Delilah Devlin, Into The Darkness

Into The Darkness

Delilah Devlin

Avon Red, Apr 2007, $13.95

ISBN: 0061161233

Following the murders of her parents, Natalie Lambert comes to New Orleans to uncover the identity of their killer. Instead, she is bitten by a creature of the night. To her chagrin, confusion and euphoria Natalie finds she has radically changed since the assault; for she craves sexual passion, an emotion she never felt before the nip on her neck. Other desires are almost as haunting as her sexual appetite. On the down side, the animal kingdom has it in for her as she becomes a victim of attacking killer birds and locusts of biblical proportion.

NOPD Police Detective Rene Broussard rescues Natalie from another attack. However, he is unable to remain professionally detached as he cannot resist her lure. The next morning he finds himself in bed with this beauty and a hunger for her like nothing he ever felt before. She reciprocates his feelings as her vampire nature surfaces with his touch. However, one (make that numerous) bites, nips, and caresses, etc. later, the pairs knows they must fight against an evil that is using Hurricane Katrina as a cover to kill vampires, especially easy marks like these two in-love fledglings.

This is a terrific, vampiric, erotic romance starring a virgin vampire (making her a unique protagonist) and the cop who rescues her from various attacks and her new sexual cravings. The storyline is hot from the first bite to the last bite while the police procedural elements take somewhat of a back seat to the vampiric lust and love of the lead duet. Fans of torrid, paranormal romantic suspense will appreciate the two rookies hoping for an eternity of love while praying for surviving a lethal serial killer.

Harriet Klausner