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Summary: Great vampire tale
Review: While on tour in Paris, Jade MacGregor is fortunate to have survived a ritualistic carnage. Several people died and only the quick work of a handsome stranger helped Jade survive, albeit lying unconscious in a graveyard. Jade insisted vampires killed her fellow tour group members and the stranger simply vanished.A year later in New Orleans, Jade reads about a similar bloodbath in New York with one of her Paris survivors dying this time. Jade meets the mysterious stranger, Lucien DeVeau who has come to her hometown to keep her safe from the same group that massacred people in Paris and now New York. She begins to fall in love with Lucien, a creature of the night. He reciprocates, but knows the futility of their relationship even if he survives the war with fellow vampires Darian and Sophia. WHEN DARKNESS FALLS is a fast-paced, action-packed supernatural romance that will fully satisfy sub-genre fans because most of the charcaters seem real. The humans, including old friends, appear genuine while Lucien is a warm hero who makes vampires seem as a matter of fact. Though the villains are too stereotyped as killing machines, Shannon Drake provides a powerful tale that will send the audience seeking her first tale in this trilogy, BENEATH A BLOOD RED MOON. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: I Couldn't Wait to Put It Down
Review: Wow, talk about a story that goes nowhere. This book would have been more interesting if the backstory had been THE story. There was no pull. I didn't feel for the characters. There wasn't really much romance. There was sex, but the romance was buried under all the mystery surrounding the murders and the vampire Lucien's appearances and disappearances. Drake tells stuff that could be left out and leaves out a lot that should be told.
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