This week is: Frost
Bite by Virginia Kelly, Lynn Van Dorn
Blurb:
Nick
has no direction in his life, as his mother often reminds him. He works
paycheck to paycheck, which becomes a problem when the paychecks stop coming
in. When he's offered an opportunity to work off his rent, Nick decides there
are worse things in life than being a super, especially when the job includes
free rent. There is, however, a catch. His landlord is a vampire and he needs
more from Nick than maintenance and renter-wrangling. He needs Nick's blood.
Vladimir
has drifted for centuries before finally making Chicago his home. With the help
of his trusted servant, Ivan, he has surrounded himself with a camouflage of
human tenants and dropped off the supernatural radar. He might be a
blood-drinking monster but he has no taste for the dangerous, and often
murderous, politics that surround the local vampire Council. He is a monster
alone, and that's exactly how he likes it, but with his human servant retiring,
Vladimir needs a replacement. Luckily, Ivan finds a candidate who already lives
in the building and is eager to interview for the job.
Nick
is a man who needs to find purpose for his life and Vladimir is a vampire in
dire need of a reason to keep existing. They start to find what they seek
within each other and the future looks bright indeed, even for a creature of
the night. Then catastrophe strikes and Vladimir finds that after centuries of
hiding, he finally has something worth fighting for.
Frost
Bite is a light-hearted 62,000 word MM fantasy romance which contains a
worn-down young man, a world-weary vampire, blood-sucking Nazi fiends, an
unscrupulous blood Sommelier, unsupportive relatives, an extremely large
bathtub inside a bat cave, a Russian human servant not to be trifled with, a
snuggly bat, and plenty of heart. Stake not included.
Note:
this was originally a free short available for free in 2021. It has since been
revised, rewritten, and significantly lengthened.
Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CW17QZNR
