Jude and Caro Barrett are a vampire and hybrid married
couple. They are also on the run and in desperate need of
money. The cost of the black market blood Jude needs to
survive
keeps getting higher. When a job offer comes in from the
Al-Din Corporation, a 31 day expedition in Africa, Jude
accepts the offer, leaving Caro and their three year old
Daughter Vivienne. After ten days, Caro receives word that
Jude's team has gone missing...presumed dead.
While unexpectedly losing a loved one is rough, the not
knowing what really happened is what is the worse part for
Caro. While she and Vivienne or Vivi, try to get on with
their lives, Still on the run from those who want to use
Vivienne or Vivi's unique DNA and blood. They are never in
one place for long, always moving, always cautious. Ten
years after Jude disappears, Caro has him legally declared
dead.
As the latest threat to Vivi surfaces, they run yet again
with family friend and vampire, Raphael. Rapheal is the
only person
she has ever come to trust and rely on. As the danger
escalates, Caro's feelings for Raphael also deepen. Caro
goes to great lengths to keep Vivi safe and her own heart
from breaking all over again.
HUNTING DAYLIGHT is the second book in the series, but I was
able to follow along and get absolutely absorbed into this
novel. I was able to connect with each of the characters,
and plot. Piper Maitlano is a new author for me, but one
that I will certainly look out for in the future.
For more than a decade, Caro Barrett has had doubts about
the death of her husband, who disappeared while looking for
a tribe of day-walking vampires in an African rainforest.
Now, their daughter is struggling through her teenage years
without a father. Waiting in the wings is an ancient vampire
ready to possess Caro’s heart—and to protect them both from
harm. And, with her husband declared legally dead, Caro
feels it is finally time to move on…
A hemisphere away in a windowless compound, an Ottoman
vampire lies dying from a rare blood disease, which has made
him vulnerable to the faintest bit of light. Yet he is
determined to vanquish its power over him—to feel the sun on
his face one last time. And in Caro’s darkest fears he will
be lifted into the light of day…