Overview
THERE’S MORE THAN HER HEART AT STAKE. . . .
As the only human to survive vampire infection, Milagro de Los Santos has become quite a celebrity among the blood-drinking elite. Too bad the perks of her condition—increased strength, super-fast healing—don’t pay her condo fees. There are other complications too. She’s feeling guilty about her fling with enigmatic Vampire Council member Ian Ducharme, and pining for her ex-fiancé, Dr. Oswald Grant . . . the fabulous man whose kiss changed her life.
It’s when Milagro—irked by Ian’s attentions to his neighbor—travels to London and enjoys a sexy flirtation of her own, that the blood really hits the fan. Suddenly, those around her are dying gruesome deaths and Milagro’s being interrogated. Who would kill to set her up as a murder suspect?
Milagro just wants to turn back the clock and have another chance to make things right, but no sooner has she escaped to Oswald’s ranch than an accident obliterates her memory. Will the murderer come after her now? And will amnesia spark a romantic do-over with Oswald—or will she make all the same mistakes before she ever gets to say "I do"?
Synopsis
THERE’S MORE THAN HER HEART AT STAKE. . . .As the only human to survive vampire infection, Milagro de Los Santos has become quite a celebrity among the blood-drinking elite. Too bad the perks of her condition—increased strength, super-fast healing—don’t pay her condo fees. There are other complications too. She’s feeling guilty about her fling with enigmatic Vampire Council member Ian Ducharme, and pining for her ex-fiancé, Dr. Oswald Grant . . . the fabulous man whose kiss changed her life. It’s when Milagro—irked by Ian’s attentions to his neighbor—travels to London and enjoys a sexy flirtation of her own, that the blood really hits the fan. Suddenly, those around her are dying gruesome deaths and Milagro’s being interrogated. Who would kill to set her up as a murder suspect? Milagro just wants to turn back the clock and have another chance to make things right, but no sooner has she escaped to Oswald’s ranch than an accident obliterates her memory. Will the murderer come after her now? And will amnesia spark a romantic do-over with Oswald—or will she make all the same mistakes before she ever gets to say "I do"?
Publishers Weekly
Acosta brings Milagro de Los Santos's roller-coaster of romantic misadventures to a close in this chipper final installment of the Casa Dracula series (after 2008's The Bride of Casa Dracula). Milagro, a human with vampiric abilities, mistrusts her feelings for Ian, her vampire "boyfriend-lover-whatever." To distract herself, Milagro has a lighthearted affair with sexy Wil, a surfer and vampire activist. Set up to take the fall when Wil is murdered, Milagro begs protection from her ex-fiancé, Oswald, further complicating her tangled love life. Too silly to be taken seriously but too serious to be comic, this series conclusion never quite gels as its own novel, and much of what Acosta attempts has been done before (and often better) by other paranormal romance authors, but Milagro's fans will be glad to see how her story is resolved. (Oct.)