CITIZENS OF SHADOW
A VAMPIRE TALE
BEGUILED BY NIGHT BOOK TWO
ON SALE 11 MAY 2023
“A glorious, gothic-laced journey as alluring as the vampire at its dark and bloody heart.”
⸺ BEVERLEY LEE, author of The Gabriel Davenport Series, The Ruin of Delicate Things, The House of Little Bones, and the forthcoming The Sum of Your Flesh
A chance to live life over, to correct one’s mistakes — is it a blessing or a curse? In Beguiled by Night, Vauquelin, an ancient, queer vampire living in present-day Los Angeles, finds his time unwinding like a spool of dirty thread til he’s re-deposited into seventeenth century France: he seizes the chance for redemption. In Citizens of Shadow, he clings frightfully to his aim — until he learns the hidden costs of tampering with fate. Centuries of self-exile and isolation claim their due. What glory might unfold when you open your heart to what else is to come … and what rewards will you reap when you embrace your authentic self?
Lush, gothic horror unfolds in Citizens of Shadow, a queer dark fantasy of vampires, time travel, and sinister secrets threatening to unravel an eternal existence.
Coming 11 May 2023 from Polidori Press.
BEGUILED BY NIGHT
A VAMPIRE TALE
BEGUILED BY NIGHT BOOK TWO
ON SALE NOW
An ancient French vampire, created in 1668 and now living in L.A., is pulled back through time in a bittersweet regression of his history: where he might just find redemption. Beguiled by Night is a complex tapestry of time, horror, and beauty woven with gore and redemption, rooted in elegant violence. On sale now.
CRIMSON IS THE NIGHT
A VAMPIRE NOVELETTE
ON SALE NOW. Crimson is the Night: A Vampire Novelette. A sequel to Beverley Lee’s Gabriel Davenport Series and Beguiled by Night. Available in paperback and eBook: a new edition with never-seen-before bonus content. http://mybook.to/crimson
AVAILABLE 11 MAY 2023
Signed hardcovers and paperbacks with free bookmark will be available directly from Polidori Press, 11 May 2023.
Book Extras
Pronunciations
For non-French speakers, I have compiled audio pronunciation tracks for the main characters and locales in Beguiled by Night. Amusez-vous bien.
Soundtrack
The vampire Vauquelin has been alive for centuries. As you might imagine, his taste in music can be quite bizarre. Listen along on Spotify for a moody accompaniment to Beguiled by Night. If, like Vauquelin, you love classical music, jazz, darkwave, and goth, you’ll love this soundtrack (and the book).
About the Author
Nicole Eigener
she/her/they/their
I am a lifelong student of French history and the macabre. My fascination with vampires dates back to the age of eight, when I saw ‘Salem’s Lot on television. Many years later, my love for haemovores became a beautiful marriage with my obsession with French history and culture, specifically of the seventeenth-century.
Beguiled by Night is my first published novel, although I have been writing since childhood. Growing up, the words of Toni Morrison were always bubbling beneath my dark surfaces: “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” And so I did. I hope you love Vauquelin and my French vampire world as much as I do.
I am excited to share Book Two, Citizens of Shadow, coming May 13, 2023.
Blog
Citizens of Shadow: A Vampire Tale (Beguiled by Night Book 2)
Indie horror authors Beverley Lee and Nicole Eigener collaborated on a new novelette, bringing their extraordinary vampire worlds together.
Crimson is the Night: A Vampire Novelette Now Available
Indie horror authors Beverley Lee and Nicole Eigener collaborated on a new novelette, bringing their extraordinary vampire worlds together.
A Vampire Novelist’s Top 10 Vampire Movies
It goes without saying that as a writer of vampire novels, I am also a lover of vampire film and movies. But there are so many horrible vampire movies that it’s tough to slog through them all.