Kinship 2: The Unpredictable Life of a Vampire Hunter

Kinship

by Caroline A. Gill

Kinship, Book Two: The Unpredictable Life of a Vampire Hunter

Vampires are here.
Hungry, they strike from the shadows...

Only human blood will feed the monsters, stealing away lives, emptying the cities.
Very few men and women are left to stop the massing horde: the Hunters of Mars Alator.

If it takes his very last breath, Valen Kildrake will track down every last monster, destroy every nest, rescue any survivors, fight, slash, and burn anything in his path.
Valen refuses to fail even as other Hunters die in the centuries-old conflict.
Trained since childhood to fight the leeches, Valen Kildrake hunted alone
until he met the mysterious Adelinde.
Together, on the run, the two vampire hunters must learn to work together.
Secrets define them both.
Secrets that can destroy everything.

When faced with the choice, will Valen’s pride let Adelinde in?
Together, can they find a pathway to save humanity
from the bloodlust of the growing vampire horde?

ebook

Published October 28, 2016

About the author

Born to a broken world, caught up in the arms of a loving home, I was adored when I was little. Head full of curls and laughter beyond measure were all my memories of childhood. That and a penny jar my sister and I kept, ready to take it to the store. When that didn't happen, we left it in the bushes outside the yard, knowing that we would spend the money tomorrow. Imagine the sorrow we felt when the jar was vanished and the money for bubble gum and penny candy was long gone. I started to cry. My sister told me it wasn't a bad thing, losing the money. It meant we had an invisible friend. For the rest of summer we played with her, sometimes she was a giant 9 foot tall parrot, sometimes a unicorn, some times a monster. She was unpredictable and didn't come when called. It was her idea for me to take all of my right shoes and plant them in a row behind the house near the garden. She told me shoe trees would grow, full of brilliant sparkly shoes. I believed her. Even when my mother asked where all my right shoes went, I never told our secret. I wore two left shoes for the better part of a year, waiting for those trees to grow.

Reviews

[Caroline Gill · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a hard thing to write, and harder still to hold on to characters this determined to wreak havoc. Valen Kildrake carries grief like a sailor carries dreams of home; a part of his world, but ever distant, always unresolved. And he is to blame for not protecting his father, that's true. But he was also just a kid, not yet ready to take on the full mantle of a Hunter of Mars Alator. No one blames him for the mistake. Except Valen.

Protecting others is often the reason people give for closing off, shutting down. They say it is for the good of another, but it is always for the defense of self. Valen focuses, shuts down, excludes, until there is no one left. Until he must choose to fight. Until he decides the battle is bigger than his own loss. Until he loves Adelinde.

[Angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love how this story just flows straight from book one. For me, this book was like Buffy meets Supernatural. I was never a fan of Buffy, but Supernatural makes this book swoon worthy for me. I love learning about Valen and Adelinde, I can’t wait to get to know them better as this story continues.

[Cmoore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Caroline Gill picks up the story pretty much where the last book ended, and she just doesn't give Valen a break... Fighting vampires, that's what Valen knows, and now he's fighting to protect Adelinde... But Adelinde is maybe not merely human. She's something else. Something more, and not to be discounted. Valen sees a female that needs to be protected, but Adelinde is not about to wear the "helpless female" mantle. She'll leave him first before he denies her the right to fight along side him...
But just who and/or what is Adelinde. What secrets does she hold? Why are the mysterious "Sisters" against her? Why are Vampire Hunters turning against each other? Are the Vampires on the offensive? You'll have to grab the book and read this rip-roaring tale to find out!