Lucy was a blood slave who had been freed. Lucy and her sister were raised as a courtesan as they were taken at a young age. Lucy is dying but wants revenge for her sister's death before she died. Victor usually doesn’t work with humans but he is very attracted to Lucy. Lucy must trust Victor who is a mercenary vampire to help her get that revenge. Victor has been accused of killing werewolves supposedly by Sage who caused Lucy’s sister’s death. Victor teaches Lucy how to kill her enemy.

I like this story . I like the fact Victor ends up with letting his walls down some. I really like the fact that Lucy sees past Victor’s facial disfigurement. I was rooting for these two. I reallt liked the ins and outs of this story and I recommend.

Scheduled Release Date: March 7, 2016

The beginning of this book was grest. The middle was a little flat. Then it got good again. 

The plot,isn't anything new. You have a sick, dying woman who is the cream of the crop to vampires being a blood slave. Too make her blood even more delectable, she has been infused with "spice," a vampire drug that is supposed to have no effect on humans. She is out to avenge the death of her twin sister. She is gorgious, fiesty, and out to get revenge for the death of her twin sister. She seeks out a vampire assassin with a reputation for being the best of the best.

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The Vampire lead character is used to a life of booze and paid killing. Vampires are jnown for their perfect appearences, but not him. Half of his face is paralized causing it to sag. He refuses to work with humans, until a pretty blood slave walks into his life. He is attracted to her and slowly lowers the barriers he has had in place for years when this human begins to look past his appearance. All is well until her blood makes him have episodes of uncontrollable blood lust. These episodes have a "unique" trigger and makes things difficult. On top of all that he has to constantly watch his back due to a mmisunderstanding with a lycan pack hell bent on finding and eliminating the person/people responsible for slaughtering young members of their species. 

Sound familiar? It does to me. 

There were a few things that bugged me about this book. I loved the characters, but sometimes it felt like they made choices or their actions didn't quite seem to be how their character would react. I also wish that there was more action, not sex action, but fighting scenes and the like.

The sex scenes are HOT! It's a panty soaker for sure!

I did REALLY like that one of the main characters were just plain gorgious. It made the story all tht more enjoyable. The way the two characters interacted was nice too. They are really y nice pairing.

I will be sure to check out more by this author in the future.

I recieved a prerelease copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. 

Oh, this has some HOT sex. I hope this comes back together. It was so good in the beginning. Now I feel like I am reading a book by a different author. 

This is fun! I didn't think I would like this as much as I am! Woo hoo! I accidentally y Netgalley requested this and I am glad for my boo boo click!

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In this story, we have Kougar, the oldest and most reclusive of the warriors as our hero.  For our heroine, we have a new species called Ilinas, named Ariana.  Ilinas can turn to mist and live in a plane the Crystal Realm.  Everyone has thought that they were all killed off over a 1,000 years ago.  Kougar and Ariana had mated before this when he was still the leader of the Feral Warriors and she was the queen of the Ilinas.

A lot has changed in the 1,000 since Mellisande, Ariana's second in command, severed the mating bond between Kougar and Ariana.  The Ilianas needed everyone to think that they no longer existed to hide from a mage.  When Kougar learns the truth about his mate, he is less than happy.  If it wasn't for the fact that he needs her misting power, he would leave her in a flat minute.

I was not a huge fan of this romance.  I didn't really like the hero or heroine.  I didn't think either were strong characters.  The connection between them didn't sit well with me.  I'm not a big fan of rekindling lovers, but even this one seemed a little off.  The way Ariana betrayed Kougar from the beginning and let him think she was dead all those years, was cruel.

However, there is a secondary story with some humans that were rescued from the previous book.  One is blind and therefore, the warriors can't wipe his memory.  There are also two women, one of which is his sister.  They are having difficulty wiping their minds, but warriors think it has to do with some healing that was done.  They also believe that given time, they will success, so that they can release them.

Wulfe has taken a liking to one of the women.  Not sure if she will be in a future book with him or not, but I hope so.  I like her.  We also learn a lot about Wulfe's past and his relationship with Beatrice, the previous Radiant.  

The blind man, Xavier, is eventually taken to work with Pink in the kitchen.  Evidently, even blind, he has a lot of kitchen experience.  Wulfe decides it is the best way to keep him useful in the house, since they can't release him without erasing his memory.

Even though I was not a fan of the romance story in this book, the secondary part made this book really enjoyable.  I've always had a love for secondary characters, so the fact that this part of the story was strong, really helped me to love this book.  I want to see what happens with the humans and with Wulfe's fascination with with the human female.

Narration

Once again, Shapiro does a good job with this story, as he has with all the stories up to this point.  With this book, he lowers his voice a lot when he voices the women.  This one was even lower than previous books.  Some parts I had a hard time hearing the Ilinas speak.  Not sure if he thought that because they turned to mist, that they would be soft spoken, or what.  He didn't do this with the women of previous books.  I even had to go back and replay a few times because I couldn't hear what she was saying. This was the first book that I had this issue with him.

I like to thank Tantor Audio for providing me with a copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.