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Smeared Vampire is a creative writing brand

founded by author Natalie Rucando

“Tua lavandula a lupo desideratur."

Your lavender is desired by a wolf.

“Tua lavandula a lupo desideratur." Your lavender is desired by a wolf.

Book cover for 'Smeared Lavender' by Natalie Rucando, featuring a collage of a grand mosque, modern cityscape, purple flowers, and a reclining figure on a red couch.

NEXXA DAVOREN maintains a delicate blend of her Manhattan life while working in finance, one of sensual trysts, luxurious indulgences, and her supernatural gifts. One evening while enjoying drinks at the rooftop bar Salon de Ning, she meets a man who works for the National Lebanese Bank. This chance encounter sets the stage for a business trip to Lebanon, where Parisian and Ottoman-inspired pleasures collide with the unexpected presence of a captivating Russian suitor, Sergei Kozlov.

Her past involvement with the IRA becomes dangerously entangled with Hezbollah when a man abducts her in Beirut. Sinister perils from China to Rome test her lavender soul, while Sergei, with the aid of his hacker and Hard Kandy Christmas, fights to secure her freedomand to satisfy his lustful desires.

This first novel in the Smeared Lavender series whisks Nexxa across the globe, evading danger while searching for the one with the white glow.

Smeared Lavender

Novel one in this Suspensful + Vampy + Fuckable series with magic realism.

You’ll be able to smell the intended essence.
— Make Believe Magazine
A beautiful house with all the lights turned on.
It is nighttime, and there is a beautiful building.

Inspiration for Smeared Lavender

A traditional green wooden Russian izba with intricate white trim around the windows, surrounded by a snow-covered fence and frosty trees, under a clear winter sky.
A beautiful house with all the lights turned on.