The Host: Shadows [Paperback]

M K Mancos (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 25, 2008

Sometimes the things that go bump in the night are there to protect the innocent. Four hundred years ago, Tristain St. Blaise worked as an apprentice for alchemist Benito Achilles. An experiment went terribly wrong, fusing an entity to Tristain's soul, turning him from an enlightened man of reason to one of dark passions. Now, to find some measure of redemption, he wears the mantle of a hired killer, protecting innocents and ridding the world of men like Achilles. Angelia Lightheart has worked hard to purge her life of unhealthy relationships. One night in a dark Manhattan alley, she is saved from a would-be rapist by a man who seems able to look through her very soul into the weary heart she hides from the world. As Angelia and Tristain fall in love, his work as a contract killer brings him face to face with the one responsible for his immortal stateendangering not only their love, but Angelia's life.

Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: Samhain Publishing (November 25, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1605040053
• ISBN-13: 978-1605040059
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,311,835 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

MK Mancos lives in suburban New Jersey with her artist husband, Dave and irrespresible dog, Lily. When she isn't dreaming of paranormal creatures falling in love, she is visiting the stars or parallel dimensions under her other psuedonymn, Kathleen Scott. You can find her at www.MysticKat.com.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read!, November 9, 2008

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Jessica Kennedy "The Cozy Reader" (Waynesboro, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Host: Shadows (Kindle Edition)

I decided to read this book because I've been reading the short stories from The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance (Mammoth Books) and this author wrote a story that I really enjoyed.

The Host: Shadows stars a woman, Angelia Lightheart, who is walking home one night from her lame boyfriends house, is attacked in an alley and nearly raped when she's saved by a man who crushes her assailant's neck in front of her. She's freaked out by this but still can't ignore that he's all man with glowing amber eyes.

Her savior was Tristain St. Blaise who is the host of a symbiote that makes him crave blood. Basically he's a vampire but not really. He's able to walk in the day time and eat and drink. But he has these urges to drink blood. His profession is as a hired assassin. That's why he runs into Angelia, he was down the street ridding the world of a sick priest and hears her distress.

They end up bumping into each other within the next couple of days. She's about to being a new job at Achilles International, which is owned and operated by Tristain's nemesis Achilles, who is his creator. And who also happens to be his next assignment.

Lots of plot ensues, including Tristain finding out that his son didn't die 200 years ago like he was told but that he was being raised by Achilles with the impression that Tristain had abandoned him 200 years ago.

The relationship that grows between Tristain and Angelia is very strong and very cute. He holds back so much with his feelings that it's almost too much to take when he finally opens up.

There is much action in this book. The character development and the rivalry going down make the story very interesting.

9/10!