Published: March 12, 2012
Words: 35,172 (approximate)
Language: English

Short description

This short story collection is set in the Santeria habitat. The first three short stories are in the point-of-view of MeShack, Zulu, and Lanore, from the novel Fire Baptized, and serve as a prequel to that story. The last short story is from the point-of-view of Cameo, who lives in the Santeria habitat, and is from the upcoming YA novel Chameleon.

Extended description

Since the 1970s humans have forced supernaturals to live in caged cities known as habitats. Each habitat is themed and organized by a particular religion. All supernaturals are tagged at birth with silver brands embedded in their foreheads identifying them by species: a full moon for Vampires, a crescent moon for Shifters, a pair of wings for Fairies, an X for Mixbreeds, and the list goes on, for each supernatural species has been tagged and categorized by humans.

This short story collection is set in the Santeria habitat. The first three short stories are in the point-of-view of MeShack, Zulu, and Lanore, from the novel Fire Baptized, and serve as a prequel to that story. The last short story is from the point-of-view of Cameo, who lives in the Santeria habitat, and is from the upcoming YA novel Chameleon.

Love lost, Love found (Read more) Since the 1970s humans have forced supernaturals to live in caged cities known as habitats. Each habitat is themed and organized by a particular religion. All supernaturals are tagged at birth with silver brands embedded in their foreheads identifying them by species: a full moon for Vampires, a crescent moon for Shifters, a pair of wings for Fairies, an X for Mixbreeds, and the list goes on, for each supernatural species has been tagged and categorized by humans.

This short story collection is set in the Santeria habitat. The first three short stories are in the point-of-view of MeShack, Zulu, and Lanore, from the novel Fire Baptized, and serve as a prequel to that story. The last short story is from the point-of-view of Cameo, who lives in the Santeria habitat, and is from the upcoming YA novel Chameleon.

Love lost, Love found
Point of View: MeShack
MeShack's mother has been missing for several weeks. Lanore and MeShack search the Santeria habitat for her, only to find something that changes his life forever.

The Heart Ripper’s Song
Point of View: Zulu
All in Santeria speak of Zulu the Heart Ripper. Drug dealers fear him. Women swoon at his feet. Too bad the one woman he wants is not impressed at all by his heart-ripping antics. He’ll have to dig deeper to get her attention.

The Vicious Circle
Point of View: Lanore
Lanore stumbles from one self-destructive choice to another as she struggles to align her mind’s decisions with her body’s wants.

An excerpt from Chameleon
(YA Paranormal Romance novel set in the Santeria habitat)

Cameo lives in a caged supernatural city where all species are tagged at birth with silver brands embedded in their foreheads. Her X brand identifies her as a Mixbreed, but she’s so much more. Like a chameleon, she can shift from one person’s image to another.

It’s a great way to make money for a habitat street kid, or Cage Punk as most people call them. Wiz, her street partner-in-crime, finds her jobs to use her abilities. Some jobs entail changing into people to take academic tests. Others require more skill and involve higher risk.

So when Wiz asks Cameo to stand in for a Were-wolf teenager who doesn’t want to go to her debutant ball, it seems like just another job, until a corpse is discovered and Wiz is singled out as the killer. Now Cameo has to prove her innocence or lose the only person who’s ever shown her any love and respect.
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Tags

vampire, urban fantasy, horror, african american, demon, paranormal romance, magic, sex, sexy, werewolf, witch, santeria, hispanic, fairies, shapeshifters, hero, miami, pixies, spells, goblins, strong heroine, fire baptized

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Videos

Fire Baptized Book Trailer
This book trailer is for Fire Baptized (Habitat 1)

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Review by: My Writing Den on Feb. 27, 2013 :
"Caged View" contains four stories that set in the Santeria habitat/culture. This is a creative paranormal read.

I’ve been reading supernatural/paranormal books for only two years and though it is not my preferred genre I do enjoy reading a book in the subject from time to time. "Caged View" is my first Kenya Wright's book and good introduction at that.

The stories in the book move at a fast pace and keep the reader’s interest. The characters and the dialogue are engaging from the first few pages. The story is written well.

I enjoy reading works from a fresh new voice and this is one of them.
(review of free book)

Review by: Kathy Hillamn on May 06, 2012 :
A great introduction into the world of the Santeria Habitat and those that live, work, and do what they can to survivie and make their world better.
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