When Twilight Burns, by Colleen Gleason (Book Review by Melissa A. Bartell)
When Twilight Burns
by Colleen Gleason
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When it comes to romantic fiction, there are two main categories: the “twinkling brown eyes” novels you can read while sprawled on a sun-drenched beach blanket in broad daylight (suitably slathered with sunscreen, of course), and the darker, more mysterious kind, that go better with a balmy, moonlight summer night, a glass of chilled tea or lemonade, and the soft perfume of night blossoms wafting on the breeze.
When Twilight Burns, by Colleen Gleason, is not at all a formula romance, but this fourth installment in the Gardella Vampire Chronicles still falls into the latter category.
This novel picks up just where its predecessor, The Bleeding Dusk, left off: with the question of what has become of our heroine, Victoria Gardella Grandwood de Lacey, Venator (that’s a kind of vampire hunter), after being bitten by the vampire Beauregard (now deceased, of course).
We are led on a path of passion, intrigue, romance, and self-discovery as Victoria balances the darkness growing within and the dark creatures she is sworn to hunt, and if that isn’t enough, there’s still the feelings she has for Max and Sebastian, the two most significant men in her life, each pulling at a different part of her heart and soul.
As with the first three novels in the Gardella Vampire Chronicles, author Colleen Gleason spins a gripping tale that perfectly blends Regency-era England with a modern sensibility that never fails to please, not to mention obvious the care and depth of research she lends to all her work.
When Twilight Burns will be available at your favorite bookstore on Tuesday, August 5th. You can read our interview with Ms. Gleason in this issue. Watch our blog on August 8th for a special giveaway from the author, and also visit her website at ColleenGleason.com.
Melissa A. Bartell left her heart in San Francisco, because her books took up too much room in her luggage. She is a freelance writer living and working in the Dallas, TX metroplex, and generally reads 2-3 books a week. She is the Senior Editor here at All Things Girl. Find out more about her on our About Page. You can find her at her blog as well as other places here and there.
