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A review by sue_reilly
Hot Blooded by Heather Guerre
5.0
Recommended by Ruby Dixon.
Tessa, the eldest daughter of an Italian-American mom and a Mexican-American dad is working her fingers to the bone trying to support her mom and get out of the medical debt incurred while her father was dying. She's working night shifts as a hospice nurse and living with her overbearing mother, and to boost her income she signs up to be a blood supply for a vampire.
Amos is a vampire who has not had blood from a live person in 100 years and signs up to have a human donor come to his house. He's got strong principles and mostly avoids being involved in the shady politics of the vampire council and most of the other vampires in Chicago, but is close with his dam and her human bloodmate who seem like really cool people. He becomes very protective of Tessa just at the time that the city is experiencing an uptick in supernatural problems--namely, werewolves and the numerous illegal thralls created by Alex (the problem vampire from book #1!).
The conflicts in this story are mostly external-- there's attacks, Tessa's mom's situation, the vampire council. Amos is very thoughtful and protective of Tessa. One of my issues with the book is that Tessa has no friends of her own other than her coworkers, but it's realistic in this case I think. I really liked the pacing of the story and honestly just felt so much love and relief for Tessa, she deserves the best! I went on a little bit of a Guerre binge over the weekend and this was my favorite but I do recommend checking out the first in this series as well.
Some big CWs apply. I think it's perfect for fans of Ruby Dixon! Amos is very similar to a lot of her male MCs and the humor is similar.
And after some of the Romance discourse lately... behold! A man of average height!
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Tessa, the eldest daughter of an Italian-American mom and a Mexican-American dad is working her fingers to the bone trying to support her mom and get out of the medical debt incurred while her father was dying. She's working night shifts as a hospice nurse and living with her overbearing mother, and to boost her income she signs up to be a blood supply for a vampire.
Amos is a vampire who has not had blood from a live person in 100 years and signs up to have a human donor come to his house. He's got strong principles and mostly avoids being involved in the shady politics of the vampire council and most of the other vampires in Chicago, but is close with his dam and her human bloodmate who seem like really cool people. He becomes very protective of Tessa just at the time that the city is experiencing an uptick in supernatural problems--namely, werewolves and the numerous illegal thralls created by Alex (the problem vampire from book #1!).
The conflicts in this story are mostly external-- there's attacks, Tessa's mom's situation, the vampire council. Amos is very thoughtful and protective of Tessa. One of my issues with the book is that Tessa has no friends of her own other than her coworkers, but it's realistic in this case I think. I really liked the pacing of the story and honestly just felt so much love and relief for Tessa, she deserves the best! I went on a little bit of a Guerre binge over the weekend and this was my favorite but I do recommend checking out the first in this series as well.
Some big CWs apply. I think it's perfect for fans of Ruby Dixon! Amos is very similar to a lot of her male MCs and the humor is similar.
And after some of the Romance discourse lately... behold! A man of average height!
*Sign up for the author's newsletter to get a bonus epilogue for this book.