will live on forever in our hearts and you all will know what a great being she was. You see, Salish never was just a wolf, she was more human than any I have met and am honored to have been blessed by her loyalty and friendship for over thirteen years. Thank you for saving me that horrible day so long ago. This is for you, Salish.

                 Mariah Jordan thinks that by taking a few days off from her book signing tour, it will give her a well deserved break. What she finds is a gorgeous vampire, bleeding to death, who is being hunted by something far more evil than anything Mariah could imagine. Seeing it might be her last night if she is wrong about the dying vampire, Mariah offers her blood to him for a price... a kiss. Little does she know something so delicious and tempting would thrust her into a war between the Borne Vampires and the Damned where she is the ultimate prize!
                 Rathe, a Demon Slayer, is now the hunted by what he has sought to destroy for centuries. He gets the surprise of a lifetime when a human female demands a kiss to save him. Unable to resist such a tempting offer, he makes the fatal mistake of taking far to much of her precious blood and must give of his own to save her. By doing so, he breaks the law of the Borne Vampires--never convert a human! Stunned when his enemy seeks the very woman who saves, Rathe takes Mariah with him, determined to keep her safe. Fighting their attraction, Rathe and Mariah learn along the way past holds the hope of the Damned and the destruction of the Borne, if she falls into the wrong hands.
                 Can Rathe keep her safe from his enemy or his own desire to make Mariah his forever despite the law? Can the Borne Vampires defeat the Damned despite their heavy losses? In Mariah will they find hope and turn back the tide of ever-growing number of demon vampires and save manind from the evil seeking to rule the world?

WHISPER TO ME

                Filling the doorway. the vampire blocked everything out except him. Mariah's hand flew to her throat. Warm, black-brown hair, tied back with a silver band, fell past his broad shoulders. Elegantly dressed in a black silk shirt, black trousers, wing tipped shoes, and a long, black leather trench coat, the vampire's hot, smoldering gaze grew amused by her reaction to his unexpected presence.
                 "Miss Jordan." A dark eyebrow rose and devilish amusement lightened the harsh beauty of his handsome features. His sculptured mouth relaxed in a sexy-half smile as she continued to stare at him, her jaw dropped.
                Memories of last night flooded back, and Mariah gaped at the sinfully gorgeous vampire. "You bit me!" The words came out of her mouth before she had time to censure them. The vampire had the grace to flush at her accusation.
                Amazed the memory erasure had not held, Rathe grimaced. "I truly am sorry about my overzealous actions last night. It was not my intent to harm you."
                "I drank your blood," she whispered, horrified by the revelation.
                "I could not allow you to die. You are the light of my salvation," he replied with a helpless shrug of his broad shoulder.