Just generally hard pass.
The characters chemistry was meh.
The character development felt rushed and unfinished.
I did not enjoy this one.

I've never heard of this author and wasn't sure what to expect when I began reading Lachlan. I was a bit wary starting this series at book 13, but I'm not disappointed! D. B. Reynolds opens up and makes the reader feel every part of the book in this dangerously sensuous novel! I recommend this book and look forward to starting the series from the beginning! Glad I found this author.

Well, who doesn't love a sexy alpha male? Make him a vampire and... Wow!
Lachlan by D. B. Reynolds was the first book I've read in this series, but i plan to read the others.
I enjoyed the characters and the history of each one. They were well established and each had a good back story.

LACHLAN is the first instalment in D.B. Reynolds’ contemporary, adult VAMPIRES IN EUROPE erotic, paranormal romance series, and the thirteenth instalment in the author’s Vampires in America series. This is vampire and clan leader Lachlan McRae, and CIA analyst Julia Harper’s story line. LACHLAN can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the original series is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Lachlan and Julia) LACHLAN follows a centuries old vendetta wherein Lachlan McRae seeks vengeance for the murder of his clan, a vengeance that will place him in control of Scotland’s vampires but Lachlan isn’t the only person seeking revenge against Erskine Ross. Enter CIA analyst Julia Harper, and the woman with whom Lachlan will fall in love.

Months earlier Julia’s best friend Masoud was killed by a group of vampires, and Julia was desperate to avenge his death but our heroine will find herself face to face with Lachlan McRae, a powerful vampire who is determined to take down Erskine, on his own. A necessary meeting with Raphael, the most powerful vampire in the world, forces Lachlan to work with Julia, in an effort to get to close to the American vampire leader. A confident and intelligent young woman, Julia is willing to work with Lachlan to take down a mutual foe.

What ensues is the building relationship and romance between Lachlan and Julia, and the potential fall out as Julia is targeted by the man, she is hoping to destroy.

Julia Harper is best friend’s with Cynthia Leighton, the mate to the world’s most powerful vampire, and Lachlan knows to get a meeting with Raphael he will need help in setting up the deal. Lachlan had no idea that his attraction to Julia would be visceral and immediate, an attraction that will place Julia in the direct line of fire.

The relationship between Julia and Lachlan begins as a business arrangement in that Lachlan requires Julia’s help. Julia is desperate to locate Erskine Ross, and finds herself ‘partnered’ with Lachlan in their search for the truth. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to Lachlan’s cousins and fellow vampires Fergus and Munro; Erskine Ross; as well as the return of Raphael and Cyn (Raphael #1).

LACHLAN is a story of betrayal and vengeance; family and friendships; power and love. The fast paced premise is engaging and exciting; the romance is passionate and seductive; the characters are powerful and strong. This is my first book by D.B. Reynolds, but it won’t be my last.


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I wanted this to be better than Quinn. And it was...just not by much. I didn't exactly hate these two, but as for the story itself nothing really happens. The first 50% of this book was these two meeting, lusting after each other, and going to visit Raphael. The next 20% was nothing but them having sex. And the last 30% was them having sex and sometimes Lachlan actually trying to take over as lord. There was practically no action in this one. Outside the bedroom anyway. And even that has gotten so tedious and repetitive that it's more boring than not.

What I really liked about this one was how Lachlan's clan was different than anything we have gotten so far. I thought it was cool that his people were lead by vampires and their ranks increased all the time by creating new ones. Honorable ones. It's really too bad what happens to them.

So Lachlan. He was okay. I liked that he kind of had a sense of humor. Kind of. But overall I couldn't care one way or another about him. On the first night of his rebirth as a vampire he wakes to smell of death and finds his clan being slaughtered. He vows his revenge and is determined to make his clan strong again. No matter how long it takes. A couple hundred years later, the time is now.

At the end of the last book I didn't get why he thought he should get Raphael's permission to take over Scotland. But it's explained better here. It's not that he was seeking permission, rather he wanted to makes sure that Raphael didn't have anyone already picked to take over as lord that would be competition for him. Which makes more sense.

Which is where Julia comes in. I didn't care for Julia much. Her work back story made me roll my eyes and I couldn't for the life of me figure out why she felt guilty about her friend being killed. I appreciated the times she would concede, but I just hate it when the females in this series insist on being taken to goddamn vampire battles like they actually can do a fucking thing by being there. It's so stupid.

