John E. Rice Livres

Alexa McKay has always been different from other people. She can create and manipulate fire with the power of her thoughts. Her cold-hearted mother, Katherine, constantly describes her as a danger to society, so Katherine hides her daughter in the wilds of Montana until she has a change of heart. After twenty years, Alexa is allowed to move away. She ventures to New York City and discovers that she's not alone. Some of the world's sexiest, preternatural men take Alexa under their wing in order to guard her like the treasure she is and train her to fight evil. Alexa is destined to become the very first goddess with a corporeal body. She has to create an army of warriors to protect humankind from the tainted creatures in the shadows. When Gaia, the primeval goddess of the earth, gives Alexa her first taste of power, Alexa's inner fire the source of her pyrokinesis craves not only more of it, but also sexual pleasure. She must sate her fire regularly before it forces uncontrollable flames out of her. But when the leader of the Vampire Association uses Alexa's loved ones as bait to ensnare her, she'll have to control her wild urges so she can save them and herself.

This fictional tale of is of an earlier Florida. It is set in some of the state's early years of transition when the old pioneer life of its people begins to face the new settlement of tourism. Seen in this story are successful efforts toward adjustment between those two elements of humanity. Certain characters from both become involved in a struggle to bring some loved ones back together. It is with the combined help of some sympathetic tourism promoters from out-of-state and some rustic 'Cracker' characters that certain family problems are eventually resolved and some bitter people find true love. In the span of the author's 80-plus years, he has seen some of those early times in Florida life that are covered in this story and has known such types of characters as those introduced in the book. It is with pride in America that this book is written. For this is a land in which different types of people can come together and live together as many have beautifully done in the author's home state of Florida.