This is for Maria, who said she likes blogs about books. :-)
I just finished reading How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks. I'm not particularly drawn to vampire stories (I know they're hot right now but I don't feel the pull) so it's been easy to resist buying this one in the past.
That was until last Thursday when I went to dinner with a friend (and had a margarita) and then followed that up with a trip to the bookstore. I was happily shopping the aisles of books, telling stories of different authors (and no, the friend doesn't know I write) and books as we went. She said she wanted to find a book for her daughter-in-law who liked vampire stories so I pulled this one out for her, telling her it was a local author. She started reading the back cover as I walked away and then she started laughing. I wanted to know what she was laughing at but she was laughing too hard to tell me so I picked up another book and started reading the back cover myself.
Here's the back cover contents:
Nobody said love was perfect...
Roman Draganesti is charming, handsome, and rich...he's also a vampire. But this vampire just lost one of his fangs sinking his teeth into something he shouldn't have. Now he has one night to find a dentist before his natural healing abilities close the wound, leaving him a lop-sided eater for all eternity.
Things aren't going well for Shanna Whelan, either. After witnessing a gruesome murder, she's next on the mob's hit list. And her career as a dentist appears to be on a downward spiral because she's afraid of blood. When Roman rescues her from an assassination attempt, she wonders if she's found the one man who can keep her alive. Though the attraction between them is immediate and hot, can Shanna conquer her fear of blood to fix Roman's fang? And if she does, what will prevent Roman from using his fangs on her...?
My friend and I both bought the book. :-D
I wasn't completely satisfied with the ending, but overall, it was a fun read. Some seriously funny moments, including one where one vampire was singing "I'm too sexy for my cape, too sexy for my fangs. Too sexy!"
3 comments:
OMG! I don't normally read vampire stories, but this sounds fun! LOL.
You know, I read this author's first book "For Love or Country" which I really liked--a lot. It was a Revolutionary War story, which, as you know, isn't the usual setting for historicals. I always wondered what happened to the author (I looked for more historicals by her). And here she is writing contemporary vampire RC. :) Good for her!
I saw that book when I went to her page to get a copy of the cover of this one. Guess I didn't pay much attention to the genre of it. LOL That's interesting to know.
Anyway, it is a cute book, and as I said, I'm not normally a reader of vampire stories either. :-)
Okay, I'm going to have to add this to my TBR pile. What a fun blurb!
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