He had to drink her blood . . . Even though it meant revealing the monster behind his expensive suits. Now, Alexander must report his mistake to the allegiant commander. Elizabeth’s abduction will be swift unless he convinces the single mother he’s not a threat. He can be of use to her in the dark and in her bed. But can Alexander keep Elizabeth safe when he’s chosen to mate with a vampire … chosen to mate with a vampire from his troubled past?
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DRAWING BLOODLINES (The Princeton Allegiant #1) by Deborah Garland is the first book in a new paranormal vampire romance series. The vampires are a bit different from the norm and this leads to new world-building opportunities for this author.
Dr. Alexander Manning is a doctor, a professor and a vampire. He is a valued member of the Princeton Allegiant due to his ability to supply blood to the group. Alex was turned over one hundred years ago and is still learning how to use the “special” gifts he received from his sire, Loren. No one knows about his extraordinary talents and he prefers to keep it that way.
Elizabeth Lockspier is a teacher and is adjusting to her life as a divorced mother of one. While having her blood drawn at a doctor’s visit by one of the most beautiful men she has ever seen, she becomes lightheaded as he takes too much and faints when she finds him drinking from one of the vials.
Alex could not help himself. He finds Elizabeth’s scent and blood intoxicating. The problem is that no human can know of a vampire’s existence and if they do they must be reported to the head of the Allegiant. Alex breaks into Elizabeth’s house to wipe her memory rather than report her, but finds she is as drawn to him as he is to her even though he is a vampire.
As Alex and Elizabeth grow closer, Alex’s past threatens to pull them apart forever. He must decide to obediently go into a forced marriage with a vampire he hates or attempt to change his immortal future with a secret science experiment of a colleague.
I was drawn into this new paranormal vampire world with all of the twists in the world-building and action. This is a complete story, but the author introduces enough secondary characters and questions to carry the series forward. The sex scenes are explicit, but not gratuitous. (Personally, I would not be interested in those cold interactions.) If you are looking for a new twist on vampire paranormal romance this is the book and series for you.
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Drawing Bloodlines (The Princeton Allegiant Series Book 1)
By: Deborah Garland
5 out of 5 stars
The story Drawing Bloodlines (The Princeton Allegiant Series Book 1) by Deborah Garland is a wonderful book that includes vampires and romance. I have always loved vampire stories and this one only made me love them more. It pulled me in from the very beginning and didn’t let me go until I had finished the final page. There are moments when the suspense is high and I was wondering what was going to happen next. There is action, conflict, and danger. I loved reading about the characters of Alexander and Elizabeth. They are amazing to read about and I found myself caring about them with each chapter that I read. Their story is both interesting and intriguing. The story has some steamy moments that make the temperature in the room rise and others that will make you swoon. You can feel the romance, passion, and desire. There are other characters that are introduced that I enjoyed reading about and would love to learn more about them. This is a book I would recommend reading. It is the first story in a series and I look forward to the next one.
I give Drawing Bloodlines (The Princeton Allegiant Series Book 1) by Deborah Garland, 4 stars.
Elizabeth isn’t feeling too well after she’s had blood drawn at her doctor’s office. Feeling nauseated, she opens a door to what she thinks is the bathroom. Instead she finds the sexy doctor who just drew her blood and sees the unthinkable — he’s drinking her blood!!! Surely she is just hallucinating. This leads her learn that vampires are real. But can this sexy vampire fall for a woman like her? The answer appears to be yes, but the odds are against them that they will be able to make this relationship work. Can their feelings overcome all of the obstacles before them? What happens when danger comes knocking on their door?
This is a hot and steamy paranormal romance between a human and a vampire. To be honest, the beginning of the book shows the conflict with a human and a vampire being together. If you have read this genre before, you may have read similar. But the second half of this book is what really makes this story. There is plenty of action and things happening I can’t say I have read before. Without giving it away, the scientific side of things is spectacular. Alexander and Elizabeth are great characters — they both have their flaws and issues they bring into a relationship. This makes them relatable. The secondary characters are great too. We don’t see too much of them but my interest is piqued and I hope to read more about them in future books.
If you like your paranormal romance hot and steamy with some action thrown in, this book is for you.
Drawing Bloodlines was a great 5 star read and book one in The Princeton Allegiant series.
This is my first read from Deborah Garland and I loved it. I’ve gotten away from the vampire reads but Deborah has pulled me back into the genre with this book.
