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Darius - A Vampire Story: A Contemporary Gothic Romance (Newport Vampire Stories Book 1) Kindle Edition

by R Shannon (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 103 ratings
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★★★★★ A Humorous Contemporary Vampire Story ★★★★★
★★★★★ The Start of a Humorous Vampiric Family Saga ★★★★★
★★★★★ A Humorous Vampire Romance Series ★★★★★

A contemporary vampire story written in a humorous tongue-in-cheek style. It's a sweet vampire romance -- well, except for the dark vampire bits -- as Darius is not good when he's put under too much pressure. The characters are quirky and endearing.

Born into Victorian times, Darius now finds himself in the funeral business in Newport Rhode Island. He has carried around a broken heart for 200 years, until he unexpectantly falls in love again. Unfortunately, she is the daughter of a wealthy and elitist family who have no idea vampires are living behind their estate property.

Elizabeth Regan, a fourth generation socialite, is grooming her two beautiful daughters to find the right husbands. Translation? She's shopping them around the social registry and their local catholic church to find proper husbands. Mom comes close enough with her scheming to hear distant wedding bells for both daughters.

Then Darius the vampire enters the scene. The battle between vampiric powers and elitist power and influence ensues. Darius is holding his own until that pesky investigator shows up looking for his ex-girlfriend who happens to be a mobster's daughter.

It's a mysterious but sweet and humorous vampire romance that will steal your heart away.

NEWPORT VAMPIRE STORIES SERIES INFO:

The series is about the lengths to which desperation can drive a vampire to possess the one he loves.

For Ciara, who felt unloved and unnoticed in the world all of her life, it's a story of love and being chosen.

For Darius, it is a story of the power, control and manipulation he developed in his quest for blood, love and loyalty.

Ultimately, Darius must learn to give up up control and manipulation in order to find true love.

Each book can be read separately as each story has a beginning, middle and end. But they are best read in order to follow the full character arcs.

❤ Secrets, Lies, Deceit & Desperation
❤ True Love, Need, Sacrifice and Acts of Devotion
❤ Vampiric Obsession, Manipulation & Sabotage
❤ Secret Burials
❤ Vampires born anew
❤ Being chased by the mob
❤ Being investigated by a nosy uncle
❤ Being scrutinized by nosy family members
❤ But in the end, it's about True Love, Family Love and the human need for Freedom.

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    Newport Vampire Stories
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  3. Language
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  5. Publication date
    July 1, 2021
  6. File size
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Editorial Reviews

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★★★★★ A Contemporary Vampire Story

★★★★★ I loved the story line. How they mashed so well. I can't wait to read the second book in the coming future!!


A powerful vampire with a few too many vices and control issues:
  • Vampiric possession
  • Psychological suspense
  • A little 'maybe-illegal' stalking
  • Secret burials
  • Murder & mayhem
. . . all on Darius' quest for love

About the Author

R. Shannon's novels are Catholic and Christian friendly and feature an ensemble of interesting characters. The stories are written in a slice of life style with light humor, biblical morality and heart.

She was born and raised in New Jersey and has lived over 20 years in Florida.

When not writing, she is coding web design and contributing to a "new author" blog. Be sure to sign up at readfirstchapter.com to get notice of new and/or early releases.

She loves to interact with readers, so if you enjoyed the book, please feel free to email her at rshannon@readfirstchapter.com

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0971VM488
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ KDP; 1st edition (July 1, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 1, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 7558 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 234 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 103 ratings

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R. Shannon’s novels are Catholic and Christian friendly and feature an ensemble of interesting characters. The stories are written in a slice-of-life style with light humor, biblical morality, and heart.

She was born and raised in New Jersey and has lived in Florida for over 25 years. She recently moved to Central Florida which is the backdrop for many of her fiction novels.

Regina retired in 2023 from a few different careers: Initially, she was a court reporter, then a legal assistant for several years and then founded her own freelance website design company. For several years, she was a doll sculptor and owned a website business called White Gothic Studios. She retired from web coding in 2023 and now she blogs at ReadFirstChapter and continues writing fiction book series.

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3.7 out of 5 stars
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Stella Shahan
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2023
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A great story of vampires and monks that was well written. I loved it. It has great characters a great storyline lots of spooky moments and of course love.
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T&M Maclaren
3.0 out of 5 stars A Complicated Paranormal Vampire Romance.
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2021
Darius by R. Shannon, was the first book of the Newport Vampire Series. It was a difficult book to get through, as there were so many moving parts, and not a lot of character connectedness, or plot resolution. A good start, but could be better organized as shorter stories involving a few characters, than POV among so many. Keep writing, and we’ll see where the next story takes us!
I received a free copy of this book, and I am voluntarily leaving an honest review.
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Michaela
4.0 out of 5 stars The first of a saga
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2023
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This book was written in a different style from what I’m used to. It was written from more of a narration point of view. We get chapters from many different perspectives throughout the book. My problem with this way of writing is that it’s more detached. We more feel like we are on the outside looking in at our characters, rather than being right there with them, feeling their feelings, empathizing with their plights. I grabbed this series up because I was looking for vampire romance. While there is some romance in this book, and there are vampires, it is not the typical vamp book. I am intrigued by the addition of the monastery and the Christian lines of thought. As this is a vampire romance, I am curious to see how that will play out with the faith and perspectives written in here. While I have not been captivated by this story, I am interested enough to continue the series. These are not standalone books, it is all one story broken up into pieces, from what I can tell. This is clean, closed door romance.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Several glaring problems.
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2021
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The characters were flat. No character arc. And they're all pretty much idiots- i am surprised the vampire survived this long without discovery and killed. There's a very noticeable repetition of information a handful of times that is unnecessary and distracting. Quotation mark problems throughout. Plot/Story arc is laughable. No big conflict and resolution at the end. There was an epilogue that just ran down the list of characters and gave basically a one paragraph status report for each character. While I appreciate that this was clean from sexual description, it was done in such a way that felt like a ten year old wrote this. "This time he kissed her and it lasted a full minute." (Not a direct quote but very close). Or something like, "And then they had sex."
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Beverly
3.0 out of 5 stars Beware the vampire!
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2021
An interesting beginning to this series. A very interesting job for a vampire … with some great side benefits. The only down side is that it is moving a little slow for me, but still an enjoyable read.

FYI - I received a free copy of this book via Book Funnel, Prolific Works, Story Origin (or somewhere like that) and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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Joan b
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyed it !
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2022
I wasn't sure how I felt about this book, as the cadence of the writing is a bit different than I am used to. Did not think I would like it, but was surprised to find myself being sucked in enough to get the next book :) It is an interesting read and I really enjoyed it. A couple of small grammar errors, but nothing to much to worry about. Worth reading and sticking with it.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Did not finish.
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2022
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I stopped at 11 percent. I found the characters boring. The main character was deciding should he be a priest or monk. Personally, I feel he should be neither. The plot did not seem fluid to me.
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Josh B.
1.0 out of 5 stars Slow moving, no peak and boring
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2023
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I finished it in hopes something exciting would happen. I found it very boring. Characters were bland and the story line just never went anywhere.
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Breda Tierney
1.0 out of 5 stars Don’t buy this. It’s rubbish.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 12, 2022
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Hated this. Couldn’t make myself finish it.
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