Turned by Virna DePaul
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

If you think vampires working for the FBI sounds like an intriguing proposition, pick up TURNED. You’ll find your fill of alpha males and sexy heroines and a high sense of tension and violence. Turned into a vampire against his will and then recruited into a secret FBI unit, Ty has to recruit former gang member Ana, who has an in with a group that may be a cult.

The author mixes gang politics and terrorism with vampires in a way that doesn’t seem terribly far-fetched for urban fantasy. Ana has had a hard life, and has tried to stay hidden from her past, but of course it comes back to haunt her. Ty is tortured by the loss of his sister and his desire to rid himself of the vampire taint. When the two of them come together, the result is intense: Ty wants Ana, both as a woman and a snack, and Ana craves his protection and body and the information he has on the location of her missing sister, all the while trying to maintain her independence. There is a lot of sexual tension in this book, riding along with the violence, and plenty of sex once the tension is relieved.

Received as a free digital ARC via Netgalley and the publisher.

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tags: contemporary, crime, paranormal, romance, supernatural, urban-fantasy, netgalley