Death Wish: Book I [NOOK Book]

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Overview

Las Vegas, Nevada

My name is Manon Mourey and I am a twenty-eight year old Let It Ride dealer at the Transylvania Hotel, Casino and Spa in Summerlin. You can say my chances of a way out are pretty limited seeing as I am in debt, don't have a car and live with my gay brother and his lover.

Enter the man of my dreams: Mikkel Damgaard. He's gorgeous, worldly and a vamp...what more...
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Overview

Las Vegas, Nevada

My name is Manon Mourey and I am a twenty-eight year old Let It Ride dealer at the Transylvania Hotel, Casino and Spa in Summerlin. You can say my chances of a way out are pretty limited seeing as I am in debt, don't have a car and live with my gay brother and his lover.

Enter the man of my dreams: Mikkel Damgaard. He's gorgeous, worldly and a vamp...what more could a woman ask for? Perhaps love and devotion would be a start.

You see, I don't know if he really is falling for me or if he is using me because I can grant him the wish to walk in the light...become a Day Walker.

Follow my journey if you dare and see where it takes me...you think dating a vamp is hard? Try being married to one.

I must warn you I have a foul mouth as do most of the company I keep, there will be some very sexy times and violence is included too…these are vamps we’re talking about and not the kind that sparkle either!

Editorial Reviews

S.A. Reid
Manon, the main character, is no virginal schoolgirl. She's no wayside hick, either. She's smart, tough, unlucky in love and determined to make her own way.

Enter Mikkel, who tells Manon the truth about herself -- or does he? He offers her immortality at the usual price: the loss of her humanity. Their relationship, intensely sexual and sometimes violently emotional, is the core of the book. Can Manon trust Mikkel? I kept hitting that forward key on my Kindle to find out.
Albert Robbins III
Overall Feedback: My impulsive first response to this was oh great another vampire novel to through into the pile of other vampire novels. With this in mind I agreed to read and review it thinking I would know the plot and bore myself for a few hours and then post a review about how this goes as other vampire books goes and leave it at that. All due respect to Danielle as she is a friend and fellow member of IWU, that was my first reaction. After reading this book and then rereading this book I

Product Details

  • BN ID: 2940013626300
  • Publisher: Midnight Engel Press
  • Publication date: 11/2/2011
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 343,490
  • Series: The Vamp Saga , #1
  • File size: 691 KB

Meet the Author

Danielle Blanchard Benson is a world traveler and author of several different series.

Ms. Blanchard Benson is the author of Beginnings: Book I (The Plague), Death Wish: Book I, Better off Dead: Book II and Death Lair: A Novella (all from The Vamp Saga), The Catalyst: Book One (The Pop Stars) and The Beautiful People series.

She is currently working on Queen of the Undead: Book III (The Vamp Saga) Hart Attack: Book I (The Hart Family Saga), Apocalypse 2012: Book II (The Plague), Love Voodoo: Book I (DeGeneration) and The Making of a Star: Book Two (The Pop Stars).

Ms. Blanchard Benson has lived abroad in Stockholm (Sweden), Manchester (England), Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area and Portland. She currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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  • Posted November 11, 2011

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    Absolutely Loved It

    Rising to the top of the food chain, vampires no longer have to hide who, and what, they are. The government is held tightly under their thumb, as well as the pharmaceutical and entertainment industry. They pretty much control the entire world. Manon Mourey has led a dull life, always wondering what it is that she exists for. Working as a card dealer at the Transylvania Hotel, Spa & Casino, she¿s known no other way of life. Her brother has been her primary caretaker, something she detests but will not openly admit to. The fact that Nico¿s also a warlock, whose powers he inherited from their necromancer mother, doesn¿t necessarily sit well with her. Plagued by a never-ending illness, she believes that she truly has nothing to live for within the world as they now know it. When her brother orders her to stay home one night, Manon finds it within herself to rebel against him. To his dismay, she goes to work anyway. She never imagined that doing so would land her in the arms of a very powerful vampire named Mikkel Damgaard. Mikkel makes her an offer that seems too good to be true. Yet Manon wonders if she can actually accept it, for it goes against everything she¿s ever believed in. She soon comes to realize that she never really had a choice and accepts Mikkel¿s demands. As she makes her transition into one of the undead, the other vampires soon become privy to the secret that Manon hides inside. She is an anathema - one who cannot be left alive. The International Vampire Council has decreed that her life is forfeit, thus springing a war that threatens to divide the world itself. I absolutely loved this book. It was an awesome spin on the whole humans versus vampire story, except this time it¿s vampires controlling us. Danielle has a unique story-telling style that keeps the reader riveted to that message that she wishes to convey. I truly recommend the book to others for reading. So looking forward to part two of the series.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 11, 2011

    Amazing Book

    An Amazing book! A unmatched realistic take on the vampire world. The characters are extremely developed, and relatable. Incredibly smart, and I enjoyed the look into the vampire society that Ms. Blanchard had created. The plot and pace, was relentless (in a good way). I could not stop reading. The sexually intense moments will have you steaming up your reading glasses. So take caution. This is a great book to recommend.

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