Wow, an original vampire story!!! These are few and far between.

"Come the Night" is the story of a vampire (Lazarus) who is half mortal, half Grigori and married to a Tracker (vampire hunter). Complicated? Nah! OK, I found the prologue a little hard going as there is so much information to absorb in a relatively short space of time but this is necessary to provide a firm foundation for the forthcoming story. Once you get into the novel per se it becomes a delight to read.

And what a story! An evil vampire (a Dark Breed) wants to take possession of the "Amulet of Christ" (an amulet containing a few drops of Christ's blood). This would enable him to exist in the mortal world, father children and thus form a new tribe that would destroy all mortal existence. The tale begins in Rome 476 A.D., and continues in Ireland 1095.

I found the writing style riveting. This book resulted in a couple of very late nights as I just had to find out what would happen next. I actually had to force myself to put it down on the first night as I would have gone on to finish it in 1 sitting (and not slept at all!).

Come the Night is Angelique Armae's first book, not that you'd have guessed from reading it, and hopefully it will not be her last. It is possibly the most unusual vampire tale I have read since "A Taste of Blood Wine" (Freda Warrington).

Excellent!

Synopsis
Angels, Vampyres, Heaven and Hell… In medieval Ireland two worlds collide and the term Dark Ages takes on a whole new meaning

An evil entity stalks Lazarus Conlon, Vampyre patriarch, threatening the safety of his wife and his family tribe. But to conquer this enemy, Lazarus must first fight his own demons, including a sacred heritage inherited from fallen angels. Amid this strife, Lazarus learns his only true hope rests within the heart and soul of a mortal tracker—his wife, a woman born to hunt and destroy his breed. Can she help him defeat this evil threatening his very soul or will her tracker heritage demand she kill him?

Neomina Delacroix is no stranger to the world of the Vampyre. As appointed heiress of the Tracker Council and the keeper of the Amulet of Christ and the St. John Stake, Neomina's allegiance to her people is sealed in blood. But she doesn’t know that her father is not what he seems, and because of him, her true nature is grounded in the very evil threatening her husband. When terror strikes the Conlon Tribe, Neomina is their only hope. But will the dark heritage she inherited from her father save Lazarus and his Tribe, or will evil corrupt her soul and destroy them all?