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The Vampire Queen's Servant (Vampire Queen #1)

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Paranormal erotica from an award-winning author who stands out in a genre known for its out-of-the-ordinary love play." (Romance Studio)

Lady Elyssa Yamato Amaterasu Wentworth is a centuries-old vampire who's been given a new servant-Jacob, a total alpha male unaccustomed to submitting to any woman's wishes. What really binds Jacob to her are not her sensual midnight hunge...more

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Published July 3rd 2007 by Berkley Trade

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May 18, 2008 Daisiemae rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Vampire/BDSM erotic readers

Recommended to Daisiemae by: Blackbook

Shelves: erotica, vampire-paranormal, books-read-in-2008

This is NOT a book for the faint hearted. There are some VERY strong BDSM elements to it. There were several times I felt myself wanting to cringe from the things Jacob is put through to prove his submission to Lyssa. Being an alpha male, he has some problems with being submissive, but in Lyssa's world that is not allowed. It is made very clear throughout the book that Vampires must be dominate, and demand nothing less but submission with all of their slaves, but honestly some of it was hard to...more

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Apr 24, 2008 Marion rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: erotic-romance, 2008-read, bdsm

This book is about Lyssa the Vamire Queen and Jacob ( a human) who applies for the position to be her servant. Jacob was trained by Thomas who was Lyssa's previous servant.The problem is that Jacob is an alpha male and he is not submissive. Both Lyssa and Jacob try to dominate the other but also want to submit to each other. There is alot of sexual tension as well as romance and quite a bit of violence from Lyssa (after all she is a vampire). I was not sure I would like this book but was pleasan...more

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Oct 14, 2008 L8blmr rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Fans of PN erotica and or BDSM

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Jul 07, 2008 Heather rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Vampire erotica and romance fans.

Shelves: erotica, paranormal-romance

You should read this book! At first I was put off by a review I read that said there was a lot of violence in this book... I disagree!

This is really a love story. The story is about Alyssa- a 1000 year old vampire queen who was somewhat recently parted with her human servant Thomas. (For those who read the vampire genre we know what a human servant is.) Along comes Jacob- handsome man who swears he is the one to serve her and be with her. He tells her that Thomas himself trained him and that he...more

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Apr 01, 2012 Kelly rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: paranormal romance readers

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First things first, I enjoyed this book immensely and I have never read anything quite like it. It takes the reader on a roller coaster ride of emotions and just when you think you know where the story is headed it turns around and goes in the other direction. It was romantic,erotic, violent, and morose-sometimes all on the same page! The sex scenes were very hot and inventive and there was some BDSM, but nothing hardcore.
The story is about ancient, beautiful vampire queen Lady Elyssa and sexy...more

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Mar 18, 2009 VampFanGirl rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: erotic-paranormal-romance, bdsm

Joey W. Hill is a very unique author. She can turn the simple evolution of a couple's relationship into an epic romance, baffling the reader with the scope of this ability within the confines of three to four hundred pages. Hill is an author to be savored and dedication of time is necessary in order to appreciate her artistry.

Lady Elyssa Amaterasu Yamato Wentworth is a vampire queen not only by birth but also by the shear force of her personality. A thousand years has given Lyssa plenty of time...more Joey W. Hill is a very unique author. She can turn the simple evolution of a couple's relationship into an epic romance, baffling the reader with the scope of this ability within the confines of three to four hundred pages. Hill is an author to be savored and dedication of time is necessary in order to appreciate her artistry.

Lady Elyssa Amaterasu Yamato Wentworth is a vampire queen not only by birth but also by the shear force of her personality. A thousand years has given Lyssa plenty of time to loose countless human servants, beloved each for their uniqueness and collectively for their submission, and also the loss of one controlling and perhaps crazed vampire husband. These years have also wrought a strange affliction upon Lyssa that forces moments of intense weakness. It's during one of these bouts that Lyssa decides to take home a potential new servant, Jacob.

Jacob, former vampire hunter and circus performer extraordinaire, has spent one man's dying months at perfecting his ability to serve and protect Lady Lyssa. Thomas, a monk and Lyssa's former servant, gifts Jacob to Lyssa by letter, provoking the queen's loneliness after a year of self enforced celibacy. She can no more resist the Renaissance man standing before her in nothing but skin tight hose, any more than she can fight the irrational need to bind him to her for centuries to come.

Combined with a supreme predatory nature and her status as Queen, Lyssa finds extraordinary sexual satisfaction by the willing submission of her servants. But, unlike those who've served before, Jacob is not a practitioner of sexual submission nor does he fully grasp the extent of submission required by a vampire. Having dabbled only in soft bondage, Jacob's inner alpha has always directed him where he needed to go in terms of a woman's pleasure. The cries and physical reactions of a woman in his arms determined where his hands and other appendages needed to go to ensure her pleasure. Being commanded what to do and punished for disobedience is a concept unknown to him. Yet, despite Jacob's need to control the situation, Lyssa's demands provokes a powerful response from him that he's never experienced before. But with his explosive desire for Lyssa also comes panic. Not that he doesn't trust his lady, but he's never been invaded so thoroughly nor so immediately by a woman before.

The rules governing the relationship between vampire and servant are ancient in their existence. It's a completely one sided affair giving the power exclusively to the vampire. At the whim of the vampire, a servant is given a total of three marks. One that is basically a tracker, resembling a mental GPS. The second allows the vampire to invade the very mind of it's servant. Again this is one sided. While the vampire can view the thoughts, emotions, fears, the past, and present of their servant's mind, the vampire may choose at it's leisure to invite the servant within the confines of it's own mind. The third and final mark links the servant to a vampire's immortality and thereby prolonging the humans life by three to four times what is normal.

