Title: ⟫ Roman
Author: ⟫ Grae Bryan
Blurb: ⟫ Danny Kingman is used to fending for himself. Working non-stop as an ER nurse to pay for his mother’s care, he’s been putting his own life on hold since he can remember. But when an unbelievably hot, strangely intense man saves him from a mugging, Danny has a feeling everything is about to change. Especially when that man suddenly pops out a pair of fangs.
Roman Mourier has been wandering aimlessly for decades, waiting for the inevitable day when the last of his humanity leaves him, and the demon inside him takes permanent control. He doesn’t believe in fated mates, or the myth that there’s a soul out there that could tether his humanity to him. Until he feels a strange pull to the lovely young man at the hospital, and hope stirs in him for the first time.
But Roman has demons other than just the one inside him. Is he strong enough to keep Danny safe from the past that haunts him? He knows one thing for sure: now that he’s found his mate, he will do anything to keep him.
Review: ⟫ This was a sweet and overall gentle story and I think for me, that was the problem. I was hoping for more – more bite to it, more sexiness, just more. Instead, although it was a perfectly pleasant read, it wasn’t anything particularly special. There isn’t anything memorable about it, which is a shame because the idea is sound and could have been quite spectacular.
Roman is surprisingly sweet, understanding and restrained – what he does for Danny and his mother, giving them time together where she remembers him is one of the loveliest things I’ve ever read, and an amazing use of vampire compulsion. Danny seems completely unflappable, which was a little incongruous considering he’s been introduced to vampires, stalker vampires and what his new mate calls his Demon. To be honest, Danny seemed more than a little too good to be true – even suspending disbelief, I expected at least one freak out.
Nicely written and a pleasant read, this is a gentle, relatively low-angsty vampire mate love story that was mildly enjoyable.
