Twice Damned

Carrie S. Masek
Mundania Press (2005)
ISBN 1594260753
Reviewed by Ellen Hogan for Reader Views (10/06)

He is known as Todd Ritter in the year 2014. However he was born Ritter Breitmann and served in Hitler's army. He survived an attack during the war and was told that he would be part of a team creating a new weapon that would win Germany the war. This changed Ritter's life; he was never the same after.

She is Dr. Faith Allister, a dedicated researcher. Her brother died from Stoker's syndrome and she is determined to find a cure.

They meet one night when Faith is about to be mugged.  Ritter saves her and he decides that he is going to be her protector. They form an uneasy alliance and every time something happens to Faith, Ritter is not far away.  He does not tell her that he is a vampire, from an experiment that went really wrong during the war. Faith thinks that
Ritter is much younger than she is, she does not know that he didn't age because of the experiment.

The hospital where Faith works lost the grant money for her research. So, she and her boss Miles are offered a job continuing the research for a private party. With state-of-the-art equipment and a new apartment thrown in they both leave for the new job.

Enter Cole, a vampire like Ritter. He learns that his nemesis is working to make a virus to infect more men like he and Ritter. He also learns that Faith works with him and he is determined to kill both of them. Ritter tells Cole that Faith has no idea about the experiment and that she is under his protection.

Good will triumph over evil in the end, but you will have to read the book to find out how.

Ms. Masek weaves the story between the war and what happened after with the future in 2014. The reader can't help but root for Ritter and Faith to come through all their trials. From her descriptions you feel like you are right there with them, living right along side.

Any paranormal reader would love this book. I truly enjoyed reading it and will look for more books by Ms. Masek in the future.

Suspense and passion fuel “Twice Damned” from beginning to end.

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