Dark Obsession (Dreamscapes) [Paperback]

Amanda Stevens (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette (January 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373511280
• ISBN-13: 978-0373511280
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,602,656 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Amanda Stevens lives in Houston with her husband, Steven, and a black cat named Lola. She is an avid reader, a wannabe taphophile, and a collector of all things Alfred Hitchcock. When she's not writing, she likes taking road trips to Austin. And to Marfa. And to old cemeteries.

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Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not really a vampire romance, January 10, 2001

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"ladiva11" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dark Obsession (Dreamscapes) (Paperback)

I remember being disappointed with this book when it came out in 1995 as Silhouette Shadows Number 48. It came out the same month as Maggie Shayne's Twilight Illusions. That probably didn't help this one. It came off better now but still wasn't that great. It's not really a vampire romance like Maggie Shayne or Linda Lael Miller write where vampires are romantic heroes. This is more a romantic suspense that has a story about vampires. In Dark Obsession, vampires are evil and must be destroyed, and being one is a horrible thing. Erin's sister was murdered by one, and now she wants to catch him. It's not a bad idea but it's not what I'm looking for in a vampire romance. The author also drags out the hero's secret way too long after most readers will have guessed it and Erin should have.

Amanda Stevens's other 'vampire romance' for Silhouette Shadows, The Perfect Kiss, was better. Vampires are evil and horrible in it too but it takes a more unique approach with a female vampire looking for redemption and a love she can't have. I would recommend it if you can find it.

4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly good Modern day Gothic....., December 26, 2008

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retroredux - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dark Obsession (Dreamscapes) (Paperback)

Synopsis:
Horror novelist Erin Ramsey's latest bestseller brought a dark and tormented vampire into her readers worlds. But such heroes existed only in her imagination. Or so she thought.

How wrong Erin had been! Now her sister was dead, the victim of a shadowy stranger. Detective Nick Slade had promised to help find the killer. But who was Nick, really?

Cloaked in secrecy, his eyes always masked by sunglasses, Nick embodied Erin's most foreboding nightmares -- and her most erotic fantasies. Helplessly, she was drawn into a midnight world where nothing was as it seemed, where a man could be predator -- or protector.

My Review:
I do not not read many of the thinner "series" romances as I find they are, for the most part, too formulaic, and are normally headlined by a very weak heroine. Luckily, Dark Obsession was original and had an equally strong hero and heroine.

Erin is a horror novelist who finds her actress sister dead in their apartments front yard. Nick, is a a sunglass wearing detective on the case, who is himself very dark and mysterious. What follows is a easy to read, fast paced, sexy yet heartfelt romance.

Like other reviewers mentioned, this is not a "vampire romance" in the classic sense, as the vampires in this book are truly evil and not the "tormented though basically good" vampires that dominate most vampire romances. I didn't find that took away at all from the story, it just had more of a Gothic feel than anything else.

The relationship between the hero and heroine could have been fleshed out a bit more, and the mystery was pretty much solvable from chapter one, but it was still quite enjoyable. A quick read, I finished it in two hours, hurrying to see how it ended, and I take that as a good sign of a well written book.
Recommended-4 stars.
Sensuality scale-about a PG13.

5.0 out of 5 stars MY 1ST TIME READING ONE OF HER BOOKS BUT NOT THE LAST, April 8, 2004

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DiAnne "prayerangel777" (South Carolina United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dark Obsession (Dreamscapes) (Paperback)

In all the romance novels I have read, this was the first time reading one by Amanda Stevens. You rest assured it will definitely not be my last. Once again this is a Dreamscapes series novel that takes of from the first page and grips you till then end. If you are like me and get bored with reading the same old romance story with just a change of the location and the names of the characters then you will really enjoy reading this book! It is a romance with a twist toward the paranormal....a great combination!!!