Bounty Hunter Lana Arnold has been sent to Mexico by Master
Vampire Raphael and his human mate Cynthia to do a job for
them. She is to find and deliver a letter to the ancient
and mysterious vampire named Xuan Ignacio. To assist in
discovering his location, Lana is to meet up with the
powerful vampire VINCENT; who is to help and go with her to
find Xuan.
Vincent Kuxim is the second in command to the vampire
Enrique, the Vampire Lord of Mexico. Vincent knows that the
time is drawing near when the vampire council will require
him to overthrow the oppressive Enrique; but he has yet to
take action. He chooses to live away from Enrique and turn
a blind eye to his master's misdeeds.
After Vincent and Lana depart on their road trip, they
discover an insidious secret concerning Lord Enrique. The
Master Vampire has been indiscriminately turning humans to
vampire; then giving the vamps to various leaders of the
Drug Cartel. These newly made vampires are being used as
powerful enforcers for the drug runners; and are kept at
near starvation levels for blood to keep them in line and
serving their human masters. VINCENT frees the enslaved
vampires, and they become his vampire warriors. He then
firms his resolve to take down the evil Enrique once and for
all. After they find Xuan Ignacio, his and Lana's plan is to
finally overthrow Enrique; and for Vincent to take over as
Lord of Mexico, which was Raphael's plan all along.
VINCENT is a great read, harking back to the earlier books
of the Vampires In America series; gritty, violent, and
more realistic as to how the vampires are portrayed. Plus,
Lana is like Cyn; written as a more kickass heroine than
portrayed in recent books. The verbal by-play between Lana
and Vincent is fun, and the sexual tension between them
steamy. However, Lana is not at all sure she trusts the
roguish vampire Vincent enough to give into the temptation
of a sexual relationship with him, much less anything more.
I loved Vincent, though. He is a violent badass vamp; but
not as remote and jaded as many vampires are portrayed. He
is only 150 years old; old enough to be extremely powerful,
but young enough to still have many human traits. (and he
makes some very human mistakes). Also, his lieutenant
Michael is a young vampire, and has done a great deal to
keep VINCENT human and with current attitudes. Vincent is
still vampire enough to take down the bad guy vamps and
humans in an often graphic, violent manner, however.
I truly enjoyed VINCENT, especially the mayhem of the road
trip. D.B. Reynolds has outdone herself with this
exhilarating story; and VINCENT is a worthy addition to
Reynolds' always excellent Vampires In America series. I
hope Michael gets a book someday, he is more than Vincent's
lieutenant, he is his closest friend, and quite intriguing
on his own. VINCENT is a recommended read for PNR fans, and
can be read standalone.
Sinaloa, Mexico . . . haunting deserts, hot nights, and
vampires, who’ve been there for hundreds of years, watching
from the shadows, playing their games, manipulating humans,
and surviving at any cost.
Vincent Kuxim, powerful and charismatic, was made vampire by
an ambitious leader looking for soldiers to pave his way to
the rule of all Mexico. But more than a century later,
Vincent’s Sire is looking over his shoulder as Vincent
closes in for the kill, ready to claim the title Lord of
Mexico for himself.
Lana Arnold is a bounty hunter, smart, beautiful, and
determined to chart her own future. So when the most
powerful vampire lord in all of North America enlists her
help in tracking down a very old and elusive bloodsucker,
Lana sees nothing but opportunity. There’s only one catch.
The client wants her to take Vincent—a vampire she neither
knows nor trusts—along on her hunt. Then again, maybe it’s
herself she doesn’t trust, because Vincent Kuxim is sex
walking in a pair of tight black jeans.
Thrown together by circumstance, Vincent and Lana soon find
themselves battling an evil they didn’t know existed in a
fight that makes Vincent all the more determined to destroy
his Sire, seize Mexico for himself . . . and keep Lana by
his side forever.
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