Review: Vampire Bound: Book One by R A Steffan

Vampire Bound: Book One by R.A. Steffan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Interesting Start To A New Series

This is sort of a new chapter rather than the start of a new series. The series features characters and continuation of events from The Last Vampire series with focused on Zorah and Ran. They are in this series but as supporting characters rather than main ones.

Vonnie is a single mother with a 14 year old son (she’s 30). Her dead beat ex has been borrowing money from the mob and then not paying it back. They have been chasing Vonnie for the money and she has ended up working a phone sex operator, but that money is still not enough. Her first job as an escort brings her to a club and a handsome man, Leonides is her first client. Only he’s not just a man, but a vampire and it seems she is resistant to being mind controlled, so she remembers him and the fae he argued with. He ends up offering her a job behind the bar and she takes it, with relief. She doesn’t know this will bring her even further into the supernatural world.

If you haven’t read the first series, this one still makes sense. I like Vonnie a lot as she is determined to look after her son, after an error of judgment when she was a teenager meant she selected a rubbish partner for her first attempt at sex. She was now stuck dealing with a dreamer who has no grasp on reality of idea of consequences, or that other people may end up paying the price for his mistakes. She adores her son and it seems that this is reciprocated by her son.

I also really like Leonides. He’s reserved and contains his emotions behind a high wall. However, he is compassionate and protective of his people and is always rescuing those in need.

There is an attraction between Vonnie and Leonides, but both seem scared to act on it. It creates a tension between them, but doesn’t stop their growing mutual respect either.

This is a complicated plot and I think it will get more complicated, but each strand is handled in a straight forward manner, so you don’t get overwhelmed with all the information. I really enjoyed this book and look forward to the next book in the series coming out in June 2020.

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