It seems surreal to be thirty-seven books deep into a series and still finding new things to love, but Lynsay Sands does just that with the latest Argeneau vampire romance, Immortal by Morning.

We’ve seen Crispin in previous books in this series, and I was glad to see him finally take center stage with his own romance. Like many of the older immortals, Crispin is growing bored with his everyday routine; it doesn’t help that there’s little to no real detective work for this detective to do. But all that changes when Crispin gets a call about skeletons in a yard, and meets his life mate on the scene.

I actually really loved that so much of the conflict in Abril and Crispin’s courtship comes from outside their romance. There’s no real denial of their feelings for each other, like we’ve seen from many previous mortal life mates, and it was nice to see them both acknowledge and explore the possibility of love outside of the conflict happening around them. Abril also took all the new information about immortals really well, and after being this far into the series, it was great to sort of cut out all the unnecessary and drawn-out disbelief and just let the mortal character accept the new normal.

Given that Crispen has been alive for millennia, he of course knows all our favorite immortals from previous books. I loved getting to see Lucian out doing field work again, rather than in his home environment, and Bricker always brings some fun with him. I also loved getting that throwback mention of Basil and his many children, which we learned all about back in The Immortal Who Loved Me. For a while, the Argeneau books all seemed very self-contained within their own plots, but having all these tie-ins to previous books - events, relationships, locations - only adds to the series as a whole.

Immortal by Morning was another solid addition to the Argeneau lore. Readers get yet another unique introduction to a new life mate without over-explaining the immortal backstory that is present throughout the thirty-six previous books. I loved watching Crispin finally find love after millennia, and Abril had a well-developed story arc that was perfect for this story.

I received an advanced review copy of this title via NetGalley, and my review is based on the pre-published text. All opinions are my own.