Mona Lisa Awakening (Monere: Children of the Moon, Book 1)

Mona Lisa, an unusual young woman who has always known that she is different, is drawn to Gryphon, a mysterious man of unearthly beauty who arrives during her night shift in the E.R., and discovers that he, like herself, is a Monère, a child of the moon, and is introduced to the nighttime world of the Monère, one of calculated cruelty, intrigue, and casual lust. Reprint. The "children of the moon" are ruled by "Queens," rare females whose ability to pull down the moon's rays allows them to heal rapidly and live 300 years. Gorgeous, shape-changing males protect, serve and have sex with the often ruthless Queens, who sometimes cruelly abuse them. After treating one of these males, Gryphon, at Manhattan's St. Vincent's Hospital one night, 21-year-old ER nurse Lisa discovers she's not only a part-human Monère herself but also the first "Mixed Blood" Queen, Mona Lisa. Her human blood makes her impervious to sunlight and silver--the banes of the Monère--and her latent powers pose a threat to the nastier Queens, who want to destroy her SUMMARY: A smoldering debut novel.From the time she was a child, Mona Lisa knew she was different—but she never knew how different until a man of otherworldly beauty entered her life. "From the time she was a child, Mona Lisa knew she was different, but she never knew how different until a man of otherworldly beauty entered her life"--Amazon.com