Chapel has been a vampire since the 1300s when he and his men tried to rob the Knights Templar and ended up drinking from a cup imbued with the essence of Lilith, the mother of all vampires. Since then the five of them have gone their separate ways…It is now 1899 and Chapel is sent to England to protect the cup from humans looking for it.

Prudence Ryland is dying and sees the Grail as her one chance at life. But when she falls into a trap while searching for the Grail she becomes poisoned. Chapel is there and tries to save her, however it is too late. Knowing that her time is limited and regretting having done so little in her young life, Pru asks Chapel to become her lover and introduce her to grand adventures. As her life force slowly ebbs away, Pru knows there is one more thing that can save her from death-but is Chapel willing to turn Pru into an immortal vampire?

Bishop has been a vampire for 700 years and though he wishes nothing more than to live his life in peace, getting humans to believe that vampires are not monsters is a difficult task, and vampire hunters like The Reaper make it even more difficult.

Believing that a vampire killed her mother, Irina leads a band of vigilantes, determined to rid the world of these monsters. What no one knows is that Irina herself is half-vampire. Determined to deny that side of her, Irina captures Bishop, believing he can lead her to the vampire responsible for her mother’s death. But over the course of Bishop’s captivity, secrets about Irina’s past are revealed and she soon learns that what she has always believed to be true is anything but. Now Irina and Bishop are in a race against time as they fight for their lives–and their love.

The first biography of arguably the most influential member of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration, Marguerite “Missy” LeHand, FDR’s de facto chief of staff, who has been misrepresented, mischaracterized, and overlooked throughout history … until now.

Widely considered the first female presidential chief of staff, Marguerite “Missy” LeHand was the right-hand woman to Franklin Delano Roosevelt–both personally and professionally–for more than twenty years. Although her official title as personal secretary was relatively humble, her power and influence were unparalleled. Everyone in the White House knew one truth: if you wanted access to Franklin, you had to get through Missy. She was one of his most trusted advisors, affording her a unique perspective on the president that no one else could claim, and she was deeply admired and respected by Eleanor and the Roosevelt children.

With unprecedented access to Missy’s family and original source materials, journalist Kathryn Smith tells the captivating and forgotten story of the intelligent, loyal, and clever woman who had a front-row seat to history in the making. The Gatekeeper is a thoughtful, revealing unsung-hero story about a woman ahead of her time, the true weight of her responsibility, and the tumultuous era in which she lived; a long overdue tribute to one of the most important female figures in American history.