Samantha Watkins

Chronicles of an Extraordinary Ordinary Life (Samantha Watkins, Book 1)

By: Aurélie Venem, S. E. Battis - translator

Narrated by: Amy McFadden

Young librarian Samantha Watkins has always been perfectly content with her humdrum existence. Never easily fitting in with anyone anywhere, she feels most at ease in silence, among stacks of books. Sam believes in leaving fantasy and drama to the characters in her beloved novels. But one night when she leaves work late, she finds herself center stage in a tale of vengeance and terror.

Samantha is rescued from a gang of vampires by Phoenix, a mysterious and otherworldly man. Suddenly her paranormal adventures take a far more extraordinary turn than any story she's ever read. Phoenix, her savior, is actually a vampire as well, tasked with stopping his peers from killing. With no possibility of returning to her former life, Sam becomes his assistant. Together they investigate a series of mysterious disappearances and attempt to save the human race from a horrible fate. Battling vampires thrills and empowers Sam, but where does she stand with supernatural Phoenix? Could Phoenix, through their work together, become a different man?

©2014 Aurélie Venem (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Translation © 2016 S. E. Battis.

Excellent Book!

I loved the story and especially the growing romantic tension between the hero and heroine.

As soon as this book ended, I immediately clicked on the highlighted series name. However, although there were several Aurélie Venem books listed all but this one, were in a non-English language perhaps French?

I went to the internet and found a posting by the author addressed to her English and German readers that apologized but stated Audible had decided not to go forward with translating and recording anymore of the series.

I am extremely disappointed that Audible has made this decision. I was so into the beginning of this series and then BOOM! To discover that despite the existence of the remainder of the series - Audible had just shrugged its metaphorical shoulder and decided for me that I didn't need to know what happens with the story... I am not just disappointed but ANGRY. Over the many years I've been a faithful Audible subscriber, I've purchased well OVER 1,000 books. Audible ... in frustrated and very, very disappointed. Please, arrange for us poor ignorant monolingual Americans (like myself!) to have the remainder of this series available to listen to in English.

Excellent: Can't wait for Book 2&3 Translations

Excellent story and characters. I'm intrigued with the world and look forward to discovering more about the characters and the world they inhabit. Considering the cliffhanger ending of book 1, I really hope they translate book 2, 3, & 4 quickly!

OMG. this was so good!

it there isn't a next one I will surly die. I was impressed by the story and I read a lot of vampire stories. the narrator. I hated to see it end.

Loved this book!

Any additional comments?

At times I felt I knew this story, but then a twist came up and it was different than expected. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I hope the next two books will be translated and released in audio format.

Fabulous

I really enjoyed this book. Its a storyline used before but it is still engrossing and I want more!!
Can't wait for the next one