Emily Carrington

When Rose has to find a place to volunteer to satisfy an academy requirement, she never dreams she’d find a fellow werewolf running a soup kitchen that also features live music. Rose is a violinist and drummer trained in the Irish tradition and she longs to use her skills. It doesn’t hurt that the first picture she sees of Ama makes her go weak at the knees.<br><br>Ama, the werewolf who runs the soup kitchen, is suppressed and ruled by her parents. Due to several childhood struggles, she is seen by her family as weak. She tries to overcome this by running her own charity and helping people she considers less fortunate.<br><br>Their attraction is strong and instantaneous but is complicated when the two discover vampires are feeding from their customers. Rose wants to see vampires as a discriminated species; Ama views them as parasites. Neither assumption is quite accurate. Can Rose and Ama look past their differences and work together? Can they band together to protect not only the people they care about, but one another?

Love and the Living Tree

Ama followed, feeling the moist heat of Rose’s kiss. And feeling the warmth from it spread throughout her body.


She identified the first woman, Green Hat, as soon as they entered the fellowship hall. She strode over and greeted her by name. “Ellie, hi.”


The woman looked up and smiled a little. She wasn’t given to big expressions, either of joy or grief. “Hello, Ama. How are you? Good soup today.”


“Thank you. It’s Marcus’s specialty.” She gestured. “This is Rose, who will be playing violin for us come December.”


After a few more pleasantries, Ama went on to the next woman. This one was a very religious lady, carrying hats and gloves and scarves around for those she considered “less fortunate” than herself. She slept at a nearby women’s’ shelter. As did Ellie, Ama realized as she shook hands with the young woman. She introduced Rose and they moved on.


Chapter 8