Suspense in ancient Rome Elissa Rubria Honoria is a Vestal Virgin--priestess of the sacred flame, a visionary, and one of the most powerful women in Rome. Vestals are sacrosanct, sworn to chastity on penalty of death, but the emperor, Nero, holds himself above the law. He pursues Elissa, engaging her in a deadly game of wits and sexuality. Or is Elissa really the pursuer? She stumbles on dark secrets. No longer trusting Roman gods, she follows a new god, Jesus of Nazareth, jeopardizing her life and the future of The Roman Empire.

Someone is stealing souls, and Cay's is next Where Cayenne Jensen grew up, Warrior Rock Lighthouse stands sentinel above waters split by Sauvie Island, Washington and Oregon states, and the good and evil intentions of a serial killer. Four-year-old Cay is found adrift in a storm-tossed boat on the Columbia River. She believes the lighthouse shadows have forever hidden the reason she was abandoned, and her mother's fate. Now, as an adult, she is drowning in the dark and frigid currents of losing her husband, her home, and being suspected of murder. The secrets of her past, and how they tie to...