Was the author really going to go there? Really? Second, there was the twist that there are so few vampires in Ms. First, the idea of a high school teacher and a student niggled at me. Two things in the description drew me in. So, why on earth did I have any interest in Unrequited? Yes, the truth is out, I’m not a fan of sparkly. I read the first book in the Twilight series because, as a bookstore owner, I sort of had to but-gasp!-I detested it. Romantic stuff generally leaves me cold and I might as well ‘fess up. Most of the time, I prefer them to be either funny or mean and nasty, worthy representatives of the Dracula tradition and Vlad the Impaler. I have a love-hate relationship with vampires. He longs to show her that the perceived vampire lifestyle, so popular in storybooks, is far from reality…but will she let him be a friend and guide in this new existence? Can Ashton accept Will into her life, or will she be led astray by a dark stranger with whom she shares an unknown connection? Will has never met another of his kind, and is immediately intrigued by Ashton. In Belle Ridge she is supposed to finish high school and start her life again, but how do you make plans for the next several centuries? She was forced into an eternal existence, and now her family has moved her away from everything and everyone she knows. He has spent hundreds of years crafting an identity and routine that make him feel almost human, but he is always missing that important final element, love.Īshton Wallace is beautiful, smart, and angry. Will Leighton has become an expert in making a life for himself amongst the unsuspecting small-town inhabitants, as the high school history teacher.

Will has never met another of his kind, and is immediately intrigued by Ashton.In the town of Belle Ridge there are doctors, lawyers and teachers… but there is only one vampire.

In the town of Belle Ridge there are doctors, lawyers and teachers… but there is only one vampire. UNREQUITED is An Interview with a Vampire meets Meet Joe Black.

Unrequited by Emily Shaffer