Romance Junkies Review

For Surrender the Night. Thanks, Tracy!


Lily Marchand turns twenty-one today which means tomorrow, she’ll begin Turning. Lily has waited impatiently to become a vampire and anticipates her sharper fangs among other things. Maybe she’ll finally feel like one of the family instead of an oddity. There’s something that sets her apart from them and Lily hopes her initiation will put an end to her feelings of isolation from those around her. In her Coming Out Ceremony she’ll lose her virginity to an older male vampire. The purpose of the ceremony will be to awaken her vampire senses and open her to the erotic world of their lifestyle, which includes orgies.

Lily isn’t too sure about the multiple partner thing but is definitely ready to embrace her sexuality. She’s stunned and deeply aroused to find Adrian Gray, their leader, is the male who will initiate her. However, Adrian not only deflowers her, he bites her. Among their people, biting is only involved in the ritual when a male claims his mate and creates a bond that can’t be broken. Lily is outraged; no way is she tying herself to some domineering man for all eternity when she wants to explore her new world.

Adrian has also waited for Lily’s Ceremony and can’t wait a moment longer to make her his mate. He has no problem using sex to convince her to bond with him after seeing her desire for him, but in the end must convince her they have something more permanent than simple lust. Lily has no idea what lay inside her or the change their union will bring to their people. She must go on her faith in Adrian that, with his love, everything she’s ever dreamed of will come true.

The anticipation of what Adrian was keeping from Lily and why Lily stands apart from everyone else made for an exciting climax in SURRENDER THE NIGHT. Blair Valentine expertly weaves the paranormal with erotic romance and gives fans of the vampire genre a story they’ll want to read more than once!

By Romance Junkies Reviewer Tracy Marsac