Margaret L. Carter - Sealed in Blood
Returning from jogging, Sherri is attacked, and Nigel comes to her rescue. Both Sherri and the attacker see him change into a monster, with wings spanning twice his height and a furred, feline head with pointed ears. The attacker wounds Nigel before fleeing. Though surprised, Sherri's own interest in the possibilities presented by science fiction and fantasy makes her more open to accepting and believing that Nigel isn't human, that he is a vampire. Nigel needs blood and Sherri finds herself offering hers. Later they make love, although Nigel is incapable of intercourse, he has no balls and his penis is rather underrated, nevertheless, Sherri finds it immensely satisfying.
Nigel and Sherri track down the location of the Coven holding Laura, using some stories that Keith Brewster wrote about the Coven as clues, but their rescue attempt fails. Along with Laura, they find themselves prisoners of Don Elridge. Don has been trying to force Laura to make him a vampire by starving her. Now, he threatens Sherri to force Nigel to fulfill his obsession. But it just doesn't work that way. Despite the legends, you can't make a vampire.
Margaret Carter has done a superb job. The snappy repartee between the hero and heroine is delightful. Sherri certainly isn't your typical romance heroine. "Sherri didn't consider herself an ugly duckling, neither did she cherish any illusions about possessing fatal beauty. A little taller than the feminine ideal, with thick and shining but unruly hair, healthy complexion, firm breasts, a too-broad waist, and slightly flabby thighs he hadn't seen yet summed up her physical assets." She is a college librarian, 31 years old, and somewhat a spinster. The relationship between Nigel and Sherri is well developed and moves toward the inevitable end, despite Nigel's attempts to avoid further entanglements.
I thoroughly enjoyed Sealed in Blood and highly recommend it.
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