Lyssa can't help but be intrigued by Jacob. While a willing submissive is her preference, Jacob's arrogance and subsequent disobedience, springs forth a tidal wave of lust and yearning for him. Although he's a man who claims to be unable to woo a woman by words, Lyssa can't deny the emotions he ignites within her with his cunning wit, dry humor, and above all his words of devotion to her and his need to not only be her protector, but her beloved companion as well. Impulsively and much to Lyssa's early chagrin, she gifts Jacob with the first two marks, yet she promises him that third will never be given for purely unselfish reasons.

I've come to see that unlike most romance authors, Hill enjoys writing about tortured heroines verses tortured heroes. Unlike Hill's 'Ice Queen' - Marguerite, who was horrifically tortured, Lyssa's vulnerability and thus my connection to her plight, was difficult to uncover. As a reader, my preferences crave a dominant hero verses a dominant heroine, so that alone counts against Lyssa. I'm also attributing it towards her being a vampire and with that is the supreme ability to crush Jacob on a whim. Plus, Lyssa has lived for a thousand years thereby having plenty of time to cultivate and perfect her controlled facade. Even Jacob states that anyone else would be hard pressed to observe the subtle nuances in her expressions, signaling her displeasure or approval. Honestly, it's not until Jacob plunges into Lyssa's mind that I could finally understand her motivations and what a revelation did they ultimately prove to be. I finally saw Lyssa as human. She's a woman who is capable of remorse which was definitely something I needed to see in order to move past some of her bad treatment of Jacob. And when Lyssa begins to acknowledge the blurred lines between vampire and servant, she realizes that she craves spending time with Jacob. The sexual desire is still there but she's surprised at even her mundane cravings of him like sitting on the couch and watching television. It's at this time, when she finally reaches out for Jacob, that her vulnerability steps out from behind her shields and I simply could no longer resist her.

Jacob, on the other hand, was very easy to connect with. He truly cares for his lady but he was also very human. I bonded with his thought processes and how even he at times questioned Lyssa's behavior and on more than one occasion, thinks he's taken the wrong path. But true to his Irish heritage, he's equally stubborn as he is motivated to belong to Lyssa, heart and soul. Simply put, Jacob is genuinely a good guy with a big heart. His compulsion to be chivalrous to all woman was very enduring.

'The Vampire Queen's Servant' is very reminiscent of Hill's Ellora's Cave contemporaries despite it's paranormal attributes. This novel puts Jacob and Lyssa's relationship center stage which is unique, IMO, in today's paranormal genre which features a lot of action and fight sequences with the romance taking a backseat. However, I don't think that the novel is for everyone. Because Lyssa's vulnerability and humanity doesn't really come out until more than halfway through the novel combined with her brutal treatment of Jacob, some people might give up on Lyssa early on and may decide to not continue reading.

The BDSM in 'The Vampire Queen's Servant' is not extreme yet the novel definitely deserves it's "erotic" label. You can expect some sharing of sexual partners and some interesting devices to enhance sexual pleasure, but I in no way found the novel to be 'uncomfortable'. Just the opposite in fact. There is a scene where Lyssa hosts a dinner for three vampires and their human servants. The scene is intensely erotic with Jacob performing sexual acts with two other woman, all at the command of Mistress Lyssa. To me it's like Joey W. Hill orchestrates this elaborate masterpiece with numerous people engaging in sexual acts on a stage. Each performs a solo with the others supporting in the background. Then they all come together in a resounding climax that leaves you breathless.

The close of 'The Vampire Queen's Servant' in no way signals the end for Jacob and Lyssa. Their story could not be contained within the confines of one book alone and is followed by it's sequel - 'The Mark of The Vampire Queen'. I think this was Lyssa's doing. You can't say no to a queen.

Again, Hill's novels are not fast reads by any means. She forces you to slow down and savor her words rather than speed through. Jacob and Lyssa's relationship is very complex and it takes time to uncover the inner workings of their hearts especially when one person is guarding their heart so well. I admit that I struggled with the novel in the beginning but about midway through, it really started to flow and the characters washed through my mind like so much silk.
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Lea Well, to be honest VFG, "The Vampire Queen's Servant", was my first ever BDSM book and I really didn't know what I was getting into.

But oh, I just we...more
Mar 12, 2009 01:22pm

VampFanGirl Lea, your input is so articulate. I wish I could be so precise. *sigh*

Yeah, Hill's Elora's Cave books are REALLY graphic so I got confortable pretty q...more
Mar 12, 2009 01:36pm

Jun 15, 2010 Sparklybearsy rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was my first Joey Hill book and it wont be my last. The Vampire Queen's Servant by Joey .W. Hill is book one in her 'Vampire Queen Series', it's certainly not for the faint of heart or if you are used to something a little more tame and vanilla. This book delves into BDSM and D/s in a big way. Jacob is one of those sexy Alpha men that has you drooling, nothing about him says submissive but when he sees Lady Lyssa he wants her, he learns her ways, how to look after her, be her servant. It's...more This was my first Joey Hill book and it wont be my last. The Vampire Queen's Servant by Joey .W. Hill is book one in her 'Vampire Queen Series', it's certainly not for the faint of heart or if you are used to something a little more tame and vanilla. This book delves into BDSM and D/s in a big way. Jacob is one of those sexy Alpha men that has you drooling, nothing about him says submissive but when he sees Lady Lyssa he wants her, he learns her ways, how to look after her, be her servant. It's usually the male protagonist who is the more dominant so i was very intrigued to see how it played out with Lyssa in that role. Jacob doesn't submit easily, making the vampire queen work for his submission leaving her frustrated at times but that just adds more to his appeal for her, she's used to "yes" people.

