Although Jillian has stopgap measures to try to control the
poison that makes her blood smell delicious -and fatal- to
vampires, she is still dying; although her companion, the
dhampyr Declan, takes a serum to control the darker side of
his vampiric urges, the rage within threatens to spill out
and hurt everyone around them, particularly Jillian. They
have very few avenues for hope, but someone they thought
was dead might provide some clues; he might provide some
clues for their continued survival if he isn't the same
manipulating vampire he's always been that is. Declan and
Jillian are on the wrong side of a war between brothers as
well as a war within themselves. Jillian has to fight
miserable pain due to the poison Nightshade, but she also
fights the passionless spectre Declan's serums have
created. Finally, they have to ask themselves if they trust
anyone, most of all themselves.
BLOODLUST is an excellent sequel to Nightshade, but
it doesn't require the previous work for easy reading.
Readers will fight Jillian's battles with her, hoping
against hope the entire time.
Jillian Conrad’s blood has killed the vampire king. Now an
enemy to all vampires, she is targeted for elimination. So
is the infant daughter of the dead king. If Jillian
doesn’t stand in the way of her death, then everyone,
living or dead, is in great peril.