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BLOOD GAME – Rae Monet
Blood Squad, Book 2
Red Sage Publishing –
www.eredsage.com
ISBN: 978-1-60310-148-6
December 2007
Erotic Paranormal Romance
Oakland, California – 2060
After years of war between the vampires and the hunters, a treaty
has been formed. Now the hunters and Sangorian vampires work
together to protect humankind from the vampires who would enslave
them. Byron Sangorian hunts those of his kind who would destroy the
treaty with the hunters. In particular, he is hunting Rurik Sage,
the leader of the rebels. When Rurik and his minions catch Byron
off-guard, he is captured and taken to Rurik’s stronghold. The
hunters and Sangorian vampires will stop at nothing to get Byron
back.
Sara Weston works for the hunters and is their computer wizard; with
her help, the hunters and vampires have located Byron and are
planning a rescue mission. They hope to capture or kill Rurik in
the process. As Sara, confined to a wheel chair, watches the rescue
unfold on her monitors, she prays they can find and save Byron.
Sara has never met the handsome vampire, but she’s watched him many
times on her computer monitors. There is something about Byron that
draws Sara, though she knows there isn’t a chance they will ever
meet.
Byron is rescued, but Rurik escapes once again. When Byron is
brought to the underground Sangorian compound, he is unconscious.
His vital signs are good, but he refuses to awaken. No one knows
what has been done to Byron while he was a captive of Rurik, but his
body has been covered in strange tattoos. The Sangorians request
that Sara attempt a dream link with Byron to bring him back to
consciousness. Sara agrees, but is not sure her new procedure will
even work. Sara slips into Bryon’s dreams and they meet face to
face in the dream realm. There is an instant attraction between
them, but Byron fears Sara is simply another trick of Rurick’s.
Sara musts convince Byron she is friend, not foe and she succeeds,
but when Bryon awakes, she doesn’t want to see him. In their shared
dreams, Sara is whole and not confined to her wheelchair, but in the
real world the passion that flared between them would whither and
die.
When Byron awakens, the first person he asks for is Sara, but no one
will tell him anything about her. Along with a loss of memory of
his time in captivity, Byron awakes with some new and unusual
powers. Byron tracks Sara down and is determined to make her his --
and he won’t let her fears stop him. Besides, Sara is the only one
who seems to be able to help Byron control his new and deadly
powers. Sara and Byron must work together to unlock his memories
and find a way to stop Rurik. Sara must also learn to trust her
heart if she is to save Bryon and herself.
BLOOD GAME is the second book in the Blood Squad series;
however, it is not necessary to read the first in order to enjoy
BLOOD GAME. The pace is fast, the writing smooth, and the
characters are well-developed. The relationship between Sara and
Byron is passionate and the true focus of the story. The quest to
destroy Rurik and his group of terrorist vampires runs throughout
the book, as well as the rules of the covenant between the Sangorian
vampires and the hunters, but it’s the romance between Sara and
Byron that takes center stage. Sara is a smart woman who, through
an accident, lost the ability to walk. She is attracted to Byron
but doesn’t want to be a burden to him. Byron is a man who appears
to be self-sufficient and powerful on the surface, but his capture
and torture by Rurik, as well as the changes that have happened to
him, have left him unstable. He desires Sara above all things and
will do anything to keep her -- including breaking most of the
Sangorian Blood Law rules. The passion between them is searing and
erotic, but it is not just sex for the sake of sex. Each love scene
is carefully woven into the story to reveal more about the
characters as well as strengthen the bond between them.
For a highly entertaining as well as a sinfully sensual read, grab a
copy of BLOOD GAME.
Terrie Figueroa |
