Posts Tagged ‘Meagan Hatfield’

 

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!

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB over at Should Be Reading.

Here’s what you have to do:

1. Grab your current read.

2. Open to a random page.

3. Share two (2) teaser sentences from somewhere on that page.

4. Be careful not to include spoilers.

5. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the books to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teaser this week is from Shadow of the Vampire by Meagan Hatfield:

She was down there.  He could not see her, but he could smell her.  Powerful.  Evil.
Page 10

What’s your Tuesday teaser?

 

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren.  Every week I’ll post about what books I have received that week – either through the mail for review, borrowed from the library or bought.  I had a great week this week – I get the feeling I will be very busy for a while!!!

For Review:

Julie Kagawa – The Iron King

Meghan Chase has a secret destiny – one she could never have imagined.
Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan’s life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six.  She has never quite fit in at school, or at home.
When a dark stranger begins watching her from afar, and her prankster best friend becomes strangely protective of her, Meghan senses that everything she’s known is about to change.
But she could never have guessed the truth – that she is the daughter of a mythical faery king and is a pawn in a deadly war.  Now Meghan will learn just how far she’ll go to save someone she cares about, to stop a mysterious evil no faery creature dare face.  And to find love with a young prince who might rather see her dead than let her touch his icy heart.

Julie Kagawa – The Iron Daughter

Half Summer faery princess, half human, Meghan has never fit in anywhere.  Deserted by the Winter prince she thought loved her, she is prisoner to the Winter faery queen.  As war looms between Summer and Winter, Meghan knows that the real danger comes from the Iron Fey, iron-bound faeries that only she and her absent prince have seen.  But no one believes her.  Worse, Meghan’s own fey powers have been cut off.  She’s alone in Faery with only her wits for help.  Trusting anyone would be foolish.  Trusting a seeming traitor could be deadly.  But even as she grows a backbone of iron, Meghan can’t help but hear the whispers of longing in her all-too-human heart.

Michelle Hauf - Her Vampire Husband

She may resist his bite, but she can’t resist his charms.
Werewolf princess Blu Masterson won’t allow her seductive vampire husband to consummate their marriage with his bite, marking her forever.  Alone in a secluded estate with her sworn enemy, Blu curses the marriage arranged to bring their rival nations together, especially since Creed Saint-Pierre calls out to her most feral desires.
When Blu uncovers her pack’s secret plot to destroy the vampire nation – and Creed – she is forced to confront her growing feelings for her sexy undead husband.  Will she choose the only life she’s ever known or accept his vampire bite?

Carolyn Meyer – The Bad Queen

History paints her as a shallow party girl, a spoiled fashionista, a callous ruler.  Perhaps no other royal has been so maligned – and so misunderstood – as Marie-Antoinette.
From the moment she was betrothed to the dauphin of France at age fourteen, perfection was demanded of Marie-Antoinette.  She tried to please everyone – courtiers, her young husband, the king, the French people – but often fell short of their expectations.  Desperate for affection and subjected to constant scrutiny, this spirited young woman can’t help but want to let loose with elaborate parties, scandalous fashions, and unimaginable luxuries.  But as Marie-Antoinette’s lifestyle gets ever more recklessly extravagant, the peasants of France are suffering from increasing poverty – and becoming outraged.  They want to make the queen pay.

Laura Anne Gilman – Hard Magic

My name’s Bonnie Torres.  Recent college grad, magic-user and severely unemployed — until I got a call out of nowhere to interview for a job I hadn’t applied for.  It smelled fishy, but the brutal truth was I needed the work, so off I went.  Two days later, I’m part of the Private, Unaffiliated, Paranormal Investigations (PUPI) team with four other twenty-somethings, thrown into an entirely new career in forensic magic.  The first job we get is a doozy: proving that the deaths of two Talents were murder, not suicide.  Worse, there are high-profile people who want us to close up shop and go away.  Looks like this job is gonna get interesting.  The only problem is, we’re making it up as we go along…

Meagan Hatfield – Shadow of the Vampire

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?

