Are there nice vampires? This bloodsucking, coffin-sleeping vamp is moonlighting as a romance writer! This is a really charming, light story that makes even vampires just right for a valentine.

Shannah knows she has little time left. She's already lost her appetite and strength. When she begins to follow the man in black, pretending he's a vampire, it's really only a fantasy to distract her. The only thing is, the more she's around him, the more enthralling he becomes, and the better she feels.

Ronan has been a loner for the entire 500 years he's been a vampire, and for the past several decades he's written romances. Unexpectedly attracted to the dying mortal, he gives her just enough of his blood to revive her, but not enough to turn her into a vampire. Still, this won't work forever. Will she love him or hate him if he "saves" her life?

(Zebra, Feb., 384 pp., $6.99)

Reviewed by: 
Bunny Callahan