Reina operates a small business behind her home in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans for both tourists and locals alike. She is inhabited by the spirit of Erzulie, which makes her a gifted practitioner of water magic. For more information, visit priestess Mambo Reina Dumond learned the practices and customs of Vodou as a child from her father, while her family was living in Haiti. Other untreated addictions include chocolate and cupcakes. The author of the novel Bacchanal, she now writes from North Carolina, where she eschews rollerballs for fountain pens and fine paper. Her work has appeared in various online publications. She is a graduate of the Viable Paradise Workshop, a member of SFWA, and an Author Spotlight interviewer for Fantasy Magazine. Henry was born in Brooklyn, New York, and has been a bit of a rolling stone ever since. As a killer wields dangerous magic to thwart Reina's investigation, she must tap into the strength of her own power and faith to solve a mystery that threatens to destroy her entire way of life. Reina resolves to find the real killer and defend the Vodou practice and customs, but the motives behind the murder are deeper and darker than she imagines.Īs Reina delves into the city's shadows, she untangles more than just the truth behind a devious crime.
Detective Roman Frost, Reina's ex-boyfriend-a fierce nonbeliever-is eager to tie the crime, and half a dozen others, to the Vodou practitioners of New Orleans. Gifted with water magic since she was a child, Reina is devoted to the benevolent traditions of her ancestors.Īfter a ritual slaying in the French Quarter, police arrest a fellow vodouisant. Haitian-American Vodou priestess Mambo Reina Dumond runs a healing practice from her New Orleans home.
A practitioner of Vodou must test the boundaries of her powers to solve a ritual murder in New Orleans and protect everything she holds sacred.
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