The Color of Light - Softcover

Shankman, Helen Maryles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1490473246 ISBN 13: 9781490473246

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

A novel of art, passion, and vampires. At the American Academy of Classical Art, popular opinion has it that the school's handsome and mysterious founder, Raphael Sinclair, is a vampire. It is a rumor Rafe does nothing to dispel. Scholarship student Tessa Moss has long dreamed of the chance to study at Rafe's Academy. But she is floundering amidst the ups and downs of a relationship with egotistical art star Lucian Swain. Then, one of Tessa's sketches catches Rafe's attention: a drawing of a young woman in 1930s clothing who is covering the eyes of a child. The suitcase at her feet says Wizotsky. Sofia Wizotsky, the love of Rafe's life, was lost during the Holocaust. Or was she? Rafe suspects Tessa may be the key to discovering what really happened. As Rafe finds excuses to interact with Tessa, they quickly discover they cannot deny their growing attraction to one another. It is an attraction forbidden by the Academy Board and disapproved of by anyone familiar with Rafe's playboy reputation and Tessa's softhearted innocence. But what if fate has other plans for Tessa and Rafe? What if they break all rules to succumb to a passion that defies history?

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About the Author

Helen Shankman's short fiction has appeared, or is forthcoming, in The Kenyon Review, Cream City Review, Gargoyle, Grift, Danse Macabre, 2 Bridges Review and JewishFiction.net. Her family's stories of Holocaust loss and survival inspire much of her work. She holds an MFA in classical art techniques from the New York Academy of Arts. The Color of Light is her first novel. http://helenmarylesshankman.wordpress.com/

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1490473246
• ISBN 13: 9781490473246
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 574