FEAR IS IN THE BLOOD
Alexander Roman wants nothing to do with the controlling rulers of his vampire breed or the family he escaped from a hundred years ago. But as a new threat to the pureblood vampires emerges, Alexander's ties to the past are forced upon him again, and without warning, he finds himself - disoriented, terrified, and near death - at the door of a stranger.
TRUST IS A RISK
Dr. Sarah Donohue is dedicated to removing the traumatic memories of her patients - like those of the stranger at her front door. But what he tells her of his past is too astonishing to be anything more than the delusion of a madman. Yet she has seen his flesh scarred by the sun and witnessed his inhuman strength. And never more has she felt so conneted to a man, by both fear and seductive excitement.
LOVE IS ETERNAL ...
But as their worlds collide, Sarah and Alexander are bound by something even stronger, as one becomes hunter and the other prey. And Sarah's only chance of survival is to surrender to the final - and most unimaginable - desire of her life.
This is the first book in the Mark of the Vampire series. It features our hero Alexander and our heroine Sarah. Pretty much the blurb above says it all, so I'll just skip to my review.I just finished the book and my immediate thought is, it's eh. Would I recommend it? Maybe. I didn't find much in the story that was unique or different from most other vampire books out there except the authors vampire culture although it's a bit confusing After having just finished reading the book, I could not tell you what any of the import aspects of the "Mark" vampire society are, it just got that muddled (i.e. why it was such a horrible thing that certain males are chosen to find their perfect mate or why Alexander was chosen to go through the process of being changed. Even the "steamy" sex scenes had me rolling my eyes. I had to cover my mouth at one point to keep myself from laughing out loud). The whole backstory in general is weak, the story jumps around quiet a bit and the relationship between the hero and heroine feels forced and unnatural (and not because he's a vampire and she's a human). I also think the author got a bit tied up in the world building and coming up with her own language terms for her vampire society that the story got pretty washed out. It wasn't till I was about 3/4 through the book till I finally felt I had an ok grasp on what the vampires meant when they used their some of their vampire vocabulary. The book basically has a language all it's own. Usually in a book that's world building and is trying to introduce you to the new verbiage or culture, you as the reader are eased into it but in this book, the author thrusts you into the language and not very gently. All the weird verbiage ended up throwing me out of the story while I had to translate what the heck they were saying in my head. It was definitely a new reading experience but not one I think I enjoyed.
If you like cheesy predictable vampire stories with a convoluted vampire society, I'd recommend this one. If you read a ton of PNR vampires like I do, I'd stick with the Black Dagger Brotherhood.
It's more like 2 1/2 books cuz I didn't totally hate it but the story jumped so much and the weird society vocabulary made me not enjoy it as much as I could have.
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