• A Hunger Like No Other (Immortals After Dark, Book 1) by Kresley Cole

A mythic warrior who'll stop at nothing to possess her . . .

After enduring years of torture from the vampire horde, Lachlain MacRieve, leader of the Lykae Clan, is enraged to find the predestined mate he's waited millennia for is a vampire. Or partly one. This Emmaline is a small, ethereal half Valkyrie/half vampire, who somehow begins to soothe the fury burning within him.

A vampire captured by her wildest fantasy . . .

Sheltered Emmaline Troy finally sets out to uncover the truth about her deceased parents -- until a powerful Lykae claims her as his mate and forces her back to his ancestral Scottish castle. There, her fear of the Lykae -- and their notorious dark desires -- ebbs as he begins a slow, wicked seduction to sate her own dark cravings.

An all-consuming desire . . .

Yet when an ancient evil from her past resurfaces, will their desire deepen into a love that can bring a proud warrior to his knees and turn a gentle beauty into the fighter she was born to be?

It was only a matter of time before Gareth Brennan had to die. Before he made that ultimate sacrifice, the assassin wanted to know warmth once again. His recent experiences had destroyed his ability to create fire, yet sexy bartender Ashley Clement was now igniting one within him.

As a Phoenix, Ashley had limited time herself; soon a male Phoenix would claim her. Unless she could find a lover. Gareth was the perfect man for the job. Except he was no human, and their union might draw even more danger. But to deny their fiery attraction...that was a truly impossible task.

This book can be read as a standalone but is better reads as a series to get the full background on the assassins and their members. I liked this book much better than the first. Because I liked the characters in this book. The last book unfortunately I didn’t care much for the main female lead, Kennedy. That just shows that once characters can make a difference. Same author, same world just a new female lead… and I really enjoyed her and the book. It is no secret that I really like Gareth from the last book and was looking forward to this book. Gareth was left a little in the bind at the end of last book, after his sacrifice and he is dealing with that greatly in this book and at the beginning he has given up hope. But slowly that comes back as he helps and gets to know Ashley better and eventually falls for her… hard. When Ashley meets Gareth she just wants him out of necessity but the more time she spends with him the deeper she falls for him. I really liked Ashley, she is a strong, witty and funny. She can handle herself and she knows it. But she also knows her limits. Liked that she didn’t feel like she has to proof anything to everyone and herself. I like the mix of century old mixed with modern world. Also love the Irish setting. The only minor thing I disliked was too much of the Irish dialect, I like it but it just seemed a bit much and too much back and forth between “normal” and dialect. But that is just a personal issue and I know many people don’t mind that Overall, I really enjoyed their journey, they make the perfect couple and balance each other out so well. The ending was really sweet.

I rate it 4 ★

*I received a free copy from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!

Will be available October 4, 2016.

I love paranormal romance. I am not burned out on in in any way but I do have a pet peeve. I like a known world. I don't like one of the leads discovering the paranormal world exists. Bleh.  I like it even better if the supernatural world isn't unknown to humans but I can live with that trope as long as it isn't unknow to the leads.

With that in mind, here are some wonderful Paranormal Romance Novels with Vampire Heroines (they have always been vampires or have been turned before the book begins) 

1. A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole 

A mythic warrior who'll stop at nothing to possess her . . .

After enduring years of torture from the vampire horde, Lachlain MacRieve, leader of the Lykae Clan, is enraged to find the predestined mate he's waited millennia for is a vampire. Or partly one. This Emmaline is a small, ethereal half Valkyrie/half vampire, who somehow begins to soothe the fury burning within him. 

A vampire captured by her wildest fantasy . . .

Sheltered Emmaline Troy finally sets out to uncover the truth about her deceased parents -- until a powerful Lykae claims her as his mate and forces her back to his ancestral Scottish castle. There, her fear of the Lykae -- and their notorious dark desires -- ebbs as he begins a slow, wicked seduction to sate her own dark cravings. 

An all-consuming desire . . .

Yet when an ancient evil from her past resurfaces, will their desire deepen into a love that can bring a proud warrior to his knees and turn a gentle beauty into the fighter she was born to be?

2. Serpent's Kiss by Thea Harrison 

Recently, Vampire Queen Carling's power has become erratic, forcing her followers to flee. Wyr sentinel Rune is drawn to the ailing Queen and decides to help find a cure for the serpent's kiss-the vampyric disease that's killing her. With their desire for each other escalating they will have to rely on each other if they have any hope of surviving the serpent's kiss...

