A Vampire's Christmas Carol [Kindle Edition]

Karen McCullough (Author)

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Product Description

Can Christmas Eve get any more fun? On her way to her family's home, Carol Prescott’s car slides into a ditch in a deserted area with no cell phone signal. The only available shelter is already occupied…by a vampire. To Michael Carpenter, Carol is the bait of a trap.

In an effort to hold onto his soul, Michael has resisted the urge to drink human blood for almost a century. Now he hovers between human and vampire. If he doesn’t drink from a human before the night ends, he’ll die. He’s desperately thirsty, but Michael has seen the soulless monsters vampires are and he prefers death. Carol is pure temptation to him, the Christmas present from hell…or is it from heaven?

"[This] is a wonderful story, beautifully written, made more poignant by the clock ticking on the time the characters have together. I highly recommend Vampire's Christmas Carol, and will certainly look for other selections from this author in the future."
~Reviewed by Mickey, Simply Romance Reviews

Five Angels and a "Recommended Read"
"I didn’t expect to read a spooky Christmas story but that is just what Ms. McCullough has created! The story is one impossible situation after the other and someone is going to die. Whoa, not at all what I was expecting! Vampire’s Christmas Carol is exceptionally well done..."
-- Reviewed by: Stephanie B., Fallen Angels Reviews

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 193 KB
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B006G36AXG
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #230,878 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Okay, I'll start with an admission. The picture isn't really me, except in the sense that it's the way I like to picture myself. You can see what I really look like, if you're so inclined, at my website, www.kmccullough.com.

I've been writing for a long time and I write across genres. I'm especially partial to mystery, fantasy, and romance. Most of my books contain elements of all of those.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Well worth reading!, January 13, 2012

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J. Spitz (OK, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Vampire's Christmas Carol (Kindle Edition)

This was a short story that kept me reading.

Michael was changed one hundred years ago on Christmas eve. He's NEVER partaken of human blood and if he doesn't by the one hundred year mark, he dies.

There might be a way to be RE-humaned, but it's a story, a myth.

Then comes Carol, her car has slid off the icy road...and she's at his house, at this pivotal moment.

He tells her his story, not to get her to help him, but just to have some contact at this last point in his existence.

They talk about a lot of things. She's looking for a "hero", someone she can depend on, not necessarily someone on a white horse.

I enjoyed this spin on the vampire myths.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Tasty Vampire Tale, January 2, 2012

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Elysa Hendricks "Lady Romance" (Midwest) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Vampire's Christmas Carol (Kindle Edition)

In an attempt to save his soul from the damnation of becoming a true vampire, for a hundred years Michael has restrained from drinking human blood. He only has to make it through one more night and come Christmas morning he'll die with his soul intact. Carol is on her way to see her family for Christmas when she's stranded in a snow storm. Afraid that when faced with an agonizing death he'll succumb to the temptation to drink her blood, against his better judgement Michael allows her to take shelter in his home.

Through their sharing of Christmas memories the author uses the holiday season to show the reader how, Michael, a reluctant vampire and Carol fall in love with each other. Throw in Michael's evil vampire sire and you've got a great story that will keep you turning the page until the Happily Ever After.

Though Ms McCullough's story A VAMPIRE'S CHRISTMAS CAROL is set on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, it's a vampire romance that can be read and enjoyed anytime of year.