The Host: Bloodlust

by M.K. Mancos

Death has come to the City in the form of a serial killer who preys on women.

Since being turned to a blood-sucking host during the French Revolution, Julien St. Blaise has sought evidence to the fate of his beloved wife and daughter. Now, with Benito Achilles dead and the inheritance blocked by a heretofore unknown heir, it appears he will never find the answers he needs to put his heart and family to rest.

Rowena Childs has envied Julien for the place of importance he’s held in her estranged father’s life since well before she was born. All she wants is to gain access to her father’s grimoires, to ensure no more hosts can ever be made.

As a gruesome killer stalks the streets of Manhattan and haunts Rowena, she and Julien must join forces to bring down the killer—one who shares their immortal state.

322 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 15, 2021

About the author

MK Mancos began her storytelling about the same time she acquired language skills. When faced with nightmares as a child, the pediatrician instructed her mother to read her stories before bed. But being the precocious child she was, she wanted nothing but unadulterated tales by the Brothers Grimm. The battle raged between MK and her mother over suitable bedtime material, until MK was forced to begin telling herself tales before going to sleep. Thus began the lifelong love of books, stories, and lives not her own.

After living for years in the Midwest and Deep South, MK now resides in New Jersey with her wonderful husband, Dave, and her temperamental cat, Kittygirl.

Kathleen Scott lives for today and not tomorrow or yesterday. A mercurial individual, she has the high flying life of the jet set, and is hard to track down on most days.