"Everyone knows about vampires," says Robin. "They live forever, they feed on human blood. They cannot stand the sun, or the smell of garlic, or the sight of a crucifix. They are the stuff of fairy-stories to frighten children."
Castelain is nodding slowly. "Yes, yes, and yes," he replies. "And no, no and... no."
Vampires walk in the mysterious early winter fog of Victorian London, and struggling stage actor Robin Wilder has fallen in love with one. It's mad, but undeniable: Robin is in love with a vampire. And Castelain is equally dismayed to find himself in love with a mortal.
...

There's a long silence. "Zach?"
"Yeah?"
"Are you going to make me say it first?"
There's another pause and, " 'if he says "say what?" I'll just die', " Daniel thinks.
"I've wanted to say it for a while," says Zach, and Daniel breathes again.
"Let's say it together, then nobody has to be first."
"Okay. Yeah. Ready?"
"Ready."
"I love you," they say.
And they lie very still, waiting for the sky to fall.
Bittersweet Place is the first book in the "Courtesans "series, a book about two young men and their growing commitment: to one another, and to the...