Enthralled by the Vampire — Lyra Books

Summary: After nearly a hundred years of fighting between the newly-exposed vampires and the humans, a tentative peace was reached. It is 2167, a little over three decades after that first truce and the peace, though shaky, has lasted. The humans have retreated into their walled cities while the vampires have done the same. Yet the treaty also dictates that the vampires are allowed send out armed soldiers to reclaim all humans who are not safely ensconced in their cities by nighttime for night is their domain. Adair knows he's not supposed to be outside the protective city walls after dark. Frankly, when he decided to skip work and go fishing in a secluded county pond, it had not been his intention to fall asleep. When he wakes up and finds himself face to pale, creepy face with a vampire, he knows he's in serious trouble. Being enslaved by a clan of vampires was never really his idea of a good time. Caelin is the Captain of a retrieval unit of the Vampire guard on the brink of being promoted to Major. He's taking a group of new recruits on their very first mission to find and bring back any humans who might have gotten trapped outside the city. Though there has been a lasting peace, there aren't enough human defectors to feed the entire vampire population and so some unwilling participants must be gathered. Adair is one such participant. Once he's in the vampire's grasp, all of his preconceived notions about himself are dashed. He had believed himself to be asexual but everything changes when it becomes apparent that he is Caelin's Thrall. He's the one human who's blood appeals to the vampire above all others and that siren call of lust and hunger cannot be denied. Excerpt: Caelin made a strangled sound of defeat and, quick as a flash, wrapped his large arms around Adair's slender torso, holding the boy in place as if he were a vice. Ravenously, he pressed his mouth against the human's pulse point and began to lathe the soft skin with his tongue. Adair stiffened in respo