Vampire Voss - A book of the Regency Dracula
It's a good story. Let me start by saying that I don't care for vampire stories. I don't like vampire television shows or movies like True Blood or Twilight but I received this book as a free giveaway at the Romantic Times BookConference last year and thought I would give it a read. It is published by Mira an imprint of Harlequin. The book is a trade romance which is 380 pages.
Vampire Voss is a historical paranormal romance set in the regency period. I've taken an interest in historical stories lately so I read the first few pages and was hooked.
The story focuses on a pair of sisters whose brother is a vampire hunter. The brother has disappeared and has asked a vampire friend to watch over his maiden sisters while he is away. Vampire Voss happens to be an associate of the girl's caretaker and takes an interest in one of the sisters, Angelica. Voss has a well deserved past with the ladies and a way of getting on the nerve of his fellow vampires. For some reason he manages to keep his fangs and his libido in check for most of his dealings with Angelica.
The girls don't know their brother is a vampire hunter, don't know their care taker is a vampire, nor do they know that the bad vampires are after them in an attempt to get back at their brother.
It is an interesting read with a small amount of gore and a few random drainings by the "bad" vamps. There is enough to satisfy a vampire enthusiast but not enough to turn off someone with a queasy stomach. I guess. I dislike the fact that Voss doesn't seem to have any friends throughout the story. He has acquaintances with brothel owners here and there and a circle of vampire friends all of whom he seems to have pissed off.
Angelica has the gift of sight which only allows her to see how people die. "Shrug"
The story has what I consider a good happy ending. It's a typical romance with the fall in love, conflict and then resolution formula but I love the resolution of this situation.
I didn't read the story straight through as I have with other stories. In other words, I could put it down. But I kept coming back to it and finished it in less than a week.
There are three books in this series. I am considering reading the others. The third of the three is Vampire Narcise which is about a female vamp.
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