Summary:
Vampires exist among us. They can be our neighbor, best
friend, our child's teacher ...
They alter their aged appearance based upon the amount of
blood they consume. They move to a new area, drink a lot of blood, and appear
young. Slowly they limit their intake of blood and age, right in front of our
unsuspecting eyes. After decades, they fake their death, move, and do it over
and over again.
Most live quiet lives in an effort to blend in.
Some however want power and control.
The Colony is an elite group of vampires sworn to protect the
President of the United States from these rogue vampires.
Sterling, a half-breed vampire who works with a covert team of
vampires to protect the President of the United States, is the weakest link in
the chain for his team, and he knows it. Because he was born to a human mother,
he no standing in either the vampire or human worlds.
He has a unique ability to glean information from inanimate
objects, and his life is like CSI meets the West Wing, where key
positions are held by vampires. Vampires can alter their age based on the
amount of blood they consume, which should allow Sterling to blend into human
society. However, his ability has painful side effects that cause him to live a
lonely life down in the evidence room at FBI headquarters. He's a lonely
bad-boy looking for love in all the wrong places.
His current case involves the kidnapping of vampire children
by a religious cult who is trying to save them. Sterling snatches the
opportunity to do some field work by teaming up with a purebred vampire, Kate,
who is the nanny of one of the missing children. Sterling's world is turned upside
down by Kate. She is everything Sterling could hope for in a mate and he
wonders if she'd ever consider loving a half-breed.
Kate is beautiful, intelligent, charming and
sophisticated. Kate has led a sheltered life and is considered
handicapped by vampire standards. Could she possibly trust Sterling enough to
share her dark personal secret with him?
Together, can they save the kidnapped children and find true
love for themselves?
Sterling closed his hotel room door and took a long, deep
breath before heading towards Kate’s room where he knew Kate and Ben waited for
him. They needed to save the children. Duty called. He never thought too much
of being a hero. All that mattered was that the people were safe, or they had
had closure. Of course, most days he had sat alone in an evidence room with a
headache.
Traveling around with a lovely woman was a rarity. He sighed
heavily as he leaned on the closed hotel room door. It was time to be superman
to everyone and everything in this whole damn world.
He turned and hit the door soundly with his fist. Luckily, the
wood did not split in two. He didn’t know what the hell was going on with Kate,
between the two of them, or fuck, life in general now. He needed to put all
personal issues aside and focus on those missing kids. But, all he wanted was
Kate. He wanted her body. He needed her like he had never needed anything else
in his life.
Their kiss still lingered on his lips. He remained at the door
another moment before going back to Kate’s room. He needed to keep his thoughts
on their mission, but he knew that with just one look at her, that he would be
tempted to be the most selfish bastard in the world. He remembered the feel of
her as she lay under him. Her soft skin. Her delicious lips.
He quickly walked down the hallway to Kate’s room and found
the door open, so he let himself in. Ben stood alone in the center of the room.
“Where’s Kate,” Sterling asked.
“Bathroom.” Ben glanced over to Sterling. “Like I told Kate, I
found the next victim. She’s only a few hours away.”
“Why do the Hands of God suspect her as a pre–trans?”
Ben’s eyes shifted away. Slightly under his breath he said,
“She’s sort of related to Stephen Miller.”
Sterling spied two coffees on the dresser, and one still
sitting in the cardboard container. He walked over and claimed the cup.
“Related? How?”
Ben sheepishly answered. “The two are paired off for marriage
after they transition.”
Sterling raised the cup to his lips and took a sip of the hot
liquid. The brew tasted more bitter than normal. Of course the two were in an
arranged marriage. The two were teenagers, both probably from wealthy families
… they were probably paired off while still in diapers. Super easy. Incredibly convenient.
Hot coffee spilled from the cup as Sterling realized he was
crushing it. He set the cup down and gave Ben a nod. “Let’s get going.” Turning
towards the bathroom he shouted, “Kate.”