3. The Lady is a Vamp by Lynsay Sands

4. Vamps and the City by Kerrelyn Sparks 

Who says a vamp can't have it all? 

Darcy Newhart thought it was a stroke of genius—the first–ever reality TV show where mortals vie with vampires for the title of The Sexiest Man on Earth. As the show's director, Darcy's career would be on track again. And she can finally have a life apart from the vampire harem. Okay, so she's still technically dead, but two out of three's not bad. Now she just has to make sure that a mortal doesn't win. If only she wasn't so distracted by a super–sexy and live contestant named Austin... 

But Darcy doesn't know the worst of it. Austin Erickson is actually a vampire slayer! And he's got his eye on the show's leggy blond director. Only problem is, he's never wanted any woman—living or dead—as badly. But if he wins her heart, will he lose his soul? And if it means an eternity of hot, passionate loving with Darcy, does that really matter anyway?

5. Cross Your Heart by Michele Bardsley 

Even vampires can be afraid of ghosts... 

After the death of her husband-and her dreams of motherhood-Elizabeth Bretton returned to the family estate in Broken Heart, Oklahoma. Little did she know she would also give up her life as the Silverstone heiress. 

But escaping the past isn't that easy-especially with a vengeful ghost trying to kill her, a 150-year-old mystery to solve, and an outrageously hot were-jaguar named "Tez" trying to get into her boudoir...

6. Tall, Dark, and Vampire by Sara Humphreys 

She always knew Fate was cruel...

The last person Olivia expected to turn up at her club was her one true love. It would normally be great to see him, except he's been dead for centuries. Olivia really thought she had moved on with her immortal life, but as soon as she sees Doug Paxton, she knows she'd rather die than lose him again. And that's a real problem...

But this is beyond the pale...

Doug is a no-nonsense cop by day, but his nights are tormented by dreams of a gorgeous redhead who's so much a part of him, she seems to be in his blood. When he meets Olivia face-to-face, long-buried memories begin to surface. She might be the answer to his prayers...or she might be the dead of him.

7. Tall, Dark & Fangsome by Michelle Rowen 

arah Dearly's vampire life is not all B-positive cocktails. A curse made her a nightwalker, the most vicious vamp there is; the charm she wears to curb her deadly tendencies is losing its juice; and a hunter from hell is turning up the heat. Gideon Chase will kill the ones she loves most if she doesn't obey his orders. That includes breaking up with master vampire Thierry and turning Gideon into an immortal vamp so he can escape a doom of eternal hellfire.

Making things worse are Sarah's growing feelings for Gideon, a bad boy who keeps showing a vulnerable side . . . but is it for real? Will Sarah's dark side take over? Or can she cure herself of the nightwalker curse in time to stop Gideon and finally live happily ever after with Thierry . . . forever?

8. The Vampire's Wolf by Jenna Kernan

As a werewolf and a marine, he's duty-bound to protect his enemy 

Brianna Vittori is running from vampires. After receiving a mysterious warning, Bri has no choice but to seek refuge with an enemy she never thought she'd run to: werewolves. They're the only ones who can save her…if they don't kill her first. 

As a werewolf, marine captain Travis MacConnelly should be immune to the deadly attraction of female vampires. But Bri ignites his most primal desires. When Mac realizes that his beautiful prisoner doesn't even know what she is, it's up to him to provide her with answers as well as protection. As the bond between them grows, so does the danger they're in….

9. La Vida Vampire by Nancy Haddock 

eing dead isn't all it's cracked up to be. Take it from Francesca Marinelli, trapped underground for over 200 years and rediscovered during the renovation of a Victorian mansion in historic St. Augustine. A tourist attraction herself, she's well suited for a job as an Old Ghost Town Tour guide. Francesca's due for a new lease on afterlife-and with enough sunblock, she can finally live it. 

Unfortunately, everything she learned about men is a little dated. And when people in her tour group turn up dead, naturally the police suspect her. After all, she is a vampire. Which is why a crazed vampire-hunting vigilante squad is out to get her as well. Between the dead bodies, the stalkers, and a seriously non-existent love life, she's starting to wish she was dead. Or at least buried, where she was safe.

10. Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward 

Butch O’Neal is a fighter by nature. A hard-living ex–homicide cop, he’s the only human ever to be allowed in the inner circle of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. And he wants to go even deeper into the vampire world. He’s got nothing to lose. His heart belongs to a female vampire, an aristocratic beauty who’s way out of his league. If he can’t have Marissa, then at least he can fight side by side with the Brothers....

Fate curses him with the very thing he wants. When Butch sacrifices himself to save a civilian vampire from the slayers, he falls prey to the darkest force in the war. Left for dead, he’s found by a miracle, and the Brotherhood calls on Marissa to bring him back. But even her love may not be enough to save him....

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1st read - March 03 to 06, 2010
2nd read - April - May 18, 2014 

Review finally posted to Book Lovin' Mamas

I first read A Hunger Like No Other back March 2010, and never wrote up a review on it because during this time I was still in the Navy. My schedule was chaotic so I couldn’t stay up at night like I do now to type up my reviews. (Believe me I needed my beauty sleep in the Navy, especially with working 12+ hours a day or more depending on duty days)

Now…I’m doing a re-read of the Immortals After Dark series…so I can go back and remember everything I can about the previous books before the next book comes out. Yup…I’m doing this with a crazy college schedule and long review list…but I’m determined to do it. I have missed this series…Damnit!!!

It’s been 4 years since I read this book, so it was like I was reading again for the first time. Well at least some parts I did not remember…but I did remember how Lachlain was. Holy CRAP!! Lachlain definitely is the CAVE man of all Alpha Males…meaning he gets what he wants whenever he wants and he will do anything to get it. He has his reasons to be the way he is though. Imagine being tortured for centuries! You would be a raging maniac just like Lachlain. He happens to finally escape the Vampires that tortured him for those centuries and ends up finding his mate…who happens to be the one creature he hates. (Queue…instant hatred at first.) But he’s a male that finds his mate and ends up fighting that hatred. (Hello…the poor Lykae has been waiting for her for many, many centuries.) I felt terrible for him even with his crazy ways.

Emmaline (I just love her name) is the sweet petite halfling who is just minding her own business when she is attacked by the sexy possessive Lykae, Lachlain. (Imagine a cave man dragging off his cave woman by her hair) Yup…that is exactly how Lachlain acted, but in a way of jumping her bones. She is trying to find out about her father…and when she’s captured by Lachlain, she’s wondering what her Aunts are going to do to him. (I just love each and every one of her Aunts..especially Nix)

Kresley Cole is one author who can world build like crazy in her books. She throws you into this fictional world full of mythical immortal creatures that you fall for. You just want to know each and every one of them personally. That is how Kresley Cole is though. She’ll give you bits and pieces of each character and leave you wanting to learn more about them. She even throws in a very dramatic action-packed adventure with the characters…especially in A Hunger Like No Other. Lachlain was dealing with getting his revenge, and Emmaline was trying to figure out about her father and also about herself. In the beginning of the book Emmaline is the sweet girl, but in the end she’s a very intimidating character. I loved how Kresley had Emmaline develop in the story and how Lachlain changed too.

Another thing I enjoy about this series and why I loved it back in 2010 and still to this day. Kresley Cole has a storyline going on throughout the books for the series. Here’s my question still and it’s 2014…will Nix ever get her book? She really needs to find love. She deserves it even with her crazy funny self. I just adore her and I’ve missed her dearly…and I’m so glad I’m back to the IAD world.

If you have not read this series, you need to. Start off reading The Warlord Wants Forever though first. (it actually starts off the series) I read this when it was in Playing Easy to Get back in 2010 before reading A Hunger Like No Other. ( I didn’t read in order this time)

I give this book 5 full moons and highly recommend it to paranormal romance readers out there.

Kresley Cole will always be one of my favorite PNR Authors and her books will continue to be bought in paperback no matter what. I just love looking at the covers and I definitely will be reading this series over and over again. =)

Sizzling, erotic, engrossing and enticing ...

Dangerously sinful and steamy lustful !


A gorgeous alpha male werewolf breaks free of his confinement after 150 years of imprisonment and torture by the vampire horde under the city of Paris in its dark catacombs. Being burned alive over and over again never really dying because you are an immortal messes up ones mind pretty bad. When Lachlain MacRieve broke free and found his millennium-awaiting mate he thought that his mind was playing tricks on him because this fragile woman was a vampire, a leech, one from the race of those who tortured him and his kind sworn enemies. She was everything he always hated and despised and now she was sent by the fate itself to heal his body and soul.

