My Lord Vampire (Zebra Regency Romance) [Paperback]

Debbie Raleigh (Author)

Book Description

Series: Zebra Regency Romance | Publication Date: August 1, 2003

When the "ton" dances and gossips, another kind of society claims the night. By the light of the moon, three vampires entrusted with the protection of their kind will find that human desire is far from lost to them - and that love may be the only thing they long for more than life everlasting.

Product Details

• Paperback: 222 pages
• Publisher: Zebra (August 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821775499
• ISBN-13: 978-0821775493
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #715,995 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a good read, September 27, 2003

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tregatt (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Lord Vampire (Zebra Regency Romance) (Paperback)

This is a new Regency-era trilogy from Debbie Raleigh that focuses on three vampires and the ladies who hold the their futures as well as that of their kind in their hands.

For almost two hundred years, most vampires have forsaken the mortal world, to live in peace and serenity behind the Veil. The greatest of all vampires, Nefri, had used a powerful Medallion to create the Veil. But when Nefri had sensed some impending threat, she took the Medallion, divided it into three, and gave it to three maidens to keep and protect. Now three vampires hungry for power have slipped through the Veil and have ventured into the human world in order to find these three Medallions. And it is up to Gideon Ravel and his cousins Lucien and Sebastian to find these maidens first and to protect them and the Medallions form these renegades. And in "My Lord Vampire" we're offered Gideon's and Simone's (the lady he's been selected to protect) story.

Simone Gilbert has spent a lot of time and effort establishing herself as one of London's premier drawing room hostesses. And she's used her startling beauty, intelligence and wits to maintain her position and to keep her court of admirers dancing to her tune. The entry of two men into her life however, soon turns her world upside down -- one of the gentlemen in Tristan Soltern, a smooth mannered and cold man who makes her feel threatened and uncomfortable; the other gentleman is Gideon Ravel, an arrogant and incredibly handsome man who refuses to bend his will to her's but who makes her pulses race wildly. He says that he's there to protect her, but she suspects that he only wants to claim her as a conquest. That is until Simone is threatened, and a past that she has long kept secret might be revealed. Can she trust Gideon to help her? And will he help her or turn from her in disgust?

My one advice to anyone to who hasn't read this book yet and who enjoys novels featuring vampires is not to read the blurb at the back of the book. Far too much of the plot is given away there so that it becomes almost pointless to consider buying and reading "My Lord Vampire" -- this is not a mystery novel after all, and we already know that the hero and heroine will vanquish the villain and live happily-ever-after. The authour has taken time and effort to establish a small plot twist in order to keep things interesting, so one can only wonder why the people and Zebra saw fit to reveal much of the plot twist at the back of the book!

Aside from this plot twist, the other factor that makes this novel worth reading is the character of the heroine. Simone is not always likable. In fact there is an element of coldness and arrogance in her that is almost off-putting. However, somewhere in the middle of the book, her courage and resilience is revealed. Simone is a fighter and one cannot help but admire this character, esp after all the secrets of her past are revealed and you come to understand her past actions. The story flowed smoothly and evenly. Ms Raleigh spends an equal amount of time establishing the attraction that flows between Gideon and Simone, as well developing the subplot that focuses on the threat to the vampires that live behind the Veil. So, all in all, I'd rate "My Lord Vampire" as a good read.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Never Love a Stranger, Unless of Course, He's a Vampire, April 3, 2010

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D. Rowland (a Cool Dry Place) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Lord Vampire (Zebra Regency Romance) (Paperback)

An invitation to one of Lady Simone Gilbert's parties is a mark that you are among society's elite, the cream of the crop, so to speak, and nobody gets into one of Lady Gilbert's soirees without an invitation. So when Simone sees a man, good looking as the devil, at one of her parties, who she knows she didn't invite, she is disturbed and suspicious.

What she doesn't know, yet, is that this handsome stranger is Gideon Ravel, a vampire sent from beyond the Veil to the human world to protect her, as she is the guardian of the Medallion, which separates the vampire world from the desires and hungers of the mortal one. The Medallion has been given to the care of a mortal woman, Simone, only she doesn't know it, doesn't understand it's power, or it's danger, or why Gideon is interested in it.

And he's not the only stranger interested in the medallion she wears around her neck. There's another, Tristan Solter, who tries to buy it from her. Simone doesn't trust Gideon, she trusts Tristan less and that's probably a good thing, as he is the leader of a band of bad vamps who want to take over the human world.

So the question is, and I think you already know the answer, will Gideon and Simone get together and live happily every after? Simone has some secrets from her past. Gideon has secrets as well. Duh, like he's a vampire. That said, Simone can't help herself in his presence, can't control the pitter patter of her raging heart.

And I couldn't help myself as I stayed up past midnight reading this excellent story. Usually I go in for straight horror, like that delivered by Stephen King and Dean Koontz or, from that excellent teller of vampire tales, Anne Rice. But I found that I really liked this story, even if was a bit silly, even if it is a so called romance.

11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Awful, September 11, 2005

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This review is from: My Lord Vampire (Zebra Regency Romance) (Paperback)

I appreciate a good romance. I love supernatural fiction. I was very pleased to see someone trying to merge the two.
Unfortunately, Raliegh is simply not a good enough writer to have attempted this project. Her protagonists are obnoxiously perfect, and the supernatural plot ludicrous. In Raleigh's prologue, she tells us that vampires of the world have evolved beyond their bloodthirsty past. So where is the rationale for a "vampire" hero who doesn't actually need blood? The plot involves a magical amulet which was divided into parts and sent, for safekeeping, to three "maidens." Why not leave it with the oh-so-perfect vampires? And that "heroine" -- bleah.
Every line is over-written, hyperdramatic, and childish. I can sympathize that the author was dealing with an unfamiliar mixing of genres, but there is no excuse for this tawdry, sophomoric hackwork. Grade: F.