Darkness

50% of this book’s proceeds are going to Joplin Tornado Relief. * * * Mare Knotting discovers the beings that gave raise to myth, but what astounds her more than their reality, is the fact that they are the children of angels. Mare is the single mother of three year-old Clarissa. Working hard to make a good life for them, Mare enrolls in a financial-aid project despite warning by classmate Daniel Stotts. But once she turns in her research, Mare realizes that Daniel isn’t delusional after all - inhuman beings chase Mare, and though Daniel rescues her, it doesn’t escape Mare’s notice that he moves as inhumanly as the things pursuing her. Once safe, however, Daniel explains the real world to Mare. Ethereals - fallen angels and their descendents - exist; and they are where the vampire and werewolf legends derive. As if that isn’t enough to cope with, Mare then learns that Clarissa is a powerful witch. Too much to handle, Mare blacks out - waking to realize who and what she truly is.