Bound by Blood
Ann JacobsParanormal erotic romance
Available from Changeling Press
ISBN: 1-59596-378-2
December 2005
| I enjoyed the plot of this book. A beach side tourist destination is marred by murders that the coroner says could only be committed by vampires. Lieutenant Annabelle "Aggie" Grace Dupont of the homicide division of the Sarasota County Sheriff's Department didn't even believe vampires existed. She went to visit an expert on mythical creatures who was reputed to know more about vampires than anyone else their source had ever heard of. He was Aleric Dunric, an investment manager who lived on Bird Key. When Aggie was admitted to his fortress, she couldn't miss the large portrait over the mantle of a woman that looked just like her and a man who looked just like the now dead love of her life, Charles. When Aleric entered the room it was obvious that he was the man in the portrait. Aleric informed Aggie that the portrait had been painted two hundred years ago and that he was indeed the man in it. He also claimed that Aggie was the woman who'd posed for the portrait in 1813. She was known as Lady Grace then and Aleric had loved her. He'd been waiting nearly 200 years for her to be reincarnated so they could be together again. He commanded her to be still while he made love to her. She was amazed because he was her Charles whose harrier jet had been shot down somewhere over southern Iraq. Charles was dead, but Aleric had the same birthmark over his right hipbone, the same face, the same buff body, even the same parts that had given her so much pleasure. They were each the reincarnations of the others' lost lover.
Aleric assured her that he was as interested in capturing the murdering vampire as she was. In the guise as their mythical creatures' expert, Aleric helped the police arrange a trap for the rogue vampire. The police staked out the area where the mob boss' body was found. One officer pretended to be an unconscious drunk. When the vampire appeared, the police fired their guns at her, but the bullets only slowed her down a little. It's up to Aleric and Aggie to both defeat the rogue and decide their futures, whether it be together or apart. The plot of the book was wonderful and the descriptive sex scenes can't be beat, but the book seemed to me to be more a summary of a story than the whole thing. I would have loved to have more character development and more details to explain some of the questions that weren't answered in the story. I suspect those things are personal preference and those of you more interested in the erotic part of an erotic romance might rate the book higher. I really loved what was there, but what wasn't there felt a little flat to me.
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Reviewer: Karen H. |
