| And while we will share that interview in its entirety later this year, we thought that given the recent popularity of "anything vampire," it would be fun to review Zedde's Lambda Literary Award-nominated vampire love story, Every Dark Desire (Kensington Books, 2007) which takes on the unique twist of same-gender-loving women as its main characters.
The story focuses on a beautiful Jamaican woman, Naomi McElroy, who finds that her life is incomplete, despite having a lovely little girl and all the comforts of home.
One night during a family vacation in Negril, she leaves her young child in the capable hands of her mother for a night on the town - hoping to finally make her dreams of seduction at the hands of another woman come true.
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| However, she gets much more than she could have imagined when she meets the mysterious Julia in a jasmine-scented garden under an alluring full moon - and gives in to her secret desire and the burning fire that rages within.
But Julia is no ordinary lesbian. She is part of a secret clan of vampires that is led by the towering, tempting Silvija - whose sensuality and skills of lovemaking cause men and women, mortal or immortal, to yield to her touch and melt in her arms.
For Naomi, one moment of pure ecstasy results in her becoming one of the undead as she becomes "Belle." And while Julia's plan is to make "Belle" her personal love-slave, Silvija stands in the way - first because she finds a woman whose will is as strong as her own.
But more than that - the two women discover that they are "soulmates" and are unexplainably drawn to one another.
Before they know it, Belle and Silvija, much to the chagrin of Julia and the rest of the vampire clan, have fallen in love.
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Clearly this is no ordinary "coming out" story with jaunts across the seas for after dark orgies, late night hunts for human blood along island seashores and battles for supremacy waged by other clans in frigid Alaska being just a sample of the adventures facing Belle in her new life.
For Belle, she must learn to accept her new life with its power and its curse. But now she is part of a family where decadence and unbridled sex are pars for the course.
And she must face emotions like anger, resentment and jealousy, which she realizes, almost too late, are feelings shared by beauties and beasts alike.
Fiona Zedde is the author of numerous short stories, three novellas and four best-selling novels.
She describes her work as lesbian fiction and says she focuses on erotica because she believes so strongly in the power of love and romance.
Zedde, who lives in Atlanta, is recently "divorced" and can be reached at www.fionazedde.com. Look for her interview in our March edition.
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