Morgan D’Arcy is an English lord, a classical pianist, and a vampire. He has everything except what he desires most–Isabeau. As the Angel Gabriel he’s steered her life and career choice, preparing her to become Lady D’Arcy. Many forces oppose Morgan’s daring plan–not the least of which is Vampyre law.Isabeau Gervase is a brilliant geneticist. Though she no longer believes in angels, she sees a … a ticket to a Nobel Prize in Gabriel’s secrets–secrets that have led her to a startling conclusion. Gabriel isn’t human, and she fully intends to identify the species she named the Angel Genome. Morgan is ready to come back into Isabeau’s life, but this time as a man not an angel. Will he outsmart his enemies, protect his beloved and escape death himself? For the first time in eternity, the clock is ticking.
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This story puts a unique twist on the vampire genre.
This story is psychological and gets into your head which keeps me wanting to read more.
I found the story beautiful and soulful. The characters are described wonderfully.
I recommend this story
Morgan D’Arcy is not what he appears to be. Society knows him as an English lord, an art lover and a classical pianist. What they don’t realize, while mingling with him at various parties and events, is he’s a monster, more specifically, a vampire. He has money, power, prestige and women flocking to his side but he only wants Isabeau. From the time she was little, Morgan (in the guise of the Angel Gabriel) has been molding and shaping Isabeau to become his beloved. Now the time has come to reveal his secrets to her. Will she accept him for who he truly is or has Morgan’s enemies finally caught up with him? Life is not worth living without his Isabeau but he makes a costly error in judgement. The treachery about to befall him blindsides him. Will he escape from death’s grip or is his time up?
Sinners’ Opera reads like an operatic masterpiece and I’m fairly certain even Jean-Philippe Rameau would enjoy it. From the beginning, I was captivated by Morgan. He woos the reader with his elegance, beautiful words and his obsession with Isabeau. His magnetism oozes from the story and wraps the reader in a cocoon of allurement. It’s easy to forget he’s a monster who feeds off the blood of humans. He’s a dichotomy of a hero yet in Isabeau’s eyes, that’s exactly what Morgan is, her hero.
Linda Nightingale is a brilliant storyteller and her prose reflects her love for music and the written word. Sinners’ Opera is a beautiful tragic love story which takes an emotional toll on you. You feel everything Morgan and Isabeau feels. You experience the range of emotions from falling in love to hatred to shock to jealousy to choosing which path to take. By the time I finished reading, tears streamed down my face. The ending left me wondering what will happen next and I can’t wait to read the next installment.
If you’re an opera fan and looking for an original paranormal romance, you have to read Sinners’ Opera. Musical descriptive narration makes this a must-read and I highly recommend!
Favorite Character/Quote:
“That, my friends, is the way this tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying bloody nothing, ends. Did I mislead you? Did I say this was a love story? I said this was our folie a deux – double madness. Love is madness. Don’t you agree?”
My Rating: 5 stars
A captivating dark and intense tale involving a tragic vampire hero seeking his true destiny. I found this unique story with its complex characters totally intriguing and hard to put down – a definite page turner. One I highly recommend.
this was a first book of yours i read and i really liked it . he plays the piano and is a vampire. he desires the one thing he cant have her. she no longer believes in fairy tales. read to find out why.
*I received this book as an ARC for a fair and impartial review*. That said, I have to admit I wasn’t excited to read another vampire story. In recent years these creatures have been turned from monsters to romantic heroes and read more like a fairy tale. If you’re of the same mind, you are in for an amazing surprise.
Morgan D’Arcy, the main character of this story, shows us that a monster can be beautiful, emotional, and talented, but he’s still a monster. Another thing we learn – there are more monsters than you realize, some mortal, some immortal, but all deadly.
This story is more than breathtaking – it’s heart-stopping. Although it’s wonderfully multilayered it flows like water, or I should say white water rapids. After you read it you’ll need time to recover. One thing to keep in mind – to understand the end, you must remember the beginning.
I’d love to meet this author someday and get a glimpse into the mind that created this masterpiece. Congratulations, Linda Nightingale!
Sophisticated, arrogant, beautiful, darkness, love. Many things can describe Morgan D’Arcy, these are just a few that came to me right at this moment. He’s as dangerous as he is beautiful, he can be a vampire that is the thing of nightmares, or the passionate lover that everyone wishes for. Morgan is a being of the past, and it still shows even in the modern times. This is a love story, but it’s also a tragic love story and will haunt you long after you finish reading it. This all-consuming love story of Morgan and Isabeau will enthrall the reader as they try to overcome the many obstacles in their path to happiness.
There are enough twists and turns in the story to keep you spinning in a different direction and will pull at emotions you didn’t think you’d have for a vampire story, and I can only hope that Morgan will grace us with further stories.
Dark and daring!
