KISSED BY A DARK PRINCE
ETERNAL MATES BOOK 1
BY
FELICITY HEATON
Kissed by a Dark Prince (Eternal Mates Romance Series Book 1)
Felicity Heaton
Felicity Heaton
Olivia thinks it’s her lucky night when a dangerously handsome unconscious fae ends up on her inspection table. He’s her chance to redeem herself with her employer, the demon-hunting organisation, Archangel. But when the tall, dark and deadly immortal warrior awakes, she gets much more than she bargained for…
Attacked by his enemy in the elf kingdom, the last thing Prince Loren expects when he comes around is a beautiful angel watching over him and medical technology of the mortal realm. Hazy from his injuries, all he can focus on is the pulse ticking in her throat and the sweet allure of her blood.
One single bite reveals she is his eternal mate, triggering a bond between them that will leave him weakened until it is completed… or broken, and pulling Olivia into the crossfire of his ancient feud.
To protect his people and his mate from the machinations of a madman, Loren must risk everything by working with Olivia at Archangel to find a way to break the bond blossoming between them.
But will Loren be strong enough to place duty before desire and give up the one thing he has waited millennia for and craves above all others—his eternal mate? And will Olivia be able to resist the incredible heat that burns between them and the temptation of her dark prince’s kiss?
REVIEW:
Kissed By A Dark Prince is the first book in Felicity Heaton's fantastic new series Eternal Mates.
I am a fan of Felicity's books, and she didn't let me down with this new series. The world building is amazing, and completely believable. This story is set in the same world as The Vampire Erotic Theatre, and it was a unexpected treat to see a few familiar faces from those books. This story is completely independent of the Vampire Erotic Theatre series, and you don't have to read those books to enjoy this series.
This book had it all, elves, vampires, demons, and humans. The main characters Olivia and Loren were cute to read. Loren was sexy, patient, caring, and absolute in his love. Olivia was smart, strong, and vulnerable. They complimented each other, even though a few times I wanted to scream at Olivia. All the characters in the book were extremely likeable, including the secondary characters.
The dialogue kept me turning the pages, and the action kept me on the edge of my seat. The pacing of the story was spot on, and the twist and turns had me turning pages long into the night. I didn't want to put this book down.
The romance was sweet and spicy. The love scenes got hotter and hotter with each encounter. Olivia and Loren had my kindle on fire.
I really enjoyed this story, it was unique and thoroughly entertaining. I am definitely looking forward to the next book in this series, and remain a faithful fan of Felicity Heaton.
5 STARS / 5
*I received a ARC of this book in exchange for a honest review. My opinions are my own. *
I am a fan of Felicity's books, and she didn't let me down with this new series. The world building is amazing, and completely believable. This story is set in the same world as The Vampire Erotic Theatre, and it was a unexpected treat to see a few familiar faces from those books. This story is completely independent of the Vampire Erotic Theatre series, and you don't have to read those books to enjoy this series.
This book had it all, elves, vampires, demons, and humans. The main characters Olivia and Loren were cute to read. Loren was sexy, patient, caring, and absolute in his love. Olivia was smart, strong, and vulnerable. They complimented each other, even though a few times I wanted to scream at Olivia. All the characters in the book were extremely likeable, including the secondary characters.
The dialogue kept me turning the pages, and the action kept me on the edge of my seat. The pacing of the story was spot on, and the twist and turns had me turning pages long into the night. I didn't want to put this book down.
The romance was sweet and spicy. The love scenes got hotter and hotter with each encounter. Olivia and Loren had my kindle on fire.
I really enjoyed this story, it was unique and thoroughly entertaining. I am definitely looking forward to the next book in this series, and remain a faithful fan of Felicity Heaton.
5 STARS / 5
*I received a ARC of this book in exchange for a honest review. My opinions are my own. *
Kissed by a Dark Prince – Excerpt
The prince dismissed the male again. This
time, he obeyed and left. Olivia waited until he had closed the wooden door before
she moved her attention back to the prince and relaxed a fraction. The man in
the room with her had bitten and kidnapped her, but had said he wouldn’t hurt
her. If she had to choose between him and the one he had called Bleu, who had
looked at her as if she were a pest to be eradicated, she would choose her
blood-drinking captor over the homicidal maniac.
