Single White Vampire by Lynsay Sands

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Roundhouse Publishing editor Kate C. Leever’s first letter to her new author was meant to impress upon him the growing demand for vampire romances. And even though he’d expressed little-to-no desire for any publicity, book tours, or similar, it was clear this was an author just waiting to be broken out–despite himself, if necessary.
When she suggested attending a romance convention his response – unusually quick to arrive – was ‘No.’

But Kate was Mr Lucern Argeneau was going to attend a romance convention and meet his fans. By hook or by crook, despite his reclusive nature and odd sleep patterns, the surly yet handsome author would attend. And she was sure that, once there, he would reveal himself to be a true charmer.

Of course, that was before she realised that his ‘romances’ were more like biographies, and it’s literally her neck on the line …

Single White Vampire

Man of few words!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙💚❤️💜
Steam: 🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙
World building: 🌏🌍🌏🌎
Character development: 🤓😉☺️😍🥰
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Solo Narration

The Hero: Lucern Argeneau – he is immortal and is the family biographer. Though he publishes his books as fictional romance novels. He is staid and broody and not interested in much of anything. He is very old and set in his ways. He didn’t like aggressive females as he was born in a time when women were submissive and timid and knew their place. He couldn’t imagine giving up his freedom for a wife either.

The heroine: Kate C. Leever – she is an editor for Roundhouse Publishing, the publisher of Lucern’s books. She is very frustrated that they don’t have Lucern’s unlisted phone number. Especially since he is a highly popular romance author and bookstores around the world are clamoring to have book signings, and publications want interviews with him.

The Story: When Kate shows up at Lucern’s home, he is not happy to find out that he is attracted to the woman. He already had a bunch of family in Canada for Bastian’s wedding which was happening soon. Though his mother, Marguerite thinks it is up to her to make sure they find their life mates and get married.

When Lucern tried mind control to get Kate to leave his home, he found that he couldn’t read or control her mind. This meant she was a possible life mate, though he didn’t want to think about it at first. He went to get his blood and told her to go choose a room to stay in for the night. They were acrimonious for most of her visit, though they were also very attracted to each other. When she got him to agree to go to a romance book conference, she left and they meet up again at the conference.

This book was written in 2003, and you could tell. It was funny when they were talking about the shows Buffy and Angel like they were still on the air. Lucern had never had a TV since he was old fashioned and of the mind that it rots the brain, so it was funny when he was watching TV with one of the other editors, he loved it.

This book was told in dual points of view via solo narration. It was narrated by Charlotte Claremont. This was the first book I have listened to with her as a narrator. She has a sort of deep voice for a woman, though it is feminine. She is good at doing male voices and does a few different voices and accents for different characters which is good, though at times her tempo is a bit more like reading than voice acting.

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