Dracula - Deathless Desire — Jay Palmer

Bram Stoker's masterpiece told from Dracula's point of view: Dracula never asked to be a vampire. No warning was given, no guidebook offered. His skin suddenly sizzled in sunlight, normal food made him ill, and the nearness of a cross pained him. Finally his bloodlust overcame him, and in his madness, Dracula murdered those he loved most.Horrified by his monstrous actions, Dracula fled, ashamed, into the world of darkness which he came to master. However, after four and a half centuries, Dracula is sick of darkness, desiring to put his past behind him and return to the world of light.Determined to begin his immortal life anew, and do it right this time, Dracula departs his crumbling ancestral home, abandons his three vicious brides, and sails to the City of Enlightenment: London, England. Intelligent, educated, and knowing all about his vampyric abilities, Dracula strives to immesh himself in British society, where his noble birthright may flourish.Yet the one thing Dracula needs most, to restore light into his dead heart, is a wise, lighthearted woman worthy to sit beside him upon the Throne of Night for all eternity.... Of course, when he finds her, she's engaged to another man.