“Continue,” he said and she half expected
him to use that regal wave on her. If he tried it, she might be inclined to
relocate his testicles after all. She might be human, but she wasn’t going to
let anyone order her around, not even a powerful immortal prince. She had
enough of that from her superiors. “What condition did you find me in?”
“You’d taken one hell of a beating... don’t
you remember fighting?” she said and he shook his head and sat on the edge of
his bed. Rumpled purple covers. Barely dressed male. She could do the math. He
had woken and come to take her shortly afterwards, because he couldn’t recall
the fight and how he had ended up at Archangel. He looked like the sort of man
who liked to be in control and hated weakness, and not remembering the events
that had seen him dumped unconscious at a demon-hunting organisation were
probably driving him mad. “It must have been epic.”
The light in his eyes faded and he looked
off to his right, staring at the foot of the row of wardrobes.
“My battles with this particular enemy
always are.” Something drifted in his rich purple eyes, a shadow of remorse
that left her feeling he would rather not fight this enemy.
He cursed again, pushed to his feet and
paced, taking long agitated strides up and down the room.
Olivia leaned back against the wall and
studied him in silence, giving him time to think and beginning to relax.
He was beautiful, his tall lean figure
shifting sensually with each stride, working his muscles like a symphony. Every
so often, the markings she had followed with her fingers would flash into
existence and he would growl, seemingly irritated by them, and glare at her, as
if she were to blame.
Olivia lost track of time, her fear melting
away and her guard dropping with it. What was he thinking? He looked melancholy
at times, pained, but angry at others. Feelings flitted across his handsome
face, rapidly changing his expression, drawing her to him all the more.
He seemed sad for some reason, a terrible
sorrow that shone in his eyes, fathomless and painful. Mixed in with that
sadness was a sense of lethalness though, the danger she had originally felt in
his presence, a feeling he exuded like an aura. It should have warned her away
from him. Instead, she found herself moving away from the wall and towards him,
lured by an inexplicable need to comfort him and ease the pain she swore she
could feel in him.
“Are you okay?”
He stopped dead and looked across at her,
his expression open and blank, as though her question had caught him off guard.
His look hardened again a second later and he pivoted on his heel and crossed
the room to her. He halted inches from her, towering over her, making her feel
nervous and unsure of herself. The longer he stood there studying her with
those intense purple eyes without saying anything, the more on edge she felt,
until her insides had twisted into tight knots and she couldn’t bear it
anymore.
“Have you finished questioning me now?” she
blurted out.
He nodded.
“I can go home?”
“I am sorry but I cannot allow that to
happen.” He looked beyond her left shoulder, towards the blue curtains and the
doors. “My enemy has made you a target, a well played move on his part and one
I did not predict or even consider.”
Her anger came back to a rolling boil and
she opened her mouth to give him hell, but he stole her voice. His eyes came
back to meet hers and he lifted his hand, slowly reached towards her and brushed
aside the collar of her white coat. He caressed the marks on the left side of
her throat, sending a hot achy shiver through her.
“I have made you a target.” Those words
sent a different sort of shiver through her. This one not at all pleasant.
She raised her hand to touch her throat and
ended up covering his hand instead. His skin was cool beneath hers. His
nostrils flared, his eyes brightened and the pointed tips of his ears extended
and sharpened. He bared his fangs at her and shifted back, pulling his hand
away from her touch.
Olivia’s heart leaped into overdrive,
thundering against her ribs, and her hand shook, fear freezing her feet in
place.
The prince looked ill but, at the same
time, there was an unmistakable spark of desire in his eyes.
It might have flattered her if she hadn’t
been clinging to what he had said, repeating it in her head and growing
increasingly angry with each cycle. She was a target for a maniac who had
beaten this immortal male close to death?
“What the hell is going on here?” she
snapped and advanced on him, surprised when he actually retreated, as if he
feared her. No way a powerful male like him would fear a little woman like her.
