"Interesting vampire tale"

A year ago Mara escaped an attack, but the effects it had on her were devastating. In time she came to believe she was assaulted by a vampire and to see if her theory was right, she traveled from the United States to Europe to see if she could obtain proof that vampires really exist. In Spain, while trying to translate an archaic language in a book she meets Adam who helps her in her quest.

Adam is an Immaculate, born of two immortal parents and brought up believing that he is the anointed one, chosen to kill the First Father, one of the original vampires. Mara and Adam know from almost the start that they are soul mates but before they can plan a future together, he and two other Immaculates must perform the impossible and destroy the evil First Father.

Kate Hill is one of the more creative authors writing supernatural romance today. THE IMMACULATE is a supernatural techno-thriller but there is plenty of romance imbued in the story line. There are also touches of humor as the heroes bicker amongst themselves and with their mates. Ms. Hill's mythos on vampires, hybrids, and their customs is so vivid that if one doesn't know better, one would think the writer is a sociologist proving vampires are a genuine species.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted October 29, 2001