Vamerica, book 1: An Innocent Heart
Merryl Anderson2017

America has been controlled by Vampires and other Gifted beings for nearly half a century, and foundling Lexie Harper has grown up as a servant in the palace of the ancient Vampire King of Louisiana, never knowing any other life.

Maximilian de Montoya, a former Spanish nobleman and pirate, has been a Vampire for almost eight hundred years and is bored and restless after decades of reluctant rule. He is intrigued by this outspoken human female who appears to lack any sort of instinct for self-preservation. Whenever they meet they clash, usually to Lexie's embarrassment and Max's secret amusement. However, as Lexie approaches her 21st birthday, the age at which Vampires can legally feed on humans, she is shocked to find that she is being secretly watched. But Lexie has secrets of her own...