title: Dancing with Ghosts: a lesbian coming of age novel
author:  J. C. Russo 
description: J.C. grew up in Pennsylvania reading, writing, and playing the alto sax. As a young adult, she relocated to North Carolina and completed a B.A. in English with a minor in psychology. She now resides in South Carolina with three beautiful daughters and a dog named Benny.
zlib_text: **Dance in the Dark**
  
   **Megan Derr**
  
  At the age of nine, Johnnie lost everything. A quiet, normal child, his life
  forever changed when his family was attacked by a blood-crazed vampire,
  leaving his parents dead and Johnnie an orphan.
  
  Now grown, he is the cold, proud, beautiful—but very human—son of the Dracula
  Desrosiers, who took him in after the tragedy that befell Johnnie's parents.
  Constantly kept apart for being human, Johnnie chooses to bury himself in the
  two things he most loves—books and mysteries.
  
  Then he is summoned by a friend to solve a mystery involving a pair of
  Cinderella slippers, and in putting one mystery to rest Johnnie only succeeds
  in waking several more...
  
   **Book Details**
  
  Dance in the Dark
  
  By Megan Derr
  
  Published by Less Than Three Press
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any
  manner without written permission of the publisher, except for the purpose of
  reviews.
  
  Edited by Michelle McDonough
  
  Cover designed by London