True Blood Nightkind Dante Baptiste is not just a rock star, born vampire.  He's the progeny of a vampire mother and a Fallen angel father.  Beset with debilitating seizures and headaches, he aches to know his origins and the truth behind his seemingly unreachable pain.  Dante's past is shrouded in secrets, even from his own memories. In his youth, he was part of a malevolent, government experiment called Bad Seed. Now, he's been selected for elimination, as has Heather, his friend, ally, and lover.
 
Heather Wallace is an FBI agent whose eyes have been opened to the world around her—to the existence and presence of immortal beings, to the corruption within the Bureau and to the frailty of the mind.  Pushed away from Dante in the past, she can't help but be drawn back to the darkly intense, seductively passionate vampire when he arrives on her home turf during Dante's band Inferno's concert tour.
 
Ever vigilant, Dante and Heather battle the forces around them, those mortal and those supernatural.  Not only do they fight for their lives from Shadow Branch assassins, but they fight to avoid becoming ensnared in plots to use the brilliant light that shines forth from the darkness within Dante's very soul.
 
Adrian Phoenix's second novel, In the Blood picks up where A Rush of Wings left off, chronicling the journeys of Heather Wallace and Dante Baptiste.  An absolutely amazing read, this series, with its non-stop action, richly complex characters and multi-dimensional world-building, is fast becoming one of my favorites of all time.
 
Heather is a heroine any woman would choose to emulate.  She's intelligent, street smart and passionate, without appearing two-dimensional. Darkly mysterious, fiercely loyal and seductively magnetic, Dante is a hero to root for from the very first page. With roller coaster action scenes and enemies at every turn, In the Blood is a gut- wrenching thrill ride sure to engross even the most discerning reader.  A Rush of Wings held a place in this reviewer's top reads of 2008.  It is vividly apparent that In the Blood will hold the same honor for 2009.

Reviewed by: Bella