Shadow Rising
Dark Dynasties #3
AUTHOR: Kendra Leigh Castle
PUBLICATION DATE: 7/31/12
ORDER LINKS: Amazon | B&N
BOOK SYNOPSIS:
Ancient Secrets, Dark Passions…
As one of the Grigori, a noble vampire dynasty shrouded in mystery, Ariane has spent her life hidden away in the desert. Like all of her kind, she is a watcher, fated to observe, forbidden to act. Yet when her best friend, Sammael, vanishes, she defies all rules and flees her safe haven to bring him home.
A shape-shifting assassin for the House of Shadows, Damien Tremaine is hired to locate Sammael. His hunt for the wayward Grigori leads him to Ariane, the rogue vamp who stands between him and his bounty. Damien never lets emotion interfere with his work, but a single touch from the sexy, beguiling vampire shatters his self-control. Drawn together by their common goal, what begins as an alliance of necessity soon becomes one of desire. But when the secret at the dark heart of the Grigori comes to light, Damien and Ariane must make a choice that could bind them eternally…or tear them—and everything they care about—apart
REVIEW:
Damien, is just a pain in the ass, smart mouth, totally hot bounty hunter. But really Damien uses all the smart mouth and sarcasm as a way to keep people from getting close to him, and it has worked for a very long time. But like all good things it has to come to an end. When Damien gets his next assignment to track down a missing Grigori the last thing he expected to find was one very hot, very stubborn, defiant female Grigori, that will test every wall Damien has ever put up.
Ariane has lived a very sheltered life, but she is done with that now. Ariane is determined to go out on her own to find her missing friend Sammael. Ariane is not prepared for the outside world, but she loves it and know now she can never go back to her sheltered life. The one thing that Ariane was never prepared for is the very sexy cat-shifter that just walked into her life.
Damien & Ariane are like magnets. At times they are pulled too close together you have to pry them apart and other times they repel each other. It was great fun to read about these two and watch them grow together. It is always fun when a big tough man falls so hard that he doesn’t even know it. Damien may be a total and complete jerk at times, but he is sweet and dream too.
This was a great book. This was also my first Kendra Leigh Castle book and I really enjoyed the world that Kendra created. While I think that you can read this book as a stand alone I think it would be best to start at the beginning with Dark Awakening. I am looking forward to what is next in the Dark Dynasties series.
4 Hearts
REVIEW PROVIDED BY: Kelly
Good review! I have Dark Awakening in my tbr and will dig it out to read:)