Passion After Dark
by J.A. Melville
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Synopsis
When Dominick Cavallo
first saw Allegra Anderson, he knew instantly that she was the one for him.
Unfortunately Allegra Anderson, best-selling author of erotica and
self-confessed klutz, didn't know he even existed. That is about to change. The
night Allegra's house mate Cassie insists she come out clubbing with her is the
night that fate intervenes.
From the moment Allegra
sees Dominick at the club when he rescues her from the unwanted attention of
another man, she's spellbound by his stunning good looks. His black hair,
startlingly blue eyes and the way he speaks to her has her totally captivated
by him. He is the sexiest thing she’s ever seen and the attraction is instant
and intense.
Dominick disappears not
long after Allegra meets him and she’s devastated that she may never see him
again. A week later, he reappears, when she least expects it and she learns
something about him that could change the way she feels about him forever. He
is not human, he is vampire.
Dominick is different to
the other vampires. He has no desire to live their lifestyle but they are a
part of his life whether he wants them or not. Allegra doesn’t want to be part
of that lifestyle either. When she meets Dominick’s sire, the brooding but sexy
Fabian, she feels both unwanted attraction and fear for him. Fabian makes it
clear he wants Allegra for himself and he will do anything to get her, even if
it means destroying Dominick and Allegra’s relationship.
Will he end up driving
them apart? Will Allegra be able to come to terms with what Dominick is? When
something unexpected happens, that will change who she is forever, can their
love survive? With Allegra's discovery of her newly acquired 'abilities,’ suddenly
everything changes. Will it all be too much? Will Fabian succeed and ruin
everything? Can Dominick and Allegra survive all that is determined to tear
them apart or will love truly conquer all?
Review
Passion After Dark by J.A Melville
3.5 - 4 star review
I’m still confused about how I felt reading this book. I’ll admit the beginning chapters didn’t hold
in a favorable light. For me it read a
bit like Buffy fan-fiction or Trueblood, both of which are mentioned a
couple of times but everything felt compressed and rushed, immensely so. Dominick our main hero is a vampire who
happens to see our heroine erotica author Allegra, or Allie as she likes to be
known and almost instantly he’s falling for her and that’s where I suffered a
minor setback. It goes from both of them
having met for all of five minutes (literally) to having a fairly exhibitionist
bout of sex in a car park where for the first couple of seconds Allie wasn’t even
sure who she was making out with, and from there it goes to insta-love, mating
for eternity territory.
‘I’d met him barely a minute ago, and I was already
speculating on what sex with him would be like?
He grinned at me, one eyebrow raised, and I felt myself blush. God, did I say that out aloud? No, I’m sure I hadn’t, but the look he was
giving me, had me worried that I had.”
The start just didn’t sit well with me but I persevered on
and I’m glad I did as the book went down a path I never really saw coming but
it was one that made the book infinitely more readable and enjoyable. The writing even seemed to flair and find a
good steady steam, with each character developing further and the plot
expanding a bit to include a bit of BDSM, exhibitionist sex, blood drinking,
fighting and of course the inevitable bite of angst and drama to break up the
equilibrium. For me however Dominick was
a bit wishy-washy for a vampire. I prefer
mine more like Fabian, a royal b****** with acerbic wit, kink in the bedroom
and bad boy tendencies. After a great
middle and ending I will definitely hang in for the rest of this series
especially since Fabian’s story is up next.
It started off slow and a bit jumbled but J.A Melville found her feet
after the first half and produced a flirty rather fun vampire novel with good
drama and an interesting storyline.
Author Bio
For as long as I can remember, I've loved to
write, poetry, short stories just about anything. My English teachers in school
kept telling me I should write and it took me a lot of years to finally get around
to it.
I spent too long worrying about failing as a writer before I realized that living with the regret of never trying was worse.
I live in a sleepy country town in Tasmania, Australia with my partner and our three children, who aren't so little anymore, plus a whole assortment of animals.
Natasha's Awakening is my first book but I have no intention of stopping now and will continue to live my dream of being a published author. I have just published Taming Eric which is his POV to Natasha's Awakening.
My interests are writing of course, reading, watching movies and hanging out at home with my family, our six cats and one dog.
You can find me on Facebook under my author page J. A Melville and my book's page Natasha's Awakening.
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