She closed the glass with a sharp breath, going pale. These two lay spread-eagle on the air, vibrating in the drafts that buffeted their nearly weightless frames.Īdele felt a tingle of horror when one turned its head and, she thought, stared at her, looking in her eye with its cold glare.

Vampire cadavers were displayed occasionally in the streets of her home, Alexandria, and she had even viewed the purported preserved head of the clan chief of Vienna, but she had seen only a few living specimens in her days. The young princess felt a delicious thrill spread through her. Off the port beam Adele spotted two figures floating silhouetted in midair.

The distant clouds were turning brilliant orange and bruise purple in the darkening eastern sky. A stiff breeze rolled the heavy skirt around her calves and whipped the ends of the scarf that struggled to restrain her long auburn curls.Īdele snapped open the telescope and steadied her booted feet expertly against the airship’s sway. A crowd of redjackets from her household guard parted to make a path to the port rail. Thank you, Colonel Anhalt.” Adele crossed the quarterdeck of HMS Ptolemy and leapt with girlish pleasure down three steps to the ship’s waist. “In that case, Your Highness, would you care to have a look?” Under her gaze, the short but powerfully built Gurkha officer covered his bemusement by clearing his throat and offering his brass telescope. Princess Adele noticed a slight smile on the dark, chiseled face of Colonel Mehmet Anhalt, who stood close to her, as was his habit. Read an excerpt from this highly anticipated book here: Romance fans will not be disappointed.” - VampChix blog, October 21, 2010 “The best book I've read this year.I'm hoping to convince you all to buy this book.a page turner.all-around satisfying, pick this one up. My rating: 5/5, Near Perfect - Buy two copies: one for you and one for a friend.” - All Things Urban Fantasy blog, October 26, 2010 Book two in the Vampire Empire can’t come soon enough. The action is exhilarating, the vampires are refreshingly sinister, and the love story a gentle force so captivating that I truly believe it will weather even the most daunting obstacles. That’s a testament to writing ability of husband and wife duo Clay and Susan Griffith who wasted not one word in their superb vampire steampunk novel. … I’m amazed that a story as epic and lavish The Greyfriar comes in at just over 300 pages.

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