Merrie DeStefano

Dawn Merrie DeStefano

Book 3 in the Award-Winning Series:

Dawn is almost here.

Mary thought they'd be safe by now, but they aren't.

They may never be safe again.

Now, she doesn't know who she can trust-even John seems different. She worries that he may have been bitten by the sangsue on the road to Geneva.

If she was worried about her own safety, that would be bad enough. But she has Claire's baby to care for and she can't lose another child. She just can't.

She'd be cursed forever if that happened.

Her only option is to flee, to leave everyone else behind. But Byron refuses to let her go alone. The baby girl is his, after all, and he may be a monster, but he would never abandon his child.

So, the three of them flee together, knowing the Vampire King wants them for a dark plan and that the world will be never be the same if he catches them.




- 2019 Realm Award for Supernatural/Paranormal/Horror.

- 2019 Moonbeam Children's Book Award, Silver Medal Winner: Young Adult Fiction - Horror/Mystery.




Digital, Print, and Audible Books in Merrie Destefano's Award-Winning Frankenstein Saga series include:

? Book 1: Shade: A Re-Imagining of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

? Book 2: Dusk: A Re-Imagining of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

? Book 3: Dawn: A Re-Imagining of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

? Print Book of all 3 novellas: Shade: The Complete Trilogy: A Re-Imagining of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein




Frankenstein meets Dracula in this Gothic retelling of Mary Shelley's classic tale.

What readers have to say about this series:

"Beautiful and atmospheric."

"Merrie takes the reader on a Gothic horror thrill ride through Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin's eyes..."

"Shade hit the ground running from page 1."

"Again, Merrie Destefano keeps a relentless, page-turning pace that will leave you at the end breathless and anxious..."

"A beautifully written story that reminded me of the TV miniseries, The Frankenstein Chronicles, which I also loved."

"Shade is an imaginative and fantastical recreation of not just Frankenstein, but the entire tale regarding how Mary Shelley came up with the story!"

"Merrie Destefano breathes new life into the Gothic horror genre with SHADE, a gorgeously written re-imagining of FRANKENSTEIN from the point-of-view of Mary Godwin."

"With its haunting imagery, electrical tension, and compelling characters, SHADE will appeal to fans of Ransom Rigg's MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN and Angela Carter's THE BLOODY CHAMBER."

For fans of the Netflix program, THE FRANKENSTEIN CHRONICLES, AND I DARKEN by Kiersten White, SOMETHING STRANGE AND DEADLY by Susan Dennard, and BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA.