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A Secret Muse
A Secret Muse
A Secret Muse
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A Secret Muse

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Go beyond the ordinary into a cruel and broody world reminiscent of traditional vampire stories.

Artist Coco Rhodes knows little about her family's association with the ancient clandestine organization The Allegiance and wants to keep it that way. She dislikes secrets; they're a painful reminder of her past.

When the arrival of a letter from her dead mother threatens her sanity, Coco demands an explanation from her brother, Christopher, a high-powered D.C. lawyer and member of the Allegiance. He insists she'll find answers in Italy, her birthplace. There she's unknowingly shadowed by Gabriel, a powerful warlock with a vampire father, and the ethereal Prudence, keeper of the Allegiance.

After the death of a close friend, Coco's life takes a dark turn. With only a faded portrait torn from a lost sketchbook and one of her mother's unfinished paintings, Coco unravels clues from her past in the hope of saving those she loves.

Buy A Secret Muse and enter the dark, supernatural world of The Creatives Series!

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Release dateApr 5, 2021
ISBN9780996508803
A Secret Muse
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Mandy Jackson-Beverly

Mandy Jackson-Beverly is a bibliophile with a preference for stories drenched in magic, the occult, and complex characters of the human and supernatural kind. She writes about the darkness lurking around us and the light that keeps it at bay.Born in Pyramid Hill, Victoria, Australia—population 419—Mandy grew up around the rugged coastline and rolling hills of Tasmania. Upon moving to England, she discovered the tantalizing London fashion scene and fell in love with the concept of the creative collective. Later in Los Angeles, she found her creative freedom among the thriving, no-holds-barred visionaries of the music video world.Mandy has worked as a costume designer and stylist for an array of creative dynamos, including photographer Herb Ritts; directors Joel and Ethan Coen, David Fincher, Diane Keaton, and Julien Temple; and music icons David Bowie, Madonna, George Michael, and Tina Turner. She taught high school art and theater, Advanced Placement art programs, and contributed blogs to The Huffington Post. Mandy is a book reviewer for the New York Journal of Books and is the host of The Bookshop Podcast. She teaches workshops at writers conferences and online via her school on Teachable and is a writing coach and public speaker. These days she lives in Ojai, California, and spins dark stories for her readers’ pleasure as well as her own.When Mandy’s not writing or reading, she’s cooking, painting, planting vegetables, or hiking somewhere in the mountains.Author of A Secret Muse, The Devil And The Muse, The Legend of Astridr: Birth, and The Immortal Muse.You can find Mandy via her websites:www.mandyjacksonbeverly.comhttps://thebookshoppodcast.buzzsprout.comEmail: mandy@cricketpublishing.org

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