Q: Sterling, can you
tell me a little more about the Colony and its role for the US government?
A: There’s not much to tell. We’re a group of dedicated
individuals who protect the President from rogue vampires.
Q: And, you are a vampire?
A: Duh.
Q: Okay, then. Um. How would a vampire attack on the President
be different from a human one?
A: Vampires are stronger, more efficient killers. The biggest
difference would be that the President probably wouldn’t see a vampire coming.
Plus, he’d be drained of blood afterward.
Q: Is the President aware of the existence of vampires?
A: It’s one of the perks of being President. We try to limit
our exposure to humans as much as possible so people won’t know of our
existence. Our existence is on a need-to-know basis. The President, since he’s
a big target, needs to know.
Q: The Colony director – can you tell us more about that
person’s role?
A: He’s the human buffer between us and the presidents. Some
presidents don’t like having us around, but some are more open minded. The role
of this buffer changes with each administration depending upon the President’s
comfort level.
Q: Has any President taken un-kindly to having vampires
around?
A: Don’t even get me started. There have been several who have
been scared shitless because we exist.
Q: Is the current President nervous around vampires?
A: No. He’s a great guy.
Q: I understand you work with your father.
A: Yes.
Q: He’s the leader of the Colony. Can you tell us about him?
A: Not much to tell. He founded the Colony after Abraham
Lincoln died. Most of the time he’s a pretty level-headed vamp. Sometimes
though, he’s a dick.
Q: A ‘dick’?
A: You’d have to know him.
Q: So, let’s go back a minute. You said the Colony was formed
after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Did he know of the existence of
vampires?
A: Yes, but he was fighting a war of equality between the
humans. He couldn’t take on another species, so he kept quiet about it. After
his death, our team was formed.
Q: I know this will be a delicate question to ask, but with
the vampires protecting the president, how was it that JFK was assassinated?
A: That day sucked ass. Damn convertible car.
Q: I’m sure your team did everything it could to protect the
President.
A: Not enough.
Q: Can vampires die? What can kill you?
A: [blink] Do you really expect me to answer that?
Q: Um, not really I guess. Now, your father, he’s a purebred
vampire, right?
A: Yes.
Q: Most of the team are either purebred vampires or turned
humans.
A: [silence]
Q: You’re the only half-breed in the group.
A: So?
Q: Well, does that make you a liability to the team?
A: [snarl]
Q: You do come across as very menacing. Do you want to talk
about your human mother?
A: She’s dead. Same with this damn interview.
Angie J's Review:
I received this review from the author for a truthful review.
So IF you know me, you know I started reading Paranormal. I love Paranormal and Yes Vamps are my fav paranormal to read with shifters a very close second. I red the first book (Raymond abd Alex's story) earlier this year. I loved it but I have to admit as much as I loved it, This book was way better!!! Can you believe it?
So you meet Sterling in Raymond's book. Raymond paints his son as a man-Whore. To be honest, I didn't expect to really like Sterling based on his dad's descriptions. Man do I feel bad because listening to Sterling tell his story. It broke my heart. His dad has him ALLLLLLLL wrong. Sterling is a half-breed vampire. Noone want him...human or vampire. He knows he is a "loser" in the worlds so he will be alone, have meaningless sex to heal himself and be lonely his whole life. So he is on a case and he sees a smoking hot human, very clumsy human at that, stroll past him. He soon realizes she is a vampire but she doesn't give off any "signs" of being a vamp so *GASP* could she be a half-breed like him???? Well he finds her and she kicks his ass....*snickers* and he is stunned to find out she is a full on female vampire!!! WAIT!!! How can she not give off an aura???? Well the two (along with another Colony worker) begin to work to find the kidnapped vampire children that are being help by a bat shit crazy religious chick.
Well we find out what is Kate's "deal" and man was i loving how her "handicapped" qualities worked so well with Sterling's abilities. My favorite scene was the two of them on the lounge chairs in the rain...sigh....such love.
