DEVOUR is the story of the last Montfort werewolf, a creature famous in the folklore of his native France and heir to a tangled history of savagery and turmoil. The last of the line, Pierre de Montfort, jeweler to the wealthy and the famous, is unaware of any problems in his
successful life until the day he learns a French writer has arrived in New York to publicize his new book – about the Montfort werewolves. Feeling as if his whole life and all its secrets might be put on display for the world to see, Pierre reacts, and the newfound stress pushes him over the edge and into a spectacular career as the latest Montfort werewolf, aroused and relentless. The whole metropolitan area is his hunting field, and the hunters are just as determined as their prey. They will track him, bring him down, and rid the world of the last of the breed. Or die trying.
Hunting Pierre is Paul DuJardin, an expert from Geneva’s Institut Scientifique, who is also an accomplished author. Catherine Marais, his partner is just as deadly and has eliminated many werewolves in her career. Aside from her exploits in the field, Catherine is an aristocrat engaged in a long-term love affair with Ian Morgan, one of Manhattan’s most elegant and weathy vampires, a man of mystery who is as passionate about terminating the last Montfort as he is about his desire for his beautiful mistress. Julie Buchanan is friendly with all of them – especially Paul - and has a troubling link to the Montforts that even she is unaware of. What happens to them all is more than they ever planned.
Melina is from New Jersey and spent many years teaching before publishing her first paranormal novel, DEVOUR. She always loved history and enjoys reading it, especially relating to the world’s great empires. She’s a big fan of the History Channel and has always adored costume dramas. Her love of history also led to an appreciation of art and fashion, and in fact, she put this to good use when she wrote two historical novels under another name some years ago. Delving into world myths and folklore led to an interest in the theme of the werewolf and the vampire, which seem to be quite widespread around the globe.
