2013 HOLT Medallion Award Winner
With the vampire world on the brink of civil war over the scarcity of
untainted human blood, battle lines are being drawn between the
once-peaceful vampire and human enclave of Penton, Alabama, and the
powerful Vampire Tribunal. Mirren Kincaid once served the tribunal as
their most creative and ruthless executioner--a time when he was known
as the Slayer. But when assigned a killing he found questionable, Mirren
abandoned the tribunal's political machinations and disappeared--only to
resurface two centuries later as the protector and second-in-command of
Penton. Now the tribunal wants him back on their side. To break their
rogue agent, they capture Glory Cummings, the descendant of a shaman,
and send her to restore Mirren's bloodthirsty nature. But instead of a
monster, Glory sees a man burdened by the weight of his past. Could her
magic touch--meant by the tribunal to bring out a violent
killer--actually help Mirren break his bonds and discover the love he
doesn't believe he deserves?
Absolution is the second installment of the Penton Legacy, a sensual
and thrilling series from paranormal romance novelist Susannah Sandlin.
