A centuries-old Moldavian vampire caves under family pressure and decides the best way to find a wealthy wife and keep his evil brother from rampaging their homeland is to join a group of bachelors vying for the hand of a fair (millionairess) maiden on a reality TV show.
A librarian lottery winner decides the best way to keep greedy grasping males with proposals in hand from making her (and her roomates') lives a misery is to publicly become engaged on a reality TV show.
Raine English has written DATE WITH A VAMPIRE with a style combining extremely light paranormal romance with a touch of comic-book horror. This first in the Tempted series has a virgin heroine, a dashing if somewhat smarmy hero and a villain whose abilities keep getting a bit more powerful as the book progresses. It cannot be called a 'sweet' romance in the same way old-style romances were back in the 1970's but there is a certain flavor of that era of romance about it none-the-less. One of my favorite characters is Melody's hair and makeup 'artiste' for the show, Sugar.
The Fijian setting and escapist plot would make this a fine read for a cold and gloomy winter's night, especially if you don't mind a touch of bloody horror contrasting with your romantic comedy.
Guystof LeBreque is a four-hundred-year-old Romanian vampire
who hates the taste of blood. Heβs roamed the earth for
centuries, loathing the monster trapped inside him. After
his motherβs death at the hands of vampire-hunting
assassins, Guystof vows never to turn a woman into a
vampire. But when his father gives him an ultimatum to marry
a rich woman in sixty days or lose his legacy to his
bloodthirsty brother, Guystof battles his conscience. Does
he keep the promise he made to himself, or does he keep his
brother from power? Guystof resorts to drastic measures. He
becomes a bachelor on a hit reality show. What he doesnβt
anticipate is losing his heart to the woman whose mortal
life he must end.
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