This series is a quick and awesome read. I love how the books just flow and I cant put them down and cant wait to pick them back up when I am reading. My suggestion is to buy the novel IF you like paranormals because I abso love the series.
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Regina Morris is the author of the humorous paranormal romances that make up
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personal taste is light-hearted and humorous – not horrific and gory. She lives
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Guest Blog
Vampires. Is there
no greater (or sexier) hero out there? Shape-shifters do catch my eye, but for
me, vampires are the sexiest heroes in paranormal romances. I’ve always
preferred the lighthearted romances compared with the darker stories. Put a
misunderstood, lonely vampire in a novel that doesn’t want romance, or doesn’t
know he wants it, and introduce a love interest that steams up the page? Yep.
That’s a good story!
There are so many vampire novels out there to read. For me, what makes each one
unique is their individual worlds. Some authors have their vampires unable to
be in sunlight, some authors have their vampires dead all day, while others,
like me, prefer vampires around 24/7. It really is up to the author what
vampire lore they want to keep for their stories. Plus, some authors throw in a
twist to make their vampires even more unique. The vampires in my Colony series
novels can alter their age based upon the blood they drink. A lot of blood
daily, they're young. Wean off of the blood, they can be old. This comes in
handy when you live multiple lives as federal agents protecting the presidents
of the United States over the last 150 years.
My novel Eternal Service is the first
book in the Colony Series. This story follows the coven master, Raymond, who is
a lonely individual with great responsibility. He has noble beliefs, but falls
short. He’s a flawed character, and who doesn’t love that? His only friend is
the token human of the group who is the human liaison between the team and the
President. This human is retiring, thus the story introduces the love interest,
Alexandra Brennan, who is the man’s replacement. Raymond secludes himself
from interacting with humans, especially female humans, but he is drawn to
Alexandra. Will his heart or is mission be compromised? Alexandra has a past
that haunts her and she’s un-trusting of men. Will she follow her heart or her
career? Together, can they save the President?
Book #2 of the Colony Series, United
Service, will be available September of 2013. It is the story of Raymond’s
half-breed son Sterling. Sterling is a modern-day vampire who clashes with his
father’s antiquated ideals. Being the half-breed of the group, Sterling knows
he’s the team’s weakest link and he hates it. Sterling jumps at an opportunity
to do some field work rescuing kidnapped vampire children and is accompanied by
a nanny of one of the kidnapped children. The nanny, Kate, is a purebred
vampire. Can Sterling put behind his bad-boy ways and woo the lovely Kate? Will
Kate accept the advances of a half-breed? Can they save the children from a
religious cult who wants to kill them?
Book #3 of the Colony Series, Enduring
Service, will be available in 2014. Sulie (Raymond’s sister) has been in
love with the same human man for nearly thirty years, but refuses to allow
herself the joy of true love because her love is unrequited by her human boss,
Dixon. As Dixon’s retirement looms near, and his memory of Sulie and the last
thirty years of his life is about to be erased, does she confront her fear of intimacy
and take a leap of faith before it's too late? Dixon has decided that it’s time
to retire and enjoy what time he has left. When Sulie is kidnapped during a
medical emergency, Dixon realizes that retirement means giving up everything,
and everyone, he’s known for the last three decades. Will he risk his life, and
his heart, to save her?
Book #4 of the Colony Series,
Reliant Service, will be available in
2014. After retiring his first, and only, alias with the Colony, Daniel
Brighton discovers the mandatory sabbatical to be less than exciting. He
chooses to do a favor and act as a security guard for a fading pop-singer, Lori
Austin, whose career is winding down. He travels across Europe with her and
discovers her past to be one of deception and intrigue with a past leading
directly back to the Colony itself. Lori Austin is struggling to keep her
career alive, and is willing to do what is necessary to save it. From bad press
and scandalous stories, she travels across Europe on a relief tour to
revitalize her career. Discovering a hidden family secret, she realizes that
the one man who can save her is the handsome security guard she fought so hard
not to hire.
