Roshan DeLongpre is a vampire bored with his existence. He's been alive for almost three hundred years, and seen and done just about everything there is to see and do. He's read hundreds of thousands of books, seen the cities of the world change, watched innumerable moons rise in the night sky. But after all this time, there's no joy left in his life-only that unshakable need to exist, to survive.

All of that changes, when he sees a colorless pen and ink drawing of a woman being burned at the stake. The captions and ensuing story in the book tells him that Brenna Flanagan was suspected of witchcraft and subsequently burned for her sins, her ashes scattered after her death in a mountain lake. Unnerved by Brenna's rare beauty, and the eerie similarity between the mountain lake in the story and that of a painting hanging in his library, Roshan immediately sets out to determine who exactly Brenna Flanagan was. The fact that she looks eerily similar to his lost love, Atiyana, furthers his resolve to solve the mystery of who this woman was.

Feeling almost bewitched himself, as the artist of that small pen and ink drawing was purported to be, Roshan chooses to use his supernatural powers to do the unthinkable-travel back into the past and rescue Brenna before the angry mob can burn her for her sins. It sounds simple enough, and in fact, both Roshan and Brenna survive the trip through time, but now Brenna is thrust into a world where nothing is as she remembers-and the vampire Roshan is in serious danger of losing his heart.

As Brenna becomes more familiar with this strange new world around her, more problems come to light-Brenna loves Roshan more than she ever dreamed possible, but is frightened beyond belief of the vampire way of life. And when they both overcome their personal fears-Brenna of being turned, Roshan of giving his heart to another woman in marriage-both are unprepared for the personal sacrifices that each must make.

NIGHT'S KISS is a great addition to the stories of Amanda Ashley, who manages to blend the power of vampires and their world with that of the modern-day. Brenna and Roshan are a powerful couple, and their tribulations, trials, and sense of survival shine through in this engaging story of love and redemption. ( )

** spoiler alert ** In defense of this book I will say that the first time I read it I remember not being able to put it down, but that was also shortly after it was published in 2005 or 2006 so it's been a while since I first read this book. I don't know if my reading interests have changed or if I've become more jaded or what, but the second time around it definitely wasn't a page turner for me.

Roshan is a vampire on the edge of suicide when he starts reading a book about an accused witch who was b...more In defense of this book I will say that the first time I read it I remember not being able to put it down, but that was also shortly after it was published in 2005 or 2006 so it's been a while since I first read this book. I don't know if my reading interests have changed or if I've become more jaded or what, but the second time around it definitely wasn't a page turner for me.

Roshan is a vampire on the edge of suicide when he starts reading a book about an accused witch who was burned at the stake, the drawing of the woman captures him and he becomes obsessed with the notion of saving her. He used his powers to travel back in time and save the beautiful Brenna Flannagan.

This time reading it the spark between the two characters just wasn't real for me. It was also very difficult for me to relate to the female lead because her though process was like a child almost rather than an adult woman. Another thin that just didn't' work for me is that Brenna didn't seem that surprised, impressed or scared about the differences between her time and ours.

While Brenna is asserting her new found odd sort of independence in the 21st century she meets a coven a witches at a book store. Unlike her own form of witch craft these witches practice dark magic and are working to discover the secret to eternal life - the immortality of a vampire without any of the downfalls. Of course she doesn't know that when she meets them. I found it hard to believe the character didn't sense any of the darkness within her new friends and her unwavering trust in complete strangers after having almost been burned at the stake in her own time is highly unbelievable for me.

Brenna also never seems to know what she wants and her decisions for the most part are made for her rather than by her, she spends most of her time reacting rather than acting and as a reader I find it hard to feel for a person like that.

The book does have some very amusing scenes as well as it's share of exciting, dangerous and racy ones. Overall it's not a bad book, I just don't recommend reading it twice. ( )

Very poor book in every way.
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It was good, not great, but a fun vampire romance that also included witches and time travel, which was kinda cool--the hero's a vampire and he goes back in time and saves a witch from being burned at the stake, and brings her (and her cat!) back to the future. ( )

About a vampire from the present time who travels through time to save a witch from the stake, and brings her to modern times. It's an alright book. Nothing special. Needs more passion and sex. It's a very easy read. If you're looking for a light, fast, easy read this is the book. ( )