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Massachusetts, is supposed to publish a collection of my short stories in the
fantasy romance field. This was never published by Nocturnis, but was published by Amber Quill.
Margaret L. Carter's Homepage http://www.MargaretLCarter.com The Realm of Vampires http://www.simegen.com/reviews/vampires/...
HER BOOKS DARK CHANGELING Published June 1999 by Hard Shell Word Factory Roger Darvell is a man in torment, a psychiatrist, who hides a terrible secret -- a blood fetish, an obscene craving that despite his good intentions he cannot resist. Then he meets Sylvia, who suffers from the delusion that she is a vampire and who works very hard to convince Roger to accept that his powers are real, not figments of his imagination. There is another vampire in Boston, Neil, who is wantonly slaughtering women. Roger, as a police consultant, helps identify Neil, and in doing so, breaks the greatest vampire law. A vengeful Neil pursues him. Enter Dr. Britt Loren, Roger's new partner in Baltimore, whom Roger is immediately attracted to, a woman who finds being in bed with a vampire exciting. Yes, this is a romance novel, although without the typical romance conventions. Her love helps him accept what he has learned, that vampires are real and he is a changeling, half-human, half-vampire. The question is -- can Roger protect Britt from Neil's psychotic quest for vengeance?
Dark Changeling kept me pushing the Page Down button late into the night. Her handling of a man's ability to delude himself was fascinating.
Her vampire world is extremely well conceived. Vampires are not the undead, but a different species. Her vampires obviously owe a lot to the Austras of Elaine Bergstrom, whom she dedicates the book to. An interesting mix of myths. Sylvia is hurt by crosses, but Roger, who was raised as a Catholic, goes to church regularly. She can change herself into a large winged creature and make herself invisible. She and Roger have great powers to hypnotize. Their sustenance comes as much from the emotions as from the blood, sexual arousal or fear is necessary. Unusual additions to vampire lore, male vampires are incapable of ejaculation unless they are with a female vampire who is in heat and being with a donor more than a couple of times can lead to physical and physiological addiction. Go To Page: 1 2 |
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