It doesn't all go in Jacob's favour though, certain scenes were pretty brutal to read, the threat of male on male rape, a forced ménage à trois and group voyeurism are just some acts Jacob has to go through to become Lyssa's servant. The vampire politics are quite strict, Lyssa needs Jacob's submission if he is to exist in the vampire world and not undermine her authority.

Very much character laden i loved this book for alot of reasons, yes it has enough erotica to please the smuttiest of bitches, it has an underline mystery of past history and who is the bad guy, but it's the structure of character in Jacob and Lyssa i loved best. The author gives you great depth in these characters, they're not perfect and she shows you that and for all the politics and rules in both the vampire world and the D/s world all they both want really is love. I liked the tender moments Lyssa had, she was harsh at times so the contrast in her nicer side was good to see.
This is an on-going series so in The Vampire Queen's servant you don't get all the resolves you would in a stand alone book, but it just made me more eager to follow on with book two The Mark of the Vampire Queen.

If you like paranormal, vampires, biting, erotica, moresomes and pedicures given by a sexy alpha male then this book is a must read for you.
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Feb 18, 2013 D.G. marked it as dnf

Shelves: reviewed

I just couldn't take the whole premise.

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Jul 20, 2012 Purplepaperreader rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: meh, paranormal-romance, erotic-romance

This series has received very high ratings on Goodreads, and from other reviews it's plain to see that there is a market for these books and I guess I have to assume that these are good examples of the best of the paranormal Domme market (an albeit very small sub-genre of paranormal erotica).

But for me the book fell flat as the world building was just plain non-existent, and the writing contained overly dramatic dialogue and it was majorly lacking in descriptive detail. The first 1/3 of the boo...more

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Aug 12, 2010 Ridley rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 3-star, erotic-romance, read-2010, paper

I won't be doing a full review because this book just sort of lost me somewhere. Maybe it's because I spent a week and a half to read it, stopping to glom the entire Girl Genius archives in the middle of it, but I don't think so.

The book shares three things in common with literary fiction: a trade paperback price, a love of figurative language and a lack of emphasis on plot.

Now, the reverse snob in me hates literary fiction, so anytime things start to resemble it, I get cranky. Not only that, b...more

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May 10, 2010 Penny Watson rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Vampire Queen's Servant by Joey Hill (Read April 2009)

I would like to think that I am not the squeamish type when it comes to romance novels. However, a book classified as a BDSM erotic vampire novel sounds a bit daunting, does it not? Since reading A Mermaid's Kiss and A Witch's Beauty, I have become a serious Joey Hill fan. My good friend and fellow writer Michelle heartily encouraged me to start her vampire series, and so I acquiesced, all the while harboring some reservations about the B...more The Vampire Queen's Servant by Joey Hill (Read April 2009)

I would like to think that I am not the squeamish type when it comes to romance novels. However, a book classified as a BDSM erotic vampire novel sounds a bit daunting, does it not? Since reading A Mermaid's Kiss and A Witch's Beauty, I have become a serious Joey Hill fan. My good friend and fellow writer Michelle heartily encouraged me to start her vampire series, and so I acquiesced, all the while harboring some reservations about the BDSM stuff. Who would have expected it to be one of the most touching, revealing and vulnerable relationships in a romance novel? Hell, not me. (Okay, I was expecting whips and chains. So sue me.) Obviously I was missing the big picture about this lifestyle, which is ultimately about trust. But having the dominant be the female partner, in this case Lyssa the vampire queen, is a fascinating take on this sort of relationship. Jacob is a fabulous character, struggling with his instinctive need to dominate and the need to serve his "lady" who has stolen his heart over several lifetimes, as a knight, a Japanese warrior, and now as an applicant to be her human servant. God, is that romantic or what? This is one of the most "romantic" books I have ever read, and the fact that it is a BDSM erotic paranormal is just some tasty icing on the cake. Hill has written a beautiful book, although not as intense and fast-paced a read as A Mermaid's Kiss or A Witch's Beauty. Jacob and Lyssa's story unfolds in a slow, sensual, and satisfying way. Another interesting part of this book is that one of the key characters (Thomas, Lyssa's former servant and instructor for Jacob) has already died when this book takes place. That does not stop Hill from painting a stunning portrait of this man who selflessly loved his vampire queen, and dared to kill for her. Joey Hill is a writer beyond reproach and The Vampire Queen's Servant is a joy to read. I can't wait to devour the rest of the series! Grade: A+

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Apr 10, 2009 Anita rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance, erotica

I couldn't get into this book. Half the time, I thought it was a poorly written sappy romance. The other half of the time, it seemed like an slightly edgy paranormal romance/erotica. It doesn't speak well for the writing that I never once cared about any of the characters. Too many cliches, too redundant, with a generally uninteresting story line. Even the "edgy" scenes were fairly boring because it really didn't matter to me if a character was hurt.

