"My name is Katelyn Corbin, I'm twenty-one
years old, and a senior in college-or I will be in a few hours when I get to
school. The nightmare I was having was about the murder of my parents last
April...."
This story opens with Katelyn wrapped in nightmares of
her parents death. Murdered in their store in Atlanta, she is left trying to
cope with this tragedy. Katelyn leaves to go stay with her aunt and uncle in
Charleston South Carolina. Its there she goes back to college. While meeting
with her new friend Lexi, she meets a mysterious man... James Thomas Dubois,
Master of Whitehall Manor.
She is interested in him, but overwhelmed by
him and her current life. She's still grieving, still adjusting to this new
life. After James invites Katelyn and Lexi to visit his splendid home their
connection grows and still continues to confuse her. Uneasy feelings including
a voice in her head that she can't figure out.
James and Katelyn come to an understanding. He
can turn her into what he is..but it's now her choice. Will she become like
James? He is a vampire after all. He offers her a new life. Can she make this
change? Is she willing to die to become reborn as an immortal?
Such elegant and descriptive writing. The story
makes you feel like you can see Whitehall Manor and the large oaks that line
the drive. You can feel the words come to life. The author did a wonderful job
capturing the female essence of Katelyn. Well written characters. A twist or
two with a lovely backdrop.
Will Katelyn allow James to change her? Will
the decisions divide them or bring them together? A modern day vampire story
with touches of historical overtones. Set in a time and place that still feels
like you're going back in time even to this day.
An opportunity arises for revenge. Will James
let Katelyn take the reins or will he help her avenge her parents death?
Bittersweet circumstances that Katelyn must face and more choices to be made.
Now that a decision has been reached they must learn to live with these
choices.
This is the kind of story that makes you wish
vampires were real. Then again, how do
we know they don't exist? Maybe the author is sharing his secrets with us. I
really enjoyed this book. I love how it ended. I look forward to reading more
in this series. It was a fun and entertaining book. I live in Louisiana, not
far from New Orleans-surely if they exist I may be able to find one there?
"Then he stood, and reaching for my hand,
I follow him off the veranda and into the darkness. The first thing I noticed
was that the darkness...wasn't that dark anymore. I could clearly see the
flowers in the garden, the backdrop of trees, and eve hear the soft movement of
the individual leaves as the breeze softly tickled them. I looked up saw
literally millions of stars filling the clear night sky like I had never seen
before.
Thank you to the author Rick H. Veal for
providing me with this A.R.C.
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