Book Review: Twilight Fall

By Sandy Amazeen Jun 17, 2008, 2:03 GMT

Immortal Darkyn Lord Valentin Jaus and landscape artist Liling Harper are two lost souls. Brought together by fate, bound together by passion, Valentin and Liling find solace in each other’s arms. But the ties that bind them are deeper—and more dangerous—than either of them can possibly imagine… ...more

In book six of the Darkyn Series the crippled Darkyn Lord, Valentin Jaus finds himself drawn to Liling Harper the quiet, gentle gardener of Lighthouse, a rehabilitation hospital he owns. Liling knows Jaus is seriously out of her league but that doesn’t stop her from fantasizing about him while trying to maintain her distance from this enigmatic man. A chance photo run in the Chicago newspaper puts Liling on the run from her tormented past once again but this time, she won’t be alone. When Jaus offered a ride to Florida on his private jet it seemed the perfect way to escape her pursuers, what they got was more adventure then either could have foreseen and a good deal more. The Brethren make an unexpected attack on the aircraft, forcing an emergency landing while Liling’s twin brother Kyan closes in for the kill.

Alexandria and her brother John are two grown orphans trying to fill in the glaring blanks in their past, blanks that the Brethren appear to have an active role in. As John continues his surveillance of Brethren operated orphanages, Alex continues running blood tests and researching existing records that might hold the key to their past. What emerges is a picture of horrors perpetrated by the Brethren, sworn enemies of the Darkyn and a disturbing possibility for the future.

This paranormal romance series continues evolving into an increasingly complex tale of good vs. evil where the boundaries become blurred and the human “good guys” are emerging as monsters far worse then the vampires they hunt. The pace is fast and the characters strong although many women may wonder at Liling’s self assured character being so subservient to Jaus. For his part, Jaus makes a convincingly tormented vampire finished with affairs of the heart. The possible engineering of an entirely different type of hunter being bred for the Brethren makes for a terrific subplot and whets the appetite for more.