IN THE DARK - Rob Graham

Aspen Mountain Press - www.aspenmountainpress.com

ISBN: 978-1-60168-027-3

February 2007

Erotic Paranormal Romance

Sexual Content: Vampire Erotica

Various locations US and Paris, France - Present Day

IN THE DARK is a series of vignettes in the life of the vampire Georges Bellveau.  In Black, Georges discovers that sometimes humans can be more evil than the monster that lives inside him when he confronts a group of drug enhanced thugs who thrive on violence and the degradation of white women.  In The Abyss, Georges is a college professor. One of his students is a problem and receives a failing mark -- Georges soon learns that Mandy is much more than a poor student and she could prove to be deadly. Georges also meets a woman, Diane Patterson, who touches his emotions in a way no one has in a hundred years.  But when Georges' war with Mandy adversely affects Diane, he knows he must leave Diane to protect her from the darkness that is drawn to him. Embrace picks up one year after Georges left Diane and his non-beating heart aches for her. Georges invites Diane to come to him in Paris -- where he plans to tell her all and ask her to join him in the darkness. You Can't Go Home Again is the last story in the anthology, and to tell you anything about it would spoil the book, however, it's a good story, and the ends suits the anthology perfectly.

I've given a brief description of the stories within IN THE DARK but I need to mention a few other things. The first person narrative in the beginning is a bit tedious, and I was a bit annoyed that we are not given a name for the main protagonist telling the tale in the first story.  The sex contained in IN THE DARK runs the gamut from violent, to passionate, and multiple partners to same sex scenes.   A word of caution -- the violence in the second story is sexual in nature and extremely graphic -- those who are squeamish may want to skip that part of the anthology.   Overall, IN THE DARK is a fascinating book and is well written. Fans of paranormal romance that borders on horror are sure to enjoy it. 

Isabelle Spencer