Emmaline Troy is a sheltered, fragile, naive young half-vampire half-valkyrie who undertook her first trip alone to Paris to discover the identity of her father whom she never met. First time alone and far away from her family and already in trouble. She couldn't seem to find anyone who would sell her some bagged blood and she was growing weaker by the hour. When the crazed werewolf targeted her on the street and abducted her she couldn't seem to muster an ounce of resistance.

Lachlain and Emmaline are an unlikely pair who couldn't seem to understood why fate brought them together when they were so different in nature and enemies at that. Lachlain needs her more than anything else because without her he will most likely lose his mind before he loses his life. Emmaline is frightened of him and she clearly thinks he's out of his mind but she is nonetheless inexplicably attracted to him. To his big and hard body with many trained muscles and his long brown hair that once groomed makes him look like a millionaire. It doesn't hurt to say that he is the king of the Lykae Clan and he owns a castle in Scotland. I know, I wouldn't have any objections going with him but Emmaline seemed to find many along the way. Their relationship will grow and strengthen them both in a way that will soften a fierce warrior's heart and turn a shy maiden into a fierce warrior.


First of all, let me respond to some misconceptions I found in some reviews before I read the story. THERE IS NO RAPE and THERE IS NO FIRST TIME SEX IN ANIMAL FORM. It is completely false and I was appalled by this ridiculous accusations. They are both attracted to one another, they are destined to be together. She likes him and thinks of him and consequently she is aroused by him which he notices immediately since he is a werewolf, like duh. He acts on her arousal but when he sees how frightened she is of him and of her own feelings, he stops. He never made her do it. The first time they did it was completely consensual and beautiful out in the open in the forest under the full moon. Now, for the animal form. People obviously don't read carefully or are not smart enough to notice that he doesn't shift into a wolf but he carries a wolf inside him. Meaning, there are like two beings in one body and when under the full moon wolf part dominates, it seems like there is a shadow over him showing the other form. He only grows a little bit larger and his actions are more primal. That's it. The only thing true about those accusations is the rough sex. Which she absolutely enjoys. It sets her timid self free and she turns into a confident capable woman. And if some prune with christian ideas is reading this and talks nonsense afterwards because of their religion and oh-my-god-there-is-sex behavior, I have one thing to say to you - PISS OFF. Don't read paranormal erotic romance in the first place. Don't approach it. You could have seen from the bloody cover that this won't be you cup of tea.

Now, that this is settled back to my normal self.
I loved Lachlain. His dominating alpha male behavior made me breathe hard, my mouth was watering and I was entranced by him so much that I was up all night finishing this awesome novel. He is the perfect type of a man (or werewolf) for the women who like the dominating and overly protective kind of male. He is big, broad shoulders, wicked smile, comes from Scotland, owns a bloody castle, is the king of his clan and he is totally head over heals in love with Emmaline. Emmaline, a fragile looking blond ever-frightened half-vampire. She pissed me off at the start a little because she was overly timid. She was hurt when she touched a night butterfly, she was scared of her own shadow, she couldn't do nothing right, her self-esteem was so low that I wanted to tear those pages out. But! Give her some time and you will see a beautiful transformation. With Lachlain's pushiness and stubborn straight-headed behavior she will change and so much that at the end, she will be put down in history books as a fearless warrior.

Their unnatural relationship will overcome all obstacles and change them for the better. Isn't this what a real relationship was supposed to do? I believe so. This story has more than one angle to it. If you look at it superficially you'll see a destined pair, an unlikely pair, a pair that will soon become inseparable. But if you look closely under the surface you will see two troubled members of different species who are so damaged in their own ways that it seems like they will never be a happy future for either of them. They were brought together so that they can heal one another and change for the better under the influence of the other half of the pair. And not only them. Their entire species is in question.

There is a war brewing amongst the paranormal species. It happens every half a millennium. It is inevitable. They can change the course of the war if they work together. Emotionless mad vampires are far too powerful for either of their species. But if they could convince them to work together, to form an alliance, everything could change. Everything's at stake.

A beautiful tale that shows us how no one is an unimportant piece in history. We all matter. Each in our own way. Our actions, words and relationships correlate. Perhaps it is all fate and we can't change it but I doubt it. I believe that fate only sets us in our way but how we will arrive in our destination and in which state is all on us.

This story made me feel like I could do anything if I believed in myself and my worth. If the rest of the series is as equally gripping as the beginning it will move to my all-time-best-paranormal shelf.