Sullied by Lee Colgin

When a vampire shows up at your door bleeding what else can you do but invite them in? A naive vampire with a sweet tooth and a kind scientist trying to overcome his mistakes by protecting the one person worth the risk.


From the blurb:

When a vampire test subject from the lab shows up at my doorstep moments before sunrise, I have two choices: Let him die or let him in.

Dr. Rupert Martin works in a covert lab that’s experimenting with hybrid, test-tube vampires. If he’d known of their diabolical mission, he never would’ve agreed to work for them. But now he knows too much for them to let him go.

Sullivan, aka vampire Specimen 19, barely escapes his underground prison with his life. Gravely injured and with the sun about to rise, he has nowhere else to turn but to the one doctor who showed him kindness instead of cruelty.

While Ru and Sully navigate a dangerous path forward, an unexpected attraction blooms between them. Their chemistry won’t be denied. Can they take down the very lab that brought them together, or are they barreling fangs-first toward an inevitable disaster?

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Sullied is a gay vampire romance featuring a touch-starved young vampire with a tragic past, his generous but fearful savior, a hidden cabin in the woods, a few different first times, and a vampire with a sweet tooth. It’s a standalone novel with no cliffhanger and a guaranteed happily ever after!


SNik's review:

Standalone. Paranormal. Close proximity. Slow burn. Dual POV. 

Ru is trying to find a way to leave his job at an unethical secret laboratory when one of the vampire subjects/captives shows up on his doorstep bleeding and asking for help. Sully planned his escape and asking the only kind human at the lab to help him makes sense, but his crush can’t get in the way of his need for revenge. 

This story has a sweet, innocent vampire finding comfort with a kindhearted scientist as they try to hide from the people that have hurt Sully in the past. With Sully’s naivete and Ru’s willingness to protect Sully, there is a sweet fall into feelings and hope for a future together that kept me smiling. I appreciated Ru’s hesitancy to take advantage of Sully and also how Sully has a maturity in knowing his own mind. I would have loved more about the found family of secondary characters, but overall really enjoyed Ru and Sully’s love story.

DuffetteReads review:

Sweet little vampire book. I really love the 'show up on doorstep...' trope. There's some action, there's some swoon, and oh look, there's a cute little rat. I would love to read a story about big brother, he seems like an interesting character.

Angel's review:

I've read other books by Lee Colgin before and have enjoyed them, so when I saw that they had a new/upcoming release I HAD to read it! This book was not what I was expecting, in a good way! Sullivan, aka Sully, is a hybrid vampire who just escaped from the place where he was created and held captive. He's never been out in the real world, never experienced the world around him, and has never tried the various human food that's out there. Until he escapes and turns to the only doctor who ever showed him kindness, Dr. Rupert Martin.

Rupert, also known as Ru, is a Dr at the underground facility that Sully escaped from, he always knew the hybrid was smart and kind, be he never expected for the vampire to show up on his doorstep bleeding and needing a safe space to hide.. He can't just turn the man away.. and that is where their story starts!

I thought Ru and Sully were absolutely adorable! Both individually as characters, and together as a couple! They are very different from one another but I think that's why they work so well together as a couple. Sully is so much fun to read about, he's so excited about everything since everything around him is so new to him! His love for frosting and popcorn was adorable, and I loved how passionate he was about doing the right thing.

Ru was equally as enjoyable to read about just in a different way, I really liked seeing how he slowly started to catch feelings for Sully and how he showed how he cared for the vampire in different ways. Even though his life got flipped upside down, he did everything he could to make sure Sully was safe, and I thought that was so adorable!

All in all, this was a very cute book! I will say that if you're looking for a 'darker' vampire story, this one probably isn't going to be for you. However, if you're looking for a sweetheart of a vampire finding love then I definitely recommend this book!

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