Publisher – Harlequin
Publication Date – 1st July 2010
Genre – Paranormal Romance

Source – From netGalley for review

Book Information -Vampire princess Alexia Feodorovna has been undead for 125 years, so it’s been a while since any man has made her pulse race.  Until Declan Black.  One look at his bronzed body and a fire like no other consumes her.  Then she discovers that he’s a dragon lord come to take revenge on the vamps who killed his parents.  And claim a crystal said to imbue its owner with incredible powers.
Alexia is ordered to torture and kill the dragon lord.  Yet with each reckless encounter, she finds herself
consumed by his fiery passion.  A passion Declan battles, as well.  Will he be able to resist the fire of lust she kindles within him and keep revenge in his heart?  Or will he risk everything to quench the burning desire and claim the vampire as his own?

Review – Alexia is just days away from becoming the new vampire queen, when Declan, a dragon lord, steals a powerful crystal from the vampire horde.  He is captured in the process, and it is up to Alexia to torture him in order to find out where the crystal is.  However, Declan and Alexia can’t deny the passion that they feel for each other.  To complicate matters the dragons are planning a rescue mission to get Declan back, Alexia’s soon-to-be stepfather, Lotharus, has plans to take over the throne himself instead of allowing Alexia to rule, and the dragons and vampires are sworn enemies who would never accept a relationship between their two leaders.  Declan and Alexia have a lot to overcome if they are to be together.
The first thing I would like to say about this book is that I fell a little bit in love with Declan.  He is strong, loyal, protective and has a body to die for *swoon*. Ahem, anyway back to the review!  I have never read a book about dragons before so this was an interesting new take on the paranormal genre for me.
I also really like the character of Alexia.  She is a feisty lady who can see straight through Lotharus and his wicked ways and who is strong enough to survive the worst of what he puts her through.  I think that Declan and Alexia complement each other perfectly as a couple and there is a huge amount of sexual chemistry between them.  Although there are a lot of steamy scenes between these two, they also obviously care about each other a great deal and are willing to put themselves in danger to protect each other.
Apart from the aforementioned steamy scenes between Declan and Alexia there is also a great plot, which can sometimes be hard to find in paranormal romance novels.  A lot of this plot revolves around Lotharus, who is the bad guy that everybody will love to hate!  This book has moments of lust, romance, suspense, action, betrayal, hope and intrigue and all of this makes for a book that is impossible to put down!  I definitely recommend this book to any fans of paranormal romance and I can’t wait to read something else written by Meagan Hatfield!

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