The second book from By Light Unseen publisher Arthen in her Vampires of New England series (after 2008's Mortal Touch
) offers a pleasant mix of vampire tropes and a convincing rural New England setting. Diana Chilton, a recently divorced member of the Order of the Silver Light, meets the mysteriously long-lived Thomas Morgan and learns that he's a vampire, cursed by the Fae when he desperately begged them to cure his cancer. Diana agrees to work with Thomas on a long-term spell to rid him of his thirst for blood, but things go horribly (and somewhat predictably) awry. Arthen has a novella's worth of story, and the middle of the book feels padded with sex scenes and spell preparations. Once the spell is complete, though, the pacing picks up, and the story comes to a satisfying conclusion. (June)
