Haiku of the Vampire
Book 1 of The Vampire Haiku Chronicles
Description:... When her father loses his status as Japan's most prominent Yakuza mob boss, Misake travels to South Texas as a college student with the hopes of engaging a notorious Latino vampire named Uriel Santana. After a whirlwind courtship, she seduces and manipulates Uriel to turn her into another vampire, and then returns to Japan as an immortal to help her father regain power in Tokyo's criminal underworld.
Poised to reign supreme in Tokyo forever, Misake learns that she is now on the vampire's Most Wanted criminal list for her indiscretions. The governing body in New Orleans dispatches bounty hunter and vampire/warlock hybrid Cyprian Dugas to hunt her down, who happens to be falling for the Japanese bloodsucker. To make matters worse, Queen Mictecacihuatl - the Lady of El Dia de Los Muertos and Goddess creator of Uriel's vampire Latinx coven - feels spurned by Misake's ruse and vows to get revenge by any means necessary.
The first book in The Vampire Haiku Chronicles, experience the fusion of Japanese and Hispanic folklore in an epic urban fantasy that begins in the rich Latinx culture of South Texas, parlays into the alluring history of Cajun/African-American New Orleans, and finishes across the sweeping landscape of modern day Japan.
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