He hadn’t liked it when she had touched him. He had reacted strongly to it.
Maybe he feared she would touch him again if he let her get close enough. She
wanted to touch him alright. She wanted to crack his nose with her fist. “I
want to know what’s happening because I have the feeling my life is on the line
and I didn’t sign up for this shit. You bit me... I damned well didn’t ask you
to violate me... and I want to know how your abuse of my body and my rights has
made me a target.”
The prince held his hands up and she
halted, breathing hard to settle her volatile feelings. Getting angry with him
probably wouldn’t solve anything. If she was in danger, she was probably going
to need his help. He had dragged her into this. He could damn well get her out
of it unscathed.
“The reason your comrades found me so close
to your facility is because my enemy left me there... it is a twisted game...
he could have killed me but I would not have suffered.” He sounded too damn
calm and he looked it too.
Olivia couldn’t see how he could be so
relaxed about all of this. Some psychopath had beaten him close to death and
dropped him on her doorstep, and it was all a game? That wasn’t a game. That
was sick.
“And he wants you to suffer... why?” She
couldn’t hold the angry note from her voice. He had wanted answers and had
brought her here. Well, now she wanted some damn answers of her own.
“It is not for you to know,” he said
quietly.
It damned well was. “Why did he dump you
with us? Did he think Archangel would torture you?”
He shook his head, the solemn look
returning to his eyes. “No. He knew you
would torture me.”
Olivia frowned. “I don’t get it. What do
you mean? I said did he think we would torture you and you said no, and then
you said he knew we would... that doesn’t make sense. I warn you, I am liable
to relocate your testicles if I don’t start getting some straight answers.”
He took a step back. “It was a straight
answer. Not we... you... he knew you would torture me.”
“Me?” Her eyes shot wide and indignation
joined the ranks of her feelings. “I’m a doctor. I know I work for a
demon-hunting group, but that doesn’t mean I would torture one.”
He glanced down at his boots and then back
at her, his expression troubled. He growled, exposing his fangs, and shoved his
fingers through his black hair.
“He knew what you were when he dropped me
there and he knew what I would do,” he barked the words at her, his expression
wild and desperate, the look of a man firmly on the edge. He stepped towards
her and reached for her, and then let his hands fall to his sides and cursed.
“What... bite me?” She touched the marks on
her neck, feeling the pronounced bumps where his fangs had punctured her. What
had he done by biting her?
The prince closed the distance between them
and she tipped her head back, holding his gaze. He frowned and she gasped as
his fingers settled against her jaw. He slid his hand along it to cup her
cheek, his eyes locked on hers, drawing her into their purple depths until she
felt lost.
“Bind you to me.”
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Eternal Mates, is now available in ebook and paperback. To celebrate the
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Kissed by a Dark
Prince and the Eternal Mates series is set in the same world as the Vampire
Erotic Theatre series, so if you’re a fan of that series, you will love Eternal
Mates. Throughout this series, you’ll have a chance to catch up with the cast
of the Vampire Erotic Theatre series and learn more about their world.
Felicity is
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Felicity Heaton
is a USA Today and international
best-selling author writing passionate paranormal romance books. In her books
she creates detailed worlds, twisting plots, mind-blowing action, intense
emotion and heart-stopping romances with leading men that vary from dark deadly
vampires to sexy shape-shifters and wicked werewolves, to sinful angels and hot
demons!
If you're a fan
of paranormal romance authors Lara Adrian, J R Ward, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Gena
Showalter and Christine Feehan then you will enjoy her books too.
If you love your
angels a little dark and wicked, the best-selling Her Angel series is for you.
If you like strong, powerful, and dark vampires then try the Vampires Realm
series or any of her stand-alone vampire romance books. If you’re looking for
vampire romances that are sinful, passionate and erotic then try the
best-selling Vampire Erotic Theatre series. Or if you prefer huge detailed
worlds filled with hot-blooded alpha males in every species, from elves to demons
to dragons to shifters and angels, then take a look at the new Eternal Mates
series.
If you want to know more about Felicity,
or want to get in touch, you can find her at the following places:
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