Aspiring actress Abbey Cordova knows more than most people
the truth about vampires. She was born among them. She is
the only child of a centuries old family of undead and she
is determined to stay human. A chance encounter with the
dark mysterious Niccola Desanto rocks her to her very core.
He is a vampire, an ancient, but he makes her feel
beautiful, cherished and for the first time in her life she
feels passionate desire. She is very much tempted to enjoy
a NIGHT'S SURRENDER.
Nick has spent hundreds of years on his own, ever since his
sire abandoned him to make his own way in the world. All
the decadent pleasures have lost their appeal and he grows
weary of his very existence. There is a rumor that one of
his kind has regained her humanity, and he is so very tempted
to find her and demand the secret. But the chance meeting
with the lovely Abbey changes everything. The world looks
much more appealing with her in it and the love he feels
just might last more than a human lifetime.
I loved NIGHT'S SURRENDER as author Amanda Ashley takes us
through the complex emotions of the vampires who have lived
hundreds of years, having done everything and anything they
want or feel. Then she adds the surprise of something new -- a
love that wakes up a dead heart -- and away this story goes.
Nick struggles with his inhumanity and his desire to be
with Abbey and grow old together. That, of course, is what
adds the touches of fear to Abbey too, for she will grow
old and gray, and he will stay as he is. But that
is dealt with in a couple of surprise twists to this
complex storyline. Have no fear. At the end of it all,
there is a happily ever after for all parties involved,
including the adorable Edna and Pearl.
NIGHT'S SURRENDER is book seven of Ms. Ashley's Children of
the Night series. I love books that include past characters
and this one includes a number of series heroes and
heroines that round out this book very nicely. If you are
looking for a book that will make your heart race as you
watch a couple fall in love, fight off hunters and evil
vampires who endanger their lives and loves, then NIGHT'S
SURRENDER is just what you are looking for.
RT BOOK REVIEWS Career Achievement winner in Paranormal
Romance!
Aspiring actress Abbey Marie Cordova knows more than most people do
about vampires—she was born among them, the only human child in a
centuries-old family of the undead, and determined to stay that way.
But a chance encounter with dark, mysterious Niccola Desanto rocks her
to the core. Nick is a vampire, and he’s the only man who has ever
made her feel so beautiful, so cherished, and so passionately desired
…
Nick has spent hundreds of years on his own, and the decadent
pleasures of the world have lost their appeal. Rumor has it the
vampire who made him has regained her humanity—the temptation to find
her and demand to know the secret is overwhelming. But one glance at
innocently alluring Abbey changes everything. Drawn to her with
dangerous, consuming passion, Nick will need more than a lifetime to
love her…
Excerpt
He had been a vampire for over two thousand years. As
such, he was one of the oldest of his kind. Only Mara,
the so-called Queen of the Vampires, had survived longer.
For centuries, he had searched for her, but to no avail.
He had to admire her skill at eluding detection, whether
by hunters or those of her own kind.
She was a legend among the Nosferatu – fearless,
stronger, more powerful and more cunning than any of
them. It was rumored that she had regained her humanity,
that she had given birth to a child, but he had dismissed
both possibilities out of hand. Such things were
impossible, even for the Queen of the Vampires. No doubt
she had spread the rumors herself, knowing it would only
add to her mystique.
But he couldn’t ignore the niggling voice in the back of
his mind that wondered if it could be true.
He stared at the goblet in his hand, at the thick red
liquid it held. What would it be like to be able to
consume something besides blood after so many centuries?
To sample the various foods and drinks he saw advertised
on TV and in magazines? To eat something that required
chewing? He often sat in restaurants, sipping a glass of
wine, watching men and women as they ate, envious of the
culinary pleasure he read on their faces. Just once, he
thought, just once he would like to bite into a thick,
juicy steak.
Mara was the answer. If she had truly found a way to
regain her humanity – no matter how briefly – he wanted
to know how she had accomplished it.
And if it was impossible, what then?
He leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. He had
lived as a vampire long enough. He was ready to die, but
as one of the Nosferatu, his options were not pretty. He
could let a hunter stake him or take his head. Or he
could walk out into the light of a new day. As old as he
was, he wasn’t sure it would even be fatal. He could
always set himself on fire…Grimacing, he quickly
discarded that alternative.
Better to become human again if at all possible, and
spend his final years as a mortal before he breathed his
last.
He sipped his drink. It all came back to Mara. She was
the answer. If she couldn’t restore his humanity, then
she could grant him a quick, painless death.
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