Taken by the Night

By Kathryn Smith

Book Overview

I enjoy carnal pleasures like any mortal man, but six hundred years of existence have taught me loss. Best to stay away from people and save myself the heartache. Then I arrive at the notorious London brothel Maison Rouge, and my life, such as it is, will never be the same again. Ivy Dearing, daughter of the infamous Madam, has requested my assistance. Two of her friends have been murdered, and she is determined to find their killer. I know better than to agree to help, yet Ivy is impossible to resist. No stranger to vampires, she has awakened desires within me that are as potent as my thirst for blood--desires that can only be satisfied by Ivy herself. But when there is another murder, it is all I can do to protect the woman I love from an evil more powerful than the undead . . .

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006124502X
• ISBN13: 9780061245022
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

The best I've read yet!

I could not put the book down from the time I started to read the story, it had romance and mystery all combined!

Murder, Vampires, and Seduction

This book follows Saint, one of the original 5 soldiers sent by King Phillip to retrieve the Holy Grail. Instead, they find the Blood Grail, filled with the blood of Lilith, the original fallen woman, who was cursed by Samael. She is the mother of the vampires, her blood flows through them. When Saint shows up at the whorehouse one of his brethren set up for them many years ago, he is bombarded with the grief of the girls who work there. Two of their friends were murdered. The murders continue and the owner's daughter, Ivy Dearing, asks Saint for help in catching the killer. What follows is a turbulent and at times timid passion; Saint is tired of ignoring love, yet Ivy doesn't even believe in it. This book is full of heady romance scenes and suspense. I recommend that the first two books in this series, Be Mine Tonight, and Night of the Huntress, be read first.

Taken by the Story!!

Kathryn Smith does it again with `Taken by the Night', third in her riveting `Brotherhood of Blood' series. Here we have another entrancing story written in that darkly seductive voice that is Kathryn Smith's alone. The hero,`Saint' (so aptly yet so conversely named) is a hero to die for, a man marked both literally and figuratively by his past, with no real hope of a future worth living. Ivy Dearing is a heroine readers can identify with on so many levels, and because of that, will want root for. The dialogue between them is not to be missed-- sharp and rich and often suprisingly brutal in its honesty. The scope of the realm created by Ms. Smith for the `Brotherhood of Blood' series-- the world of the Victorian Vampire-- is as alluring as it was with books 1 and 2 of the series (`Be Mine Tonight' and `Night of the Huntress'). Rooted in reality yet skewed by the unreality of the 'rules' governing the members of the 'Brotherhood of Blood', Kathryn Smith deftly makes the unbelievable suddenly much more plausible. With `Taken by the Night', Ms. Smith transports us back to Victorian London-- the mysterious twilight edge of it, where shadows and contradictions abound. Here she creates with gossamer lightness a web of a story that enraptures the reader won't let go until the very end-- and really, not even then... `Taken by the Night' is book 3 in this mesmeric series, and there is much yet to be resolved for the long-suffering `Brotherhood of Blood'. The stakes are rising for with each book, and I for one can't wait to see where Ms. Smith takes us with book four!

The Brotherhood of Blood scores again

I've been so disappointed in series installments lately that I was almost afraid to read this book. But Kathryn Smith gave me faith once more. Ivy is intelligent, independent and strong willed. Saint is everything you could hope for in a dark dangerous sexy vampire. The serial killer storyline was intriguing. The characters were believable and likeable. And the romance between Saint and Ivy was wonderful. Now...how long before Reign?

Sexy vampire thriller!

TAKEN BY THE NIGHT is the third installment in USA Today bestselling author Kathryn Smith's Brotherhood of Blood series. It features sexy vampire Saint (who is anything but saintly) and the beautiful Ivy Dearing. While stopping for what he plans as a brief respite at the London brothel that is a safe refuge for the brothers, Saint encounters Ivy Dearing, the daughter of the infamous Madame, and no stranger to vampires. She asks him to help her in finding the person responsible for brutally murdering two of her friends. While investigating these and more 'Jack the Ripper' type killings, Saint finds it harder and harder to resist the tempting Ivy. She gets under his skin, but will he lose his heart? Saint and Ivy's story is an utterly compelling and sexy adventure that takes place right at the turn of the century. It puts together a strong, sensual heroine and a dark, confident and incredibly sexy vampire (that Kathryn Smith is a master at writing!). I loved that Saint is no stranger to love and isn't afraid to embrace it again with the right woman. This book is another keeper and has me thoroughly looking forward to the next book in this exciting series!