From the Library:

Richelle Mead – Succubus Nights

Georgina Kincaid’s job sucks.  Literally.  Love hurts, and no one knows it better than Georgina Kincaid.  If she so much as kisses her new boyfriend, she’ll drain his life force.  Georgina is a succubus – a demon who draws her power from other men’s pleasure.  Admittedly, the shapeshifting and immortality perks are terrific, and yes, Georgina did choose to join the ranks of hell centuries ago.  But it seems completely unfair that a she-demon whose purpose is seduction can’t get hot and heavy with the one mortal who knows and accepts her for who she is.  It’s not just her personal life that’s in chaos.  Doug, Georgina’s co-worker at a local bookstore, has been exhibiting bizarre behavior, and Georgina suspects that something far more demonic than double espressos is at work.  She could use help finding out, but Bastien, an irresistibly charming incubus and her best immortal friend, is preoccupied in the suburbs with corrupting an ultra-conservative talk radio star – and giving Georgina some highly distracting come-hither vibes.  Georgina is going to have to work solo on this one – and fast because soon, Doug’s life won’t be the only one on the line…

Richelle Mead – Succubus Dreams

Some days, a girl just can’t catch a break… especially when the girl in question is Georgina Kincaid, a shape-shifting succubus who gets her energy from seducing men.  First there’s her relationship with gorgeous bestselling writer Seth Mortensen, which is unsatisfying on a number of levels.  It’s not just that they can’t have sex in case Georgina inadvertently kills him (generally a turn-off for most guys).  Lately, even spending time together is a challenge.  Seth’s obsessed with finishing his latest novel, and Georgina’s under demonic orders to mentor the new (and surprisingly inept) succubus on the block.  Then there are the dreams.  Someone, or something, is preying on Georgina at night, draining her energy, and supplying eerie visions of her future.  Georgina seeks answers from Dante, a dream interpreter with ties to the underworld, but his flirtatious charm only leaves her more confused – especially as the situation with Seth reaches crisis point.  Now Georgina faces a double challenge – rein in her out-of-control love life, and go toe-to-toe with an enemy capable of wreaking serious havoc among mankind.  Otherwise, Georgina, and the entire mortal world, may never sleep easy again…

Richelle Mead – Succubus Heat

Georgina Kincaid has been a bad, bad succubus… which should be a good thing.  But she’s in a foul mood after breaking up with her boyfriend Seth and has been so wicked that uber-demon Jerome decides to ‘outsource’ Georgina to a rival – and have her spy for him in the process.  Then Jerome is kidnapped, and all immortals under his control mysteriously lose their powers.  With her life-sucking ability gone, Georgina finds herself caught up in a sinister plot. Is she the only one who can stop all Hell breaking loose?

Rachel Vincent – Stray

Female werecats are disappearing and the Pride is helpless to stop the stray responsible.  Confined to home for her own protection, Faythe Sanders must face everything she went to College to escape: the family she left behind, the love she turned her back on, and the destiny tradition says she’s bound to fulfil.  And when it all becomes too much to handle, an emotionally charged error in judgment leads her into the unsheathed claws of the kidnapper himself. Armed with nothing but animal instinct and a serious attitude, Faythe must free herself and stop the kidnappers before their horrific plot robs her Pride of its most valuable asset: its own continued existence.

Rosemary Clement-Moore – The Splendour Falls

Sylvie Davies is a ballerina who can’t dance.  A broken leg ended her career, but what broke her heart was her father’s death, and what’s breaking her spirit is her mother’s remarriage.  Still reeling Sylvie is shipped off to stay with relatives in the back of beyond.  Or so she thinks, in fact she ends up in a town rich with her family’s history… and as it turns out her family has a lot more history than Sylvie ever knew.  More unnerving, though, are the two guys she can’t stop thinking about.  Shawn Maddox, the resident golden boy, is the expected choice.  But handsome and mysterious Rhys has a hold on her that she doesn’t quite understand.  Then Sylvie starts seeing things – a girl by the lake and a man with dark unseeing eyes peering in through the window… Sylvie’s lost nearly everything – is she starting to lose her mind as well?

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