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

That afternoon, Marianne went through the ritual, meshing her blood and flesh with that of Elena's, and then drinking the elixir.Charles and Elena waited until Marianne awoke from a deep slumber where she dreamed of past lives in Egypt, Athens, Persia and Rome.


"I never felt so free," she revealed to her brother with a bright smile."It's as if a whole new world has opened to me, allowed me to experience all the wonders of the universe, while never having to leave my bedside."


"And best of all," he added, giving her a gentle hug."We will always be together, you and I, and Elena."


Marianne's expression clouded for a moment."Yes, and Elena."


Earlier, Charles had asked Elena if she had instructed the Serbs to go to Marianne's chamber and gave the young maiden a taste of sex.But his lover vehemently denied planting the notion of rape and torture in the minds of those two foreigners.It had been there own barbarous idea.


Chapter 41