I dug Saber and found him a hot hero of the story, but then sexual scenes did little for me. Still, the book was fun. Heroine is almost too pure but she's also amusing and I enjoy her outlook on things. The Ghost tours are a hoot and there were genuinely laugh-out-loud moments in this story. Very cute paranormal romance that doesn't focus too much on the relationship, but actually has depth, a good mystery story, and various layers. All sidekicks and friends were well designed, interesting, and dimensional. A bit let down on who the villain was, found it a bit too easy and they thought it was him for awhile before, so there was little suspense when it turned out they were right. Loved how the author used the settings and rich history of St. Augustine Florida for the story as well. Reading the second starting today. ( )

Strong beginning, interesting characters, some twists on the premises. She throws you right into the deep end of the story, explanations will come later. ( )

Cesca is a vampire who has been found after being buried beneath a house for 200 years. It seems to take a lot from the Sookie Stackhouse novels in that vampires are now a protected species and things of that nature. Cesca for a "living" leads ghost tours in St Augustine. During her first tour we meet a vampire hater, a married French couple and assorted other characters. I'll agree with some other reviewers that you have to suspend disbelief but isn't that done with all works of fiction. Over all I did like the book and will look for other novels from this author. ( )

Anita lite. I'm tired of these variations on vampire books, they feel like the author saw an oppurtunity in the market place and wrote to order, rather than had a story grow inside them that needed to be told... ( )

Nancy Haddock has written a wonderful debut! This book had everything! It was romantic, sexy and full of action!
Cesca Martinelli was trapped underground for 200 years but has now been discovered by her closest friend, Maggie. But now that vampires have been changed to a protected species, she finds that times have changed, plus she has to run around with a tracker chip in her arm. But now someone in town seems to want to see her dead. And it's up to her to figure out who that is before something terrible happens.
Cesca started doing ghost tours for a local company and finds that the same people want to be at her tours, probably because she's a vampire, but then one of them turns up dead. And there is a creepy guy running around trying to scare her, but with the help of an ex-slayer Deke Saber they will soon discover that this murder has a lot more twists and turns than they anticipated!
This book hooked me from the very first page. You have a vampire who is the most human vampire you'll ever meet and she surfs! Who woulda thought! LOL This book certainly is one of finest debuts that I have ever had the pleasure to read!
So what do you gotta say to that? ( )