AUBURN, Wash. - 'Sex, love, violence and hate are the table seasonings of this world,' says author Helen Collier with Meow at The Helm. With these seasonings in hand, she penned her new book 'Ms. Anna and the Tears from the Healing Tree' (published by iUniverse), a romance that works to shed social stigmas associated with interracial relationships. In 'Ms. Anna and the Tears from the Healing Tree,' Collier weaves romance, mystery and fantasy together in a story that takes many surprising twists