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Love Bites (Harlequin American Romance)

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I bought this book used after reading a recommendation about it in someone's Listmania list, and I'm glad I did. When I found out that it was a Harlequin book, I figured that the whole vampire aspect was going to be pretty generic, but to my surprise it wasn't. Ms. St. George provided a very plausible explantion for vampirism, and also gave the secondary vampire characters some real emotional depth, rather than just making them stereotypes.

Trevor d'Laine is a late-night radio talk show DJ. He markets himself as a vampire DJ (never appearing at daytime events, not allowing himself to be photographed, etc.), which of course his listeners don't really believe. For him, though this is a case of hiding in plain sight. His mortal assistant recently died and he has to hire a replacement to handle his daytime affairs - a person know as a "Renfield" in the vampire community, a term lifted with derision by them from Bram Stoker's book. In fact, all of the mortal assistants are referred to as Renfields by their vampire employers, and they refer to themselves that way too. Kay Erickson happens to be the only person who was willing to show up for a 2am interview with him for the job, and he hires her. Both of the characters have surprising depth: he positively exudes joie de vivre, and is in the process of organinzing the vampire community to make it more acceptable to the human community, while she is engaged to a man who may or may not be right for her and who is still trying to overcome a childhood that was suffocated by her mother's fears. Needless to say, she has a hard time accepting the truth about Trevor's nature, and she actually responds in a realistic fashion to the truths revealed to her, rather than than just accepting them matter-of-factly.

The book is fast paced, with some thoughtful insights into vampirism and personal choice. The mystery, while not very mysterious, was a nice little additon. The growing attraction between Trevor and Kay was done well - romantic and sexy, yet with realistic consideration to physical and philosophical differences. This book is out-of-print but is available used. If you enjoy the vampire/romance genre, this is one book worth adding to your collection.

I'm not too into Vampires and such, but this book, I just could NOT put down! It was so compelling and exciting! I wish I could read more stories about these characters, that's how much it intrigued me! I loved this story from cover to cover. It's one of the best books I've read in a long long time!

This is one of the first books that i ever read. It is a great book!
I have read this book 5 times.
It was the book that got me started in Vampire books.
It is a must read book. :)

I usually avoid Harlequin Romances and other series books, like the plague. I was in the mood for a vampire story and noticed that Love Bites by Margaret St. George (a.k.a. Maggie Osborne) was highly rated by a popular romance magazine. I will say it's the best vampire story I've ever read. However, I found the ending realistic and not very satisfying; and the story is told in typical Harlequin 'quickie' fashion. It was ok but nothing to really brag about.

Love Bites was the most coolest book I've ever read in the romance section....and that is saying alot considering I owe over 600 and I've read over 1500. The plot was very well devised and established. The hole thing was just magnificant.

Sincerely Yours

Sandi Patterson