Dear Reader,
Another journey into The Claiming was irresistible to me. The notion that vampires themselves can become so enthralled that it's a matter of life and death for them gave rise to some of the events in the books.
Vampires have a lot of powers, and few weaknesses other than the sun. I skipped the part about the stake to the heart because that's never appealed to me, but I felt there should be another weakness vampires are prey to, and thus The Claiming.
As you will find in these pages, The Claiming is love raised to the nth degree. No vampire wants it to happen, knowing full well its risks. In Dark Cravings, I also got to deal with a vampire who once had a wife and children but had to give them up because he had become a threat to them. He never wanted to love again because he had lost so much. Instead, he finds himself drawn to a woman, a novelist, who needs his protection and who is also reluctant to become involved.
Each is wounded, one by love too good, and one by love too bad. And the bad love is the one that comes back to haunt them.
Enjoy!