Gabe Granger gathers intelligence for George Washington, even after he's bitten by a vampyre in the service of the British. Remember Littlebury, his longtime friend, stays with him as his black swan, keeping him safe from sunlight and getting messages to General Washington.

After the war ends, they continue working for the fledgling government through one conflict after another. When Gabe loses Remember at the Battle of Gettysburg, he's ready to give up, but his country still needs his services. And there are many black swans for him to choose from. None are any more fortunate than Remember, and one by one they're killed in various wars. 

All Noah Poynter wants is to be a black swan, and he's devastated when his pop tells him he's just a normal. In spite of everything, Gabe and Noah become friends. Is there any hope for the two of them?



Tinnean has been writing since the third grade, where she was inspired to try her hand at epic poetry. Fortunately, that epic poem didn't survive the passage of time; however, her love of writing not only survived but thrived, and in high school she became a member of the magazine staff, where she contributed a number of stories.



Starting a family resulted in writing being set aside, although throughout those years Tinnean did continue to keep a journal.



Once the kids were old enough to do their own thing, she was able to dabble in writing again. It was with the advent of the family's second computer -- the first intimidated everyone -- that her writing took off, enhanced in part by fan fiction, but mostly by the wonder that is copy and paste.



While involved in fandom, she was nominated for both Rerun and Light My Fire Awards. Now she concentrates on her original characters and has been published by Nazca Plains, Dreamspinner, and JMS Books.



Tinnean is what you might call a hopeful romantic, and if you see her name on a story, it will have a happy ending.



Her signature line, a quote by Ernest Hemingway, says it all: "Once writing has become your major vice and greatest pleasure, only death can stop it."



A New Yorker at heart, she resides in SW Florida with her husband and two computers.