All I Want for Christmas Is a Vampire

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ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A VAMPIRE KERRELYN SPARKS Paranormal Romance Avon Paranormal Romance Sensuality Level: Sexy Rating: 4.5 Enchantments Ian MacPhie is tired of looking like the fifteen year old boy he was when he turned vamp. Now thanks to special concoction, he's aged twelve years in twelve days. Now that he finally looks how he wants, Ian wants the one thing he's never found--true love. And he's convinced the only one who'd understand him and his past is a fellow vamp--an idea that might get thrown out the window when he meets the beautiful Toni, there's a definite attraction to the mortal he just doesn't understand. Ian's determined to find love with a fellow vamp, but there's something about Toni that draws him to her, despite her mortalness. Toni is on a mission. With her best friend locked up in the hospital, she's determined to prove Sabrina's claims that vamps are real so she can be released, and what better way than to play bodyguard to the nice guys? That is until she meets Ian, the Scottish, kilt wearing vampire who has a way of distracting her from the task at hand. Despite her growing attraction for the vamp, she's determined to stick to her goals. Besides, once her goal's accomplished, she's quitting her job as dayguard of the Vamps and when that happens, Roman's going to wipe her memory, erasing every moment she spent with the kilt wearing Vamp. I've loved this series from the first book and ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A VAMPIRE doesn't disappoint. I loved how Ian and Toni met and the chemistry between the two was almost immediate. I loved how Toni was jealous when Ian was set up for the impromptu speed-dating session at the Horny Devils bar. It was great seeing guest appearances of characters from past books, including Shanna. If you're a fan of fun paranormal romance, ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A VAMPIRE is the perfect read for you. Kerrelyn Sparks' first paranormal romance, How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire, zoomed out of the bat cave so fast it became Borders bestselling debut romance of 2005. You can visit her online at: [...] Lisa Enchanting Reviews November 2008

Kerrelyn Sparks does a great job putting suspense and laughter together!! I love this series and am glad that Ian finally gets the girl!! This is an author for anyone who loves to laugh and loves to read vampire books!! Try it and you won't regret it!

Fans of Kerrelyn Sparks' enormously popular Love at Stake series have been anxiously waiting for the story of Ian MacPhie, a Scottish warrior turned vampire, doomed forever to look only fifteen years old. Well, this year Christmas has come early for Ms. Sparks' fans and for Ian because he's aged a dozen years with the help of a special potion. Ian is truly unique hero. A grown man and battle-scarred warrior on the inside, he's been treated for centuries like the fifteen year old his outward appearance reflected. Now that he has "matured," he must find his way through the modern dating scene--a complex situation that is at turns laugh-out-loud funny and tenderly poignant. Armed with his grown-up physique, sweetly old-fashioned Ian is looking for a special lady to share his life. He only has a few requirements: honesty, loyalty, intelligence and beauty--but not necessarily in that order. Above all, she must be a vampire like him. Enter an honest, loyal, intelligent and beautiful *mortal* stage right. Though she'd rather not have anything to do with them, Toni Davis has her reasons for getting mixed up in the immortal world. Ian's enemies, the Malcontents, have kidnapped her best friend, and Toni will risk anything to save her friend--even getting close to the beings whom she hates. Kerrelyn Sparks' novels all have broad, cross-genre appeal. Romance readers who have never read a paranormal before will love this witty, sexy series. Fans of dark paranormal will delight in Sparks' wry humor. All I Want for Christmas is a Vampire, the fifth book in the Love at Stake series, is the perfect companion to snuggle up to this holiday season!

Ian MacPhie is ready, willing, and able to find himself a woman. Just back from Texas where he spent twelve days taking the magical vampire stay awake drug, Ian finally looks twelve years older. Ian is very happy with the results because he was made a vampire when he was fifteen years old and so for the last four hundred years he has not aged one day. When he wanted to spend time with a woman, Ian had to place them under an enchantment spell so that they didn't realize he looked like a minor. He has been thinking about his life and has decided to start looking for his soul mate - the one woman that completes him. Enlisting the aid of a close female friend, Ian lets her sign him up for an online dating service. When he finally goes to the townhouse in which he spends his days sleeping, he expects to meet Tony, the new bodyguard. Only, Tony is ACTUALLY Toni, and she is not thrilled to be guarding an irreverent flirt such as Ian MacPhie. Toni Davis has an agenda. When her friend was attacked by rogue vampires and subsequently reported the crime, everyone thought she was crazy. Everyone except Toni and Toni promised her friend she would find irrefutable proof that vampires exist. So, when Toni is attacked by the same rogues and is in turn rescued by a handsome kilt wearing avenger with long teeth, she jumps on the chance to guard them during the day so she can find the proof she needs. She doesn't expect to come into contact with one so annoyingly sexy or blatantly handsome. Ian MacPhie makes her heart jump start and beat just a bit faster - whether in desire or in anger. All Toni knows is that there is something about Ian that she can't live without. Kerrelyn Sparks never fails to make me laugh. Never. ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A VAMPIRE truly kept me in stitches one minute and blushing the next. Ian's plans for one true love were cute; he had no idea what he was getting into when he allowed his friend to place that singles' ad. I laughed out loud more than once at the shenanigans between he and Toni. Ian loved to knock Toni for a loop and tried to get a rise out of her any way he could. More often than not, he could. His intentions were pure but the way Ms. Sparks has them go about fulfilling those intentions is what truly made ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A VAMPIRE the amazing book that it is. Toni is loyal to her friend first and foremost. The fact that she still has bite marks from a rogue vampire attack is never far from her mind - it takes Ian MacPhie, the luscious highlander that he is to forget them. Toni had an agenda just as much as Ian did and while hers did not involve marriage, she could not help but want forever with her vampire. Add in a nasty vampire villain and my life was complete. ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A VAMPIRE is a remarkable love story. Previous characters play key roles in this book so I suggest reading the series in order, starting with How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire, Roman and Shanna'

Toni's best friend was sent to a psychiatric institution because she said she was attacked by vampires. Toni promises to find evidence that vampires exist and therefore she accepts a daytime job at Romatech security to work in the household of an assumed vampire. There she meets Ian McPhie who turns her whole life upside down. He teaches her the difference between good and bad vampires, but although she feels attracted to him, can she trust him to tell the truth? And is he really going to help her to free her friend? For me Ms. Sparks is the Queen of the funny Vampire Romance, because all of her books are special and each of them is unique. Ian McPhie's long awaited story is no exception to this rule. From the first page to the end, the book is absolutely spell binding and it is a wonderful combination of comedy, romance and suspense as well as some darker elements that will sometimes keep you on the edge of your chair. Ian was from the beginning one of my favorite characters and I could hardly wait till he got his story, at one point I was worried because the expectation was pretty high, but I wasn't disappointed. Fasten your seatbelt for an emotional roller coaster ride, because Ian and Toni have to overcome quite a few obstacles till they find their happy end. In addition to the wonderful story of Ian and Toni, we meet a lot of old friends and new friends are introduced, who we will hopefully see more of in the future. I can highly recommend ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A VAMPIRE to everyon, who is looking for a funny, sexy book to warm up their cold winter evening. Courtesy of Loveromances and more