The people we save look at us like we’re superheroes, or guardian angels, but we bleed.We break.And sometimes, we even die.When the vampire Adam asks The Agency for Agent Seven’s services to rescue children from L.A.’s reigning vampire, Juliet, Agent Seven can’t refuse, even though she doesn’t trust him. Becoming a paladin means sacrifice of self and saving innocents is top priority. Will Adam … top priority.
Will Adam prove her wrong, or be her downfall?
This story is intended for readers over the age of 18 due to adult situations. Strange Allies novel #1. Urban fantasy.
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The author puts us right into the action in this book with Della chasing a werewolf through the park, tucking into a tight roll to dodge him, and coming up with … uh, dog poop all over her coat. For an attention grabber, that did it for me. When I stopped laughing, I continued reading… and it kept getting better!
Della got a call from her cousin, Charlotte. Since Charlotte was in town, they decided to go for dinner and catch up on family news. Returning to the hotel, Charlotte bumped into a very pale man. When he saw her face, he turned even paler! He stared and continued staring until they entered the elevator, as if he were trying to memorize her features! When Della left, he was still there and followed her out. When she turned the corner, she shoved him against a wall with a knife to his throat and told him to stop following and leave the woman he was asking about alone! Then she went on to meet her partner, Amelia, the one who had drafted her into the “world-saving business” where she went up daily against paranormal creatures.
Amelia and Della were currently investigating a vampire organization led by Juliet. Blood was going missing from the hospitals and homeless people were disappearing. Della was on surveillance but nothing much was going on.
Simon raced into the hotel and burst in on Adam, telling him he had found his wife – whom he had been searching for after being cursed for 500 years! The two men had known each other since 1750 and Adam was trying to calm Simon before he got his hopes up too high again.
Della was going to meet Cousin Charlotte when she finished in the early morning and have breakfast with her. Charlotte told her about a man she had dinner with, although she didn’t think she would have time to see him again with the tight schedule her manager had her following. Della had bad vibes so asked her partner to do a background check on her cousin’s manager, Nicholae.
At the concert where Della would watch her cousin play in the orchestra, her senses came alive and warned of a vampire. She spotted him and touched his neck – part of her power was the ability to burn vampires with a touch. She made him follow her out so they could talk. He told her he was not there for a snack but had been asked by a friend to observe the pianist. He introduced himself – Adam! How did Adam and Simon fit into this mystery? Was Charlotte really Simon’s former wife from 500 years before? And who is Nicholae who had such tight control over Charlotte? Was Charlotte in some kind of danger?
I loved this book! The mysteries kept popping up, raising the tension and suspense as the reader pressed on to find the “real” bad guy! I highly recommend this book and intend to get the next book in the series as well. Very enjoyable!
Never Trust A Vampire by Vivian Lane is a wonderful story to read. It has vampires and werewolf in it, I fell in love with the story and characters.The charaters are strong and it is a wonderful story line to read.I recommend this to everyone I loved reading this story.
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I loved the story and am excited to continue reading to the next book of the series. I’m hoping it will end with an Hea at the very end.
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Our heroine is a paladin whose touch literally burns vampires. Our hero a vampire who hates his kind. Can these two natural enemies learn to work together in a greater cause?
At its base, this is another urban fantasy story with vampires, werewolves and other creatures of the night. Our heroine works for The Agency, an organization that attempts to moderate the threat they pose to humanity. Throw in a vampire with a heart and somewhat the same goals and you have a cross between Buffy and La Femme Nikita. Best of all? It works.
The world is well crafted, with a solid back story and plenty of details to suspend disbelief. The characters are likable (except, of course, for the baddies) and are true to their worldviews. And yet they also grow, learn and adapt throughout the story. There is an obvious attraction between our main characters which provides a very slow burn romance as well. Note that neither party will admit to real feelings by the end of this book, so don’t expect a neat resolution. For that matter, while the story does not end in a cliffhanger, per se, it also does not end in a ribbon and bow. This is just book one of an ongoing saga and if you want to know the true conclusion, you have to keep reading the series.
That is not a problem for me. I can’t wait to start the next one.
Highly recommended.
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She is classed as a guardian as people like her to above and beyond to help save innocents. She is then expected to help a vampire but there is only one good vampire and that is a dead one. Why is she being made to help him? What is going on? See by reading
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