Nicole Whitcomb is on her way home after celebrating her friend's wedding in Colorado. She spent the time skiing and relaxing, and now must go back to her hum drum life. She makes the mistake of driving to the airport to catch her flight knowing that a possible snowstorm may hit the area. She is in peril as the snow grows worse and ends up crashing into an embankment. Nicole is bleeding and miles from help and passes out.

When Nicole regains consciousness, she finds herself in a warm bed. She has been saved by a Michael Tyler. Michael doesn't seem too pleased that Nicole has invaded his privacy, but allows her to stay and recover until the storm dies down. Nicole finds Michael to be polite, but distant, and an enigma. As she gets to know this recluse, she finds a few things odd about him. There's barely any food in the house, Michael doesn't eat and he warns her not to enter certain rooms. She does find out one major thing about Michael, he is her all-time favorite author, Patrick Spencer, whom she has always admired and adored. But then Nicole figures out that Michael is something a darker and sinister than just an isolated author. He has a deep thirst raging inside, and each day Nicole remains close to him, he can't control his urges. Nicole must decide whether or not to brave the dangerous storm to escape, or allow Michael to drink from her, for he is a vampire.

NOCTURNE should appeal to those fans who enjoy a dark, brooding hero, and the heroine who comes along and makes him smile and enjoy life again. This is a character based story with little action. Most of this action is through dialogue and internal thoughts, and because of that it falters.

The feeling of isolation is strong, especially from Michael's point of view. And even with Nicole entering into his life, he barely shows any real emotion so he doesn't really grab the reader's interest. Nicole doesn't fare much better. These two barely have a connection and their sudden attraction is very tepid. We're given reasons why these two should be together, but overall it didn't work.

NOCTURE takes the vampire myth and tries to give it a twist, but just isn't engaging enough to recommend.

Book Summary

When Nicole Whitcomb's car runs off a Colorado mountain road during a blinding snowstorm, she is saved from death by a handsome, fascinating, and enigmatic stranger.

Snowbound with him for days in his beautiful home high in the Rockies, she finds herself powerfully attracted to him. But there are things about him that mystify her, filling her with apprehension.

Who is Michael Tyler? Why does he live in such a secluded spot and guard his private life so carefully? What secret— or secrets—is he hiding?

Nicole has secrets of her own and a past she is running from—but Michael understands her better than anyone she has ever known. Soon, she is falling as deeply in love with him as he is with her— a profoundly meaningful experience that is destined to change their lives forever.

As the sexual tension between them builds, however, the clues mount up. When Nicole learns her host's terrifying secret, there is nowhere for her to run but into the blizzard raging outside, and Michael may be the only one who can save her life.