Premise: 1000 year old vampire queen takes an...more

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Jul 26, 2012 Awilk -will work for books- rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites, kindle, paranormal, read-in-2012, vampire, dom-sub, 2012-highlights

This was a terrific read. The only problem I had, and stopped it from being a 5 star read for me, was that even though the author kept telling me how cruel and self-centred Lyssa, the main female character was, she didn't show me enough for it to be real for me. She did do a few cruel and nasty things, but I saw a lot more of her being loving and caring.
Jacob was a well rounded character and I could not of enjoyed reading about him more. The joy of reading about an alpha male trying to submit fo...more

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Apr 10, 2013 ISbeauty01(Master's) rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: parnormal-erotica-bdsm

This is a summary of this series of books.
All of the "Vampire Queen Servant" series are fabulous.
They usually involve a centuries year old female vampire that has tremendous powers. All vampires at this hierarchy have servants usually humans. Their relationship with their servants is typically what these revolve around. These are dark, complex books that contain graphic sex, bdsm, m/m, f/f and any device you can think of. Normally the female vampires (Queens) have come from a traumatic backgroun...more

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Sep 01, 2012 Tristin rated it 3 of 5 stars

Ok so this is the first time I’ve felt the need to justify my review. All in all I really did like this book which a 3 rating doesn’t exactly reflect. I came to this rating from two angles. The first angle being the content and the story line itself, which I loved and from that perspective would have given it a 4! The second angle being how easy of a read it was, which I found very difficult and from that perspective I would have given it a 2. It was difficult for me to read because there is a l...more

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May 16, 2012 Sophia rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: pnr-uf

Going into the this story, I had reservations whether I would like it or not, but I tried to be open-minded because of how much I enjoyed other people's reviews and the blurbs on the story.

What's my hang-up? Well I'm pretty traditional about which gender should be in the dominant role in a relationship. As it happens, I learned pretty early on that I could rest easy about the book. Yes, the heroine, Elyssa, is the power player as she is not just at the top of the food chain as a vampire, but sh...more Going into the this story, I had reservations whether I would like it or not, but I tried to be open-minded because of how much I enjoyed other people's reviews and the blurbs on the story.

What's my hang-up? Well I'm pretty traditional about which gender should be in the dominant role in a relationship. As it happens, I learned pretty early on that I could rest easy about the book. Yes, the heroine, Elyssa, is the power player as she is not just at the top of the food chain as a vampire, but she is the only pure blood royal left on the planet and she's a thousand years old. And yes, vampires in general and Elyssa in particular are dominant over the humans treating them more as animated sex objects, entertainment, and food. They each take human servants and use/abuse them like it is their right because they are stronger. Now, as a human, I found this vampire attitude pretty amusing since- hello, they NEED their servants because they are VULNERABLE in the day time.
Apparently, I'm not the only one who got a kick out of it because the hero, Jacob also had to keep back his charming Irish smiles on occasion which is what redeemed this role situation for me and allowed me to enjoy what I was reading.

When the story begins, Lady Elyssa is slowly recovering from the loss of her husband and her human servant, she's affected by some sort of illness that leaves her weak and vulnerable when it hits, and now she is confronted by this gorgeous attractive human Jacob Green who claims that her deceased servant trained him as a replacement.

This is an opening story in a series so much of it is spent acquainting me, the reader, to Joey Hill's vampire world through the experiences of Jacob who has some knowledge passed on from Thomas the previous servant and from his own vamp hunting days.
From the get-go, Elyssa senses Jacob's alpha male quality and his strength which means that he would make a poor vampire servant (insert 'slave' or 'sexual submissive' for servant here). And she would be right. Against her first instinct, she gives him a chance. Elyssa decides to break him in quickly and by that I mean break him into the role of sexual submissive through pain and bondage. Jacob surprises her at every turn because just when she thinks she has him strapped down, helpless and humiliated, there he sits calmly watching her after calmly fulfilling the usual serving tasks about the house and for her personal needs. She keeps insisting on trying to break him and he keeps insisting that he can serve honorably without the need for these extreme shows of submissiveness. And as the story progresses, Lyssa ups the ante putting him into situation after situation designed to hurt and humiliate while proving to Jacob what his role really is. Let's just say I got to where I looked forward to these moments because Jacob did not rollover even when forced to submit. He always seemed to find a way. And truthfully, much of the time this is because Elyssa had feelings for her servant that are unique in her vampire world. Elyssa's motives for all this 'training' are not just personal gratification, but also to protect Jacob when they move about in the vampire world

The plot was not fast-paced because it was mostly about Elyssa and Jacob learning each other and the introduction of the story that will continue past the end of the book. Tension in the story was derived from the mental battles these two fought and the tentative beginnings to their new relationship. The story offers foreshadowing to trouble to come from Lyssa's enemies and from the disease that threatens to take her.
I loved how the perspective switched back and forth between Elyssa and Jacob so that we got both of their thoughts throughout the story. As she slowly claimed him with the three 'marks' of servitude, their minds became more closely joined. In fact, the giving of the third mark is a huge deal breaker because of how irrevocable it is (like Jacob dies when Elyssa dies kind of irrevocable).

The characters were fairly limited because of the nature of this story. We have Elyssa and Jacob which are brilliant creations, Carnal (evil vamp- love to hate him), and a few of the vampires in Lyssa's region. There is also the shadowy characters of the past that actually play larger roles than the other secondary characters. Thomas, Elyssa's former servant and her sadistic late (and not lamented by me) husband Rex. I felt something for each character that was introduced which is the best praise that I can offer.

A word of caution here in case it was missed when I spoke of Elyssa trying to break Jacob's willpower. There are some scenes that classify as dark erotica so if that's not your thing be warned.