Lachlan needs an in with Cyn and his cousin went to school with her. But she wasn't a super close friend. But the cousin is close friends with Julia who happens to be Cyn's best friend. You know, considering that in the first couple books were told how much Cyn likes working alone and doesn't have many friends....she sure does have a lot of them popping up like daisies now. Anyway. Julia has her own reasons for showing up. She was on the phone with a guy she has known since childhood when she heard him getting killed after he told her what he was up to. She knows it was a vampire that was responsible and she's going to have her revenge by killing him no matter what. Yeah, okay, sure you are.

Turns out that both Lachlan and Julia want the same vampire dead. Erskine, the current lord of Scotland. So they agree to work together. But for some reason, Erskine keeps trying to kidnap Julia. When we find out why, it is one of the most ridiculous and farfetched things I've ever heard. Okay, maybe not ever, but it was stupid just the same. Aside from those attempts, nothing really happens until the end. There's a small fight or two before the final battle. At least this time the current lord doesn't run from the fight. In the end though, it was all very anti-climatic.

Honestly I've been thinking about quitting this series. The last few books have been boring and repetitive. But the epilogue in this one has me super curious about this new guy. So I'll probably continue on.

Lachlan: Vampires in Europe (Vampires in America Book 13) by D.B. Reynolds
This is a story where humans know vampires live among them. Lachlan McRae is a powerful vampire with a score to settle with the cowardly Erskine Lord of Scotland who killed the McRae clan as they helplessly slept. All but Lachlan and two others of the clan survived because they were new vampires locked away in a separate room for their first night.
Julia Harper is beautiful, smart, and a CIA analysis but, after her best friend is murdered by vampires, she’s on the hunt to find out why and by who.
Julia is contacted and meets up with an old schoolmate where she then introduced to her friend’s sexy and gorgeous vampire cousin Lachlan. Both Julia and Lachlan have something the other needs in their own plan of retribution for Erskine the Lord of Scotland. Their undeniable attraction towards each other is an added bonus until someone is trying to kill Julia.
This cleverly plotted storyline is exciting, sassy, and witty, with great attention to detail and character development. It’s fast pace in a rough and tough world where the strong and powerful rule and survive.
The writing gave the story an effortless life and flow that held my attention with it’s danger, intrigue, and a scorching red hot romance that caught the pages on fire! The romance is steamy and raw matching the characters well. I gave this book 4.5 Stars only because in my opinion the full on sex scenes were great but became excessive in number. This is the first book I’ve read by this author and definitely not the last.
Happy Reading♥️

Content Note: Adult Rated, Strong Language. Strong explicit sex scene descriptions and words.
5 out of 5 flames! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Vengeance will be yours. Lachlan McCrae has been waiting hundreds of years to avenge the slaughter of his clan and he knows that the time is near. Julia Harper knows that she needs to find the one person that can help her avenge his friend's death and she will stop at nothing to make sure that she is there when the monster dies. But she isn't ready for Lachlan and all the sexual tension that is in the air. Lachlan knows that she isn't been completely honest about her reasons for wanting Erskine Ross dead but he needs her connection to Raphael so that he can set his plan in action. Will they be able to trust each other? Julia can't believe that she needs to travel with Lachlan to see Raphael and his mate Cyn but she hasn't been given a choice and she is happy to see Cyn again. Lachlan will take her with him back to Scotland and he will follow through on their plan but he doesn't know what is going to become of them as he doesn't think that he can let he go afterwards. Julia isn't looking for a long term relationship, she doesn't even know if she will survive the battle that she coming but just maybe there is something more between them. Will they survive what is coming? A good solid read. I was lucky enough to receive a copy via Netgalley & the publishing house in exchange for my honest review.

Erskine Ross is a pain in everyone's ass. It's time for him to die. Julia a CIA desk agent wants him dead as does Lachlan McRae, Scottish vampire who should be the rightful vampire lord. The two are in for the fight of their lives. Julia is fighting against her developing feelings for Lachlan while he is going full speed ahead. A stand alone within the Vampires of America series.

Interesting book, I enjoyed it. Great characters and storyline. I would like to see more books in this series. I would recommend this book.

