Rachel Vincent

Rachel Vincent is an American author best known for her Shifters series, a present-day urban fantasy series about a female werecat. 2Biography An Oklahoma native and recent transplant into the deep south, Rachel Vincent has a BA in English (University of Central Oklahoma, '00). Vincent is a member of Romance Writers of America. Together with Devon Monk, Jackie Kessler, Jenna Black, Karen Mahoney, Keri Arthur, Lilith Saintcrow, Rinda Elliott, and Toni Andrews, she also belongs to the writing group the "Deadline Dames". 2Bibliography 3Faythe Sanders/ The Shifters Series Faythe Sanders is a female werecat, struggling to establish her place in the Pride led by her father. Stray (June 2007, ISBN 978-0-7783-2421-8) Rogue (April 2008, ISBN 978-0-7783-2555-0) Pride (February 2009, ISBN 978-0-7783-2649-6) Prey (July 2009, ISBN 978-0-7783-2681-6) Shift (March 2010, ISBN 978-0-7783-2760-8) Alpha (October 2010, ISBN 978-0-7783-2818-6) The first six books are available as audiobooks. Although this series is set in a fantasy world it explores many adult-realistic themes such as rape, sexism and self-development. The main character Faythe Sanders is a strong independent woman who struggles to find a balance between being loyal to herself and her own believes, while working towards building a safer-better future for her pride. She is a unique character that is not afraid to risk her image and life for what she believes in, although not always achieving a favorable outcome. It is a unique story in which although she is a werecat with a strong personality and convictions, she is still physically weaker than her male-werecats, and not always making 'smart' choice