Synopsis:
Kari Ransom’s career as a journalist is on a stellar trajectory. She’s making a name for herself by exposing some heavy hitters in the political arena for serious crimes and shady dealings. But that rise to the top is cut short when she’s gruesomely murdered by a professional killer leaving very few clues behind for the authorities to follow.
Her sister Kristen knows there is something more going on under the surface, and to find the culprits, she enlists the help of homicide detective Slade Jericho. Kristen senses there is more to Slade than he’s letting on. But what could that be?
Slade has seen his share of murders in his years on the Phoenix police force. And, his gut’s telling him that Kristen is in serious danger from the same heartless killers who executed Kari. He calls in the best to help him keep Kristen alive, and when Chase McKinnon, from the extraordinary McKinnon clan, steps in to lead the security detail, things start to get really dicey.
Will Chase’s past work for or against them as that past leads them straight into the vampire collective? Will Slade and Kristen find the killers before they are both murdered for the information now in her possession?
If they can unravel this twisted web of lies, love, and deception, they will be free to give in to fate and see how perfect they are for each other even against the odds.
This paranormal romance will keep you on the edge of your seat, rooting for the good guys and wondering what’s going to happen next.
Review:
There are times when I am excited about a new book, I will jump into the story without reading a synopsis or even paying much attention to the cover. As a result, I will find myself lost regarding the storyline. I must have known Vampires of Nirvana was a vampire book, but for probably 90% of the story, it behaves like a murder investigation mixed with some conspiracy. I was literally wondering where are the vampires?? However, as you near the climax of the book, the reader learns about the behind the scenes operations of the vampire world and it opens a door for the imagination! This is not your typical vampire story, and highly recommend this book as well as the series.
Ranay’s writing could be classified as art and I really cannot figure out why she hasn’t reached superstar status in the industry. She has a special way of molding her characters so you can feel their heartaches, passion, and emotion. As an added bonus, I have recently learned that all of her books have a tie to each other in a similar fashion to Disney’s Easter eggs. It has been fun trying to figure them out.
Vampires of Nirvana is currently $2.99 on Amazon and is well worth the money! Buy it here.
Happy Reading!!!
About the Author:
Ranay James moved to a small farm in East Texas along with her husband and two dogs after walking away from the fast paced corporate life in 2012.
Ranay graduated from college majoring in accounting and finance with a minor in business management and law. This is very concrete subject matter as a major. Becoming a romance writer seems a most unlikely path for a woman who spent most of her career managing people and operational practices within the corporate environment.
It all began in 2004 on New Year’s Day. Having made a list of things that she wanted to accomplish for the year, she added some items to that list that would push her skill set, and take her out of her comfort zone. Writing a novel was one item that she felt would stretch her abilities the most having no prior training in creative writing. Later that day, Ranay sat down at her computer. Looking at that blank word document, she simply wrote the first thing that came into her mind.
“What were you thinking?” she wrote having remembered the line from a dream she had in a hotel room in Houston, Texas in 2002. Several chapters in, Ranay found her voice as the story began to form. It poured out from a place that she never knew existed. Ranay began to write that day in 2004, and simply never stopped.
The bulk of her work is fiction. A few works are self-help and business aides. (She comes from a corporate background, and she is still a businesswoman, so it does creep in from time-to-time).
Ten years later with eight published works to her name, and nine more completed awaiting publication, Ranay has found a new passion – the love of storytelling and sharing her characters with the world.
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