The House Of Blackwell

When Jada, a graduate student researching the fall of Moorish Spain, discovers Blackwell Gallery on a rainy night in Washington, D.C., she expects to find books for her thesis. Instead, she finds Amir - a man who moves without sound, vanishes without warning, and looks at her like he has been waiting for her entire life. Because he has, for five centuries, Nasir al-Zalam - known across history as Vampir, Vetala, Strigoi, Soucouyant - has hunted the reincarnated soul of Jana, a Moorish scholar from Granada who died in his arms before he could save her. He has taken names, stolen legacies, and crossed empires to build a life that would eventually bring her back to him. Jada is the destination he has been moving toward since 1492. Her best friend Diana sees the warning signs. Her instincts scream to run. But the pull toward Amir is older than reason, older than memory - and every book he gives her, every vision she can't explain, every crow that follows her through the city brings her closer to a truth she isn't ready to survive. Moving between present-day Annapolis and 15th-century Granada, between a D.C. coffee shop and a 19th-century estate built on bones, The House of Blackwell is a gothic romantic thriller about reincarnation, obsession, and the price of forever. Some loves don't wait for consent. Some souls don't get to choose.

Pages: 166, Paperback, Independently published