A Novel I Never Expected to Write

This is the project closest to my heart. It's the novel I wrote unexpectedly that spawned three more books (and counting) in the series and a spin-off featuring ghosthunters. I just can't stop telling the stories.  The novel is available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats. 

Narain Khan leaves his home in India at the age of 25 to fight in European trenches in WWI. Wounded on the field of battle, he is attacked by feral vampires and must suffer the consequences as the decades go by. Helping him adjust is his beloved Sophie, who is not only his wife but also his food source, enabling him to lead as normal a life as possible. The novel opens in present-day Chicago when Narain has reached a crossroads. Cancer has taken Sophie the previous year and after the stockpile of blood she left him has been depleted, Narain is faced with again having to hunt for his food, something that he not only considers akin to pick-pocketing but also makes him worry he’ll pass on the condition. If left too long, however, hunger can bring out the deadly feral nature even in a sentient. As a well-respected chef and owner of a successful Chicago restaurant, Narain has worked very hard to promote a veneer of normalcy. The last thing he and his business partner Dom Amato need is for Narain’s hunger to get the better of him 

When I finished To Touch the Sun, I knew there was much more to the tale to tell. The emotional reunion between Nahrain and his sister in the epilog became a jumping off point for the next novel which is particularly close to my heart for the new characters introduced. Ujaali is available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats.

After the events of To Touch the Sun, Book One in the Chicago Vampire Series, Narain Khan is finding his life returning to normal—or as normal as life can be for the chef and owner of one of Chicago’s premiere restaurants who also happens to be a vampire. And yet, as the romance deepens between him and microbiologist Cassie Lambert, and investors approach he and business partner Dom Amato to open a London restaurant, Narain can’t shake the feeling that something terrible is coming. Something he’ll be totally unprepared to deal with. Indeed, something terrible does come as the consequences of a careless action taken decades ago come back to haunt him. It forces him to lie to Dom, a friend he’s never lied to before, and puts at risk the relationship he’s built with Cassie after a blackout causes him to do the unthinkable one night. To save those he loves, victims of his mistake, Narain must turn to his greatest nemesis for help and agree to the harsh terms that Reg Jameson is only too glad to put forth.