Nightingale pens a dark romantic vampiric story in Sinners’ Opera. I haven’t read anything from this author before, and I really enjoyed this story. I became a fan of vampiric stories, and I enjoyed the darkness of this one, as well as the “science” in it. In some ways it can be romantic, and others its dark and almost believable. Obsession is not the best way to fall in love, especially with the vampire doing the stalking. Morgan is a tragic hero so-to-speak with Isabeau the subject of his lust. I liked the story from beginning to end and it wasn’t some stereotype vampiric romance. The thrills and intrigue is written clearly and the characterizations are engrossing. The author’s technique of intense characters and great plotlines is a gift. It’s a great story to follow and try to figure out what will happen next. The story brings in the believable, even if almost impossible. I look forward to reading more by this author. This book is a definite recommendation by Amy’s Bookshelf Reviews.
A rollercoaster of emotions gripping of start right to the end. A different twist then most vampire stories which makes it a different read altogether. Written well and well built up character and background storyline. Definitely recommend
Great vampire story. Look forward to reading more by this author
This book was an interesting and intriguing take on the Vampire world!
As somewhat of a vampire media fan, who grew up with the Twilight books and movies, I was excited to read this book. This is definitely a darker, more nefarious, and steamier version than Twilight. Not for your high school book club lol!
This book tells the tragic and harrowing love story of Isabeau and Morgan. But this is no ordinary tale as Morgan is no typical man – he is an English lord, a classic pianist, oh yea and he’s a vampire! Morgan has been watching Isabeau since she was a child. He secretly helped guide her life and career as a geneticist in hopes of her being able to help create a new gene of vampires. Morgan has always been in love in Isabeau and dreams of the day that they can finally be together and have a baby, but many complications arise, Morgan’s vast number of enemies try to get the jump on him, and a life with Isabeau is quickly slipping away. Will Morgan’s enemies catch up with him? Will Vampyre law find out Morgan’s secret plans and forbid him from being with Isabeau? Against all odds, will Morgan and Isabeau end up together and live happily ever after? No spoilers here!! But you definitely will want to read this book and find out!!
I liked the main characters, Isabeau and Morgan/Angel Gabriel. Isabeau was intelligent, sweet, innocent, caring, beautiful, and compassionate. I found Angel Gabriel to be a bit tricky and creepy as I would find it odd to have someone technically spy on me, watch me grow up, and basically steer my life and career towards a certain away all for his ulterior motives. I definitely could never trust them after that, but that’s just me. Morgan was the handsome, seductive, charismatic, alluring, talented, enchanting, English lord, and classic pianist that every girl was practically throwing themselves at. However, he only had eyes for Isabeau. I eventually came to liking Morgan and Isabeau together and could see a real future for them.
The passion levels are quite hot and totally brought a few blushes on this blogger during those steamy scenes. However, I do admit the author kept the scenes in a more gentle, respectful, romantic sense than an erotic encounter. This really helped show the relationship developing and evolving between Morgan and Isabeau.
I really liked the story line concept and found it very intriguing! The author has fascinating ideas about vampires and the paranormal romance world!
The story line worked and there were definitely quite a few plot points to keep the story going – especially since it’s on the longer end of 460 pages. However, this book felt a bit complicated and confusing at times as there was so much going on in the story. There were several passages I had to re-read to figure out what was happening and get back into the story.
I’d also like to point out that I think the author did an impressive job on her world-building and research. Whether it was details on Vampyre law, or characteristics of Morgan, or specifics about the genetic code Isabeau was working on – it all sounded credible and cohesive. At no point did I feel like what I was reading was questionable regardless that this book genre is paranormal.
At first, I honestly felt like there were some easily predictable scenes. However, I was pleasantly caught off guard as there were quite a few unexpected twists and turns that even I didn’t see coming!
This book is technically not part of a book series and can be read as a standalone. However, the author has released a prequel, “Sinners’ Obsessions,” and a prequel to that book, “Sinners’ Waltz.” The main character, Morgan is the starring character in both of those books. In addition, Morgan is featured in the author’s other book series, “Cardinal Desires.”
All in all, there were just a few hang-ups for me, but overall, I still enjoyed reading this book and would still recommend it. There is an intriguing story line and great characters that do make this book an interesting paranormal romance read! I think all vampire fans will be sure to like this book too! So, add it to your TBR List and get to reading – you won’t be disappointed!
**Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book and have voluntarily provided an honest, and unbiased review in accordance with FTC regulations.**
Isabeau is a brilliant geneticist who’s thiiiis close to mapping out the vampire genome – something the vampire community is dead-set against. Morgan is a vampire concert pianist who’s been in love with her forever. Even though she’s engaged to someone else, he’s determined she WILL be his. Until he’s ordered by the vampire council to stop Isabeau from finishing her research by any means necessary–including assassination. Which Morgan is dead-set against.
I was really confused at the beginning–it took me a while to get my bearings. But once I got into it a bit, I really enjoyed this book. The author has a really unique take on vampires I found refreshingly dark. The characters and dynamics were fun, and there were plenty of twists and turns to keep me intrigued.