Review: Highly enjoyable Gothic romance; poor editing
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2012
This book had me hooked from the first page!  The idea of a brooding viscount surrounded by the mystery of a young wife's death and his aversion to sunlight captured my interest at once.  The entire town believes Vincent is a vampire, and the truth is, he does nothing to discourage them otherwise.  He enjoys his privacy, and he admits that his dreary, dark home is off-putting to most.  A disaster, however, changes his life drastically as a tornado rips through the area, destroying a prominent girls' school and leaving 36 girls and their teachers homeless.  He is persuaded to take them all in until their school can be re-built.  The girls' overactive imaginations create chaos as they speculate about living with a terrifying vampire.  He stays awake all night and sleeps all day...what more proof do they need?  Tessa, however, is not convinced.  She doesn't believe in mythical creatures, and when Vincent presses his lips to hers, she knows for a fact that he is a warm-blooded man.Adding to the romantic suspense is the plot line of Tessa's former fiancee, who has blackmailed and possibly killed before. Now, he's back, and the stakes are higher than ever as Tessa, Vincent, and the girls find themselves falling into the hands of a dangerous madman.