"An absolutely fascinating take on Vampires!"

Susan Squires can delve into any time period and weave an incredible story. This time she has taken the Regency time period and combined it with vampires of all things. I was totally mesmerized. I was so mesmerized I really didn't want this story to end!

Ian George Angleston Rufford has something terrible wrong with him. He believes it is a blood disease and all he needs is to find an English doctor who will be able to cure him. He had been captured two years before and enslaved by an evil woman who did all sorts of horrific things to him one of which was take his blood.

Elizabeth Rochewell is half Egyptian and half English. She helped her father with his expeditions as she could translate the hieroglyphs better than anyone else. Now her father has died and she is being sent home to England but that is not home to her. She knows she'll only be ridiculed when she gets there.

Elizabeth befriends Ian only because he seems to be intelligent and can play a decent game of Chess. Little does she know that this may be the single most important thing she's done on the trip to England. She is very curious about Ian especially when she observes strange things about him. Ian knows he has to trust someone but can it be Elizabeth?

I bow deeply to Susan Squires' imagination. I have not read one book by this author that simply did not blow me away. This book is no exception. As fascinating as this book is, I'm anxious to revisit Susan's vampire world.

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted June 1, 2005

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Summary

England, 1815: Ian Rufford was captured, enslaved, and then abandoned in the lonely dunes of Egypt's desert. His tormentor was a woman of magnificent beauty...and the blackest of souls. Now, Ian prays for a death that will not come. Only after his rescue does he begin to realize how he has changed. But he understands very little. Just that he is carrying something strange in his blood known only as "The Companion."

Elizabeth Rochewell's home was Egypt. After her father's death, however, she is being sent home to live a conventional life in London. On board ship, she finds herself drawn to her mysterious traveling companion, Ian Rufford. He awakens feelings in her that disturb and tantalize her senses. But he hides a shocking secret that Beth can only begin to unravel.

Now, journey with two linked souls who are determined to stop one woman's evil quest. A journey that will take them to the heights of desire and the depths of depravity. THE COMPANION is an unforgettable, sensual, and erotic novel that take you places you've never gone before...and it will make you believe in the power of true love.