A Vampire for Christmas

by Laurie London, Michele Hauf, Caridad Pineiro, and Alexis Morgan

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First of all I have to say for four “vampire” stories, the fact that they involve vampires seemed incidental. These stories felt more like a love stories to me – ok, ok, if you ignore the memory wipes and the vampire teeth, blah, blah – but you know what I mean. In all these stories the vampires seemed to not like that side of themselves and tried to suppress their “evil” natures.

These were four very well written short stories with wonderfully characters. I think you will find them quite enjoyable, whether you are into the paranormal romance or you simply like a nice romance.

Enchanted by Blood by Laurie London – One year ago, Trace and Charlotte were in love. But Trace had to erase Charlotte’s memory after she witnessed a vicious vampire attack and he couldn’t allow her to know of their existence. Anyway, relationships between vampires and mortals were frowned upon and if he were to take his place on the Governing Counsel, he needed to abide by those rules.

One year later, Trace saves Charlotte from a vampire attack. She doesn’t understand why she trusts this stranger so much or why she’s so attracted to him. Now that Trace has Charlotte back in his arms, will he have the strength to let her go again. But not everyone is happy for them. Someone wants what Trace has, and they are more than willing to kill for it.

I liked Trace and Charlotte right from the beginning. Their chemistry was off the charts. Since there was a history between them, their story didn’t feel rushed or forced.

This was a very enjoyable story and I will be putting Laurie London’s Sweetblood series on my list of books to read. I have already downloaded her Hidden by Blood which was a Free Nook Book as of the date of this post.

Rating: 5 stars


Monsters Don’t Do Christmas by Michele Hauf – Young vampire Daniel Harrison would have thought that getting your butt handed to him by a pair was werewolves was the most embarrassing thing to happen, until he gets rescued by a human – and a woman to boot. How humiliating.

Until that moment Olivia Adorata, didn’t know supernaturals existed, but then again, she raised to keep an open mind. She was not surprised that “monsters” exist since she considers herself one too. A rising star, she is normally surrounded by all the trapping that go with the stardom, but the week before Christmas she goes back to her old apartment to enjoy a quiet week of vacation.

Can a vampire and celebrity have any type of relationship?

Although I don’t understand why Olivia considered herself a monster, it was a nice story and again, very enjoyable characters. Apparently I had already downloaded Michele Hauf’s Kiss Me Deadly at some point, I will have to make sure to get to it soon.

Rating: 5 stars


When Herald Angels Sing by Caridad Pineiro – Damien has lost his love for the second time last Christmas. He doesn’t know why she keeps coming back to him, but he does know that her death is always his fault. What he doesn’t know is that Angelina is no ordinary woman. She’s a guardian angel. Heaven and Hell are fighting for Damian’s soul, a vampire who won’t kill.

His enemy, Pedro Ramirez, has made a deal with Satan that if he gets Damien to kill, he will get not only great power but he gets to keep Angelina for himself.

Can Angelina finally get Damien to control his temper before it is too late for him?

It took me a while to warm up to Damien in this story. Although he is declaring Angelina as his great love lost, at the time when Angelina is killed the first time, he is rather callous and he’s just using her. When she is reincarnated a second time, there is more of a relationship between them, but considering how he treated her the first time, I am surprised he was drawn to her a second time and so strongly.

Because I eventually warmed up to Damien and Angelina, I got to enjoy the rest of the story.

Rating: 4 stars


All I Want for Christmas by Alexis Morgan – Eagan McHale is a police officer in a special unit of supernaturals. He is staking out a neighborhood where teens are ending up dead from blood loss. He suspects the killer is a young vampire. He doesn’t want to stand out as a stranger in the neighborhood, so he heads toward the local diner.

The diner is run by Della Breit. A woman who has an open heart and a free meal for those who can’t afford one. When she mistakes Eagan for someone down on his luck, he realizes that trading odd jobs at the diner for food is the perfect cover. Except the only warm meal Eagan wants is Della. He just needs to keep his hands, and fangs, off her long enough to solve his case.

Again, a pair of very likeable characters, including several great subcharacters, and it didn’t take a great leap to figure out what was going to happen when Della cuts herself badly in the kitchen and Eagan rushes to her rescue.

Rating: 5 stars

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