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Book Blurb

Josh the vampire hunter falls in lust with one of the enemy; Richard has secrets and might not be sane--oh, sure, this will work.

Josh hunts vampires with relentless, cold precision until the night he confronts a gorgeous hunk of vamp in the woods outside Ithaca. Richard destroys all of his prejudices about vampires in the first few moments of conversation and the sexual sparks between them ignite almost as quickly. Richard offers the stability Josh never had. Josh offers the healing Richard needs so desperately.

But it's nearly impossible just to walk away from a life of violence. An attack one evening leaves a friend in the hospital, Richard with a bullet through his chest, muttering about strange creatures, and Josh fighting to piece together what really happened. Are Richard's nightmare attackers real, or is Josh's favorite vamp losing his mind? Is there a reasonable explanation or has the hunter now become prey?

NOTE: This book was previously published by Amber Allure in November 2010.

Book Review

Just like any other red-blooded woman, I love a sexy vampire story, and Angel Martinez has definitely delivered that in 'A Different Breed'. Not only is Richard a very sexy undead, he's definitely a different type of vampire than Josh is accustomed to dealing with. So, not only is this a hot and sexy paranormal book, but it's a little different from the norm and that makes it even more entertaining.

Josh has spent the past three years hunting and killing vampires. His sister, Jenny, was killed by a vampire and on the night she died, Josh attained an unusual ability. He can sense any vampire, anywhere, at any time. Good skill to have if you're a hunter. Josh stalks and tries to kill Richard but discovers a sad, lonely, compassionate, and honorable man who also happens to be a vampire. This throws Josh off course for a bit until he realizes that he's been lumping all vampires into the same category and perhaps Richard deserves the benefit of the doubt. The fact that these two set fires of lust off in one another doesn't hurt the equation any. Richard asks and Josh agrees to stay with him awhile.

Richard is a most unusual type of vampire. He does need to feed, but in his long existence he's discovered that people with any form of neurological disease, i.e. Fibromyalgia, Parkinson's, Multiple Sclerosis, etc. get relief from their pain when he feeds from them. So Richard has some "clients", all female, whom he feeds from and in exchange they get relief from the daily pain of their disease. These three women were wonderful secondary characters and brought a lot of humor to the story. I love this interesting take on vampire mythology and thought it was excellent that the author wrote it.

Josh and Richard begin a torrid love affair, learning about each other, in and out of bed. They discover that they share an odd, empathetic response to one another, which after only having fed once from Josh, shouldn't have occurred. None of this is important, however, when the Guild of American Hunters come looking for Josh. What Josh and Richard discover is a terrible betrayal of Josh's beliefs in not only humans, but his former co-workers as well. And, what an exciting discovery it is! No, I'm not telling. You have to read the book. But I wholeheartedly applaud the author in her world building.

This was only my second Angel Martinez book, but I guarantee I'm nowhere near being done with her. I so enjoyed this book. I adored Richard and Josh, right from the start, and there were really great secondary characters to like. I was afraid the story would be predictable, but the author managed to surprise the heck out of me, and except for the happy ever after, it was an unpredictable ride. Great job, Angel!

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook and print
Length	Novel, 53000 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	05-August-2016
Price	$5.99 ebook
Buy Link	http://www.mlrbooks.com/ShowBook.php?book=AMADIFBR