The Vampire's Sunny Sweetheart by Kristen Painter [Review]

The Vampire's Sunny Sweetheart (Nocturne Falls #14) by Kristen Painter
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: July 1, 2022

Nocturne Falls
1. The Vampire's Mail Order Bride
2. The Werewolf Meets His Match
3. The Gargoyle Gets His Girl
4. The Professor Woos the Witch
4.5. The Witch's Halloween Hero
4.6. The Werewolf's Christmas Wish
5. The Vampire's Fake Fiancée
5.5. The Vampire's Valentine Surprise
6. The Shifter Romances the Writer
6.5. The Vampire's True Love Trials
7. The Dragon Finds Forever
8. The Vampire's Accidental Wife
9. The Reaper Rescues the Genie
10. The Detective Wins the Witch
11. The Vampire's Priceless Treasure
12. The Werewolf Dates the Deputy
13. The Siren Saves the Billionaire
14. The Vampire's Sunny Sweetheart - Paperback | Kindle
15. Death Dates the Oracle

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(find all the books in the series on the 1st book review)
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Kristen Painter
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town know better.

Living in Nocturne Falls means being yourself. Fangs, fur, and all.

Sunday Wells comes from a long line of powerful witches, but that doesn’t explain why she’s plagued by dark shadows everywhere she looks. It’s not a great way to live, especially for a preschool teacher with young impressionable minds to watch over. Desperate to get control of her questionable powers, she gets help from the only reliable source she can think of. Her very powerful great aunt, Alice Bishop. But what Sunni finds out about herself will change everything.

Vampire Lorenzo Robillard has dedicated his life to rescuing kidnapped children. It’s dangerous work with high stakes, and Ren ends up with a lot of enemies. Like the European crime boss who’s currently after him. With a target on his back, Ren runs to the safest haven he knows, his distant great aunt, Elenora Ellingham. But his troubles are far from over, and not just because there’s a woman in his aunt’s house he wasn’t counting on.

Sunny and Ren clash like night and day. They’re so very different. And yet, so much alike. Love isn’t something either of them wanted, but the heart wields a magic neither of them can control…

Thoughts on The Vampire's Sunny Sweetheart: We're back in Nocturne Falls with a distant member of the Ellingham family and he's met his match in Sunny. First off, Ren completely pegs Sunny wrong and that sort of throws him off his game. The fact she won't look at him directly sort of miffs him, too. Once they sit down and hash a few things out, he finds himself enjoying being in her presence. BUT...his work doesn't leave a lot of room for relationships (romantic or otherwise) and with a crime boss on his heels he doesn't see how things could ever work out between them.

Meanwhile, Sunny is dealing with a few things. Namely, that her ability to see shadows leaves her high and dry when it comes to relationships. Of course, that might be because she doesn't know a lot of supernaturals and the thought of explaining to a human what's going on just doesn't appeal to her. Honestly, once she opened up about what she can see with Ren things started moving in the right direction.

Beyond that, getting a handle on her abilities gives her (and Ren) a secret weapon when things turn sour with Ren's issues.

No lie, I like spending time in Nocturne Falls with these supernaturals. They're quirky and fun and they know how to celebrate the spooky season like no other!