Rachel Defriez

Ravens and Lavender Rachel Defriez

Was it insane to want my love to live at all costs, even at hidden costs? Or was that the only sanity? "Did you know, boy," the feather dress fluttered about the muse as she stood and tip-toed towards the paintings, "that when humans create a piece of art, tiny bits of their life break free and animate their work? The greater the passion, the deeper and richer the life it extracts." The muse licked the tip of her purple fingernail, traced it down the length of the painting, and then savored the smell of it with eyes shut. "In each bit of life, flourishes a tiny mist of soul. The Leanan Sidhe feed upon the life, but the soul remains in the art and gives it life." When death robs artist ETHAN McCARTHY of his wife ELIZABETH, he makes a Faustian deal with a leanan sidhe-a muse who lives on the life of the artist she inspires. The muse whispers to Ethan the secrets of a coin that will allow him to transform into his younger selves and thus drastically slow the aging process. Ethan agrees to use his perpetual youth to serve BRANN SIDHE's voracious appetite for 100 years in exchange for another chance to win the love of his wife. Over a century later, when the demon muse restores Elizabeth's soul to the body of a baby named SARA ELIZABETH VALE, the world has changed, times have changed, and women have changed. Can the fractured man that Ethan has become win Elizabeth's love again in this new world?