I look forward to moving on to the next installment in the series.(less)

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Jan 26, 2012 Mariachiara rated it 2 of 5 stars

Scritta veramente bene e con grande pathos analizza la figura del vampiro in una nuova luce, più sensuale e crudele al tempo stesso. Il rapporto tra il vampiro e i suoi servi di cui si nutre….la natura dominante che lo guida nella vita e nei rapporti sessuali, la sua natura possessiva ma al tempo stesso non monogama….tutto è molto interessante e raccontato veramente bene. Impossibile non amare i personaggi principali della serie Lyssa e il il suo servo Jacob. Tra loro non dovrebbe essere possibi...more

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Aug 05, 2011 Charley Ferrer rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: bdsm-for-writers

A fabulous book about D/s and Vampires and strong Dominant women. Reading this book is what actually lead to me writing my new books BDSM FOR WRITERS and BDSM THE NAKED TRUTH. I wanted to kidnap Jacob (the main character) but had to settle for a TV interview for my show PLEASURE with author Joey W. Hill during the Authors After Dark 2010 event. While there I was asked to speak on the writers' panel to help normalize BDSM and then was asked if I'd consider writing a book on BDSM FOR WRITERS(hence...more

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Mar 08, 2011 Leontine rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: erotic-romance, crack

There are some authors who are meant to push your boundaries and throw you in uncharted territory, for me Joey W Hill is such an author! THE VAMPIRE QUEEN’S SERVANT is a story about how Jacob becomes the servant of vampire queen Lyssa. A very simple given but the journey they undertake is executed with such depth of character and rich detail of vampire culture that it kept boredom far away from this story.

In THE VAMPIRE QUEEN’S SERVANT I got a first taste of the vampire culture which bears a cru...more

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Sep 26, 2010 Jane Stewart rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: erotic-paranormal-romance

No interesting character development or plot. Cruel female vampire tortures her servant for unrealistic or vague reasons.

STORY BRIEF:
Lyssa is a powerful 1000 year old vampire. Her previous human servant Thomas died. Thomas chose Jacob as his replacement and sent Jacob to Lyssa with a letter of recommendation. Thomas also trained Jacob in things he would need to know. Jacob wants to be Lyssa’s servant. She tells him he must be totally submissive and endure torture from her. Much of the story is L...more No interesting character development or plot. Cruel female vampire tortures her servant for unrealistic or vague reasons.

STORY BRIEF:
Lyssa is a powerful 1000 year old vampire. Her previous human servant Thomas died. Thomas chose Jacob as his replacement and sent Jacob to Lyssa with a letter of recommendation. Thomas also trained Jacob in things he would need to know. Jacob wants to be Lyssa’s servant. She tells him he must be totally submissive and endure torture from her. Much of the story is Lyssa saying and doing cruel things to Jacob. He endures it and stays with her. She requires that he act as her maid, housekeeper, party planner, secretary, etc. There is a sequel book to continue the story.

REVIEWER’S OPINION:
I read the first 211 pages and the last 33 pages (65% of the book). I couldn’t take anymore. There was no character development and too many unknowns about the pasts and motivations of Jacob and Lyssa. What little was said about Lyssa’s past was told and not shown, for example on page 133. “Several vampires had trapped her in an alley. Or so they’d thought. Three bodies had been left behind, and hers had not been one of them. In fact, after making a brief stop to freshen up, she’d met Rex as planned for a theater production and seemed to thoroughly enjoy the play.”

Lyssa was mean, rude and a dominating bully. I never understood why Lyssa told Jacob she must torture him in order for him to be her servant. It seemed like an excuse to tie him up and cause sexual pain. There is almost too much sex in this book. Whenever they are together, thoughts of sex are involved. And, the sex scenes were not that good. There didn’t seem to be any story with good guys, bad guys or interesting developments. I normally do not like writing a review if I haven’t read the whole book, but reading more than half and being unable to finish it I felt was worth noting.

DATA:
Story length: 373 pages. Swearing language: strong, including religious words. Sexual language: strong/erotic. Number of sex scenes: many and long. Setting: current day Atlanta, Georgia. Copyright: 2007. Genre: erotic paranormal romance.

OTHER BOOKS:
I’ve read one other story by Joey W. Hill. I gave 1 star to “A Choice of Masters” copyright 2003, which appears in the anthology “Enchained.” My review for the anthology was posted on 3-13-08.(less)

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Feb 07, 2009 Rhianna rated it 3 of 5 stars

Lady Lyssa doesn't want another human servant. To take another would mean losing him the way she lost Thomas, the monk who served her faithfully for hundreds of years. But Thomas' dying wish is that his mistress be protected and cared for. As queen of the vampires Lyssa's enemies are many and she cannot show weakness. The greatest of these being the mysterious illness that has plagued her for some time now.

Jacob Green has hunted vampires alongside his brother Gideon for most of his adult life....more Lady Lyssa doesn't want another human servant. To take another would mean losing him the way she lost Thomas, the monk who served her faithfully for hundreds of years. But Thomas' dying wish is that his mistress be protected and cared for. As queen of the vampires Lyssa's enemies are many and she cannot show weakness. The greatest of these being the mysterious illness that has plagued her for some time now.

Jacob Green has hunted vampires alongside his brother Gideon for most of his adult life. But one look at Lady Lyssa compelled him to be a part of her life. Thinking himself prepared by Thomas' tutelage he comes to Lyssa ready to serve, but unwilling to submit. She may not want a new human servant but she can't deny the wanting she feels for Jacob. If he is going to be her protector she must make him her submissive in all things; physically, emotionally and sexually. Can either deny that through it all something deeper and stronger than lust connects them?

I haven't read erotica really in quite a long time. I've always found it very difficult to read it when there's not some sub-story outside of the sex. Sure, you read erotica for the sexual nature of it, but is it too much to ask for there to be some action too? Fortunately, The Vampire Queen's Servant delivers on both smoothly. The plot of the story and the building of Lyssa's world gives the sex purpose and depth. It never feels overly gratuitous or out of place which is a feat worthy of praise.

