Seraphympire

KILLING IS HER SPECIALTY.LEGEND HER REALITY.BLOOD HER DRUG OF CHOICE.For centuries, Makayla Uriel has kept to the shadows - until a malevolent entity forces her back into the open. But stepping into the light comes with risks she has spent a lifetime avoiding.It isn't easy being half Vampire and half Seraphim with a split personality and two souls. Not only is Makayla hunted by mysterious assassins, she also struggles with her vampiric urges. As a member of the Shadow Seekers - elite warriors who protect humanity - she has always worked alone, but she is forced to take on a new partner when a world-ending artefact is stolen. Makayla's secrets rely on her being alone, and her bloodlust and unwanted attraction to her partner threaten everything she has ever known.The Shadow Seekers have their own challenges as a new designer drug hits the streets of London. Humans no longer need to be bitten to become vampires and are on the threshold of an evolutionary change. They face extinction if the culprits behind the drug distribution aren't stopped, and the drug destroyed.With danger threatening on all sides, Makayla is the one person who can prevent the inevitable apocalypse, but she has spent centuries rejecting her destiny and is the one least likely to wage war. She must choose: stand and fight an unspeakable evil or step back into the shadows.
About the Author: Renee Spyrou was born in Australia in a small town thirty minutes south of the Queensland border, to Australian and Greek parents. She studied Fashion in college and has worked in the rag trade since she was 20 years old. She loves creative arts and was sewing, knitting and crocheting from the early age of five. She grew up reading Greek mythology and always had a book or a paintbrush in her hand. She met her husband of 22 years in Greece when she was 22 years old on the small Island of Kalymnos where she'd been living for a year and a half with family. It was love at first sight; they were engaged after a month and married after two months. Renee lived in Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly known as Zaire, for three years. She was there when two point five million refugees crossed the borders of Rwanda into Zaire, during the Ebola outbreak, and when Mobutu's rule fell and the rebel leader Kabila overthrew the government. She's been held up at gunpoint, seen people shot; and seen the adverse effects of war, famine and disease. Renee started writing when her son was diagnosed with a rare neurological disease called Adrenouleukodystrophy. Sadly, her son died four years after he was diagnosed. Writing helps her escape the sad reality of losing her firstborn child. She lives in Ocean Shores with her husband and daughter and their two Rhodesian Ridgeback dogs. She loves Sci Fi, horror, paranormal and action movies and enjoys painting, reading, writing, drawing and sitting outside on a Friday night with her family near a small burn barrel watching the fire.