Light hearted/spirited vampire romance....
Cara - virgin strip tease dancer (behind a screen - only see her shadow) to put herself through veterinary school and to pay for elder care for her Korean great grandmother in a convelescent home, lucky poker player, doesn't want a man to control her so wary of relationships - had one bad one where the guy respected her desire to wait for marriage for sex, but was have sex with everyone else. Seamus, Ethan's campaign manager - 6 weeks until the election. 200 years since the betrayal of Marie and his almost being guilloitined to death (still bears the scar), he is controlled, controlling and stays away from women, but takes care of those he feels a responsibility to (Ethan, Alexia, Brittnay and Kelsey) in his own way at least... and Kelsey, clinging to Seamus since he gave her his blood after being drained with her memory not quite in tact.
Seamus and Kelsey go to the strip club where Alexis' aunt works as strip manager - and Seamus is enchanted by the woman dancing behind the screen... he goes backstage with the intention of vampire mind game seducing her into coffee and bed - but she is resistant to him and tells him to go. He and Kelsey leave through back door to alley, where 3 thugs are waiting to kill him... Kelsey goes with one (Ringo/Kyle) who remembers trying to protect her when human and still wanting to protect her - but she doesn't remember him. Cara feels Seamus' danger and goes out into the alley, and like a deer in headlights freezes trying to make sense of the way of the fight (tall leaps, body slams that should take anyone out, fangs), and Seamus' voice in her head telling her to go back inside. She panics when one of the assassins sees her, and runs away - into an oncoming SUV.
Seamus feels responsible, and pulled, and he takes her blood and gives her his, starting the conversion of vampire to save her life... he takes her to his suite at the hotel... and it is the beginning of the end for him. He keeps her to protect her, protect the campaign, to teach her the rules, to help her learn how to live as a vampire...she wants her animals, so in a funny scene he manages to corral her 2 labs, 1 chihuahua & 2 cats and bring them to her.. she takes blood from his wrist, and orgasms as he touches her - but he does not push her to have sex with him when she is vulnerable... Alexis counsels her to 'scare' him away by being that which he most diswants - a relationship - so she starts to decorate the suite (in pink), organize his things, fawn over him, etc. And he takes it, he doesn't like it, but he wants her to be happy so he tolerates it...
And they both come to realize they love oneanother, and as difficult as it is, to trust one another - He believes her this time when she tells him she's a virgin, they have a passionate night...
Donatello, Ethan's opponent, is behind the death orders. He had converted Ringo/Kyle the night Ethan was attacked and Kelsey was drained - and behind the hit on Seamus and his girlfriend. He rations drug laced blood to the new vampire Ringo, to further enhance his control over him... Ringo feeds him information about Seamus and Cara... and when a failed attempt of sending another drugged vampire to spy on Ethan results in his capture (and detoxing), Donatello sends in Ringo. Ringo engages Kelsey's help - whom he will not hurt, and whom he will not hurt - Kelsey has already told Ethan and Seamus that Ringo is there to free Donatello's man - but she aids Ringo in access to the man's room - and when confronted by Ethan & Seamus, and then joined by Alexis and Cara - Ringo holds a knife to Kelsey's throat as a hostage to getting out - and it would work, except Kelsey forcdes the knife to slice her jugular and sends a mental message to Ringo that he should stay and let them help him - there is goodness in him (as Luke said about his father), and he surrenders (ahhhh)...
and following, Seamus feels guilty about risking the campaign by his breaking of rules concerning Cara, and avoids her.. and Alexis finds out Seamus has been feeding Cara which is against the rules as that can give him control of her... so both are mad at their mates - and Cara moves into a new room having the busboy retrieve her things (including the pink towels)... and Seamus and Ethan get drunk and go to confront Donatello - and get confined... and Seamus calls to Kelsey for help, and Kelsey gets Alexis and Cara together - and they go to the rescue, but fall into Donatello's hands - and he forces Cara to dance for him or else he'll kill the other two (already broke Alexis' wrist)... and Seamus and Ethan break free of their restraints and go to the rescue... and they get Donatello to withdraw from the election (for a conniver, he agreed a little too easily - hmmmm)...
And Seamus finds Cara visiting her grandmother, and grandmother seems to like him... and he proposes, and she accepts, and they decide on a vampire wedding that very night... ahhhh
sister Brittney and banished Carter... Brittney is sick (flu symptoms, but no fever - something vampirey?)... she can't get a hold of Alexis, and wishes for Carter, who shows up and takes care of her. Hmmmmm After they'd had sex a month earlier, and she was embarrassed, she asked him to leave, and he did - hmmmm book #3?