“Promise me, Amelie, that you’ll crucify me with silver before you allow me to fall in love.”“I hardly think there’s any chance of that,” Amelie said. "I doubt you have the capacity.”

American novelist

Rachel Caine was the pen name of Roxanne Longstreet Conrad, an American novelist who wrote science fiction, fantasy, mystery, suspense, and horror. She is known for fiction across those genres. Her work spans several strands of popular genre writing, with books in science fiction and fantasy as well as mystery, suspense, and horror. The range of her writing reflects a career built around imaginative storytelling and tension-driven plots.