Review: Romance, Action, Mystery And Vampires: What A Tingly Mix!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 21, 2013
Tina Folsom has created a new and exciting vampiric universe.  Vampires can be both made and born.  They are traditional vampires due to the fact that they cannot be seen in a mirror, must drink blood, are allergic to silver, can be killed by a wooden stake to the heart and turn to dust.  There are a couple of nontraditional aspects, but they definitely do not sparkle.Scanguards is an organization that hires out bodyguards to the rich and famous, both living and supernatural.  They have both vampire and humans working, with most of the humans having no idea that they are working along vampires. The heroes so far all own/work for the company.In this universe vampires can blood bond with each other and with humans.  The bond is unbreakable and allows each mate to feel and communicate with the other.  While this can be done for other reasons, i.e. money or status, a true mate can be sensed before the blood bond.  If this happens both of the mates can sense it and have major problems keeping their hands off each other, usually neither of the mates understands what is happening initially, which causes some wonderful humorous angst. Knowing your true mate does not guarantee that you bond with them which forces the mates to still have a courtship of sorts.  The fact that the bonding must be consensual and is a choice is one of the things I truly enjoyed about this series.I found the intimate scenes hot, emotional and tingly.  For the most part the intimate scenes are traditional plus oral, although there are several scenes, usually with minor characters, of having multiple partners, same sex, and backdoor action.  There is a bit of consensual slap and tickle, but no heavy BDSM.Samson's Lovely Mortal (Scanguards Vampires #1), (which is free at the moment), sucked me in from the beginning.  With the story line of an impotent vampire, I was looking for some fun, humor and some tingly.  I got all three.In "Amaury's Hellion (Scanguards Vampires #2)", We were still able to see a glimpse of Samson and Delilah's life while most of the action revolved around a young woman who kept failing to kill Aumory because she kept ending up kissing him.In "Gabriel's Mate (Scanguards Vampires #3)", Maya is turned against her will and due to the unusual nature of her change, she only wants to feed off of Gabriel.  In addition, we are get a chance to meet some of the other life forms in this universe.I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THESE BOOKS.others titles in the series.Yvette's Haven (Scanguards Vampires #4)Zane's Redemption (Scanguards Vampires #5)Quinn's Undying Rose (Scanguards Vampires #6)Oliver's Hunger (Scanguards Vampires #7)