On her way to pray, mild-mannered Nicole St. James meets with a horrible fate near the steps of a New Orleans Cathedral.  Fighting for her life as a vampire is ravaging her body, she pleads with a shadowy figure to save her life.  While Keenan hovers over the scene, watching for the appropriate moment to touch Nicole and take her soul to heaven, something about her tugs at his heart.  Instead of taking her soul, he touches the vampire instead and faces the awful consequence of immediately losing his angel status in heaven, thrust to earth for his disobedience.  Reconciling with his new life, Keenan is determined to find Nicole.  When he finds her, will he be prepared for what Nicole has become?

Once again, Cynthia Eden doesn’t fail to disappoint her long-time fans with another outstanding supernatural read exposing more of the Other in Angel of Darkness.  I immediately felt sympathy for Nicole St. James who one day was a school teacher and the next wound up a vampire.  What a gutsy lady having to live off her wits in some dire circumstances looking for her next drink to survive.  Six months into her new life, Keenan locates her and he cannot believe what he sees.  Gone is the meek woman he was tracking as a death angel.  The ‘new’ Nicole is a hard-nosed woman who isn’t above trickery to get what she needs to survive.  He admires her pluck and cannot help but be sexually aroused by her.

Knowing he’s responsible for her transformation, Keenan vows to stay with her when he finds she’s being targeted for termination by not only the supernatural but the human community.  Can Nicole learn not only to trust but fall in love with this man who seems vaguely familiar to her?

I loved Ms. Eden’s superb characterization of Keenan and Nicole as they look deep inside themselves to come to one conclusion—they are redeemable and worthy of love.  Both battle their demons in Angel of Darkness and find ultimate joy in themselves.  Cynthia Eden’s Angel of Darkness is the perfect blend of red-hot sex and supernatural suspense driven by a rockin’ plot.  Pick up Ms. Eden’s book today and be just like me—waiting in breathless anticipation for another story in her highly innovative Other universe.