We start with Elizabeth at the OBGYN, and I had so many LOL moments with her thoughts. When she meets Dr. Alexander Manning during her blood draw, she has even more thoughts that seem to cause him to react in certain ways. After the draw she is a little dizzy and finds herself walking into a room and witnessing something that can’t be right, she must have been hallucinating, or was she?
Alexander was having a hard time resisting Elizabeth. Her scent was drawing him in and he had to taste her blood. Now he has a problem that he needs to figure out how to fix before it’s too late. When he goes to her home he encounters something he didn’t expect from her, she wanted him even after what she saw.
These two had such a hot and steamy connection. Things take some big twists when Alexander is ordered to mate with the new commander. But he also has some secrets of his own. Can Alexander and Elizabeth get a HEA?
If you’re looking for a great read with steamy scenes, LOL moments, twist and turns this is the book for you. I’m looking forward to reading more from this author and series. 1-click and get started today.
A great read about love. Elizabeth goes to the doctor, Alex Manning for an appointment but gets ore than she bargained for when she sees him drinking her blood. She puts it out of her mind and carries on with her life. But she soon meets up with the doctor and attraction blossoms between them. As they follow this up into dating, events from his past threaten his future. Can Alex pursue this relationship and keep his true nature from coming out?
A great read. Well developed plot. Well developed characters like Alex torn between love and duty or Elizabeth trying to raise her child by herself.
I loved the visual detail throughout the novel like with the doctors with its white walls and bright lights full of people. Or the city itself with its traffic and busy roads full of life and people and noise for a sense of vibrant life contrasting with Alex’s empty house full of silence and books perfectly written.
The mix of realism with the school bus and the fantasy of vampires combined well to make a captivating read. A good addition to the vampire genre with the powers and venom and bloodlust, in these fantasy creatures with their own rules and politics and societies and laws coexisting with those of humanity.
The switch between perspectives worked well to display bot sides of the narrative, but was sometimes unclear who held the narrative with only pronouns to go on. By adding names in chapter titles, this would make it clearer to the reader. There were also long sentences that were hard to read which could be reduced by a variety of sentence lengths.to engage the reader. Overall, a geeat read and I would give it four stars.
Drawing Bloodlines (The Princeton Allegiant Series Book 1) by Deborah Garland is a paranormal/vampire romance. This story/series is unique compared against some of the other paranormal novels out there. I found the imagery, character interaction and story line refreshing, adventurous and suspenseful, as well as, quite intriguing. Elizabeth is a strong, steady in her convictions and how she perceives life. Alexander is amazingly strong, but yet, at the same time vulnerable which makes him irresistible. Something about this pairing and the sequences that unfold are hypnotizing in their development and intensity. By the time the story closes across the final chapters, everything shifts and comes to an unbelievable climatic ending. Holy batman, this story rocked and was a heck of a kick off for what potential there is for the remainder of the series.
Drawing Bloodlines (The Princeton Allegiant Series Book 1) by Deborah Garland
5 Stars
So I fell in love with this author while reading her Darling Cove Series and I couldn’t wait to see what she would do with a paranormal story involving vampires. I’m not normally a fan of paranormal but because it’s a new series and its this author I had to try it.
I Loved It!! I already can’t wait for more. This one was the whole package tied up with the most beautiful bow. The flow, the characters, the twists and turns, which are my favorite because I love the unpredictable.
I can’t quite figure out which way she will go with this series especially with how this book ended, which totally threw me because i truly thought it would end up going a different way. Although it doesn’t matter because I will have whatever this author writes.
Highly recommend this, and recommend even higher reading anything by this author.
Loved Loved Loved it!!!
Drawing Bloodlines (The Princeton Allegiant #1)
By Deborah Garland
Rated 5 stars!!
Holy Guacamole! Talk about H-O-T! The beginning is so so ….I can’t even think!! These two! I love them together! So cute!
Omg I can’t believe this story. My emotions can’t take much more of this. Here I get all happy and excited then….BAM! I am on edge and saddened then furious. All I want to do is read faster to find out what happens. But then I don’t want this amazing story over so I try to slow down and take everything in. This is why I LOVE vampire books. Vamps are alphas on steroids. They are so possessive and determined and Alexander is no different. He is a sexy beast! Phew! I can’t believe I made it in one piece to this glorious ending!
These characters are so lovable and dare I say “real” that they are a joy to read. I loved meeting the main characters as well as the secondary ones. Julianna is a wild card and i would love to learn more about her and Loren in future stories. The story is one for the ages! The writing was superb! The story flowed so easily and kept me completely engrossed. My only minor, minor criticism would be to suggest the author add the characters name at the beginning of each section when we started reading their POV. It was a bit confusing at times when switches were made.
