"What will she choose to be for love?"
Reviewed by Gabrielle Lee
Posted November 3, 2015
Romance Paranormal
What would it be like to be born into the world of
vampires? Abbey knows all to well the answer to this
question. As much as her parents love and support her,
Abbey never felt as if she was the right fit with her being
human in a family of vampires. Does she want to cross over
to the other side, or does she stay human is one of the many
questions that plague Abbey. New questions arise when
a vampire named Nick enters the picture. NIGHT'S SURRENDER
gives us Nick and Abbey's story. The only man who can make
Abbey feel is not a man at all, but a vampire. Can she find a
way to a happy ever after with a vampire? Now Abbey finds
that she wants to know more about the vampire life, not just
what she needed to know to survive amongst them. NIGHT'S SURRENDER has a different twist than I am used to. This is
the first book I have read that has a human born to
vampires. I enjoyed my visit to this world because Abbey's story is
an intriguing one. Stay human or turn vampire? Which one to
pick? Nick and Abbey make a nice couple and their story
moves at a good pace. I was pulled in right from the start. Abbey and Nick have an instant attraction, and they must
make some hard decisions about that attraction and about
being vampires. Love and emotions play a big part in their
choices. Once again I was glad to find myself back in the
world of the Children of the Night series. If you follow this series you will realize who Abbey's parents are. You may also get
better enjoyment of NIGHT'S SURRENDER if you read the previous
books as well. Not only do Abbey and Nick
have a lot to say but many of the other characters do as
well. Having read the previous books made
NIGHT'S SURRENDER more enjoyable to me. It may not be my favorite of
the Children of the Night series but it is still a nice read and I certainly
enjoyed seeing many of the supporting characters in this
story.
SUMMARY
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…
ExcerptHe 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. She owed him that much. And a helluva lot more.
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