Buffalo, New York—Thundering waterfalls, great sports teams . . . and a treacherous vampire lord who is slowly losing his mind.New York City vampire Rajmund Gregor is the undisputed master of The Big Apple. He bows to no one but his Sire, the Vampire Lord Krystof, who has ruled the Northeast for hundreds of years. But when Krystof summons Rajmund to his headquarters in Buffalo, Raj finds his … finds his master slowly descending into madness and his territory crumbling around him.
Raj is the only one of Krystof’s children strong enough to seize power, but he’ll have to save his master before he can destroy him.
Several women have gone missing, and the local police are convinced a vampire is behind it. Is Krystof so lost to reality that he’s capturing and murdering human women? Is a rogue vampire moving into Krystof’s territory for the kill? Or is it something far more insidious, something that could threaten the existence of vampires everywhere?
Sarah Stratton is living a lie. Her past holds a secret she shares with no one—not even her good friend Cynthia Leighton, the West Coast vampire lord’s mate. It’s a secret that could destroy her carefully constructed life as a professor at a Buffalo university. It’s also a secret that could save the lives of the missing women. To save them, however, she must enter Buffalo’s vampire community and put herself into the care of Rajmund Gregor.
But can she trust Raj, the dangerously seductive vampire who wants to lay claim to far more than her secrets?
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Mystery, intrigue, power plays and a sexy vampire ready to claim his territory by dethroning the current Lord of the Northeast. As Rajmund arrives in Buffalo at the request of Krystof, he discovers that his sire’s senility is worse than he thought. Krystof is making weak vampires by the dozens and letting blood houses run rampart. The vampires in the Northeast need leadership and Rajmund is ready for the job.
Sarah has a unique talent that is consuming her life. She thought she’d left her gift in the past but with women going missing, her thoughts and dreams are consumed with the disappearances. Sarah decides to go to the police but is quickly dismissed. As she is escorted out of the police station she encounters Rajmund, a sexy vampire she never thought she’d see again. What’s he doing in here and worse, why is her heart, and her loins, excited to see him?
Rajmund, or Raj to his friends, can’t believe he is seeing Sarah, the little human that haunts his thoughts, again. Even more surprising is the fact that she has information about the disappearances he’s investigating. Raj decides to get close to the lovely human to see what she knows, but being in close proximity has his mind and his body thinking one thing: MINE. Can Raj discover the mystery of the missing women, defeat Krystof and claim his mate or will his best-laid plans be destroyed by betrayal?
I absolutely love this series. Rajmund is an alpha male to the core; sexy and powerful and completely stubborn. He’s in town to solve a mystery and boot Krystof’s senile ass out of power, but this little human woman is threatening to destroy his plans by coming into his life at the worst possible time. These two were giving me such a headache. They wanted each other but they pretended like they didn’t. I was so glad when Sarah FINALLY said, “It’s shit or get off the pot time, Raj.” And boy did he ever!
I also really enjoyed the mystery of the disappearing women and who was actually behind the plot. And I can’t believe the cliffhanger at the end of the book! Now I have to read the next one right away to find out what happened!
If you are looking for a new vampire series, I highly recommend Vampires in America.
***I received an eBook copy from the publisher via Net Galley in February 2014 in exchange for an honest review. All conclusions reached are my own***
D.b.Reynolds knows how to hold an audience captive!
That’s exactly how I always feel with each new instalment in the Vampires in America, and RAJMUND was no exception.
While Vampires Lords are traditionally powerful, dangerous and violent when necessary, true evil will not be tolerated.
Rajmund’s story is of a brutally strong male on a journey to claim his right, while being brought to heel by a pocket size woman with a heart the size of New York.
I loved this story and know the author will continue to enthral readers with this fantastic series!
Genres: Adult, Crime, Mystery, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense
4 Stars
Negatives & Positives
This one has more typos and editing errors than any of the other books I have read in this series. It even has punctuation errors. I had to take 1/2 a star for that alone.
This story flows a lot slower than the 1st two books in this series. Occasionally it seemed to get a bit bogged down. The action was slower and I just didn’t enjoy it as much as the others. That cost it the other half of a star.
That said,
The plot of the story is really good. The two main characters, Rajmund & Sarah are very interesting. Sarah’s story is intriguing.
There is plenty of action and suspense.
There is even a bit of humor.
There is a scene with Sarah that made me think of the old song ‘My Boyfriend’s Back’ from the 1960’s by ‘The Angels’. The way this is delivered and the setting had me instantly picturing the old band as her backup and hearing them sing it to the person Sarah was talking to. For me it was hilarious and fitting.
When the romance scenes happen they are adult. But, it takes quite a while for it to get there.
bookshelves: adult, crime, mystery, paranormal, romance, suspense
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