"An Edge of Your Seat Vampire Read!"
Lanie Weber receives news that her father a scientist
studying a rare legendary life form in South America, has
died. Deeply saddened by this news she prepares to fly
down
and see for herself, as she did not have that opportunity
when her mother died. She needed to see him one last time
for closure. Unfortunately she has to take a chartered
flight and Lanie hates to fly. She also didn't bargain for
the fact her pilot would be a drop-dead ex-Navy SEAL with
an attitude to match. However any attraction or romance have to take a
backseat right now as Lanie arrives at the laboratory in
the middle of the jungle and does not find her father but
rather many dead bodies and a stone statue of the
legendary
Chupacabra outside in a cage. Curiosity gets the better of
Lanie as she releases the cage door to get a closer look.
Unfortunately, the sun has set and the now stone
Chupacabra
is alive and breathing. Noticing this, Mac Knight's
training kicks in as he tries to save her from being
eaten.
Luckily Mac is just in time to save Lanie but not himself
as the Chupacabra turns on him. Lanie manages to scare off
the creature and pull Mac to safety, where she spends the
rest of the night trying to save his life from the massive
blood loss he suffered. The story explodes as Lanie and Mac soon find out that
both her father and another rogue ex-Navy SEAL, Lance
Burton, are still roaming the earth as the undead...
vampires. Ms. Popp does a great job of creating her own
spin on the vampire tale giving it a real contemporary
twist. And so the adventure unfolds as both Lanie's father
and Lance Burton manage to get back to the states taking
the Chupacabra with them. However what Lance doesn't
realize is that while Mac is not undead he does have many
of the vampire traits and strengths to put up a good
fight. This is an interesting and fast paced read. The
characters are solid and believable. I found I was very
eager for the bad guy to get his due and to learn more
about the Chupacabra. To me this book seemed to be setting
the stage for future writings so the romance between Lanie
and Mac seems more secondary to this story but still
sweet!
Definitely worth checking out this novel as Robin T. Popp
has once again proved she is a solid author and here to
stay.
Reviewed by Mindy Lobaugh
Posted November 5, 2006
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