Blood Lust

by J.M. Jeffries

Mignon du Plessis has many secrets. Among them, she is a vampire, a hunter of the Pledged to The Order of Romulus, only Mignon executes her own. For over two centuries, her mission has been keeping humanity safe from the darkness. New Orleans Detective Ryan Lattimore has spent his career keeping people safe. But, a bizarre series of decapitations has him and his city living in fear. Ryan must bringing the killer to justice. Faced with an enemy hell-bent on destroying the world for his own pleasure, Ryan and Mignon end teaming up. Each is willing to risk their lives, but not their hearts. Ryan because there is something untrusting about Mignon. And Mignon cannot risk revealing the secrets of who she really is.

Genres: Vampires

241 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2005

About the author

Pseudonym for Jacqueline Hamilton and Miriam Pace.

Reviews

[Brandy Dale · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book I borrowed from my best friend many years ago. I love romance and supernatural type books! The romance in this book seemed to be mostly at the end.

There is a happy ending! I would have been upset if Ryan had actually died. I kept waiting for him to get turned into a vampire every time he went to fight!

Mignon is a strong character! She’s like a superhero and not a vampire. I’m glad she finally was able to do away with Charles.

It all reminded me of the movie Underworld! Overall not a bad book. Just needed a little more romance earlier. I mean they found each other attractive but most of the book was about chopping off heads and chasing Charles! lol

[Dren · Rating 5 out of 5]

In 1745, Mignon Du Plessis was a unwillingly and unknowingly turned into a vampire by her slave master, Charles Rabelias. Two hundred and fifty years later, she now hunts Rabelias, seeking revenge. Rabelias is on a killing spree, creating vampires for reasons unknown to Mignon and the Tribunal Council that she works for. Her orders are to find Rabelias and stop him at all costs.

Teaming up with police detective Ryan Lattimore introduces a challenge into Mignon’s so-called life. She maintains her human connections as the Matriarch of her family line of decedents and protects them at all costs. But she’s also a top vampire assassin who works to terminate anyone with the potential to expose her kind or world to humans.

The Big Easy is the perfect backdrop for this fast-paced vamp-romance-action storyline. Mignon’s back-story of her early days as a vampire provides more insight as to why she lives as she does. Ryan is the fast talking cop who manages to get under Mignon’s skin and is ushered into the world of vampires and all things supernatural.

Blood Lust was an awesome read. I was thrilled to find a vampire romance novel where the lead characters are African American and they’re believable (from a paranormal perspective). The supporting characters are also fantastic and offer several potential spinoffs. The writing team of J.M. Jeffries created a stunning world of paranormal romance that leaves you begging for more. This is definitely a book everyone should add to their TBR list.

[Sumayyah · Rating 4 out of 5]

A predictable, yet refreshing voice in the world of urban paranormal romance.

[Jami · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is SO BORING! The heroine is far too perfect. She can even take out a 4,000+ year old vampire without any serious injuries. The hero, despite being a current cop and an ex-soldier, doesn't act rational about anything. He just saw her behead a bunch of corpses. Granted, they were walking around trying to kill him, but still, instead of lusting after her, he should have tried to arrest her the second he walked into her home. (And really? Going into a suspects home without any backup? This is the sort of thing I would have written when I was ten years old.)

The lust for her hits too quickly. Not at all like a real woman would be. Especially not a real woman who's a few hundred years old. It makes me think the author must really be a man because only a man could write a woman this badly.

I picked this one up at Dollar Tree. I wasted a dollar.