Night’s Kiss by Mary Hughes – a Review

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Description:
As a human who hunts vampires, I risk death each night I take to the streets. Bloodsuckers are stupidly fast. I have only my wits, my practice, and my weapons.

Oh yeah, and my rage.

Vampires killed my parents before my eyes when I was young. My revenge? I’ll destroy every last one of the evil bastards, starting with their king.

But only one man can help me locate the king. Achingly tall, dark, and too-sexy-for-his-own-good, Ryker is gorgeous enough to be the vamp king himself. But the devilish arch to his black eyebrow, his white, unfangy grin, and rocking the daytime are good clues that he’s human.

We’ll have to work together as uneasy allies if I hope to get my final revenge on the king—only now it seems evil monsters are also after our prey, and they’ll stop at nothing to see us all dead. And why are they having so much trouble finding the king?

Review;

I really enjoyed Night’s Kiss by Mary Hughes.  I found it to have a solid plot-line with well developed character development, not only of the main couple, but the secondary characters as well.  Everything just seemed to fit together and flow from one page to the next.  Yes we focus mainly on Kat and Ryker throughout the story as it’s about their adventure and path to each other, but the secondary characters play a major role in that path they are on, and they aid their story along.  The whole pretense of a vampire and vampire hunter being attracted to each other only to find out they are mates makes for a fun read. 

Both Kat and Ryker are fun characters that you can’t help but like.  For an ancient being Ryker is pretty much like a teenage boy around Kat, he just can’t figure out what it is about her that makes him want to work with her to find the Vampire King, who happens to be Ryker’s best bud since forever.  However, for the majority of the story poor feisty, warrior woman, hear me roar Kat doesn’t know Ryker is a vampire because he portrays himself as a human PI, that is, when he’s not shapeshifting into the disguise of police officer Keydew.  Speaking of this other persona he likes to change into I couldn’t help but think of Deputy Sherriff Barney Fife from The Andy Griffith show, LOL!!  The way he played the part of officer Keydew to everyone was comical at times for me but I loved it, it added another dimension to Ryker’s character and personality.  Can you tell I really liked Ryker’s character??? 😉  As much as I liked our resident vampire, I have to say I thought Kat’s character was great.  She’s such a strong female lead you can’t help but appreciate all she’s been through in her life, along with her sister. I really liked the sisterly dynamics between them and enjoyed learning about their life and just who Kat really is.  Finding out she’s the product of the very thing she’s been hunting all her life throws her for a loop.  Yes, Kat’s parents are human and vampire, her father is the vampire.  However, with the help of her sisters, both adopted and biological she comes to accept her birth parents, which in the end leads her to be able to accept that Ryker had lied about being human and is in fact a vampire, and that she had come to love him.  Once the truth came out and they admitted they had feelings for each other things got even more fun between them, but in the end they do wind up with their HEA, but not without more drama and danger for these too. 

I really enjoyed Night’s Kiss, and feel that Miss Hughes has another successful story on her hands. It’s fun, adventurous, with 2 strong leads for the main couple, with  just the right amount of mystery and danger tossed in for good measure to keep things entertaining.  For anyone who loves a good vampire read, then this one is a must. 

Until next time, happy reading everyone.

Reviewed by Marcie

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