Blood of the Damned - Thorn (Vaughn Winery #1) by JP Sayle

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Sommelier Ledger Rain is running from his past mistakes. What does Vaughan Winery have to offer him? Everything.

Ledger unexpectedly gains an unusual mate, his boss, Thorn Vaughan, and life swiftly becomes a roller coaster ride full of dips, heights, twists and turns. Extinct vampires with stunning wings, a proposal, a wedding—and babies. And as if that isn’t enough, his carriage on this particular ride is about to be derailed when he discovers his mate’s secret.

Thorn is gay, but unfortunately vampire dhampirs—their mates—are female. Or so he believes until he gets a male mate. Now he’s in uncharted territory, and what will result from their mating, nobody knows. When Ledger becomes pregnant one question needs answering. How are baby vampires born?

Ledger is going to find out—the painful way.

Blood of the Damned—Thorn, book one in the Vaughn Winery Series, is the fall of the first Vaughn brother, where a vampire learns that hiding from Fate is a nonstarter.

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4 out of 5 (very good)

BLOOD OF THE DAMNED - THORN is the first book in the Vaughn Winery series, which takes place in the Divergent Omegaverse. I was happy to see Derick and Lane make an appearance too!

Ledger has left his ex and his old life behind in LA, moving to Bumf?ck, Nowhere for a new job at Vaughn Winery. What he doesn't expect is to meet his mate and everything that comes with it! Thorn is in town to meet his new employee, and doesn't think the omega who is his mate is one and the same, so he is ecstatic when he finds out. Together, their romance moves forward at breakneck speed, culminating in Ledger being pregnant, which raises a whole bunch of questions that they might not like the answers to.

This was a great introduction to the series, and I can't wait to see both Calvert and Dacian meet their mates. Definitely recommended by me, and I hope to see more of Thorn and Ledger in future books.

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