The Rest Falls Away (Victoria Gardella Series #1)

by Colleen Gleason

Overview

The first volume in award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Colleen Gleason's International Bestselling Gardella Vampire Hunter Series--in a new and updated edition.

"Sophisticated, sexy, surprising!" - J.R. Ward

"Colleen Gleason's irresistible...series is deliciously dark and delightfully entertaining." --Chicago Tribune

"Gleason's publishing debut...turns vampire stories-and romances-on their ear." --Detroit Free Press

Beneath the glitter of dazzling nineteenth century London Society lurks a bloodthirsty evil...

Vampires have always lived among them, quietly attacking unsuspecting debutantes and dandified lords as well as hackney drivers and Bond Street milliners. If not for the vampire slayers of the Gardella family, these immortal creatures would have long ago taken control of the world.

In every generation, a Gardella is called to accept the family legacy, and this time, Victoria Gardella Grantworth is chosen, on the eve of her debut, to carry the stake. But as she moves between the crush of ballrooms and dangerous moonlit streets, Victoria's heart is torn between London's most eligible bachelor, the Marquess of Rockley, and her dark, dangerous duty.

And when she comes face-to-face with the most powerful vampire in history, Victoria must ultimately make a choice between duty and love.

"Gleason is really on a roll!" --Publishers Weekly on The Gardella Vampire Hunters

**This new edition features a special spine design on all five volumes

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781931419567
Publisher:	Avid Press, LLC
Publication date:	09/15/2014
Series:	Gardella Vampire Hunters Series , #1
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	298
Sales rank:	666,864
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.80(d)

Editorial Reviews

The Barnes & Noble Review
What if Buffy went Regency? Vampires terrorize 19th-century London society in this historical vampire slayer thriller, Gleason's first book and the first in a projected series.

Historically, a member of the Gardella family has been the one to pick up the stake. The newest slayer to follow her destiny is young, beautiful Victoria Gardella Grantworth. Master vampire executioner Maximilian Pesaro has his doubts about her -- Victoria seems far too busy thinking about gowns, dances, her debut to society, and her romance with the dashing Marquis of Rockley. But her aunt has faith in her niece, who stakes a vampire on the first try. Victoria's courage and heart are tested to the max, as Lilith brings her entire entourage to London. Victoria, who has led a double life in an effort to hide her vocation and family legacy from Rockley, will be forced to choose between her heart and her destiny. Ginger Curwen

A promising, enthusiastic beginning to a new paranormal historical series, Gleason's major label debut follows the adventures of a conflicted young vampire hunter in Regency England. Victoria Gardella is a young upper-class lady on the verge of her debut; however, just before her society introduction, she learns that she is the last in a long line of vampire hunters-Venators-and must soon choose whether to embrace her destiny. Her decision is complicated by a reunion with her preadolescent love, Phillip, now marquess of Rockley; her desire for romance doesn't mesh well with her new training schedule, much less with her moonlight patrol duties. Matters are made more difficult by the arrival of the queen of the vampires, Lilith, who seeks a mystical tome that will put a demonic army at her disposal. Though it might seem familiar to fans of Teresa Medeiros's Regency vamp series, Gleason quickly establishes an alluring world all her own. Her Buffyesque lead (Gleason has acknowledged the inspiration) is similarly afflicted, but the change of setting makes an intriguing, witty and addictive twist. (Jan.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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