A Witch and Her Vampire by Emberly Wyndham

Blurb:
Maeve Vandermere has always kept her emotions at a careful distance. As a fourth-year storm witch at Coven Crest Academy, she’s earned her reputation through flawless magical control, academic excellence, and a life free of unnecessary attachments. With a prestigious fellowship on the line, she has no intention of letting feelings interfere with ambition—until Professor Severin D’Arques enters her orbit. Brilliant, composed, and dangerously magnetic, the vampire professor unsettles her in ways no man ever has.

Severin D’Arques has survived centuries by choosing discipline over instinct. Hunger, desire, attachment—he has learned to deny them all. But Maeve’s storm-charged magic awakens within him something animalistic and ungovernable, a pull that defies reason and threatens the careful life he’s built. Every moment near her becomes a to follow the rules that have kept him in control . . . or to give in to a want he knows he should resist.

As their forbidden connection deepens, Maeve and Severin must navigate the delicate balance between control and desire, ambition and passion. Every encounter pushes Maeve’s magic to new heights and tests Severin’s centuries of discipline, until neither can deny the intensity between them. Together, they discover that surrendering to each other—and to the storm of emotion and power they share—can be more transformative, more thrilling, and more liberating than anything they ever thought possible.

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Review: After reading - and loving - A Witch and Her Orc - I jumped at the chance to read an advance copy of A Witch and Her Vampire.

The pairing here surprised me as I was convinced that Maeve would end up with a different character, but my slight disappointment didn't last for long. Severin D'arques is dark, handsome, and deliciously dangerous. His cool control is the polar opposite of Maeve's wild storm magic, and I lapped up the clash of character!

Despite their differences, Maeve and Severin learn to trust each other, and their love story blossoms from this in a truly satisfying way. They are perfectly balanced as a couple and wrap up the quartet of novels beautifully.

But for this reader, it's not over yet - I still have Dragon and Minotaur to read!

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