Now, the excitement continues as the Cast mother-daughter duo shares the back stories of a few of the House of Night's most important ¿ and mysterious ¿ characters. The second of the House of Night Novellas brings us Lenobia, the strong, beautiful horseback riding instructor, who guides Zoey through some of her darkest hours, and has a dark secret buried in her own past...In a small southern town at the turn of the century, young Lenobia is developing into a beautiful young woman with ideas of her own. But when she is Marked as a fledgling vampyre, her world turns upside down, and she is drawn to the musical streets of New Orleans. There, she learns of the city¿s dark underbelly, ruled by powerful black magic. As Lenobia experiences her first love ¿ and loss ¿ and discovers a passion for horses to sustain her, she must come face-to-face with Darkness itself. And she may not escape without scars.

P.C. Cast is a #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, as well as an experienced speaker and teacher. Her novels have received the prestigious Oklahoma Book Award, and the PRISM, Daphne du Maurier, Booksellers Best, Holt Medallion, Beacon, Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice, and Affaire de Coeur awards. She lives in Oklahoma with lots of dogs, cats, horses, and a burro. Her daughter, Kristin Cast has stand-alone stories in several anthologies, as well as editorial credits. Currently Kristin attends college in Oklahoma where she is focusing on attaining her dream of opening a no kill dog rescue shelter in midtown Tulsa.

P.C. Cast is a #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, as well as an experienced speaker and teacher. Her novels have received the prestigious Oklahoma Book Award, and the PRISM, Daphne du Maurier, Booksellers Best, Holt Medallion, Beacon, Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice, and Affaire de Coeur awards. She lives in Oklahoma with lots of dogs, cats, horses, and a burro. Her daughter, Kristin Cast has stand-alone stories in several anthologies, as well as editorial credits. Currently Kristin attends college in Oklahoma where she is focusing on attaining her dream of opening a no kill dog rescue shelter in midtown Tulsa.