{"product_id":"9780996508827","title":"A Secret Muse: (the Creatives Series, Book 1) a Dark and Seductive Supernatural Suspense Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook 1 of THE CREATIVES SERIES.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER FANTASY SECTION 2016 BEVERLY HILLS BOOK AWARDS \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Amazon top 100 Kindle store BESTSELLER: #1 Dark Fantasy #1 Occult #1 Vampire\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMurder, mystery, and the occult come together in this exciting supernatural suspense thriller that will grab you from the very first page!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eUCLA art professor Coco Rhodes knows little about her family’s association with the ancient clandestine organization \u003cem\u003eThe Allegiance\u003c\/em\u003e and wants to keep it that way. She dislikes secrets—they’re a painful reminder of her childhood experiences that were erased as a result of her parents’ tragic deaths when she was four years old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a brutal attempt on her life, and the arrival of a birthday letter from her dead mother, Coco demands explanations from her brother, Christopher, a high-powered D.C. lawyer and member of the Allegiance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher guides Coco to her birthplace, Italy, insisting she’ll find her answers there. Enter the enigmatic Gabriel, a powerful warlock with a vampire father, and the ethereal Prudence, keeper of the Allegiance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a close friend is murdered, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Amazon verified customers are saying.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThis is a tale about good and evil and the restorative role of the arts in our world.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA heart-stopping, mind-swirling novel of action as good and evil struggle to gain control.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eElegant and captivating! I could hardly put it down!\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eI absolutely devoured A Secret Muse! Mandy Jackson-Beverly captivates total undivided attention from page one!\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComplicated and nuanced characters that draw you into the story.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWow! For the first time in months my imagination was finally ensnared from the first page to the last, only coming up for air to eat as I inhaled this book like a starving woman!\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe writing is outstanding with every image richly described with an economy of words that are so well-crafted that my imagination was allowed, no encouraged to create my own visual tapestries.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eYes, I will take that garlic necklace and crucifix please!\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMandy is clearly an extremely talented writer and evokes so many different feelings and emotions, and the detailed descriptions made it genuinely feel as though I was watching a movie.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePlease, make this into a movie.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe early introduction of modern day vampire assasins in an attention-grabbing stairwell scene was brilliant, sudden, and unexpected.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e I was taken on a journey with her characters, poetry, art and destinations. I look forward to book two!\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMs. Jackson-Beverly is a gifted story teller, successfully weaving her tale of warlocks and vampires with suspense, mystery, secrets, love, lies, truth and courage.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhile not usually a reader of 'vampire fiction', I would recommend this book to anyone. Loved it and am now looking forward to the sequel.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMandy Beverly has a gifted imagination.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe world created by the author makes the supernatural--natural.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCrossing the boundaries of genres, “A Secret Muse” is a richly textured novel of good and evil, light and dark.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cricket Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034899071216,"sku":"9780996508827","price":24.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780996508827_p0.jpg?v=1763953227","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780996508827","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}