Close Quarter

By: Anna Zabo

Narrated by: Michael Ferraiuolo

On a transatlantic cruise to New York, sculptor Rhys Matherton struggles to piece his life back together after losing his mother, inheriting a fortune, and finding out his father isn’t his father after all. He spills a tray of drinks on a handsome stranger, then he finds himself up against a wall getting the best hand-job he’s ever had. And for the first time in his life, he feels whole.
Rhys enjoys the company of Silas Quint, but for the eerie way no one pays attention to them even while they kiss in a crowded bar. Silas explains he’s a forest fae able to glamor the room around them—and more importantly, that he’s on the cruise to hunt vampires. Rhys thinks Silas is full of it, until he discovers vampires are real, and he’s part of their main course.
Silas Quint can’t be distracted by a human lover, even one as lovely as Rhys. Stuck in the middle of the ocean, he has barely enough of energy to hunt the vampires he’s been sent to destroy. Rhys is full of the one thing Silas needs needs most—the element of living plants. Only sucking energy from Rhys would make Silas as soulless as the creatures he hunts. How can he keep Rhys safe, without becoming like the very monsters he hunts?

©2012, 2017 Anna Zabo (P)2023 Anna Zabo

Gripping

Delicious dangerous, sexy, and no HEA was expected when the horrific last battle in the ship’s garden ensues.
I’m so happy Mx Zabo turned their talented pen in this paranormal direction.
Michael Ferraiuolo’s narration was perfection.

excellent novel. would love a sequel

really enjoyed the plot, characters, story momentum, world-building (not super complex but nicely done), and of course the performance of the narrator.

Anna hinted on her website that she may write a sequel. Would love to read that if she has the time