BLOOD MOON, set in 1811 England, introduces Jon Hyde-White,
an earl's second son who's to become the vicar of his
parish. He's met the woman of his dreams and his future is
almost perfect. However, his dreams will never be realized
for Jon has been bitten by a vampire named Sebastian. The
vampire's hatred of Jon is so intense that he's also bitten
Jon's love, Cassandra Thorpe, infecting her with the curse
of the vampire just to lure Jon.
Jon is sickened by his shape-changing abilities and that
he's feeding off animals by night. He and Cassandra are not
quite fully made vampires in that they have not lost their
souls or their ability to fight against the curse. Because
their status is incomplete, there's hope for them. They
travel far away to Moldavia where Jon's mentor, the present
vicar, informs him there are secret groups who possess
knowledge of this curse and remedies to save them from
their doom.
Sebastian is relentless. He follows Jon and Cassandra to
his familiar ground, goading them and tricking them at
every turn. Jon and Cassandra are lucky enough to meet a
vampire hunter who agrees to teach them what they need to
know. Jon doesn't trust this man, but he's learned not to
trust anyone. However, if what the man tells them is true
and if the two can stay alive until the blood moon rises to
conduct a successful ritual, they will know life without
the lust that causes them to drink blood. They can never be
cured, but they can remain vampire slayers who seek out and
destroy evil, freeing souls.
BLOOD MOON is full of chillingly graphic details involving
vampire attacks and the slayers' means of disposing of the
vampires. The exciting plot picks up speed until the last
page concludes. The reader doesn't know how each of the
characters will respond to challenges presented. The
anticipation of Jon and Cassandra's reactions moves the
reader from page to page as thrilling events build one
after another, moving the story faster and faster. I
thoroughly enjoyed this creative tale.
THEIR DARK CURSE Jon Hyde-White was changed. Neither his
horse nor his dog trusted him any longer, and with good
cause; the transformation was almost complete. Soon he
would cease to be an earl's second son and become a
ravening monster. Already lust grew, begging him to drink,
to devour, to swallow in great gulps hot blood from every
opalescent neck--and the blood of his fiancé, Cassandra
Thorpe, would be sweetest of all. Was that not why they
were chosen? Was that not why the blasphemous creature
Sebastian burst upon them from the London shadows? But
Sebastian's evil task remained incomplete, and neither Jon
not Cassandra was beyond hope. Still she smelled of
meadowsweet and lilies, and he still believed in Heaven.
One chance remained--in faraway Moldovia, in a secret
brotherhood, in an ancient ritual and the power of love and
the...BLOOD MOON
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