A Quick Bite: A Novella

by Devona Lucia

Catherine is in control. Of her life, her job, and her relationships. Although the latter are few and far between, thanks to her job working as a blood donor at a remote mountain border checkpoint for the western vampire queen. That’s fine with her. She likes it that way. Honest.

Kai is the vampire queen of the southern territory. She is brash, carefree, and fed up with people whose problems are all creatures of their own creation.

On the way home from a diplomatic visit to the western territory queen, Kai stops at the mountain checkpoint for a nap and a nip. She expected to find an old, cantankerous mountain man working as the blood donor at the cabin, but what she found instead was Catherine. Cantankerous and a hermit, yes, but definitely not an old man. And maybe, another one of those people whose problems are creatures of her own creation.

When a bite turns into something more exciting than a simple meal, both women are left grasping for control of a tenuous situation, but perhaps, an exchange of control is exactly what they both need to get to know one another a whole lot better.

180 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 1, 2025