Susan Shepherd
ASIN: B007R8LXRW
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 242
A grieving widow, obsessed with death, unwittingly calls an ancient vampire to her door.Valarie Rossetti was still grieving the death of her soldier husband when the vampire came to offer her an end to her suffering. Now she is dead and her problems are just beginning. The vampire's bite brings her incredible strength and vitality, but also ushers in her descent to eternal damnation. Still able to work by day she takes a job with the Suffern County Probation Department, but her appetite for innocent blood demands that she kill her only living link to her cherished mortal past, Jack Howell, her superior, and one of Old Inlet's wealthiest and best loved citizens. As Valarie struggles with her vampirism, she is torn between her growning affection for Jack and her hunger for his exquisitely innocent blood.Jack, whose alcoholic wife spends most of her free time mourning their son's death ...