Marva Dale is the pen name for author Debra McReynolds.  Retired from the public relations field, Debra now spends her free time indulging in her passion for writing.  "I used to fill my school notebooks with stories," Debra relates, "and then add artwork to go along with them.  My second grade teacher, Mrs. Daley, predicted that I would be a writer one day."
A fan of the mystery genre, she enjoys crafting tales with a twist of suspense, a touch of romance, and a bit of humor. 
Debra and her husband, Dale, make their home in El Paso, Texas, with their dog, cats and rabbits.

Dr. Suzan Dwyer specializes in blood disorder research and maintains her own laboratory in the Washington, D.C. area. But she’s not prepared to deal with a new patient named Charles Lambert who says he’s aging by the minute and needs Suzan to help him discover a way to reverse the process through her blood research. Suzan hesitates to believe the story Charles tells her. Yet when he suddenly disappears, Suzan tracks him down and meets his wife, Ellen Lambert, a beautiful, alluring, and enigmatic woman who harbors a deep, disturbing secret. Suzan is drawn into Ellen’s world of mysticism, fantasy, lust and desire, and believes Ellen when she says that Charles has suddenly died overseas. Succumbing to Ellen’s charms, Suzan decides to give up her old life, one that she has shared with her partner, Dr. Davis Breen, for five years. As she embarks on a tempestuous affair with Ellen and listens to her incredible history, Suzan is drawn deeper into the woman’s strange but exciting world, one that might possibly include murder. Soon Suzan must decide if she wants what Ellen wishes to give her—life everlasting… Even when such a life comes at a terrible cost. 


Blood of the Gods

Charles made his way to the dark form slumped near the bushes.When he peered down and discovered the very pale, dead body of Daphne Asquith he felt his stomach roil.The poor girl's throat had been slashed clean across, her head tilted slightly back so that the wound appeared like a gaping fish mouth.


"Did anyone see what happened here?" Charles asked as he stumbled back.


A general murmur ensued but no one claimed to be near here when Daphne had been attacked and murdered.Of course, everyone expressed shock and fear.Recently, a convict from the nearby Albemarle Prison had escaped, the man considered a dangerous lunatic.


But Daphne's murder wasn't the first killing in the Surrey area.Several of the villagers had met the same fate with their throats slashed, and their murders had created a stupefying mystery. All the victims seemed to have been drained of their blood.


Chapter 34