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

Now as she began to close the front door, a dark hand reached out and grasped the door handle from the inside.Suzan jumped back with fear as the hand pushed the door open with an eerie squeak, but let out a sigh of relief when she spotted Detective Kyle Mears attached to the hand.


"Oh, hello there, doctor," he greeted as he poked his head around the door."Mind of I come inside?"


"Help yourself."Suzan stepped into the anterior of the foyer so he could enter.


As the detective ambled inside, he closed the door behind him, his barrel form dressed in a charcoal gray sweat suit, Adidas running shoes on his big feet."I just had a question for Mrs. Lambert.Is she in?"


Suzan nodded as she quickly folded the wrap into a small neat square."I believe she's upstairs taking a call from her husband."


"Oh, yeah.He's in Europe, I believe she told me.And what brings you here tonight?"


Chapter 49