I can’t wait for more in this series!
Alexander is stunned at finding “her” she is a rare human, her blood is so sweet and special that vampires would do anything to taste it, even abduct the host to keep that sweet blood all for themselves. But he’s here to do a job, and he resists the temptation to “taste” the human in front of him.
But Alex has left it too long between feedings, and after a hundred years of being a vampire he should have known better. But surely a sip wouldn’t hurt …… But he gets caught drinking one of Elizabeth’s vials !!! Finding out where she lives is easy, intending to wipe her memory Alexander moves in ……but when Elizabeth opens her eyes, he doesn’t see fear or condemnation, he sees want and lust …..
The connection between Elizabeth and Alexander reminded me of another author (Lara Adrian, her midnight breed) and when he finds out his new commander wants him for her “mate” he’s left feeling torn (the feelings he has for Elizabeth or duty to his race?)
Alexander has a few things up his sleeve, he’s not going to go down without a fight. The magic he holds I had a few questions…….
(was he born with it? Or does he practise?) could this be the key to his being able to stay with Elizabeth ? To find out if I get my questions answered, you’ll need to read it
There were a few surprises along the way? (don’t want me to spoil it) but a really well written book. Looking forward to reading the next book.
An enjoyable read from a new-to-me author.
5 Star
Drawing Bloodlines (The Princeton Allegiant Series Book 1) by Deborah Garland
Drawing Bloodlines (The Princeton Allegiant Series Book 1) by Deborah Garland is a wonderfully written story that I couldn’t put down once I started reading. Its also the first Book in The Princeton Allegiant Series. Who doesn’t love a good book about romance and vampires? I know I do. This story will hook you from the beginning and I found myself turning the pages fast trying to figure out what happens next. This story will keep your attention from the action and danger to the steamy moments. I truly enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more in this series. This is a highly recommended must read!
Drawing Bloodlines (The Princeton Allegiant Series Book 1) by Deborah Garland was the first book I have read by this author. I love vampire books and was excited to get to read this one. I found the book to be fun and exciting. It was a different take on vampires and I thought it was well done. I really enjoyed the characters and writing. At this point I would critique or say my thoughts on what could be better and I don’t really have any.I never saw that ending coming. I really wasn’t sure what I was suspecting but that was not it. So kudos Ms. Garland. Well done. 4 star rating.
Drawing Bloodlines is a new series for Deborah Garland. This is my first book from this author and what a story to start with her. Her characters are complex and personal. Alexander is a vampire who is an strong male who happens to be a professor as well. He is a century old and still learning his role and gifts of a vampire. Elizabeth is a teacher as well, who just happens to have blood that Alexander can not resist. In this world, Alexander is to report Elizabeth’s knowledge of vampires and he decides to handle it himself. That is where I am going to leave the story so there are no spoilers. I really enjoyed this world because it is also being built throughout the book. I cannot wait to read the next book in the series.
Drawing Bloodlines by Deborah Garland is the first book in the Princeton Allegiant series and is a fresh perspective on vampires in my opinion. This story is about Alexander Manning and Elizabeth Lockspier, these characters meet at Elizabeth’s doctor appointment when Alex draws then drinks Elizabeth’s blood. She definitely handled that little scenario better than I EVER could! The story just progresses from there and is a page turner to say the least. I was drawn in from the very beginning. Alex was a strong character who I felt bad for at points throughout the story. As for Elizabeth, she’s an independent, single divorced mom, who is a math teacher that is enamored of the handsome vampire from the beginning.
I liked the fresh take on the vampire culture and the world Ms. Garland has built. Between the hierarchy of the vampires and their “powers” I spent a lot of time on the edge of my seat. I loved the main characters and the secondary characters left me wanting to know what is going to come next and I look forward to the next book in this series. This is the first book I have read by this author but it definitely won’t be the last.
Drawing Bloodlines (The Princeton Allegiant Series Book 1) by Deborah Garland
4 Stars
This is the first book that I have read from this author. I love vampire novels and Ms. Garland put some interesting twists in this story. Her vampires have some unique traits that I appreciated.
Elizabeth is a teacher trying to adjust to being a single mother. While at the doctor’s having a blood test done, she catches the doctor drinking her blood from a vial. Alexander is overwhelmed with the scent of her blood and drinks it. When he realizes that she saw him, he stalks her fully intending to wipe the incident from her mind.
