Immortal Bad Boys
Rebecca York, Rosemary Laurey, & Linda Thomas Sundstrom
Kensington, Sept 2004, $14.00, 320 pages, ISBN: 0758206216
reviewed by Harriet Klausner

Night Ecstasy by Rebecca York - Artist Taylor Lawson moved to New Orleans to escape a clinging ex-boyfriend and to find new inspiration. Taylor meets Jules De Mario and a magical connection forms. Taylor realizes that he is playing with her mind and when she notices the two bite marks on her neck she concludes her lover is a vampire. She doesn’t know about the future but with Viagra they enjoy a normal sexual relationship. This is a very romantic vampire story.

Velvet Night by Rosemary Laurey - Washington D.C. police officer Vickie Anderson vacations at her Blue Ridge Mountains home where she meets fledgling vampire Pete Falcon. He is so attracted to Vickie that he wants her to be his first human feeding. Vickie isn’t aware of his true nature but feels the same. When she finds him caught in a bear trap and sees his fangs, he confesses the truth. He is a DEA agent looking for a meth lab; Vickie assists him although she knows that when he closes the case he will leave on his next assignment. Rosemary Laurey writes a terrific vampire romance starring two characters deserving of their own series.

Midnight Court by Linda Thomas Sundstrom - Vampire Lord Dante drinks enough blood to survive. He accepts the invitation of Lady Elizabeth Rothchilde to visit her at her brother’s castle. While there, he has sex with and drinks from Lady Elizabeth but his attention is caught by Alan Rothchilde’s fiancée. Elizabeth tests Dante’s feelings; if he fails he will never leave the castle for Elizabeth is humanity’s avenging angel. MIDNIGHT COURT is a spellbinding tale.

These three vampire romances are erotic, enticing and enthralling.