Crimson Dreams
by Margaret L. Carter

The summer when Heather was eighteen, her dream beast's nightly visits warded off loneliness and swept her away in flights of ecstasy. Now, returning to the mountains to sell her dead parents' vacation cabin, she finds her "beast" again. But he turns out to be more than a dream, and she is not the only woman who craves his kiss. Devin's first love, centuries in the past, died horribly because of her devotion to him. Does he dare to expose another mortal woman to that risk?

Margaret L. Carter's Bio

Marked for life by reading DRACULA at the age of twelve, Margaret L. Carter specializes in the literature of fantasy and the supernatural, particularly vampires.

She received degrees in English from the College of William and Mary, the University of Hawaii, and the University of California, with her dissertation published as SPECTER OR DELUSION? THE SUPERNATURAL IN GOTHIC FICTION. Her other works include DRACULA: THE VAMPIRE AND THE CRITICS, THE VAMPIRE IN LITERATURE: A CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY, and DIFFERENT BLOOD: THE VAMPIRE AS ALIEN. She is also the author of a werewolf novel, SHADOW OF THE BEAST, and three vampire novels, DARK CHANGELING (2000 Eppie Award winner in horror), SEALED IN BLOOD, and CRIMSON DREAMS, as well as an erotic vampire novella, "Night Flight" (at www.ellorascave.com). Her stories have appeared in various zines and anthologies.

She and her husband, a Navy Captain, have four sons and several grandchildren. Visit her website, The Vampire's Crypt, at: http://members.aol.com/MLCVamp/vampcrpt.htm.