Giacomo de Venezia

Overview
Giacomo de Venezia, or "Jack", is a 214 year old vampire, and works for MacKay Security and Investigation as an investigator. He is the hero of Secret Life of a Vampire. Jack is the fiancee of Lara Boucher.

Early Life
Giacomo was born in 1791. His birth name was Henrik Giacomo Sokolov, then Giacomo Casanova. He is a bastard son of Giacomo Casanova (the casanova) and a married woman. After being rejected by his mother's husband, Giacomo stayed with his father and was tutored by a priest. His mother was sent back home to her family, and died in an asylum years later. Giacomo feared her death was caused by syphilis, given to her by his father, who was a famous womanizer. In 1798, his father died and Giacomo inherited his personal papers, memoirs and study papers on pox and search for a cure. He was sent back to Venice to stay with his uncle and some cousins. He attended University of Padua.

In 1815, Giacomo met and fell in love with a woman named Beatrice. Since he thought he had syphilis, he decided to use his father's notes in search for the cure, which lead him to Transylvania. He was transformed by three vampire ladies, who jumped him after hearing his Casanova name. A few months later they threw him out, disappointed by his lack of skills in the bedroom. After that, Giacomo never used the Casanova name again. On his way back to Venice he met Jean-Luc Echarpe who taught him how to be a vampire. Upon returning to Venice he learned of Beatrice's death caused by typhoid fever.

Giacomo is skilled at fencing.

Secret Life of a Vampire
In 2007, Giacomo met Lara at Ian MacPhie's bachelor party. He is currently engaged to her.

Personality
Unlike many others, Giacomo loved being a vampire and saw no disadvantages. He couldn't imagine why anyone would want to be mortal again. He is known for his generosity. In Venice, he gave a huge donation to fix the bell tower at Piazza San Marco.

Physical appearance
He appears to be 24 years old.

First appearance

 * Be Still My Vampire Heart (Love at Stake #3)