Member: CSWolfe

This is my Kirkus Discoveries Review:
A human woman marries a vampire in this well-crafted, traditional supernatural romance. Carmen is a painter who has never had much interest in love until she meets mysterious, bewitchingly handsome and boundlessly wealthy Adrian Tallinn. He owns the office building where her art has been commissioned, and after they meet sparks fly. Their romance progresses quickly. When Carmen wrecks her car after a seemingly demonic woman rushes into her path, Adrian buys her a new one. When someone burns down Carmen’s house, Adrian takes her into his guest quarters. The lovers’ physical relationship, however, is chaste, consisting of passionate kisses that stop abruptly when Adrian pulls himself back from Carmen’s neck. When her lover inevitably reveals that he is a vampire, Carmen flees town, but Adrian tracks her down a few months later, and she rejoins him. Meanwhile, Catherine, Adrian’s vampire ex-lover, stalks Carmen, and Adrian appoints himself her protector. The pair’s love for each other is passionate, and though Adrian warns Carmen he would kill her if she left again—she knows too much about vampires—this threat never seems to affect her feelings for him. Catherine makes a satisfyingly sinister villain. Later, Carmen and Adrian become deeply involved with a group of the country’s vampire leaders, of which Adrian is the second most powerful member, and the group members’ mixed feelings about a human’s participation in their affairs makes for compelling drama...fans of vampire fiction will find plenty to savor here.

posted by CSWolfe at 3:19 pm (EST) on Oct 9, 2009

Thought you may like to participate in my thread...

http://www.librarything.com/topic/74233

posted by callmejacx at 5:46 pm (EST) on Oct 1, 2009

hello,

thanks for the nice note... I will watch for the second in the series. Usually characters develop so much as the series progress. I did not mean that I disliked the book.. only that I like to really "get to know the characters"

Look forward to the next book.

anne
sebago, me

posted by sebago at 2:41 pm (EST) on Sep 21, 2009

"For Attractive lips, speak words of kindness, For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people, For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry, For Beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day, For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone. People, more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself and the other for helping others."
— Audrey Hepburn

posted by theoldman at 8:53 am (EST) on Jul 20, 2009