Sharon Page, Blood Red

Blood Red

Sharon Page

Kensington Aphrodisia, Jan 2007, $12.95

ISBN: 0758215436

In 1818 England it is like father like daughter as Althea Yates is a chip off the old block working side by side with her dad as skilled vampire hunters. However, lately she has become concerned with her dedication, not that she would let her sire down. It is the dreams of making love with two male hunks who she knows is taboo as the duo that come to seduce her are her enemy vampires that has her concerned as how can a virgin fantasize such carnal delights as she conjures up while sleeping. Adding to her trepidation is that her father Sir Edmund has recently seemed physically weak and mentally confused.

To her shock, one of the stars of her porn dreams, Yannick de Wynter, arrives to talk to her father. Althea knows he is a vampire, but also feels a great desire to make their nocturnal ecstasy real. He, like the Yates duo, want to destroy the evil Zayan, but to do so the vampire must save the male hunter's life and bring his demon twin Bastian, her other dream lover, back from the grave.

BLOOD RED is a torrid, erotic, Regency, romantic page turner starring a wonderfully confused heroine who is competent and courageous with a crossbow or a stake, but unsure of herself (at first that is outside of her dreams) in the boudoir. This is not your parent's Regency as Althea has two lovers. However, fans who appreciate it when the heat is on in their historicals will want to read the Blood saga as vampires, vampire hunters, and the Ton intermingle in erotic, biting thrillers.

Harriet Klausner