Karen has finished school and is taking a break to spend her summer with her family at their summer house before starting her own life - and possibly get started on her Great American Novel. She is also going to get to spend some time with her father, after his long incarceration in the mental institute. But when she gets to the house before the rest of her family, things take a strange turn…and not necessarily for the better.

Vampires are not real, they are just one of her father’s delusions, or so Karen believes until she manages to beat her family to their summer home and has a strange encounter with a stranger. When she wakes from what she assumed was a horrific dream, she comes to realize that maybe her father was right. Vampires do exist, and now she is one of them. What do you do when you are what someone you care about fears and kills? Run!

Billy is helping his father take revenge on the man who killed a member of their family. But in the act of exacting their revenge, Billy meets Karen and realizes maybe revenge is not all it is cracked up to be. When the feisty female fights for her family, and then herself, he realizes that there may be more to the world than the night and blood.

This is a strangely compelling tale of blood, love, lust, and betrayal. While it seems slightly choppy in some places, I was compelled to continue reading by the obvious emotions and raw talent of Lisa Lane. Though reminiscent of a Young Adult novel in the way the story is told, the sensual scenes make it quite obvious that it is an adult content tale. The adult-oriented scenes are earthy with a violent undertone that may make some readers uncomfortable. Please be forewarned there is a rape scene within these pages; so if that is an issue that you do not want to contend with, then this may not be the book for you. However, overall, I found this to be an interesting and different tale of vampires. One that has me intrigued as to where Ms. Lane is going with this obvious start to a new series.

Book Stats:

• Paperback: 286 pages
• Publisher: Ravenous Romance (May 7, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1607778009
• ISBN-13: 978-1607778004

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(4 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

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