Cousins

Cousins By: Cynthia Helton Cousins is author Cynthia Helton’s first novel and she wants the reader to become involved with the vampire world that it depicts inside the human world. Helton’s original intent was to show what kind of reaction formally immortal beings would have when they suddenly have to come to terms with a mysterious disease that could kill them. She wanted to show that no one is okay with dying, not even a being who regularly brings death. It became a way for Helton to deal with the deaths of her grandfather, who passed at ninety-two, and her grandmother, who died with advanced dementia. Both of their end-of-life journeys found their way into the novel. Helton hopes readers can feel the pull of family ties within this vampire community and see their own family ties in the depictions. She also wants readers to travel with Doneele into her past and her future, as this will become Book One of a series Helton plans to continue, following the lives of other characters here.

• | Author: Cynthia Helton
• | Publisher: Dorrance Publishing Co.
• | Publication Date: December 12, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 246 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1645305287
• | ISBN-13: 9781645305286