Miami blues

From the moment the stranger bursts into her antiquities shop in Rome, Lavinia Lake knows he is nothing but trouble. Announcing that he is a spy, Mr. Tobias March claims to be in pursuit of a killer and swears that Lavinia's life is in danger, but she is convinced that he is bent on destroying her. After being hustled all the way back to England, Lavinia vows to find a way to get back at him, never dreaming that Mr. March has actually been telling the truth.

Payne, twin sister of Vishous, is cut from the same dark, warrior cloth as her brother: A fighter by nature, and a maverick when it comes to the traditional role of Chosen females, there is no place for her on the Far Side... and no role for her on the front lines of the war, either. When she suffers a paralyzing injury, human surgeon Dr. Manuel Manello is called in to treat her as only he can- and he soon gets sucked into her dangerous, secret world. Although he never before believed in things that go bump in the night- like vampires- he finds himself more than willing to be seduced by the...

Despierto en una noche a comienzos de verano, no recuerdo nada, ni tan siquiera mi nombre. Lo oenico que queda es avanzar entre las sombras para llevar a cabo una venganza que comencZ tiempo atr+s y ya no recuerdo.

La principal protagonista de los cuentos es la ciudad norteamericana de Reno, donde se sitúan todos ellos, dada la manera en ésta que condiciona a los personajes. La propia icudad de Reno padece las acometidas del tiempo, al mismo tiempo que los personajes viven sus historias. Ese paralelismo da a las narracione sun tono al mismo tiempo dramático, ironico y cómico, en el que personajes y ciudad se funden en una única realidad. Los personajes de estos relatos creen hallarse en el umbral de una nueva era, pero, al final, no les queda otra opción que aferrarse a cuanto el pasado les ha...