What to Buy For the Vamp Who Has Everything by A.M. Riley

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Peter is a cop, but he is not that typical cop by the book. He does his work, but he is also able to close an eye when law can't give justice. But all in all he is not a bad guy, not like his former lover and fellow cop Adam, drug addict and dirty cop. But now Adam is dead so maybe in this case justice is made. But the unusual twist of this short novel is that Peter was in love with Adam the cop, and now he is in love with Adam the vampire. How and when Adam became a vampire is not clear, but now Peter is taking care of him in an Hollywood basement in exchange of sex and companionship.

Probably Adam being a vampire is almost a good thing, since the death makes Adam reconsidered his life, and now he is a better man... well not exactly a man, but I believe that Peter prefers this vampire to the drug addict cop. Problem is that Adam, reconsidering his life, is also becoming aware that life should have a meaning, and he doesn't see any reason for him to be alive. Adam is depressed and Peter fears every moment when he is far from him, since he doesn't know what his lover can do alone.

A.M. Riley said that this is a taste on a longer story she will write if readers will like her characters. Well, I like them; I like the fact that Adam was not a perfect man alive and now he is a brooding vampire, but not since he sees as an injustice to be an un-dead, but since probably he sees as an injustice being still alive. I like Peter, with his deep love despite all the odds and his fears to loose even what little he still has. I like also the fact that, all in all, this is not your typical vampire romance, with blood sucking and splattering games, but the vampire nature of Adam is almost seen as something private, to not share with his lover. 

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Cover Art by April Martinez