Dark Harvest

Dark Harvest by Lynda Hilburn

Kismet Knight, Vampire Psychologist

ISBN# 978-193383661-4

Available now

Published by Medallion Press, Inc.

Format: trade pbk., 383 pages

Genres: fiction, paranormal romance

Well, I've finally gotten a hold of and read the second Kismet Knight book.  A review of the first book, The Vampire Shrink, can be found among the older posts.  You can also catch the trailer for the first book on Ms. Hilburn's Myspace page.  

Kismet has pretty much come to terms with Devereux being a real vampire, even though she occasionally relapses into thinking she's crazy.  What she won't concede is that she's his fated mate or that he can order around like she has no mind of her own.  Enter into all these relationship growing pains one very crazy, old, and powerful vampire who's decided he wants Kismet for himself and you have a very volatile situation.  Hallow first contacts Kismet through a radio call-in show and tells her that he was sent to harvest (kill) someone close to her.  She doesn't want to believe he's a vampire or a real threat partly because the show was during the day, but Victoria (Devereux's building manager and witch extraordinaire) tells her that she's heard of him and even felt his power through the radio.  As Hollow gets more and more of a foothold in her mind she can't even tell Devereux she needs help.  Those around her worry more and more as she repeatedly acts completely out of character going so far as to even attack Devereux and then not remember a thing about it.  If she can't fight him and completely gives in she'll find out what real servitude is and Hallow's hold will be powerful enough to make her beg for more.

There is no real mystery to this book.  Once Hallow shows up and his powers are explained you know exactly what's going on with Kismet.  The only tiny mystery is, who the hell is Maxi?  That shouldn't really take you long either since she gives Kismet more than enough clues, if she was smart enough to put them together.  I really think the only reason Hallow is in this book is because Hilburn needed some kind of relationship test for Devereux and Kismet, something that after they overcome it will prove to them that they do indeed belong together.  Something Kismet said towards the end really bugged me.  She said something about being naturally suspicious of people, but apparently that only applies to people she knows.  All through this book she's suspicious of Devereux and Victoria.  Luna, Maxi, and Hallow get right past her radar.  The first book was better, but this one is still good.  There's also plenty of Devereux in this book, who I am becoming a big fan of.

Zhye