Randall Lee isn't your typical acupuncturist... A beautiful young woman, dead, her body unmarked, her skin a peculiar shade of blue... A bizarre, ritualistic crime scene... And an unlikely hero... When a young woman is murdered in a seedy massage parlor near his neighborhood, the police recruit Randall Lee - an American acupuncturist and Tai Chi master - as a translator and expert in Chinese culture, to assist in the investigation. When Lee discovers that the murderer is an expert in a forbidden Chinese martial art - the dark mirror to his own healing practices - he must join in the hunt for the killer to escape his own inner demons... ...and save the woman he loves.

Suspense in ancient Rome Elissa Rubria Honoria is a Vestal Virgin--priestess of the sacred flame, a visionary, and one of the most powerful women in Rome. Vestals are sacrosanct, sworn to chastity on penalty of death, but the emperor, Nero, holds himself above the law. He pursues Elissa, engaging her in a deadly game of wits and sexuality. Or is Elissa really the pursuer? She stumbles on dark secrets. No longer trusting Roman gods, she follows a new god, Jesus of Nazareth, jeopardizing her life and the future of The Roman Empire.