At Twilight: Born in Twilight/Beyond Twilight

#4 Beyond Twilight: This story was actually printed second in the book but it was printed first so I will count that as number 4. This is the book about Cuyler Jade (I wish I could pronounce it) and Ramsey a DPI agent sent to bring her in. So far bringing in this sprite of a vampire has been difficult for Ramsey. She seems to mock his efforts at every turn in ways meant to be humorous but to him it's just frustrating. Little does he know that Cuyler is attracted to him and that is why she hasn't ended this chase before now. And finally as this story begins we find that Cuyler is tired of running. She has decided to kidnap Ramsey and get to the bottom of this devilish attraction once and for all. She spirits him away to the far north...where it is always night. I love this story and I don't know why. Cuyler is simply too cute. An ex-flapper from the 20's...she surrounds herself with faniciful little dreams objects and romance novels. It is easy to picture her as described...a pixie. 5. Born in Twilight: This is the story between Jameson (from the Twilight Phantasies and Twilight Memories) and Angelica a nun. Angelica is attacked while walking to a homeless shelter to provide care...her attacker is a vampire. He quickly drains her dry and exchanges it with his own blood making her vampire. She is horrified by the evil of this man and accidentally kills him while trying to protect herself and a little boy he wanted her to kill. Now she is alone, unsure of her nature, lost in the alleys of the city. Jameson, a chosen one, has always been surrounded by his vampire family. He, himself, has declined the offer to change to a vampire. He wants to remain mortal. Little did he know his life would change... He was walking the streets of the city when he heard the sounds of suffering. He set out to find the source and it leads him into an abandoned building. He finds a beautiful woman/child, huddled, alone, and afraid. He knows he shouldn't approach strange vampires but he can't resist her and offers to help this fragile vampiress... I LOVE THIS STORY...it is so jam packed with twists and turns I can't tell you how much I enjoyed it. While the other Twilight stories are occasionally somewhat "sitcom" this one was dark, and conflicted. So sexy too. Good drama and nice turn of vampire lore.

"At Twilight" contains a full-length novel, "Born in Twilight", and a novelette, "Beyond Twilight". "Born in Twilight" is a riveting story!!! I loved it! It's the best by far in Maggie Shayne's "Wings in the Night" series. I could put this book down!

This book is captivating from page one. It is fast paced and exiting. This author is very descriptive yet doesn't ramble on about insignificant details. Her style is very lyrical. This book is intense; very sensual. I felt drawn into their world of dark beauty feeling euphoric,swept away. The book consists of two stories in a 340 page book. The first which graced the first 241 pages is about a young woman named Angelica who was abandoned by her mother at a young age and was raised at a convent. All her life she believed that if she was 'good' her mother would come back for her. Shortly before she was going to take her vows and officially become a sister she wandered alone one night in the snow,feeling giddy because it was the first snowfall of the year. She was mischevious,doing this against the rules for it is forbidden not to travel in pairs. A man cried out for help in the alley. She went to his aid and that is when he changed her. He told her that she had a rare blood type that enabled her to become a vampire if she was fed on. She was one of "The chosen". She was forced to come to terms with her new nature. A man from the department of paranormal research lured her into his sinister trap promising that he could make her mortal again,but she was the subject of their most important experiment; one that would determine what would happen if a vampire was to give birth to a child of a mortal man. Only when she began to swell with life did she realize what was done to her. Through the months she spent in the institute she felt a deep sence of loneliness; a pain more maddening that anything she had ever experienced previously. As the child stirred within her she realized something else. She realized the joy that came from motherhood. She had never before thought of becoming a mother.The bond was incredible. She knew what her baby was feeling and knew that she was a girl.She also knew with painful certainty that when it was time for her to emerge from her womb they would try and take her away forever. This book is one womans story about her struggle to be united with her baby and her relationship to the man she changed while in a frenzy of hunger and fear. She nearly killed him and placed a bitter seed of resentment in his soul. In turn she resented him for being what he is. She didn't understand the true nature of their kind and believed them to be horrible,murderous monsters. He knows to well the evil that can come from any race of people. He too was once a subject in an experiment at the DPI; humiliated,numbered like an animal. A semen sample was taken when he was mortal and that sample is the very thing that aided in the creation of Angelicas baby. Despite the bitterness they needed to work together to rescue their baby from the evil hands of DPI. Meanwhile a bond is realized between the two and she learns to revel in her new nature with more feeling and perception than she ever felt as a mortal.

This book is captivating from page one. It is fast paced and exiting. This author is very descriptive yet doesn't ramble on about insignificant details. Her style is very lyrical. This book is intense; very sensual. I felt drawn into their world of dark beauty feeling euphoric,swept away. The book consists of two stories in a 340 page book. The first which graced the first 241 pages is about a young woman named Angelica who was abandoned by her mother at a young age and was raised at a convent. All her life she believed that if she was 'good' her mother would come back for her. Shortly before she was going to take her vows and officially become a sister she wandered alone one night in the snow,feeling giddy because it was the first snowfall of the year. She was mischevious,doing this against the rules for it is forbidden not to travel in pairs. A man cried out for help in the alley. She went to his aid and that is when he changed her. He told her that she had a rare blood type that enabled her to become a vampire if she was fed on. She was one of "The chosen". She was forced to come to terms with her new nature. A man from the department of paranormal research lured her into his sinister trap promising that he could make her mortal again,but she was the subject of their most important experiment; one that would determine what would happen if a vampire was to give birth to a child of a mortal man. Only when her belly began to swell with life did she realize what was done to her. Through the months she spent in the institute she felt a deep sence of loneliness; a pain more maddening that anything she had ever experienced previously. As the child stirred within her she realized something else. She realized the joy that came from motherhood. She had never before thought of becoming a mother.The bond was incredible. She knew what her baby was feeling and knew that she was a girl.She also knew with painful certainty that when it was time for her to emerge from her womb they would try and take her away forever. This book is one womans story about her struggle to be united with her baby and her relationship to the man she changed while in a frenzy of hunger and fear. She nearly killed him and placed a bitter seed of resentment in his soul. In turn she resented him for being what he is. She didn't understand the true nature of their kind and believed them to be horrible,murderous monsters. He knows to well the evil that can come from any race of people. He too was once a subject in an experiment at the DPI; humiliated,numbered like an animal. A semen sample was taken when he was mortal and that sample is the very thing that aided in the creation of Angelicas baby. Despite the bitterness they needed to work together to rescue their baby from the evil hands of DPI. Meanwhile a bond is realized between the two and she learns to revel in her new nature with more feeling and perception than she ever possessed as a mortal.