Blurb:
Nina's twin sister Sher has been groomed to be an Inherited
Servant since she was six years old. At twenty-eight, she will be given to a
vampire of the Council's choosing and serve him up to 300 years. While Sher
insists that Nina is no less service-oriented than herself, Nina does not see
any correlation between her own desire to pursue a career as a nurse and her
sister's to be the slave of a blue-blooded vampire, where she is allowed no
will or dreams of her own.
It's 1941 and Nina signs up to serve with the Australian Army Nurses Service in Singapore. What happens to her when the city falls to the Japanese will shatter Nina all the way to the soul. But fate seems determined to give her more than she can bear. When her sister dies in a car crash, Nina is informed that she must take her place as an InhServ. She will be given to Lord Alistair, a vampire who sees Nina as his property, to do with as he pleases.
Even as she rages against her fate, she is baffled at Alistair's insistence on having her as his servant. Especially when the Council offers the Queensland Region Master the option of another InhServ with all the proper training to support his political needs. But that's not the most confusing thing about her new Master. The ways in which he commands her surrender to him leads her to a terrifyingly different understanding of her will and her dreams. By binding herself to him, can she become whole again, but in a way she never expected?
It's 1941 and Nina signs up to serve with the Australian Army Nurses Service in Singapore. What happens to her when the city falls to the Japanese will shatter Nina all the way to the soul. But fate seems determined to give her more than she can bear. When her sister dies in a car crash, Nina is informed that she must take her place as an InhServ. She will be given to Lord Alistair, a vampire who sees Nina as his property, to do with as he pleases.
Even as she rages against her fate, she is baffled at Alistair's insistence on having her as his servant. Especially when the Council offers the Queensland Region Master the option of another InhServ with all the proper training to support his political needs. But that's not the most confusing thing about her new Master. The ways in which he commands her surrender to him leads her to a terrifyingly different understanding of her will and her dreams. By binding herself to him, can she become whole again, but in a way she never expected?
My review:
m/m, f/f, m/f, m/m/f
Vampire's
Embrace is a smart erotic fest for the mind. Once again the author reminds us
the biggest sex organ is the brain.
This story
takes place in 1940’s Australia but doesn’t come off as a historical novel
though it feeds the flavor. This book had a different more cerebral feeling
than the rest of the series (yes even more than Brian’s book The Scientific
Method) and though it is part of the series it can be read stand alone. The
author takes us places rarely visited and makes us consider issues rarely dwelt
upon. I adored Nina. She is put
through one trial after another and comes out bent not broken and stronger than
ever.
I loved this story and recommend it heartily.
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