Within days they'd formed an unholy alliance with a foppish young French vampire in the Garden District who had implausibly golden hair and a streak of ruthlessness as wide as the Mississippi

The plain truth is that the period I study is the 16th century, and they were absolutely obsessed with witches and spiritual beings.

And happiness is always louder than sadness.

I want a simple, ordinary life . . . like humans enjoy.

Within days they'd formed an unholy alliance with a foppish young French vampire in the Garden District who had implausibly golden hair and a streak of ruthlessness as wide as the Mississippi

Be still,” he said, voice harsh. “I might not be able to control myself if you step away.

I was planning on starting a new file on my computer with the title "Phrases That Sound One Way to Witches but Mean Something Else to Vampires.