As a lifelong f/sf reader, I always appreciate authors who don't feel the need to detail much about their world that isn't directly through their characters.

This romance is revealed, and resisted, from the hunter Belar's point of view. His life is a weird, intriguing blend of settled and dangerously messy. He's failed to kill a vampire--and keeps not killing him, until they come to an agreement... Progress is slow for several reasons, not least of which is Belar's alarmed confusion to feel any attraction to an enemy.

This isn't the most compelling romance I've read, but I enjoyed it quite a lot, and will be investigating the author's other work if there is any. ( )

This book was very entertaining! I really enjoyed the characters and I loved the premise. Now, I do love a good vampire story so there's that...but this is a really well-written and enjoyable novel!

Belar is a hunter. He primarily kills vampires but he's been known to hunt other monsters. Then a vampire that he's attempted to kill twice shows up in his house. Cassian is the vampire's name and he wants to hire Belar to discover who is trying to kill him. It seems that there is something going on in the vampire world and Cassian suspects that someone is trying to kill them both.

So... at its heart, this book is a mystery. The vampire world in this novel is rich and interesting. Vampires are mostly ancient creatures and stay to themselves. Cassian has an interesting history and I won't spoil that for you... suffice to say that he isn't all that he appears to be!

The relationship between Belar and Cassian is lovely. At first, of course, the two are at odds. After all, Belar has attempted to kill Cassian twice! Fortunately, he failed both times, and Cassian doesn't seem intent on getting revenge. From the first moment he speaks to Belar it's clear that he's intrigued by the human.

I really enjoyed the way the two of them went from being enemies to having a fragile truce to find out what being may be trying to kill them both. They work well together. Belar is a skilled hunter and Cassian has the strength and wile of his age behind him and they are a good team.

Don't be put off by this being a short length for a novel. Emery does a great job of bringing fully realized characters to the page and writes a great romance between two intriguing characters. ( )