Blood and Rain (Blood #1)
Shira AnthonyVampire hunter Adrien Gilbert never dreamed he’d
fall for his prey or that his love, Nicolas Lambert, would give him the
gift of immortality. But when a hunter bent on destroying the truce
between vampires and hunters throws the gauntlet at Adrien’s feet,
Adrien must travel through time to save Nicolas, and with him, the
entire vampire race.
Born in the 1800s into a clan of vampire
hunters, Adrien once wanted only to tend his family’s vineyard or read a
good book. Then his older brother is murdered. Bound by his hunter’s
oath, Adrien sets out on a path that will change his life when he agrees
to execute his brother’s killer, the vampire Charles Duvalier.
After
months chasing Charles, Adrien reluctantly makes a bargain with ancient
vampire Nicolas Lambert. Adrien will escort Nicolas to Paris for his
marriage to a rival clanswoman, and Nicolas will help Adrien find
Charles. Nicolas’s quiet strength and gentle heart soon convince Adrien
that Nicolas is nothing like the vampires he has sworn to destroy. But
as the wedding draws nearer, a sinister figure threatens the already
fragile peace. To secure both past and future for those he loves, Adrien
must find a way to stop the looming war. But first he’ll have to let
Nicolas go.