The attraction between them is too strong and they enter into a relationship. It’s doomed from the start for vampires are not allowed to mate with humans. When a Commander chooses him to be her mate, Alexander desperately searches for a way out. He refuses to be stuck with someone he hates for all eternity. This leads to some interesting situations and an ending that you never see coming. What an ending! The author leaves enough open to be able to continue the series. I’m hoping the next book is about Loren and Julianna.
Drawing Bloodlines
By Deborah Garland
5 stars
Drawing Bloodlines was a fantastic 5 star read! I was completely hooked from beginning to end. This isn’t the first book that I have read by this author, I absolutely loved her Darling cove series so when I saw that she has a new series coming out that was different I was really excited to start it and I was not disappointed at all! I can already tell that this is going to be a fantastic series.
The characters in the story were amazing to read about! Alex was a hot vampire who I LOVED!! I really liked that he wasn’t what I expected, I kind of imagined him to be the normal vampire in a paranormal romance but he wasn’t so it was a pleasant surprise! Elizabeth was great too! I loved the two of them together; they had an amazing and intense chemistry!
I loved the storyline and all of the twists and turns! This is definitely a story that I would highly recommend! I am really excited to read the next book in this series!!!
This was in my opinion more of a light read. It doesn’t get to heavy. He is a vampire from a different time so he is a gentleman. She is more of an easy going person, not very confrontational more of a go with the flow person. He does touch upon his past and everything he didn’t like and what he misses. You expect what he will do because he never really wanted to be a vampire. There is drama when he needs to flow laws, and he was forced to mate with someone he absolutely hated. I enjoyed the downfall of the story, but it did leave me wanting to know what happened to the crazy vampire. I was left feeling like there is more to the story and more on the other characters. It is a standalone so no cliffhangers and it is also a hea.
Drawing Bloodlines: The Princeton Allegiant series book one by Deborah Garland, 4 star
So this isn’t the first book to which I’ve read from this author and I find with every new book that I read of Deborah’s, you can see the writing style has continued to grow, which is brilliant to see the style always improve, keeps the readers biting their nails as you think the storyline is going one direction and then Deborah takes you for a completely different journey. The different POV characters really worked so you totally understood how each of the main characters were feeling and had their voice heard.
The journey is brilliant and I don’t like to have spoilers in my review so I totally recommend that you read this.
Looking forward to seeing where Deborah takes this in book 2.
Drawing Bloodlines (The Princeton Allegiant Series Book One) By Deborah Garland is a HOT and AMAZING read!! This paranormal romance was such a good read that I was able to get finish in one sitting because I simply could not put it down. The vampires are not your normal you read about so I am excited to get lost into this world and see what the series has in store for us! Alex, a vampire, doctor and professor who has a high standing with the Princeton Allegiant and his sire Loren. No one knows about his gifts and he wants it to stay that way. Then enters Elizabeth, a newly divorced and single mother. She comes to the doctors for her blood to be drawn when she sees Alex, the most beautiful man she has ever seen and passes out. Alex is drawn to her scent and her blood and drinks some when he sees that Elizabeth had woken and seen him drinking. He goes to wipe her memory clear and when in her home, they both can see just how drawn to each other they truly are. When his past threatens what he has with Elisabeth what choice will he make?
Drawing Bloodlines (The Princeton Allegiant #1) by Deborah Garland was a hooking, hot read, that had me flipping the pages.
My, my, I have to say for a book, that for me had a shaky start, it quickly turned itself around and quickly made me a fan. As I an a fan of this author, I was super excited to get my hands on this different book from her. As her other series is non-paranormal, I was intrigued to see what new twists, and myths this author would bring to the vampire table. I was not disappointed in the least. Fresh and entertaining, Deborah managed to breathe new live into an over saturated market, and sparked a new love for the genera for me.
The only thing that I would change about this book, would be the opening. Now it did start with a nice well place opening chapter, it was the following one, when the POV switched to Alex, that I had problems. It’s a spoiler so I can’t get too much into it, but it touch on something a little too, dark in regards to consent and “primal urges”, and in all honesty, if that scene was taken out, it wouldn’t effect the book or plot in anyway shape or form. This’s ultimately why I can’t give this book a 5 star.
Overall outside of that, this book was as I said, fresh, unique, and entertaining. It has this nice twist, and I loved the new take on the vampire mythology. Once the secondary characters got introduced, things started to heat up, and the main non-love plot got underway, I was absorbed into this read and I didn’t want it to end. The MC’s, I got nothing but love for them, and I simply loved Alex’s tone and voice. That dual POV was a key move, and one that elevated this story into something magical.
To end, and if you haven’t guessed, this book gets my super high recommendation and my stamp of approval.
Happy Reading
-E.A. Walsh