By Jacquelyn Frank
Synopsis
Rafe DaSilva is an energy vampire, soaking up nourishment from the sun—and, only when necessary, drawing sweet sustenance from humans who are pure in body and spirit. As the right-hand man to his queen, Rafe is a key player at a historic peace summit in New York City, which will unite the vampire nations against a common threat: the sycophants, who feed on humanity and kill indiscriminately. But Rafe’s fascination with a beautiful blond police detective may put everything at risk.
Detective Renee Holden has never worked a homicide quite like this. The victim has twin puncture wounds on his neck, and the only eyewitness swears she saw a vampire. Now’s definitely not the time to get distracted by a seductive stranger. But the suave, darkly austere, exotically handsome Rafe DaSilva is a hard man to deny, and as Renee falls under his spell, she also falls prey to his enemies. Desperate to protect her, Rafe lifts the veil on a shadow realm she can only visit—a world of intoxicating power, terrifying dangers, and forbidden pleasures.
Review
Thirst: An Energy Vampire Novel is an energizing twist on a vampire story. The quality of the victim’s blood determines the quality of the vampire. Vampires that choose to take blood from people who abuse their bodies go rogue. They become dangerous and have to be hunted in order to keep their existence secret.
Rafe, an energy vampire, gets energy from different sources. When he takes blood as an energy source he is careful to choose someone who eats well and doesn’t drink too much. He is close to the queen and is working hard to broker peace amongst the different factions of vampires. But not everyone wants peace.
Renee is a detective. She lives a clean life and works hard to keep her city safe. She is tenacious and strives to be the best. She has a great partnership with Jimmy and they hate leaving a case unsolved.
There is an unusual murder that has two puncture wounds on the back of the victim’s neck with an eye witness stating that a vampire was to blame. This brings the two worlds together. There is instant chemistry between Rafe and Renee but Rafe can’t let the knowledge of the vampire world get out. He also doesn’t want to take Renee’s memories from her.
Thirst has a little bit of everything. It has a murder mystery to go with hot chemistry between the main characters. There are different elements at work in this story including great romance between Rafe and Renee, great friendships, what could be an evil mastermind and the rogue vampire issue. This first book of this series has set up this series for more exciting books to come.
Thirst: An Energy Vampire Novel
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