Though I personally do not care for 'forced' sexual situations the BDSM was light enough that it was intriguing and sensual. The push-and-pull relationship that Lyssa and Jacob share spills over into their erotic encounters which makes the question of who will be initiating them anyone's guess. I very much enjoyed that Hill chose locations for the encounters that weren't conventional. The only scene I didn't particularly care for was an orgy, not so much because I don't care for several couplings happening at once, I just didn't like the casualness. I like there to be more emotional attachment between partners. Overall the book was well... hot. It blended great elements of paranormal romance with grittier sexuality than is typical, a great change of pace. (less)

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Apr 03, 2013 Syahira Sharif rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: adult, vampire, urban-fantasy, romance

In this time where EL James's 50 Shades of Grey kept popping up in any conversation regarding 'conventional' erotica (which apparently set a standard for everyone to disregard an actual storytelling and comprehensible language), The Vampire Queen's Servant is surprisingly enjoyable to read and written by the wildly talented author who managed to blend sexual intensity and characterization in one book without compromising anything.

The Vampire Queen's Servant is a paranormal erotica with enough r...more In this time where EL James's 50 Shades of Grey kept popping up in any conversation regarding 'conventional' erotica (which apparently set a standard for everyone to disregard an actual storytelling and comprehensible language), The Vampire Queen's Servant is surprisingly enjoyable to read and written by the wildly talented author who managed to blend sexual intensity and characterization in one book without compromising anything.

The Vampire Queen's Servant is a paranormal erotica with enough romance element that is curiously more in context of power play and trust within a relationship than other conventional BDSM book. Actually this isn't a BDSM erotica in that spanking and kinky spectrum but it does consist on some issues on dark sexuality that may or may not up to anyone's cup of tea. Even I wasn't but I was curious enough to read it only to find again this is really a well written book on the subject.

Lady Elyssa herself is a considered an extinct creature as a vampire royalty and one of the creatures of the night you shouldn't mess with. However, to her surprise, she received an unexpected surprise when her former human servant, a monk named Thomas, gifted her with a human servant or technically a slave to her needs. The problem is, serving a powerful female vampire need a certain level of servitude required and Jacob is not a submissive in any sense. As for Jacob, he was a trained Vampire Hunter who choose to serve Elyssa because even he couldn't escape her intriguing presence. With the help of Thomas, he trained to serve her and seemingly prepared to offer everything for her and this is for a reason.

Technically, whole focus of the story was on Jacob trying to gain the trust of Lady Elyssa by becoming her human servant and Elyssa's continual refusal even if she need him. All these time, he had to get used to the ideas of being under Elyssa's dominance, as a queen and also as a master. On the other hand, Elyssa had another motive to reject his offerings, she is dying and by giving him all of her marks, he would die if she dies. So, it is a romance story but with enough twists.

The characterizations are as complicated as the dark world this book set itself in. The metaphor of blood and sensuality is more profound in this genre and the significant of Elyssa as a vampire heightened the suspension of belief that synchronized with the BDSM theme. In all her fragility, Elyssa is a powerful and violent creature with more strength and wisdom compared to Jacob as a human. Through her millennial life and the life with her husband Rex, she had suffered abuse, heartache and her soul ripped out and Jacob could see this underneath her stern unforgiving veneer. This give more perspective on how the relationship between the two unconventional creatures could exist.

However, one of the thing the writer did right was giving humanity in her characters in her emotionally riveting story. This is quite a feat in the genre but definitely not to be taken lightly. I think the idea of this book is trying not to shock the audience so much but to make the dark sensuality relatable enough while being riddled with obscurity.

As a first book, it explores the depth of characterizations more while hinting the inevitable future that these characters will face in the subsequent book. Its quite daunting and unsatisfying for the uninitiated and those seeking a similar 50 Shades treatment but you can't really discount the intriguing storytelling. Not a light hearted book in any way.(less)

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Aug 24, 2011 Jen rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: x-read-in-2011

Loved this story - Jacob is one of the hottest humans I've read about in a LONG time!!

The book basically was about Lady Lissa, the oldest Vampire living - and she is not a happy lady. She is actually pretty sad. She's had a rough life.
Her husband Rex use to beat on her, pretty badly too - since she's a vampire, she's able to heal, but she still hurts like anyone else. Only Vampires don't get to pass out from pain, they just have to endure it. It was pretty sad :(

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Feb 27, 2011 Bobs (Reader Unbound) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011-read-list, a-bit-disturbing, curiosity-shot-the-reader, paranormal-romance

I wanted to like this book.I tried. I really did. But it was so difficult for me to read it. At the beginning everything was excellent and just as a thought I found myself a new favorite series, things started to fall apart.
The biggest reason because of which I had such a difficult time with this read was the BDSM part. I can tolerate this kind of erotic relations, I can even find them appealing, but only when they are i small dozes. While reading The Vampire Queen's Servant, at some moments I...more

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Dec 23, 2010 Joy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ebooks, erotic-fiction, paranormal-romance, vampires-and-werewolves

I took a rest reading about vampires so this one took a backseat after I explored other genres like fantasy, magic, and the like. After reading something I didn't enjoy, I decided to try this one. My copy is an e-book and this is one of those I downloaded after I saw it in the "related books" or "you might also like". After browsing the ratings (note: I didn't read the reviews), I decided to get the whole series since I'm one of those who always likes to follow something.

