Travel back in time to the early nineteenth century with master vampire Desirée Le Gallienne, and follow her from Paris to Istanbul for a pair of adventures. Along the way meet Joséphine Bonaparte, Empress of the French, and Aimée de Rivery, Valide Sultana of the Ottoman Empire. In “The Centennial,” Desirée is forced to risk the life of her new lover, André Bouchard. A hair-raising rescue mission is undertaken in “Behind the Veil of an Odalisque.” Then in the brief Epilogue, Desirée has one last, heartrending visit with her friend Joséphine.
This 19,000-word novella is actually a compilation of two shorter works of fiction. “Behind the Veil of an Odalisque” was originally published by Tigress Press in 2005, both as a stand-alone eBook and in the print collection THICKER THAN WATER. “The Centennial” has never been published before. Together they provide backstory for the novel VEILED IN BLACK, Book 4 of the Robert Benoit Series.
Travel back in time to the early nineteenth century with master vampire Desirée Le Gallienne, and follow her from Paris to Istanbul for a pair of adventures. Along the way meet Joséphine Bonaparte, Empress of the French, and Aimée de Rivery, Valide Sultana of the Ottoman Empire. In “The Centennial,” Desirée is forced to risk the life of her new lover, André Bouchard. A hair-raising rescue mission is undertaken in “Behind the Veil of an Odalisque.” Then in the brief Epilogue, Desirée has one last, heartrending visit with her friend Joséphine.
This 19,000-word novella is actually a compilation of two shorter works of fiction. “Behind the Veil of an Odalisque” was originally published by Tigress Press in 2005, both as a stand-alone eBook and in the print collection THICKER THAN WATER. “The Centennial” has never been published before. Together they provide backstory for the novel VEILED IN BLACK, Book 4 of the Robert Benoit Series.