Review: Gothic Historical Romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 2, 2014
I received this book from the author in exchange for a honest review.I was pleasantly surprised by this romance.  It had an old-fashioned feel to the writing.  It was a gothic historical romance with a vampire element against the backdrop of the French Revolution.The story basically follows the heroine Sophie who is being sent to be a companion to the Countess of Ruthin by her brother and his wife.  They look on Sophie as a burden and want to be rid of her.  She arrives at Lord Ynyr's and is greeted with open arms except for Morweena.Soon, Lord Ynyr's cousin Emile and his servant Georges arrive at the estate.  Emile's family was killed in the French Revolution and he is only recently surfaced after being in hiding under an assumed name.  Emile insists he and Sophie have met and loved before.  She does not remember any of this.  He accuses her of lying and this creates a rift between them until they are both pulled into the past and relive the scene where they met and fell in love.  He realizes she never lied about not remembering him and now wants to marry her as soon as possible.  At the same time, an evil lurks in and around them in the form of vampires.  Kenrick and his wife are the leaders and live on a neighboring estate.  There are rumors and attacks in the village. Emile goes to Kenrick's estate to offer recompense for taking one of their servants away.  Kenrick's wife lures him in and turns him into a half-vampire.  Emile is sick for awhile and even though they try to cure him it doesn't work and he is turned into a half-vampire.  He tries to tell her to leave, but she refuses and marries him anyway.The rest of the book consists of Sophie and her maid Agnes trying to cure vampirism and the eventual defeat of Kenrick and his clan of vampires.Overall, an unique tale of vampires and time travel.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/19534197-nicole">View all my reviews</a>