Cowboy and the Vampire: A Very Unusual Romance

Occasionally amusing (sometimes unintentionally so), this first novel (for both authors) offers little romance, few thrills and not a single chill. Tucker is the salt-of-the-earth Wyoming cowboy to whom ""New York City journalist"" Lizzie runs after being grossed out by a display of vampiric bloodletting. Lizzie is, unbeknownst to her, the queen-to-be of the Vampires (always capitalized by the authors), who pursue and capture her. It seems God created both Vampires and Adamites (humans), with the latter being essentially good and the former essentially evil. God, being fair, sent Susej (read it backward) to the Vampires to die on a cross and restore their faith. From Susej comes the ""royal"" blood that Lizzie has inherited, making her a target of the Vampires' evil design. Tucker, of course, must come to her rescue, as any proper cowboy would. The plot is silly, but not as silly as the dialogue (""I am passion.... I am lust. I am the dark side of human sexuality in the flesh""). Bram Stoker must be rolling over in his crypt. (May)