DAMIAN: Traditional Vampire and Proud of it!

They say the “traditional” vampire is making a comeback. No longer the anguished seeker of human acceptance, of finding love and nothing more; no sparkly, benign, adolescent-appearing male wavering between turning the girl he’s attracted to and giving in to his bestial nature, not waging war with werewolves or his own kind; no pair of Undead sibling rivals who’ve loved the same woman in the Past and now are committing the same mistake in the Present… A protagonist more Prince Drakula than Stefan Salvatore or Edward Cullen, this Undead gentleman is sometimes no gentleman. He can be cruel and seductive by turns, blood-lusting or just plain lusting...a ravaging beast or a ravenous lover. If he can’t get what he wants one way, he’ll get it another…no holds barred…

In fact, he’s loving every moment of his Immortal existence with no apology, and handsome head held high.

Within one night, Damian La Croix loses his life and his soul as he willingly choses Undeath rather than perish of the Plague. The Black Death strikes and Damian doesn’t want to die. He wants to live, to marry his betrothed Antoinette, to love her, and when he chances upon a vampire struggling to find a victim in the charnal pit of the dying village, he sees a way to escape the Plague and have Antoinette, too. His payment for immortality: the lives of everyone on his father’s estate—agrees. Then something goes wrong. Antoinette and LeMaitre betray him and Damian strikes back, killing both his beloved and his sire. He doesn’t hesitate; it’s self-defense, and that starts the Night Man on his long, lonely trek through Time, for he still wants someone to love. Not a reincarnation of the unfaithful Antoinette, but simply a woman who’ll accept him for who he is…in spite of what he is.

It’s a bit of a different story, but one I think both horror fans and paranormal romance readers will enjoy, for its perspective of the vampire as both potential villain and hero.

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