Helens-of-Troy
Author: Janine McCaw
Genre: Fantasy/Paranormal
“The Gilmore Girls meet Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
Blurb:
Fifteen
year old Goth-chic Ellie has a lot of explaining to do. She’s just
moved to the small town of Troy, fought with her uptight mother Helen,
met the boy of her dreams and found a dead body on her sexy “new-age”
grandmother Helena’s porch. All on the first night!
But
Ellie’s not alone. Helen is hiding something. Helen knows all about the
kind of eerie dreams her daughter is having — the dreams that show the
whereabouts of the missing children of Troy — because she’s had them
herself. But she’ll never admit it. Not while Ellie’s sex-crazed friend
Ryan is safely behind bars for the murders. Helen knows what it’s like
to be attracted to dangerous men.
Then there’s the little matter between Helena and Gaspar BonVillaine,
the teenaged vampire who is learning to feed on young prey. Now that
he’s caught Ellie, he doesn’t know whether he wants to kill her or turn
her to the dark side and keep her forever. Helena should have finished
him off when she had the chance.
To
survive the vampire feeding frenzy surrounding them, mom Helen needs to
come to terms with her own insecurities and deal with the gifts she
has. Helena must learn to ground herself for the good of mankind and
more importantly her own family. And Ellie has the toughest choice of
all. Ellie must decide whether its time to let her own childhood go and become the woman she is destined to be, one of the ageless and timeless “Helens of Troy”.
About the Author:
HELENS-OF-TROY
is the second novel completed by Janine McCaw. For the Vancouver-based
novelist it is the continuation of a dream, and the fruit of years of
working in a different creative realm.
McCaw’s
deep understanding of compelling plots, widely appealing characters,
natural dialogue and strong story arcs comes directly out of her early
career in the film and television industry. McCaw’s skills as an
observer started early when her family uprooted from the City to small
town Ontario – and she became the classic fish out of water. Writing
down her thoughts became an outlet as she scribbled her way through
childhood, while she also developed her observational skills and visual
eye with photography. A die-hard hockey fan, McCaw studied
Cinematography at Humber College, and was headed for a career as a
cameraperson covering professional sports when she landed an internship
in a broadcasting services company.
McCaw
excelled in the television distribution arena. She joined Thomas Howe
& Associates and moved with that company to Vancouver, where she
distinguished herself with her talent for identifying the right product
for the right market, and her people-skills in negotiating contracts.
After furthering her professional development with several high-profile
Canadian entertainment companies, she parlayed her reputation as a
leading Cable Programming specialist into her own boutique firm. Formed
with a partner, Dark Horse Ent.
specialized in finding, and selling, niche Canadian television series -
entertainment, information and variety - around the Globe. McCaw also
acted as an independent executive producer on award-winning television
Classic Car series, CHROME DREAMS, and as a distributor for series
including ENTRÉE TO ASIA, and AT HOME WITH HERBS.
In
high demand as an insightful, humorous and engaging guest speaker,
juror and analyst for festivals and trade forums around the country,
McCaw also spent large amounts of time traveling abroad to television
markets. Writing relieved the stress of constantly being on the road.
Increasingly, she turned her main hobby into outlines for novels, and
finished fleshing out the characters, plot and dialogue for OLIVIA’S
MINE, a fictional account of a young bride’s struggle to make a life for
herself against the backdrop of the disasters that hit Britannia Beach,
British Columbia in the early 1900s. The book was released in 2006 and
continues to be sold at the British Columbia Museum of Mining.
HELENS-OF-TROY
was released early in 2012. McCaw is also currently developing eight
other stories for novel form. All set on the Pacific North West and in
Canada’s North, they include the murder mystery A LITTLE FIRST DEGREE, a
feel-good trilogy THE INN AT HAZY WATERS (Northern Exposure meets
Fantasy Island), and PUMPER an action romance that has already garnered
interest as the basis for a feature film.
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