Kelsey Lanier had never given much thought to marriage until she was given an ultimatum. Chose a husband or have one chosen for her. Neither truly appealed to her until Brandt Alexander, a handsome sea captain just returned to the port of Charleston, re-entered her life. He was everything a young girl could want as a husband. But as Kelsey would soon realize, he had no intention of marrying. Brandt Alexander had always reveled in the freedom of his life at sea. Nothing tied him to the land, and nothing ever would. But he had not counted on falling under the spell of the winsome Kelsey Lanier and soon found that he had developed feelings for her that he could not deny. But an accident would force him to return to sea just as they realize the extent of their love for one another. Vowing they would marry upon his return, neither could know of the circumstances that led to a betrayal that would indeed force Kelsey into the marriage chosen for her. But as one unfortunate event had torn them apart, another would bring them together again and tempt them to remember a love not forgotten.

This book is the logical continuation of a series of collected essays examining the origins and evolution of myths and legends of the supernatural in Western and non-Western tradition and popular culture. The first two volumes of the series, The Universal Vampire: Origins and Evolution of a Legend (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2013) and Images of the Modern Vampire: The Hip and the Atavistic. (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2013) focused on the vampire legend. The essays in this collection expand that scope to include a multicultural and multigeneric discussion of a pantheon of supernatural creatures who interact and cross species-specific boundaries with ease. Angels and demons are discussed from the perspective of supernatural allegory, angelic ethics and supernatural heredity and genetics. Fairies, sorcerers, witches and werewolves are viewed from the perspectives of popular nightmare tales, depictions of race and ethnicity, popular public discourse and cinematic imagery. Discussions of the "undead and still dead" include images of death messengers and draugar, zombies and vampires in literature, popular media and Japanese anime.

Kelsey Lanier had never given much thought to marriage until she was given an ultimatum. Chose a husband or have one chosen for her. Neither truly appealed to her until Brandt Alexander, a handsome sea captain just returned to the port of Charleston, re-entered her life. He was everything a young girl could want as a husband. But as Kelsey would soon realize, he had no intention of marrying. Brandt Alexander had always reveled in the freedom of his life at sea. Nothing tied him to the land, and nothing ever would. But he had not counted on falling under the spell of the winsome Kelsey Lanier and soon found that he had developed feelings for her that he could not deny. But an accident would force him to return to sea just as they realize the extent of their love for one another. Vowing they would marry upon his return, neither could know of the circumstances that led to a betrayal that would indeed force Kelsey into the marriage chosen for her. But as one unfortunate event had torn them apart, another would bring them together again and tempt them to remember a love not forgotten.

This book is the logical continuation of a series of collected essays examining the origins and evolution of myths and legends of the supernatural in Western and non-Western tradition and popular culture. The first two volumes of the series, The Universal Vampire: Origins and Evolution of a Legend (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2013) and Images of the Modern Vampire: The Hip and the Atavistic. (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2013) focused on the vampire legend. The essays in this collection expand that scope to include a multicultural and multigeneric discussion of a pantheon of supernatural creatures who interact and cross species-specific boundaries with ease. Angels and demons are discussed from the perspective of supernatural allegory, angelic ethics and supernatural heredity and genetics. Fairies, sorcerers, witches and werewolves are viewed from the perspectives of popular nightmare tales, depictions of race and ethnicity, popular public discourse and cinematic imagery. Discussions of the "undead and still dead" include images of death messengers and draugar, zombies and vampires in literature, popular media and Japanese anime.