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Grayson writes romance and fantasy but has also forayed into comedy of the most sophomoric kind, and speculative/experimental fiction. She likes to keep on her toes by varying her work between lighthearted, intensely romantic, and dark, sometimes frightening. See her upcoming speculative releases below. |
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Bright Star |
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Fiction |
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· Releasing on Lyrical Press in October 2008. · Final Cover Art done by Renee Rocco · CGI cover created by Kat Haeske |
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The many iterations of my cover for Bright Star, my dark, dark contemporary fantasy work. See more info below. |
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From, “Souvenir”, Bright Star:
“How did you get that scar?” Jackson asked raising a fingertip to her face. Against his own better judgment, he traced the angry pink mark from her widow’s peak down between her copper brows and under her softly rounded cheek. The injury’s puckered ridge served to punctuate the softness of her pale skin. His fingertips tingled at the touch. He put his hand in his pocket.
“Rush left it for me,” Bright Star answered with a flippant shrug of her shoulders even though the words were spoken with reverence and joy. Her red hair rustled and settled with the movement. Her eyes were heating up, casting blue light all through the room.
No blue light warmed Jackson: she still would not look at directly at him. For a second, he thought, she hid a bashful and girlish smile.
Jackson discovers that two years earlier, this same woman was saved by his brother Jacob Rush, believed by some to be the most powerful Talent the world has ever seen.
Bright Star is a believer. She understands that Jacob Rush’s destiny is to be the salvation of the world despite Rush’s insistence that he will not. Amassing a devoted following for Rush, Bright Star forces him to demonstrate his strength again and again by viciously endangering her own life and all of the lives around them.
Both Rush and Jackson try to stop Bright Star’s increasingly violent and far-reaching actions, but Bright Star will not be stopped, even if she has to risk the world to get Rush to accept who he is, who he must be… Bright Star is a contemporary fantasy and horror novel characterized by a heady mix of psychological tension with beautifully creepy and surreal moments.
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