Deep Midnight

I love this book ! If you want a great read this one and all the others in the set are wonderful I love um all ! I have read this set over and over !

Why is this book or any other in this series considered romance? There is very little if any romance in it. I have seen more action in the romance department in straight up horror books! Anyway a good read. it was a bit long in description but never did I lose interest.

I loved this book. Ms. Drake made Carnivale in Venice come to life. The story line flowed and kept me in suspense the entire time. As the third book in the series she has hit a home run again.

As an avid Shannon Drake fan I was somewhat dissappointed in certain aspects of Deep Midnight. Drake's artful description of Venice and Carnivale is breathtaking and she successfully creates a paranormal storyline, but if you are looking for the passionate and almost obsessive love affairs of the first two books in this series then I am afraid that you will be very dissappointed. Jordan and Ragnor are not shown to be anything near to soul-mates and love doesn't even come into it. In fact, it seems like their relationship has even yet to start. Another dissappointment is the sex scenes. In the past Drake has used her skill to take our breath away, it is not so in this case. So, overall, the storyline was good but was never bulit upon and you are left wondering if they will even end up together or if they will break up next week.

American book critic Jordan Riley visits her cousin Jared and his wife Cindy in Venice during Carnevale. On Fat Tuesday, the trio attends a masquerade party. After dancing with a "wolf", Jordan wanders into a blood bath in which her wolf rescues her from human looking beasts with fangs. The police refuse to investigate, scoffing at Jordan's account as that of a foolish inebriated American tourist. The next morning Jared insists that it was a jest in poor taste, but Jordan rejects his explanation. Unable to let go, Jordan begins her own inquiries into her mysterious rescuer and the blood bathed orgy. Her quest places her in perilous danger yet puts her on the path for a lifetime of love. DEEP MIDNIGHT is a strong supernatural romance that continues award winning Shannon Drake's vampire stories (see BENEATH A RED MOON and WHEN DARKNESS FALLS). The current tale engages the audience from the start, but readers of Ms. Drake's previous novels will find this one, albeit well written, to follow too closely, at least at the start, of WHEN DARKNESS FALLS. Still the story line is quite entertaining due to the relationship between Jordan (a delightfully daring damsel in distress) and the "Wolf" (a phenomenally powerful protector) leading to thrills for sub-genre fans.Harriet Klausner