I wasn't expecting anyth...more I took a rest reading about vampires so this one took a backseat after I explored other genres like fantasy, magic, and the like. After reading something I didn't enjoy, I decided to try this one. My copy is an e-book and this is one of those I downloaded after I saw it in the "related books" or "you might also like". After browsing the ratings (note: I didn't read the reviews), I decided to get the whole series since I'm one of those who always likes to follow something.

I wasn't expecting anything, and I didn't get a background of the story, I love surprises, I want to be caught off-guard, so I only read about the description when I was 40% through with the book. I got a gleam in my eye when I saw its genre: paranormal erotica, what an explosive combination, right up my alley.

From the first chapter I was hooked. After reading a lot of vampire-related books, I'm open to how an author recreates the vampire world, and I'm very impressed with this one. Ms Hill writes with such clarity, vivid descriptions of places, facial expressions, and how she built the characters really piqued my interest and captivated me. Her brand of erotica is sensual, furious like a tempest, and she evoked different emotions through her characters. I loved every scene, but notice how I only gave this a 4.

I'd like very much to give this a very high rating, but I hated it when Jacob was commanded to entertain the other vampires through a certain dare (won't spoil it here), and there's a gay scene which I'm not really a fan of. I tolerate it, but there's only so much I could take. The images projected about it are not something I want to elaborate on. There's also the BDSM games which I'm really trying to understand and appreciate. This just shows how I loved the author's writing style because that's how affected I was.

I was never bored even though the setting was limited. I'm overwhelmed by the concepts and how the characters dealt with each other I was always on the edge. Lyssa was very unpredictable, I found myself holding my breath whenever Jacob defied her. From the beginning, they are a volatile mix - imagine a vampire queen having an alpha male for a servant, then things get more interesting than that.

I love love love Jacob!!! I'm crazy about the guy and of course wish for someone like him. He is an ideal. I liked the way he disobeys, he's only human and of course he has doubts whenever Lyssa rejects him and hurts him (literally and emotionally), but he never gave up, he kept on pushing maybe because he's optimistic and he's precognitive. Being a red-blooded female, I can't help but comment that Ms Hill knows how to describe sexy characters and Jacob is smokin' hot.

The story has a lot of mysteries, Ms Hill knew when to ratchet things up. Everything is balanced, everything was explained in detail, but still leaving some for the reader's imagination. I've already started reading the next and I'm sure it'll be a treat.(less)

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Jun 30, 2010 Lmb rated it 2 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Paranormal fans, vamp fans, angst lovers

Shelves: paranormal-pnr, overrated

This book was only OK to meh for me. I think some of it had to do with expectations based on reviews I read & some was just down to falling into stale cliche's & borrowing to heavily from other author's worlds.

Also - it was actually quite slow & too much repetitive angst. I'll tell you right now, I don't do angst very well. Esp. if it's tired & overused "plot development" ploy's.

I had been hearing a lot about Joey Hill lately. That she is a solid writer who really has the abili...more

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Feb 25, 2013 Joanna Tsiou rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: adult-romance, good-enough, vampires, paranormal

I am in a bit of a dilemma in how to rate this book! Yes it was suprisingly well written and yes the whole "woman-dom, man-sub" was something we don't see often but I think my problem is that BDSM doesn't really do it for me no matter who gets to play dom and sub. But I knew that before opening the book, what bugs me is that I feel as if nothing was really resolved in this book and yes the next one is the rest of the story but I would like a more satisfying end to this one.

Spoilers are bound to...more I am in a bit of a dilemma in how to rate this book! Yes it was suprisingly well written and yes the whole "woman-dom, man-sub" was something we don't see often but I think my problem is that BDSM doesn't really do it for me no matter who gets to play dom and sub. But I knew that before opening the book, what bugs me is that I feel as if nothing was really resolved in this book and yes the next one is the rest of the story but I would like a more satisfying end to this one.

Spoilers are bound to follow

The books main theme is sex so I won't even go there because there are a dozen sex scenes and yes at one point I got bored of them going at it like bunnies but again it was something I knew was there before I opened the book.

Now about the heroine. I really don't know if I liked Lyssa. I think if we compare her to the usual romance she would be the "Alpha-tortured-slightly-sadistic male" but here we get the package with boobs! Yes I get that in her culture servants have to learn the hard way that they are slightly higher that slaves but I really wanted to slap some sense into her at some points!

And then the hero! I really, really liked Jacob. He isn't the typical Alpha male. Yes he is Alpha but he is also willing to bend in order to get Lyssa even if he isn't going to let her break him. Of course I know that I a big hypocrite because if a female heroine put up with all the crap that Lyssa puts Jacob through I would call her an idiot but it is because usually the heroine would be all "I know this isn't him", "I know he is wounded", "he will change because I such a do-gooder that he will want to be a better person" and all that. Not Jacob. Jacob knows that this is how Lyssa is and if he loves her he will have to put up with her culture and ideas. I really liked that and the fact that although he bends to her will he never becomes a mat for her to step on at her every whim!

As for the plot, I believe that there are some very interesting points, it is quite intriquing to see how Lyssa will overcome her sickness and how the whole (view spoiler) thing will play out(if it does) and I really really want to see Carnal eating dirt because let's face it, this guy is a major jerk! I guess I will have to read the next books. I only wish the book wasn't so overwhelmingly full of sex so the other parts would evolve more clearly.

So I will give 3 stars mainly because it is well-written and because Jacob is awesome but I don't think I can give it more.(less)

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Oct 14, 2011 Erica Chilson rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance, nook, gun-to-head-still-wouldnt-reread, digital, erotica, 3-star

Rating: 3 1/2 stars.

