Summary: I'm no coward. I want to make that perfectly clear. But after my life turned into a horror movie, I take fear a lot more seriously now. I finally became Dr. Carrie Ames just eight months ago. Then I was attacked in the hospital morgue by a vampire. Just my luck. So now I'm a vampire, and it turns out I have a blood tie to the monster who sired me. The tie works like an invisible leash and I'm bound to him no matter what I do. And of course he's one of the most evil vampires on earth. With my sire hell-bent on turning me into a soulless killer and his sworn enemy set to exterminate me, things couldn't get much worse -- except I'm attracted to them both.
Drinking blood, living as an immortal demon and being a pawn between two warring vampire factions isn't exactly how I'd imagined my future. But as my father used to say, the only way to conquer fear is to face it. So that's what I'll do. Fangs bared.

I started this book a bit reluctant to read it. I was just trying to figure out what, out of the 800 books I have lying around, I felt like reading. It was on the table so I said "You're up". This book is a bit darker on the vampire front than I have read in awhile...I am not complaining, it was just a different, and noticeably so to me. I had to push through the beginning a bit, was slow, and agonizingly...pitiful, everyone was about the pity parties. It got better as the book progressed and I had to say I did not see the ending coming at all. I think Cyrus was a complete idiot to have given Carrie his heart, but hey, I guess love is love, right? I liked the good sexual tension between Nathan and Carrie, and was very sad that ziggie died. I will read the next book in this series, just in hopes it gets even better, I know this author can step this series up a whole other level.

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The first in Blood Ties series.

I was skeptical at first, assuming it was going to be like all other vampire romance, and it surprised me. Carrie was accidentally turned into a vampire on her deathbed by an attacker. The mysterious man that saves her and teaches her how to be a vampire is stirring things up in her life, and she has never felt so alive inside as well as out.

It is not a typical vampire romance, but it does keep you on the edge of your seat asking for more, or in my case, staying up all night to finish it. Cannot wait to read the next one! ( )

For some reason I just didn't expect to enjoy this. I don't know why, just one of those things i suppose. So I was pleasantly surprised to find myself pulled in almost from the first page. Carrie is a well-developed character, not too strong/not too weak. I really enjoyed the way the author dealt with Carrie's ingrained doctor-training giving her an aversion to blood and all things vampiric from a health point of view. Overall, well written and attention-keeping. Am going to start book 2 today! ( )

Slightly cheesy at times but a great read nonetheless. The story is told well and there's a fair bit of depth to the main characters. Certainly a page turner, and one of the better books I've read in the 'paranormal romance' genre. Looking forward to reading the next one! ( )

Better than most vampire books I've read primarily because it didn't try to over-analyze why vampires are what they are.That said, it did occasionally dip into pseudo-science, and it was of course completely pulpy.C'est la vie. ( )