Lethal and charismatic, vampire Lachlan McRae woke on his first night to death and devastation—his clan slaughtered, his fortress destroyed. One hundred and fifty years later, driven to avenge the murder of everyone he loved, he’s ready to hunt down and kill the one vampire who was behind it all—Erskine Ross, the Vampire Lord of Scotland.
This was a pretty good story. I really liked both Julia and Lachlan. Characters like Julia’s can tend to be too emotionless, but I thought the author did a good job with her character. The only thing was that I hadn’t realized it was book 13 in a series. It didn’t make a difference with the story, but I like to start at the beginning of a series because of cross-referencing and characters popping up in other books. I recommend.
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I wish I could give more then 5stars!!!! One of the best vamp romances I've read!!! And you all know me,I read a lot of them. Lachlan was swoon worthy from how he looked to his dirty talking,which is one of my fave things and he's a total predator with a dark and dangerous vibe.Julia is a strong and in control woman,but she had no chance once lachlan decided she would be his. The storyline was fabulous with great secondary characters and bad vamps as well. This is a very steamy read with toe curling love making that had my heart pumping! I couldn't swipe the pages on my kindle fast enough!Highlanders know how to go low and more!! I've put this series on my tbr gr list!! Raphael and cyn were very interesting and I need to know their story too. D.B. Reynolds I hope your ready,because your my new obsession! Until next time luv's💖💋

Lachlan: Vampires in Europe the Vampires in America #13 book was a day well spent reading for me.
Lachlan McRae has spent 150 years planning his revenge for the night that he woke as a vampire to the slaughter of his entire clan save for a very few. He is now ready to take on Erskine Ross, the Vampire Lord of Scotland.

Julia Harper is a CIA analyst who comes from wealth and is a childhood friend of Cyn’s. When another childhood friend of Julia’s is murdered she takes leave from her job to investigate his murder and exact revenge.

It's not until much later that things get even more complicated.
“Who’s that?” she asked, pointing at an image two layers down. “Um.”He moved things around until the picture she wanted was fully displayed. “Oh. I just threw that in there, so I’d have it later. It’s Erskine accepting some bullshit—” “Erskine?” she whispered, one hand reaching back to grip Lachlan’s thigh, as if to reassure herself that he was there, that this wasn’t some awful nightmare. “He’s supposed to be dead,”she added, her voice sounding eerie even to her own ears. Lachlan’s arms came around her from behind, his voice in her ear. “What’s going on? Who’s supposed to be dead?” “That man. He can’t be Erskine Ross, because that man’s dead.”

LACHLAN TURNED her in his arms, waiting until she looked up at him to say, “I thought you’d never seen Erskine before.” “I haven’t. But that’s not Erskine.


The relationship between Lachlan and Julia is nicely done with them slowly coming to know each other while building trust and breaking down the suspicion and doubt that they each have.
Things seem to be falling into place for Lachlan except....it seems someone is out to kill Julia, his Princess.
...they’d barely known each other a week. Okay, sure, a lot had happened in that week. They’d fought off a kidnapping—two, if you counted this last attack. They’d killed a few vampires together. Oh, yeah, and they’d had hot, hot sex. What was the line from her favorite movie? They’d “lived a lifetime’s worth," in the few days they had together.


**ARC kindly provided by via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.**
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The first night as a Vampire, Lachlan awakens to his clan being slaughtered. Along with those left alive he swears revenge against the man reponsible, Erskine Ross, no matter how long it may take to build up resources and warriors.

Julia needs help in her search for a man who ruthlessly killed her friend, because the friend found evidence of money mishandling. Her friend left all his proof for Julia and Julia needs help to finally find the man, Erskine Ross.

Julia and Lachlan meet, very untrusting of one another. They both leave out important facts and Lachlan is not happy with Julia wanting to be an integral part of the search and revenge. The first step will be to meet with probably the most powerful Vampire Lord, Raphael whose mate is Cyn, and she and Julia were friends through school. The meeting is basically out of respect, to let Raphael know his/their intentions and hopefully gain an ally.

As Lachlan and Julia start their search, danger becomes a constantof their lives as does the attraction between them. Will Julia get revenge for the death of her friend? Will Lachlan get his revenge against all his slain clansmen?

Loved this story!! I have read several of this series, but not all :(, and love the power and the passion of the characters! There is an "intensiveness" about the Vampire characters that grabs onto you and one side of you feels fear of what could potentially happen to the character but yet you can't help but respect the passion of their feelings. Does that sound strange?

Loved Lachlan and Julia together! If you are a Vampire fan, this series is a must! I look forward to more...

