The Taker

An unforgettable debut for the TWILIGHT / INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE market

TRUE LOVE CAN LAST AN ETERNITY ...

Have you ever loved someone so much that you'd do anything for them? Someone you would die for? Even kill for?

When A&E doctor Luke Findley turns up to his shift at his hospital job in the small town of St Andrews, Maine, he's expecting just another evening of minor injuries and domestic disputes. But instead, Lanore McIlvrae walks into his life - and changes it forever. For Lanore - Lanny - is a woman with a past ... Lanny McIlvrae is unlike anyone Luke has ever met. And as she begins to tell her story - a story of enduring love, a story of consummate betrayal, a story that defies time and transcends mortality, a story which begins in St Andrews at the beginning of the nineteenth century and cannot end until Lanny's demons are finally put to rest - Luke finds himself captivated. Lanny is not what she seems - her two hundred years on this earth have seen her seduced by both decadence and brutality - but through it all she has stayed true to the one true love of her life. Until now.

Part historical novel and part supernatural page turner, THE TAKER is an unforgettable novel about the power of unrequited love not only to elevate and sustain, but to blind and ultimately destroy, and how each person is responsible to find their own path to redemption.

About the Author

Alma has a BA in Writing from Brandeis University (where she studied under John Irving) and an MA from the Johns Hopkins Writing Program. She works in U.S. intelligence and lives with her husband in Virginia.