American Vampire by J.R. Rain

The eagerly awaited third book in the #1 bestselling Vampire for Hire series!

Mother, wife, private investigator...vampire. Six years ago, federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinkable happens, an attack that changes her life forever. And forever is a very long time for a vampire.

Now in American Vampire, private investigator Samantha Moon receives a heartbreaking phone call from a very unlikely source: a five-year-old girl who's been missing for three months. Now on the hunt, Samantha will use her considerable resources – including her growing supernatural abilities – to locate the missing girl before it's too late.

As she gets closer and closer to the horrible truth, she receives devastating news on the home front. Now with her world turned upside down, Samantha Moon is forced to make the ultimate choice of life and death.

And through it all, she discovers the identity of one mysterious man... a man she has grown to love.

Book 3
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Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team

Erica – ☆☆☆☆
J.R. Rain seems to utilize the cliffhanger. This isn't a negative for me, because I'm lucky to have found this series when it has 10+ books. Every installment ends with a humdinger of a cliffy, and picks right back up in the start of the next novel.

Who is Fang is partially answered from the cliffhanger of the last title, and an emotional extortion storyline is introduced, which becomes the ending cliffy.

Sam is now living back at home with her children – she hasn't found a happy medium with her ex-husband. Ignoring him is probably the best way to describe their relationship.

She's dealing with who Fang represents to her, as well as Kingsley and his unethical yet necessary practice of defending the worst of criminals. Basically, Sam is at a crossroads, where she has to come to terms with how her life isn't how she expected it to be pre-attack. Does she empathize with the monsters, or does she push them out of her life because they don't fit into her black and white views? But, where does that leave her, morally, with the brutal actions she uses?

Sam metaphysical abilities are gaining strength, which she uses to her advantage. Her ability to see spirits, and act as a medium, is helpful in the scariest of situations. She's getting a better grasp of what her vampirism entails.

The hardest, most emotional thread of the novel features Sam's son, and a sudden illness that no doubt will torture readers, especially near the end.

My only suggestion, make sure you pick up book four before starting book three, as they definitely need to be read back-to-back.

Also Available in the Vampire for Hire Series

Book 1
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For reviews & more info, check out our Moon Dance post.

Book 2
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For reviews & more info, check out our Vampire Moon post.

J.R. Rain is an ex-private investigator who now writes full-time in the Pacific Northwest. He lives in a small house on a small island with his small dog, Sadie. He is the author of over sixty novels.

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Erica reviewed her personal copy of American Vampire (Vampire for Hire #3) by J.R. Rain for this post.