I received this book via NetGalley and have agreed to leave and honest review.

I really enjoyed this one. The chemistry between Lachlan and Julie was instantly steamy and captivating. From the beginning they were a strong couple that you knew would kick some ass. They remind me of Raphael and Cyn's relationship.

Julie was a beautiful and kick ass character who I envy. She never got overwhelmed by what was happening. She just did what she needed and keep on fighting.

I can't wait to read the next one.

Lachlan is the 13th book in the Vampires In America series written by D.B. Reynolds. I only read one other book in this series and that was the first title. This book was enjoyable. However, if I wouldn’t have taken the initiative to read the first title, me as a new reader to this series would have found it overwhelming. So, to that end, this book wasn’t a stand-alone read. If you’re truly interested in reading this book, I advise reading this series in order.
Lachlan had the right pace and goo character building. I enjoyed the characters of Lachlan and Julia together.

As usual with the Vampires in America series and it's spin off the Vampire Wars, this book is filled with action, hot vampires, steamy sex and an intriguing plot. This book features Lachlan, a Scottish vampire out to take control of Scotland to be it's lord and take revenge on the current lord for the destruction of his clan 200 years before. Julia is trying to solve a mystery and goes to Lachlan for help when it seems they are after the same man.

I enjoyed this book, There were quite a few steamy scenes, to the point I started to skim them. I would have liked more plot and a few more fight scenes but with all the sex, there really wasn't time. I did like the characters. I appreciated the way Julia's character developed and grew throughout the book. Lachlan was also the tall brooding hero but once the ice thawed between them he was funny and laid back.

We do see Raphael and Cyn (from book 1 in the series) but it was a brief appearance. Enough to make the long time readers of the series smile but not enough to confuse new readers. With that said I always feel these books are best read in order but each storyline does really stand alone. There are mentions to previous characters and events but any book could be picked up and read without much confusion if any.

I do plan to continue with this series as I do enjoy the writing and characters. We are also left with a little cliffhanger for the next book as usual. More a preview of the next vampire we will be following.

Exactly what I expected the book to be - an entertaining smutty vampire romance novel. Not my favorite of all times, but not bad either.
Definitely check it out if you like paranormal romance.

Wow!! Just... give me a minute... I'm still pretty blown away. When a new-to-me author taps into everything I could possibly like in a story on the first go, I'm hooked. Lachlan is the 13th book of the Vampires in America series and I've got to go back and read the first twelve!

This Book!
✫ a huge, sexy, confident, powerful vampire (Lachlan) who is bent on revenge against the vampire who wiped out most of his clan
✫ a beautiful, intelligent, determined woman (Julia) who is looking to wreak vengeance against the vampire who took out her best friend
✫ tons of extremely hot tension and intimacy. It took a while to get there, but when it FINALLY happened, it was HAWT many times over
✫ the action scenes were amazeballs
✫ side characters that I'm actually interested in learning more about
✫ an ending that hints at something else to come, but also made me wish for more of an ending for this couple
✫ a story that gave me hope that I'd be seeing these people again
✫ meeting Raphael and Cyn has me eager to read their book

I love how Reynolds wrote about vampires in a way that I've never experienced before. Where some of their features can be found in other literature, so much of what made them wonderful were the unique characteristics she gave them, such as their mystical powers. I'm intrigued by it all! One of the other great things about this book was how it read like a standalone, but I can see how the stories all tie together. So I was able to be introduced to this author's writing, to this vampire world, and to be tempted to read everything else in this series. If you love vampires, action, and love, you'll enjoy this book as much as I did.

I absolutely adore this series. Perfect blend of steamy steamy and gorey action.

Some forward progression in the overall story arc of new, stronger master vampires taking control. This one focuses on Julia & Lachlan. While they meet in London, Lachlan is determined to get revenge and control of Scotland. Julia is also set on revenge against the current master vamp of Scotland.

There's a few coincidences that seemed forced/unnecessary, but this is still a great story.

*Digital review copy provided by NetGAlley & the publisher.

Lachlan McRae is following a path of revenge following the brutal loss of those he loved. Julia Harper finds herself in the same vengeful position following the murder of her friend. The two find themselves on a dangerous journey together to take down the Vampire Lord responsible.

A fast paced and suspenseful story full of danger, lust and adventure. A really interesting and original read that will have you on the edge of your seat.