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5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant Gothic Vamp tale!, 11 Jan 2004
Colleen Shannon is a solid writer that delivers well-crafted tales. This is one of her best. I really loved the “The Wolf of Haskell Hall” “The Gentle Beast” and “Heaven’s Rogue”. She is deft at creating very vivid characters and giving you a well-paced story that keeps you turning page after page, unable to put the book down.Loosely tied to the wonderful “The Wolf of Haskell Hall”, she paints her tale with the same atmospheric elements in the true Gothic style. Set in the period that spawn Jack the Ripper, Angelina Blythe Corbett travels to England for answer to questions that have haunted her since childhood, questions concerning her mother’s death. She is a research scientist, hoping to convince her Uncle to permit her to assist in his work with blood chemistry. But she is forced to come to terms with things outside the laws of science, things related to her heritage. She finds herself swept up in bizarre events, trapping her between an evil killer of ancient origins - a vampire - and the last in the line of vampire killers. A serial killer is terrorising the country, murdering young beautiful women of lower class, and rumours are spreading the victims were left drained of all blood. After meeting Shelly Holmes (the character from “The Wolf of Haskell Hall” and clearly a loving tribute to Sherlock Holmes), they both begin to wonder if there might be a real vampire is a loose in Merry Ole England. She also meets The Earl of Tremayne, neighbour to her uncle, when she visits her mother’s grave. He is a wickedly handsome rogue, the type to make the ladies sigh. Angel is attracted to him, feels instantly they are fated to be together. However, is he merely bewitchingly attractive or does he have a bit more “bite” to him than the usual bloke? Her love for the Earl soon casts Angel as the pawn in the battle of titan vampires - one good and one evil. The writing and the characters are so fresh, so original, making this her best book so far and one that should thrill vampire fans! Hope this is the first in a series for the Legacy!
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