The First Bride

In The First Bride, Katja Brown illustrates a deeply dark and infinitely descriptive account of the mystery and allure of the infamous Count Dracula. Through the eyes and with the musings of a young Countess, the picture is painted of who Dracula was, how he became such a monster, and precisely how he met his demise. Our countess shares her personal worries and concerns, her amusement and boredom, and her need to experience the world in a heightened state. From her home in England to the foreign reaches of Transylvania, she searches for answers to her own history and family, and comes to wonder at the cosmic mysteries of the dynamics of life and death. Though she was dispatched to her uncle in Transylvania for the purpose of developing a proper, noble ladylike behavior, she meets intriguing and extraordinary individuals, falls to the whims of a horrible and sinister man, and returns to her home as a changed woman with a newborn vampire perspective of time and death.  

A Vampire's Story

Aura Arrington and Evan Darlo meet by chance on a fateful night in 1716 at Mac Avers Inn, a notorious den of ill repute where no respectable lady should ever find herself. Despite his assistance, Evan is no ordinary gentleman, and his presence in such a place is far from coincidence.

Evan introduces Aura to a world she never knew existed, one far darker and more dangerous than anything she has ever imagined. Can her innocence survive the temptations and shadows beyond her reality? And has Evan finally found what he has spent a lifetime searching for, only to risk destroying the very thing that drew him to her?

Though Aura is engaged in what is said to be a love match, Evan refuses to ignore the spark that has ignited his dark heart. As those who hunt him lurk in the shadows, his pursuit of Aura could come at a dangerous cost.

Faced with an impossible choice, Aura must decide: will she remain in the light, or risk everything to journey into the darkness?