Shannon Saldin's Sweet Torture reads very much in a similar vein as Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. Drake is a vampire retelling his own history, owning up to his own misdeeds and revealing the true monster which has plagued him for ages. Valentine, who relishes the horrors of his vampiric nature, is a creature thriving on obsession, manipulation, and abuse which he sees as his form of love. While Drake is a vampire as well, we sympathize as he attempts to become something better. I am anxious to see if he succeeds!