"Fabulous supernatural police procedural romance"

In 2004 Spanish Harlem, Samantha Turner runs the Artemis Shelter to help women and their small children. However, even she is unable to prevent a drive by shooting from killing three children under sixteen years old though she saved the lives of three others due to her vampiric powers that she gained during the Civil War.

NYPD Detective Peter Daley investigates the incident, but cannot fathom how three children survived or who the mysterious Good Samaritan is. He finds a blouse with blood and two bullet holes in the garbage and a tape at a nearby grocer shows a woman wearing that blouse in the store just before the killings. He learns her name and finds most people consider her a saint. The Medical Examiner tells him blood he found does not fit any known classification and lacks DNA. As he continues to investigate, he and Samantha fall in love. He knows she is different, although he is not sure how. She fears intimacy ever since her husband battered her killing her unborn son back in 1860. Their seemingly star-crossed worlds are about to collide with chances heavily in favor that neither will survive.

TEMPTATION CALLS is a fabulous supernatural police procedural romance starring a wonderful caring female and a likable intelligent detective. The story line works on two levels that merge together as Sam hides her vampire background while Peter follows the clues one at a time until he learns the truth. As she did with her two previous "calls" (see DANGER CALLS and DARKNESS CALLS), Caridad Pineiro will take a large bite out of the readers' sleep to finish this fine thriller in one sitting.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted September 15, 2005

Summary

Samantha Turner has survived her share of abusive relationships, both in life and death. But after becoming a vampire, Samantha finally finds freedom and embarks on a new life -- one which introduces her to Peter Daly, an NYPD homicide detective. Peter is the kind of man Samantha has rarely encountered in her life. Gentle and concerned, he tempts Samantha for the first time in over a century.

When Samantha needs his help to find some missing friends, Peter is only to quick to help her. The investigation leads to the the discovery that the woman with whom he has fallen in love is a vampire. Peter is bitter about her betrayal, but will he be strong enough to refuse Samantha when TEMPTATION CALLS?