Here be Vampires

by Debby Feo

The Crusades have spread throughout the realm, and Gaius Domitius Tubero has left more than Roma behind him. Now known as Lord Fearghus O'Glaisne, he has taken up residence in an isolated seaside castle in Eireland.

The endless years and self-enforced solitude weigh heavy on Lord Ferghus, and he battles depression. But there is joy amidst sorrow when his extended family comes to visit, and wee Kathleen shows signs of being the first female dhamphir born to them.

Fearghus would fight to the death for his family, vampire, human, and dhamphir alike, but he succumbs to depression and attempts suicide. Rescued, and then nursed by his human stable hand, Sean, Fearghus realizes he must trust this man even further and takes him into his confidence--and his family.

When Fearghus befriends Fionna, a Selkie woman, who teaches him how to swim, he wonders if he dares to love again. So, too, does his grandson, Searlas, who discovers feelings for Fionna's brother, Bearnard.

Then the castle is violated by a lone knight in search of spoils, and the unthinkable happens--Fearghus breaks his millennium-long vow and drinks human blood. As the hunger rages within him, he realizes his family isn't safe and sends them away.

As Fearghus and Searlas' bond grows even closer, a question remains: Will love--or betrayal--be their destiny?

206 pages, Paperback

Published November 1, 2019

About the author

BOOKS:
HIRAETH PUBLISHING: “Meet the Mercusons”, “Mellie: The Adventures of a Teenage Vampire”;
“Titan” series: “Saturnial School Scenes", "The Caves of Titan";
"Vow of Blood" series: "Vow of Blood", "Here Be Vampires", "Trail Of Blood", "Dark and Bloody Ground", "Blood On the Moon", "Between Bites”.
ALSO: "A Vow of Blood Collection”, “Frostfire Worlds Presents: Debby Feo", “Stories For a Starry Night”
E-BOOKS:
Smashwords books: "Grandpa's Chair" (also in print form: Amazon and Barnes & Noble), “Herman's Store", "Tails From the 'Hood", "On the Edge" (Not for kids!).

MAGAZINES/ANTHOLOGIES in or will be in: Dark As Life, Dwarf Stars, Hungur Chronicles, Courage Under Fire, Tales From a Moonlit Path, Star*Line, The 2020 Rhysling Anthology, At the Hour of Our Death, The Fifth Di..., The Martian Wave, Suddenly Cows, Outposts of Beyond, Frostfire Worlds, Illumen, Drabble Harvest, Shelter of Daylight, Bloodbond, Mini Anthology, Beyond Centauri, Hungur, Aoife's Kiss, Scifaikuest, Spaceports and Spidersilk, The Drabbler, Cosmic Crime Stories, parABnormal, Meditations, DRABBUN Anthology

Nomadic Delirium Press: "Divided States Of America" (4 stories in the series), and 3 poems in "A Poet Explores the Stars", and 2 new books: "The Travelogue of Fred Selkerson" + "Extraterrestrial Contacts"