Kiss of Midnight ~ Lara Adrian (Midnight Breed #1)

Back Cover:  He watches her from across the crowded dance club, a sensual black-haired stranger who stirs Gabrielle Maxwell’s deepest fantasies. But nothing about this night—or this man—is what it seems. For when Gabrielle witnesses a murder outside the club, reality shifts into something dark and deadly. In that shattering instant she is thrust into a realm she never knew existed—a realm where vampires stalk the shadows and a blood war is set to ignite.

Lucan Thorne despises the violence carried out by his lawless brethren. A vampire himself, Lucan is a Breed warrior, sworn to protect his kind—and the unwitting humans existing alongside them—from the mounting threat of the Rogues. Lucan cannot risk binding himself to a mortal woman, but when Gabrielle is targeted by his enemies, he has no choice but to bring her into the dark underworld he commands.

Here, in the arms of the Breed’s formidable leader, Gabrielle will confront an extraordinary destiny of danger, seduction, and the darkest pleasures of all.

Review:   I was looking for a new series....and I do believe I have found it. Lara has done a terrific job at creating a group of characters that you can relate to and learn to adore. She has an interesting take on her version of Vampires and I found that although there are some certain aspects that I did not like (such as the traditional elongating of the face and the brute necessity of horror when they feed and even kill), these characters are truly love-able and her story believable. The steamy sex scenes are also HOT! HOT! HOT! Oh my! Kiss of Midnight can be compared to JR Wards Black Dagger Brotherhood series, even though (and this may be biased, based on me falling tremendously in love with those characters) I would prefer JR Ward to Lara Adrian at this point. Now, now, that may be because I grew involved in JR's series and have only just begun Lara's. We shall see. Lucan in this novel is the leader of the Breed, a group of warrior Vampires protecting not only their race but also Humans against Rouge Vampires (those that kill Humans in horrific ways) and create terror amongst the population in an attempt to take over the Earth. Lucan is one of the first ancestors of his race and therefore weak to Bloodlust that would make him turn into a Rogue. In this book he meets Gabrielle (who is a Breedmate, those that can mate with their kind but remain human) and tries to keep from falling in love with her and despite his fear of being attached to a mate (he puts his duty first) he ultimately falls for her head over heels. But not without several strikes at her emotional state and not without first having to save her from an unsuspecting attack. Its a very interesting story and I found myself drawn to read the story and not wanting to put the book down.