The Writer and The Vampire

by Delizhia Jenkins

Broke wasn't even the word to justify how Dominique found herself center stage in the world of vampires and immortals. She was hired to write a book. His book. The payment received was more than what she would have made in five years publishing her own books. And considering her own failed career as a published author this was a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Marcellus, a thousand-year-old vampire, exhausted by life and bored out his mind with his seemingly never-ending existence. A thousand years, many a night lived, all of it a legacy of stores to tell. Perhaps, his story could be his final mark on the world should he find himself sooner than later flipping through the ending chapters of his story.

Never did he think in all of his thousand years of blood and death that love would find him through pen and paper. Never would have guessed that he would have found his redemption through the heart of a writer.

102 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 12, 2025

About the author

Delizhia Jenkins is an Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance author who currently resides in Inglewood, CA. The love for writing began in elementary school when the passion for storytelling developed into a journey of writing. Over the years, she honed her craft for storytelling and the written word by excelling in subjects such English and English Literature; and by indulging in her favorite past time which involved reading the works of Anne Rice, K'Wan, Christopher Pike, Carl Weber, Omar Tyree and finally the late L.A. Banks. J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood also claimed her heart and author Karen Marie Moning joined the ranks of Miss Jenkins' all time favorite authors.

Miss Jenkins began publishing in 2013 with her first African American romance novel, Love at Last. After that, it was realized that her true magic rested in her writing about the ancient, the esoteric, and the supernatural. Moreover, since 2014, after her release of Nubia Rising: The Awakening, Miss Jenkins remained true to herself and her calling. And of course, being a true romantic at heart, it was important for her to fuse romance with the paranormal with a dash of "color." Miss Jenkins prides herself on writing for "the woman without the fairytale" and of course bringing magic and melanin to each book she writes.