Austin Erickson

Overview
Austin Olaf Erickson is a human, a former member of Stake-Out, and works as a day time guard for MacKay Security and Investigation. He is the hero of Vamps and the City. Austin is currently the husband of Darcy Newhart.

Early Life
Austin has psychic abilities, which ran in his family every second generation. He was very close to his grandfather, Olaf, when he was live, as the old man was the only one who understood what Austin was going through. When he was in his teens, Austin grew distant from his grandfather, and stopped using his powers so he could live a normal life. However, his grandfather called Austin when he was in college, and convinced Austin at his deathbed to use his powers for good.

Austin joined the CIA and worked as an international spy. Austin is fluent in Hungarian and Czech from his time working in Eastern Europe. He learnt about the existence of vampires six weeks before the events of Vamps and the City, when he was recruited to the special vampire hunting team, Stake-Out, because of his psychic abilities. He was the strongest out of all the team, including Sean Whelan, rating 10/10 on the CIA scale. He could not only resist mind control, but also had mind reading powers and telekinesis. Austin was excited at the recruitment, believing he would have an exciting time, staking ghoulish monsters. He was disappointed, but also intrigued by how different the vampires were from what he imagined.

Vamps and the City
Austin poses as "Adam Cartwright" for the Bachelor-type reality show Darcy is running for the vampire TV network. The show is judged by ex-harem ladies, in which the winner from ten male contestents will become their new master and receive great wealth. Austin falls madly in love with Darcy as soon as he meets her. He immediately plunges into her mind and finds thoughts of the sun and her family scenes. With the belief that no vampire can love the sun, he is convinced she's "alive" and being kept prisoner by the vampires he's infiltrating. Eventually, Austin realises that these vampires were harmless, and joined the MacKay team to fight only the Malcontents and the Russian coven.

Physical Appearance
Austin has bronze skin, light brown hair, blue eyes, and dimples. He was warm like the sun, which Darcy loved, since she hadn't felt the sun in four years.

First appearance

 * How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire (Love at Stake #1)