Centuries ago the Templar Knights were an elite group of warriors who fought for God until they were captured, imprisoned, tortured, and finally burned to death in front of cheering crowds. These warriors were saved, but became damned to spend eternity as vampires trying to reclaim their souls. Sebastian, Constantine, Raphael, Lucian, and Tristan are a close knit group who only had each other until they saved Allison Parker. Allie became part of their family after Constantine and Raphael rescued her from a savage attack by renegade vampires, an attack that almost killed her. Allie is the town "crazy person" due to her research into the paranormal and her ghost hunting. While she loves all the Templar vampires, Allie feels an undeniable pull towards Sebastian even though he completely ignores her.
Sebastian of Rydon keeps to himself, and despite being drawn to Allie, he avoids her because he feels she is better than him. Sebastian is tortured by his past transgressions and he can not bear for Allie to be hurt. Sebastian and the Templar vampires are working on finding a group of renegade vampires who are kidnapping, torturing, and killing girls from town in the hope of finding information on the elusive Daystar. A relic that holds incredible power for a vampire as it would allow them to walk during the day.
Allie has been helping with research on the Daystar and doing what she can while the men sleep during the day. Their search is turning up nothing and their frustration is growing as the Templar cannot bear the loss of all this innocence. As Allie and Sebastian work closely together, their feelings escalate. Will Sebastian, Allie, and the Templar vampires find the killers before anyone else is harmed? And will Sebastian ever be able to put his past behind him and seize the happiness that is right in front of him?
Midnight Sun instantly grabs the reader and will not let go until the very end, leaving you begging for more! Rene Lyons' world is fraught with sexy, dangerous, and irresistible vampires and strong gorgeous heroines that the reader becomes invested in from the start. Allie is a beautiful and good woman who has endured much in her life and just wants happiness and a place to really belong. Sebastian is the strong, silent, and incredibly hot type who will sacrifice everything, even his own happiness, to keep the woman he is drawn to safe. Midnight Sun has it all; great characters, an intense story, sexy love scenes, and vampires to die for! This was an incredibly awesome read and I loved every minute of it!! Rene Lyons has been added to my auto buy list and I am not sure I can wait until October when the next Templar vampire makes his appearance!!
Gracie
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