Jesse Stewart was sent by the U.S. government to the
country of Slovenia to find the missing daughter of a
senator. While circling a deserted meadow in a helicopter,
Jesse first saw him running with the grace of a wild
animal. Even from a distance Jesse could see the man below
was no ordinary human being. Dressed in old fashioned
breeches and a tunic, the man below seemed like someone who
had traveled across time. One glance was all it took for
Jesse to know what he was -- a vampire: a vampire who
somehow knew her name and who Jesse inexplicably recognized.
Lance Van Baaren had the beauty of an angel, but was in
fact a guardian of the ancient blood. Born into his new
existence centuries ago, Lance existed to put a stop to a
new breed of vampires that diluted the pure ancient blood
of his maker and threatened the safety of mortals. Broken
-hearted after losing the only woman he ever loved, Lance
kept a safe distance from humans until he came face to face
with the lovely Jesse.
Jesse never doubted what he was -- a vampire. After losing
both her parents in a gruesome murder in Los Angeles, Jesse
knew the presence of a vampire when she saw one. The
vampire she had come across in Slovenia was breathtakingly
beautiful, but he was one of them -- the vampires who tore
her parents to shreds before her young eyes. She only
survived due to the help of a mysterious presence who saved
her from the monsters who consumed every last drop of her
parent's blood.
Lance, however, must find a way to earn Jesse's trust in
order to save her life. He uselessly warns her to forsake
her search for the senator's daughter without his help.
But Jesse refuses assistance from one of the blood thirsty
creatures who murdered her parents. Still, there is
something comforting in his presence and in his touch.
Although he is vampire, a heart beats in his chest, and his
words somehow reach the deepest recesses of her soul. In
order to save her from unimaginable dangers and a haunting
and terrible secret from her past, Lance must convince
Jesse to trust a creature she has feared her entire life.
Linda Thomas-Sundstrom created the ultimate vampire
fantasy. Readers will fall in love with the angelically
beautiful Lance Van Baaren. GOLDEN VAMPIRE is not only
romantic, but concludes with a chilling ending and an
unexpected villain. This is a novel vampire lovers will
want to devour in one reading. GOLDEN VAMPIRE will satisfy
your wildest and most romantic vampire fantasies!
For former cop Jesse Stewart, giving herself—mind and
body—to sexy vampire Lance Van Baaren meant losing her soul.
Hired by the government to find a senator's missing
daughter, she instead found a haunting link to her past. And
now something is drawing her to the one man she should
despise….
Once a knight, Lance had sworn to protect the innocent. And
one of those young innocents had been Jesse. Now
face-to-face with the alluring woman she has become, he's
determined to help Jessie solve her case and make her his
own. But would finding the truth of her past—and the Blood
Moon—push her further away?
Excerpt
"Jesse," he said quietly. "I'm here."
Could she hear him?
He watched her straighten so quickly that she turned on
one heel. Bright spots of pink tinted her cheeks. Her chest
rose and fell, straining at her buttons.
Lance's gaze fastened on those buttons. Then up to the
white collar surrounding a slender neck marred by a jagged
white scar of puckered skin that ran nearly full circle
from front to back, much like a necklace of woven white
thread.
Still there. The scar. Openly visible. Uncovered
by a scarf or high-necked sweater. The remnant of a
terrible, life-threatening wound, and worn uncovered as
what? A badge of courage? An indication of the secrets
curled up within her incredibly honed, fighting-fit body?
The scar as a talisman? A remembrance?
Below Lance's waist something long dormant stirred for
the second time in a hundred years. His incisors extended
in direct correlation. He ran his tongue over his teeth,
felt the familiar prick, then blinked slowly, noting how
everywhere else his muscles again stretched toward her, as
if recognizing a piece of himself. As if wanting that piece
back.
"I'm waiting," he said, his voice throaty with greed,
lust and longing — for Jesse; sensations he hadn't
experienced since he'd lost his only love in that awful
swirl of time gone by. Gwen. Lost to him because
he'd refused to bring her over. He'd refused to make her
one of what he was, though she had begged.
And now Jesse. What was she to him?
Although caution had prevailed with the injured girl in
the dark alley, and though he had been careful with the
extent of his gift to her all those years ago, he had
ensured that her little life would continue. He had kept
Jesse alive . . .
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