"Superb blending of a police procedural with a vampire tale"

Though the link of the last two victims is a nightclub, the serial killer has frightened much of New York City, especially Manhattan. The FBI assigns Agent Diana Reyes to go undercover to ferret out the murderer. Club owner Ryder Latimer meets Diana and they are instantly attracted to one another. However, he is has been a vampire since the Civil War and knows first hand the fleeting life of mortals and though he desires the cop he wants to end their relationship before it begins so neither gets hurt.

Diana deduces that there is something special and different about Ryder when she begins dreaming of him in gory environs. She wonders if she gave her heart to a killer of women. However, will the truth prove kinder to Diana and if so can they truly make THE PERFECT MIX NOW AND FOREVER?

DARKNESS CALLS is a superb blending of a police procedural with a vampire tale. The story line works because the lead couple, her partner, and several club employees and customers make the Manhattan scene including a vampire and a serial killer seem genuine. Fans who enjoy a well written but different type of novel will want to read Caridad Pineiro's sensational supernatural FBI investigative romance.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted February 28, 2004

FALLING PREY TO PASSION

FBI agent Diana Reyes knew too much about the darkness of the human soul. She had spiraled into that underworld once before — and vowed never to fall again. Until she met him.

Powerful, dangerous and the key to catching a psychotic killer, Ryder Latimer was everything she couldn't have — and everything she wanted. He haunted her nights, shattered her reserve and made her feel...more than she ever had before. But once she learned his secret, would his sensual promises of eternal love be enough to garner her forgiveness? For Ryder was more than a lover of the night... he was a vampire.

Summary

FBI Agent Diana Reyes has learned the hard way how to master the darkeness, but it will tempt her again when she is forced to go undercover to solve a serial killer case and meets Ryder Latimer,the enigmatic owner of the nightclub where the murders have occurred. Ryder is not what he appears to be, but something about him calls to Diana and makes her dance with him along the edge. That dance is both erotic and soul shattering.

Ryder draws her into his world, which he regrets. Humans after all, are born to die. Ryder also knows that Diana is not prepared to discover a truth more scary than the identity of the serial killer -- that he is actually a one hundred and forty year old vampire. The race is on to find the killer before he strikes again and before Diana loses her heart to Ryder.