I did like the overall premise of the book. I just wished there were more of it. A lot of repetition. I hope this is the case of the 1st (in the series) book curse. I will continue to read the series before I abandon it. I have seen many positive reviews for the following books. Hopefully the story picks up in the direction I can see it leading. I love naughty bits in my books but I find them more stimulating when it is within a storyline and has meaning. The amount of story...more

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Jul 19, 2011 DavinciKittie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: erotica, joey-w-hill, series-starters, the-vampire-queen-series, paranormal-romance-urban-fantasy

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The oldest living vampire and the last queen of the Far East Clan, Lady Elyssa Amaterasu Yamato Wentworth, still suffers from the pain of losing her human servant and her husband. Jacob Green is, among other things, a vampire hunter trained to hunt and kill her kind but is strangely drawn to Lyssa in ways he does not yet understand. Even a perfect match takes a little breaking in, and Lady Lyssa excels at control. Str...more

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Mar 14, 2013 Heather McDaid rated it 4 of 5 stars

I cocked up quite spectacularly with this series, because last year I read Vampire Trinity , which turned out to be the sixth book in the series. Luckily it worked at a stand-alone,but now I'm trying to right that wrong slowly but surely. I can see some of the links, like the role of Gideon (the one name that stood out from the sixth book in this one), but it didn't ruin anything in terms of reading anew.

So, to my current predicament: I work at Ann Summers and I am sick of talking about 50 Shad...more I cocked up quite spectacularly with this series, because last year I read Vampire Trinity , which turned out to be the sixth book in the series. Luckily it worked at a stand-alone,but now I'm trying to right that wrong slowly but surely. I can see some of the links, like the role of Gideon (the one name that stood out from the sixth book in this one), but it didn't ruin anything in terms of reading anew.

So, to my current predicament: I work at Ann Summers and I am sick of talking about 50 Shades of Grey , so I'm making it my mission to find a multitude of books to recommend above that piece of trash. It's fine for experimenting, or whatever you want to do, but for actually reading - no.

Where the sixth installment worked on a male dom/ female (sub/dom)/ male sub, this follows the Vampire Queen Lyssa (who - despite being described as looking 20 - screamed Elvira in my head, just so you know) facing internal conflict over Jacob, a human, who her previous servant had sent specifically to her.

Rather than tackling the ferociousness and sexual appetite of the vampire species more prominently, this focuses on trying to subdue a headstrong alpha male into the role he feels destined to fulfill. Where many reviews I've read say they found the BDSM element too much and continued because of the relationship between Lyssa and Jacob, I was the opposite. I thought it was quite obvious how it was going to end, but I still liked the power-struggle between two dominating characters; that, however, did get a bit drawn out.

The bits that put many people off are the bits I remember enjoying most about the later book: the vampire gathering, the challenges, the idea that a servant isn't just property of their respective vampire, etc. I mean, yes, to the faint-hearted, this can be quite a graphic book at times but it does balance itself out with the relationship it's dealing with. So, which ever side of that coin you fall on, you'll have something to work with.

It's not flawless, and it's not as good as the later book in my opinion. It was difficult to get into at first because Lyssa spent so long threatening along the lines of: "I am the Vampire Queen, I can kill you in the blink of an eye, you don't understand that", blah, blah, blah.

Going to continue reading this over time. At the very least I know the sixth book is good, so... Yep.(less)

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I’ve always had an aversion to reading, watching or hearing interviews of favorite actors, authors, musicians, etc. because so often the real person doesn’t measure up to the beauty of the art they produce. Their politics or religion are distasteful, or they’re shallow and self-absorbed, a vacuous mop-head without a lick of sense. From then on, though I may appreciate their craft or art, it has so...more I’ve always had an aversion to reading, watching or hearing interviews of favorite actors, authors, musicians, etc. because so often the real person doesn’t measure up to the beauty of the art they produce. Their politics or religion are distasteful, or they’re shallow and self-absorbed, a vacuous mop-head without a lick of sense. From then on, though I may appreciate their craft or art, it has somehow been tarnished.

Therefore, whenever I’m asked to provide personal information about myself for readers, a ball of anxiety forms in my stomach as I think: “Okay, the next couple of paragraphs can change forever the way someone views my stories.” Why on earth does a reader want to know about me? It’s the story that’s important.

So here it is. I’ve been given more blessings in my life than any one person has a right to have. Despite that, I’m a Type A, borderline obsessive-compulsive paranoiac who worries I will never live up to expectations. I’ve got more phobias than anyone (including myself) has patience to read about. I can’t stand talking on the phone, I dread social commitments, and the idea of living in monastic solitude with my husband and animals, books and writing is as close an idea to paradise as I can imagine. I love chocolate, but with that deeply ingrained, irrational female belief that weight equals worth, I manage to keep it down to a minor addiction. I adore good movies. I’m told I work too much. Every day is spent trying to get through the never ending “to do” list to snatch a few minutes to write.

Despite all these mediocre and typical qualities, for some miraculous reason, these wonderful characters well up out of my soul with stories to tell. When I manage to find enough time to write, sufficient enough that the precious “stillness” required rises up and calms all the competing voices in my head, I can step into their lives, hear what they are saying, what they’re feeling, and put it down on paper. It’s a magic beyond description, akin to truly believing my husband loves me, winning the trust of an animal who has known only fear or apathy, making a true connection with someone, or knowing for certain I’ve given a reader a moment of magic through those written words. It’s a magic that reassures me there is Someone, far wiser than myself, who knows the permanent path to that garden of stillness, where there is only love, acceptance and a pen waiting for hours and hours of uninterrupted, blissful use.

If only I could finish that darned “to do” list. (less)

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