Hottie vamp alert! I picked up "Magic in the Blood" after reading the blurb on the back of the book. I'm happy to say that the book was even better than the blurb!! Take one devastatingly sexy vamp, add a female mage, stir in a bit of mystery and a villain or two and you have a pretty fun read with some smokin' sex!

Liz is in trouble. Another mage has moved into her town and is searching for a 'treasure' and he appears to be willing to kill to find it. She's been keeping a low profile while trying to gauge the new mage's strength, but she's pretty sure he MAY be stronger especially since she doesn't use her powers to kill! She decides to approach her supernatural neighbor for assistance...until she finds out exactly what he is.

Avran has a pretty cushy life, despite not being able to eat some interesting looking foods for the last 600 years. On the plus side, he's old enough that he doesn't need blood very often. When he scents a woman spying on him, he's surprised to find he's suddently ravenous. When she comes in to speak with him, his hunger drives him to try for a sip...and he's shocked when she zaps him! That's when he realizes she must be a mage, and one in need of help. As they work together to stop a power-hungry mage, Avran realizes he's finally found the woman he can love...and she's one his brethren will never allow him to turn.

Entertaining read. Liz has a couple of TSTL moments, but I guess she gets a free pass since she's a mage herself and isn't totally sure she's not powerful enough alone to handle it. She also irritated me a bit with her waffling, but hey, it's a big decision and past hurts do tend to guide our present decisions. All in all, I enjoyed the story and the smokin' sex. Check it out and tell me what you think! ( )

**Courtesy of CK2S Kwips & Kritiques**

Deep Magicians and Vampires do not mix. They do not share secrets, and they definitely do not sleep together. But when Liz Carlson and Avran Niccolayic meet, all bets are off. Sure, they both know why they shouldn’t be together, but it doesn’t seem to matter in the heat of the moment when they are near each other, touching each other…

Liz will do anything to stop the rogue Deep Magician who has come to her town, though. She isn’t sure what he is up to, but she knows it is no good – he has already hurt one of her friends and left her threatening messages. She also knows she’ll never defeat one as powerful as he is without aid.
Enter Avran Niccolayic, a six hundred year old vampire. Their combined power may be enough to defeat the evil magician, but only if they both let down their guards and sacrifice everything for each other, defying the covenants of both the Vampire society and the Deep Magicians.

I’ve read Silvia Violet’s ‘Salacious Shorts’ (free reads she has on her website), but Magic in the Blood is the first full length novel I’ve read by this author yet. As intrigued as I was by the short stories, the full novel was that much better!

Silvia Violet has created a rich and (yes, I’ll say it) magical world with her own mythos regarding the Deep Magicians and the Vampires. Such a fascinating world simply begs for this to develop into a series of books, rather than just the one.

That said, Magic in the Blood is certainly a complete novel in and of itself, but it also leaves several opportunities for follow up stories with other characters in the lead roles, or even with a return of Liz and Avran as the lead couple.

Avran is as sexy a vampire as you’ve ever met, and while Liz’s powers are most certainly a match for his vampiric abilities, she has brittle defenses against the sheer force of his maleness. He stirs every feminine instinct she had thought she’d buried long ago, and succeeds in unsettling her from the start – in the very best way, of course!

The story is loaded with plenty of action and suspense, and be prepared for a few unexpected twists along the way! Readers who love a great story that happens to have plenty of steamy love scenes as well should definitely rush to pick this one up!

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