Goodness

American Dead #1

by Nicolina Torres

Isola Parks is not like most girls. The daughter of Irish immigrants, she lived a simple life in Mornington, Ohio during the late 1800's. Her days were spent fighting the boys in the neighborhood and chasing after the Indian boy next door. Little did she know that one day she would stop aging, and that those like her, would stop at nothing to find her.

GOODNESS Isola narrates her life from the day of her birth in 1878. After a trip to India with the man she loves, she finds out that she is part vampire and must leave her family to be with her own kind. Her stubborn nature makes a new life on vampire territory in the Bermuda Triangle difficult, but with the help of a narcissistic Shakespearean actor and a former slave, she investigates the origins of her people and a vampire who may be trying to kill her.

627 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Nikki Torres was a manager for Barnes & Noble for 15 years, in seven stores, and represented B&N on Channel 2’s Living Dayton Show for two years. Nikki was a D.J. for the radio show, The Absolute World with Nicolina, on 88.3FM WAIF, for two seasons. She is now Chief Operations Officer at LexTotus. She’s a volunteer for Ms. JD and a member of the team who won FAMU Law School’s 2016 Spirit of Service Award for promoting diversity in the legal profession.

Nikki is first generation American on her father’s side. Her paternal family lives in Santiago, Chile. She is third generation American on her mother’s side and they are French-Canadian.

When not working, Nikki is building websites and writing. She is the author of The American Dead Series and is currently wrapping up her novel, This Red Fire. She prefers to live in the country and is a new aunt to a potential bookworm.