The Rest Falls Away by Colleen Gleason

(Jan.)Ĭopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Her Buffyesque lead (Gleason has acknowledged the inspiration) is similarly afflicted, but the change of setting makes an intriguing, witty and addictive twist. Though it might seem familiar to fans of Teresa Medeiros's Regency vamp series, Gleason quickly establishes an alluring world all her own. Matters are made more difficult by the arrival of the queen of the vampires, Lilith, who seeks a mystical tome that will put a demonic army at her disposal. Her decision is complicated by a reunion with her preadolescent love, Phillip, now marquess of Rockley her desire for romance doesn't mesh well with her new training schedule, much less with her moonlight patrol duties. Victoria Gardella is a young upper-class lady on the verge of her debut however, just before her society introduction, she learns that she is the last in a long line of vampire hunters-Venators-and must soon choose whether to embrace her destiny.

A promising, enthusiastic beginning to a new paranormal historical series, Gleason's major label debut follows the adventures of a conflicted young vampire hunter in Regency England.