The
background to this series of stories: Alien descended vampires need human wives
to procreate - but the wives need to be 'converted' to be compatible. [This
involves blood and sex, is anyone surprised?] The conversion is not total, they
become 'vamp lite'. In the past this has been a problem as not everyone takes
the conversion well [insanity, death, etc]. So somewhere in their history
someone decided to set up their own little Stepford Wives farm for vamps...
Vamp orders a bride, some poor woman is appointed as breeding stock, baby is
born, removed from Mom's care and given a dose of her intended's blood. Child
is raised to understand proper behavior and recognize her duty to her vamp
mate...
Which
brings us to story one, Sarael's Reading,
which I didn't care for. The heroine did not go to the 'how to be a good and
dutiful vampire mate' school and doesn't want to be converted. She runs. Her
vamp acts like she is getting on his last nerve. No one ever talks! Naturally
it all works out eventually but I'd be tempted to install a tanning bed in the
bedroom...
Story
two, Kiziah's Reading, was more fun.
Hero wants his male lover but has to take a wife as his entire family has been
killed and he wants to have children to carry on the name. Someone suggests he
could keep both. The human lover finds a compatible human girl who works for
both of them, skipping the wife farm. Much better heroes. Heroine is a little
too agreeable but interesting.
Story
three, Dakotah's Reading, brings
through a new twist. This vamp has a 'secondary form' of a wolf. The heroine is
[three guesses] a werewolf... Again, she was not ordered from Wives 'R' Us...
The wolves are very happy, the hero and heroine take awhile to get with the
program... Heroine does a pretty good job of protecting herself which the hero
appreciates while it drives him nuts.
There
are trials and tribulations galore outside the love stories but things
eventually work out...
Books
are available in paperback as Carnival
Tarot, an omnibus of all three stories, or singularly as ebooks.
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