"Definitely a Keeper!"

Several women have been murdered in London in a most unusual way. Their bodies were drained of blood. Sara Ashton doesn't care though. All she cares about is the fact that someone has challenged her ownership of Clershing. How could this be? She's in London to see her solicitor, Mr. Lestrom in order to find out if this is true.

Julien Davinoff is not at all what he seems. He is the one challenging Sara's ownership but he has a very valid reason, one that he is not at liberty to share because it would be unbelievable.

When Sara's so-called friend Corina Nandalay kidnaps Julien and does horrendous things to him, Sara rescues him and discovers his secret but it doesn't repel her. It fascinates her to the point where she also falls in love with this dark brooding man with a secret. Both Sara and Julien know that there's no way they will ever be able to be together or can they find a way?

This gripping novel is very dark and intense. Some of the scenes are extremely graphic and moving. I found that I had a hard time putting this book down once I started reading. I've read quite a few vampire novels lately and this one is definitely a keeper. I highly recommend this one!

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted February 24, 2002

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Originally published in March 2002.

Summary

Sara Ashston finds herself fighting for her home against a strange man who contests her deed in 1819 England. Drawn to save him from kidnapping and drug addiction almost against her will, she finds that he is the stuff of nightmares. But it is too late. She has already lost her heart to him. Will she have the courage to embrace the darkness? Their love is a sacrament that will save their souls or damn them for eternity.

What if the man you loved was a vampire? How would you find the courage to embrace the darkness? Sarah Ashton, Lady Clevancy, is sure she is a very ordinary person in a very ordinary Regency England. When her life is invaded by a mysterious stranger, the long lost owner of the ruined abbey adjacent to her ancestral lands now accused of serial murder, she should be appalled, rather than fascinated. But she finds herself saving the devil himself from danger, and falling in love in the process. Her love will lead her across Europe, to the edge of eternity.