James Simon

Immortal Beloved: a Novel James Simon

A beautiful woman with a divine gift, a vampire tortured by his immortal curse, an undying love that has traveled through time and someone wants to make sure it doesn't continue... Spring 1534, Renaissance Rome Italy. Young lovers Tommaso and Victoria are accosted one evening while leaving a party being held for the artist Michelangelo. Victoria is brutally murdered, her blood drained and body left lifeless next to Tommaso who has also been drained, but having tasted his attacker's blood, he has been mistakenly turned into a vampire. In modern day New York City, Tommaso, is reunited with his lost love, Victoria. She is as she was all those years ago; young and beautiful with her life before her, but with no memories of their past together. Victoria has a gift, unbeknownst to her, for helping living creatures and this gift has made her the target of a secret, ancient society. He has to convince her of their past together, and the only way is to drink her blood and pass his memories onto her.