By Irene Preston & Liv Rancourt
Release Date: September
13, 2016
Contact: Irene
Preston (irenepreston@gmail.com)
ISBN: 978-0-9968099-3-1
Image Gallery: http://www.irenepreston.com/images/Vespers/
Reviewed by Morningstar
Synopsis
Thaddeus Dupont has had over eighty years to forget…
The vampire spends his nights chanting the Liturgy of the Hours
and ruthlessly disciplines those unnatural urges he’s vowed never again to
indulge. He is at the command of the White Monks, who summon him at will to
destroy demons. In return, the monks provide for his sustenance and promise the
return of his immortal soul.
Sarasija Mishra’s most compelling job qualification might be his
type O blood…
The 22-year-old college grad just moved across the country to
work for some recluse he can’t even find on the internet. Sounds sketchy, but
the salary is awesome and he can’t afford to be picky. On arrival he
discovers a few details his contract neglected to mention, like the
alligator-infested swamp, the demon attacks, and the nature of his employer’s
“special diet”. A smart guy would leave, but after one look into Dupont’s mesmerizing
eyes, Sarasija can’t seem to walk away. Too bad his boss expected “Sara” to be
a girl.
Falling in love is hard at any age…
The vampire can’t fight his hungers forever, especially since
Sara’s brought him light, laughter and a very masculine heat. After yielding to
temptation, Thaddeus must make a choice. Killing demons may save his
soul, but keeping the faith will cost him his heart.
Review
Some of my favorite reads are by Irene Preston although this
book was so unlike the others of hers that I have read but vampires and ancient
orders were too much to pass up. What I love about reading books written by
co-authors, especially in the case of where one is a new-to-me author and other
is not, is seeing whether I can find the “voice” of the author I know. I am
always very intrigued by this but rarely, like this book, am able to find the
divide. These two authors, Irene and Liv, both did an excellent job blending
their voices into one.
First, we have Thaddeus Dupont, the devoutly religious
vampire who fights demons and his natural desires. He works for the White Monks
taking down evil as a way to “save” his soul. In stumbles Sara, Sarasija Mishra;
the assistant hired sight unseen who was supposed to be a girl. They both
struggle with this new turn of events, Dupont with fighting his desires and
need to feed from the assistant/sustenance the Monks give him and Sara from his
attraction to his boss and all the danger and other worldly things that enter
this new too-good-to-be-true job he took to support his mother.
This was a wonderfully written fantasy story filled with
desire, action, and mystery. As with any new book, especially one that is part
of a series, there is a lot of information the authors have to artfully portray
without confusing or losing the reader. They accomplished this tenfold in this
story. It was one of those books that was hard to put down maybe it was the
detail that you soaked right up or the complexity of the characters and their
development throughout the story. Very few authors I have read can pull off
this type of story in a fantasy world with vampires and do it so beautifully.
I was never sure how I felt about the White Monks because
some seemed like they were the good guys standing with Dupont to fight the
demons that roam the earth while other seemed to wait and wish that Dupont
fail. They definitely used his desire to be “redeemed” against him, to get him
to do what they needed. The connection between Dupont and Sara was off the
charts sensual with something that felt deeper than just sex. The sex scenes
were phenomenally done and fit to the story so there always felt to be more
story than sex which suited this story perfectly. The secondary characters were
also well developed and as something I always like to mention in my reviews is
that they had a part to play they weren’t just filler to be put into a story
which makes me happy. They add to the story and to the building of the main
characters.
I was and still am in awe of this book and hope everyone who
loves vampires gives this story, that gives its own twist on the vampire lore,
a chance because you will not regret it! It has all the things that one could
ask for in a story.
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