Midnight Breed Series

Author: Lara Adrian
Genre: Contemporary Romantic Vampire Series

 "You just promised me eternity, you know. I can make you live to regret it.” 

― Lara Adrian, Kiss of Midnight

Midnight Breed series features the story of a race of half human-half alien men who are at war with those set on destroying their peace by compromising their secrecy. The Breed (as they call themselves) has lived among humans for thousand of years, but now they are being threatened with exposure by their own kind. To humans eyes, a Breed male would look very much like our idea of a vampire; from the fangs, to their need of human blood in order to survive, to the aversion of daylight. But unlike the regular vampire, a male from the Breed possesses natural body marks that change colors depending the mood and they also have preternatural gifts that are passed on from mother to son. There're an infinity of other nuisances to ohhh and awww about, like the ranks, mates, the mating and so on...but I want to return to the main plot of the series...
The Order:
A group of warriors, commanded by Lucan, got together and founded The Order; they have sworn to protect their own kind and the lives of innocent humans. Despite being necessary for the survival of their kind, The Order is despised by most members of the Breed and deemed as salvages. Mostly because they have taken upon themselves the nasty task of killing some of their own when they turn rogues. When bloodlust hits, a Breed male can not control the urges to kill and feed, leaving a noticeable thread of their existence at his wake, and here is when the warriors of The Order come handy.

The midnight series was first released in 2007. The installment consists of 11 books and one novella, each one featuring different male and female leads, although characters from previous books do make appearances in the books following.
The order of novels in the series goes as follow:

1. Kiss of Midnight
2. Kiss of Crimson 
3. Midnight Awakening
4. Midnight Rising
5. Veil of Midnight
6. Ashes of Midnight
7. Shades of Midnight
8. Taken by Midnight
9. Deeper than Midnight
10. A taste of Midnight
11. Darker after Midnight
12. Edge of Dawn

Description of the first book (This was taken from Goodreads-Lara Adrian):

He watches her from across the crowded dance club, a sensual black-haired stranger who stirs Gabrielle Maxwell’s deepest fantasies. But nothing about this night—or this man—is what it seems. For when Gabrielle witnesses a murder outside the club, reality shifts into something dark and deadly. In that shattering instant she is thrust into a realm she never knew existed—a realm where vampires stalk the shadows and a blood war is set to ignite.

Lucan Thorne despises the violence carried out by his lawless brethren. A vampire himself, Lucan is a Breed warrior, sworn to protect his kind—and the unwitting humans existing alongside them—from the mounting threat of the Rogues. Lucan cannot risk binding himself to a mortal woman, but when Gabrielle is targeted by his enemies, he has no choice but to bring her into the dark underworld he commands.

Here, in the arms of the Breed’s formidable leader, Gabrielle will confront an extraordinary destiny of danger, seduction, and the darkest pleasures of all. . .

You might want to check out the author's page for more info on the series: http://www.laraadrian.com/series.php  Lara Adrian official page

Until next time
Beth