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Damon (The Protectors #1)
by
Teresa Gabelman (Goodreads Author)
Damon DeMasters is a vampire warrior who has taken an oath to protect his own kind as well as humans. As a social worker, Nicole Callahan fights for the right of every child placed in her care. Damon has been ordered to train Nicole and her colleagues against the dangers they now face. Even as sparks fly, Nicole and Damon depend on each other to protect the children of bot...more
Kindle Edition, 151 pages
Published
November 27th 2011
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This book was HOT HOT HOT!
A nice easy read, didn’t require any thinking, which was nice for a change. When I first picked up the book I thought it was going to be an adult Twlight, but I was very wrong. This blew Twilight completely out of the ball park!
The story was well developed, as were the characters. The sex scenes were very hot! Damon has now become my newest literary crush. There’s just something about a guy...more
This book was HOT HOT HOT!
A nice easy read, didn’t require any thinking, which was nice for a change. When I first picked up the book I thought it was going to be an adult Twlight, but I was very wrong. This blew Twilight completely out of the ball park!
The story was well developed, as were the characters. The sex scenes were very hot! Damon has now become my newest literary crush. There’s just something about a guy...more
Damon is an exciting, edge of your seat joy ride you do not want to end. The characters are real, sexy, fun and kick butt. Teresa Gabelman had me smiling, giggling, hot and bothered and even a little sad. Teresa Gabelman is now one of my favorite authors that I will auto buy anything she writes.
Teresa Gabelman has open up a whole new world for Paranormal Romance fans. I have read tons of Vampire books and this is by the far the most realistic Vampire book I have read. In Damon vampires are not...more
Teresa Gabelman has open up a whole new world for Paranormal Romance fans. I have read tons of Vampire books and this is by the far the most realistic Vampire book I have read. In Damon vampires are not...more
Now knowing the existence of vampires, The worst is yet to come for Nicole a social worker for vampires and human kids, she begins to find herself in a rough spot most of the time because of her job. Which as of now comes with Vampire Warriors included. To not only train her so she can protect herself, but also as a bodyguard. Because two of the most dangerous vampires are out to get her. Jared and Damon are on guard duty, protecting Nicole, and Looking for the vampires responsible of selling Cr...more
Mar 18, 2012
Candice
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone who loves PR &UF also Detective novels
Recommended to Candice by:
Shut-up and Read group
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Damon is Dark Lover meets Twilight meets the Sookie Stackhouse Series. It is almost like the author decided to take traits from each of the different vampires in these series and roll it into the group of vampires in this book. It was a easy,fast,& sexy read however I found myself recognizing a lot of different elements in the characters from the books mentioned above. The storyline was interesting however somewhat predictable. I would like to know how Nicole or is it Nichole(the author spel...more
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Reviewer: Bex
Rating: 5 out of 5
I immediately liked the main female character Nicole. She's very easy to like with her very quick and easy comebacks, no-nonsense attitude and her compassion. I love a strong female protagonist, and with Nicole, she easily fits the mould. It was with the introduction of her character, that I knew that 'Damon' was going to be a book that would keep me hooked.
What I didn't quite realise, was just how hooked I would be. I read 'Damon' in just one sitting; it was that...more
Rating: 5 out of 5
I immediately liked the main female character Nicole. She's very easy to like with her very quick and easy comebacks, no-nonsense attitude and her compassion. I love a strong female protagonist, and with Nicole, she easily fits the mould. It was with the introduction of her character, that I knew that 'Damon' was going to be a book that would keep me hooked.
What I didn't quite realise, was just how hooked I would be. I read 'Damon' in just one sitting; it was that...more
This book has everything it takes to be a GREAT book and an even better series! Hot Alpha male determined to save the innocents with a tragic past...check, Awesome Beautiful Strong heroine that reaches something inside her warrior that he didn't know he had...check, Amazing cast of characters that are both supportive, funny and willing to kick the Hero and his lady in the butt when needed...check, Superb character and plot development...double check, evil villains that make you want to jump in t...more
Apr 06, 2013
Karen
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Vampire Lovers
Shelves:
read-100-books-in-a-2013
You often hear the term “Just another Vampire story”. Well Teresa Gabelman has provided readers with a fresh take on this sometimes assumed to be over-exposed genre.
I personally love Vampire tales, but due to the volume available, I am also quite picky in my choices.
In this new series, Vampires are known to the public as they “came out” two years prior and live among the human race. The Protectors are the elite warriors class of Vampires, tasked with the wellbeing and safety of not only their ow...more
I personally love Vampire tales, but due to the volume available, I am also quite picky in my choices.
In this new series, Vampires are known to the public as they “came out” two years prior and live among the human race. The Protectors are the elite warriors class of Vampires, tasked with the wellbeing and safety of not only their ow...more
3 1/2 stars
I'm really glad I stuck with it because it surprised me with how much I liked it.
Nicole is a social worker and Damon is a vampire who along with some other warriors works with humans to stop the exploitation of child vampires (in a nutshell).
At the beginning, I thought I wasn't going to like Nicole. She was coming off TSTL, smart mouthy and I wasn't warming up to her. I found the plotline to be a bit corny and had to suspend belief to go along with it. Example: A crisis situation at a...more
I'm really glad I stuck with it because it surprised me with how much I liked it.
Nicole is a social worker and Damon is a vampire who along with some other warriors works with humans to stop the exploitation of child vampires (in a nutshell).
At the beginning, I thought I wasn't going to like Nicole. She was coming off TSTL, smart mouthy and I wasn't warming up to her. I found the plotline to be a bit corny and had to suspend belief to go along with it. Example: A crisis situation at a...more
No Spoilers
Good little read.
Terrific characters and a reasonably good plot. All the things required for a good story. Just thinking about it, I want to read book two, and I probably will.
The only thing that has let me, the reader down, and therefore Ms. Gableman, is the editing.
The spellchecking has been done, but where the word needed to be corrected to say 'has' for example, it's been corrected to had. This seems to be standard throughout the book. To give you a more exact sample of what I me...more
Good little read.
Terrific characters and a reasonably good plot. All the things required for a good story. Just thinking about it, I want to read book two, and I probably will.
The only thing that has let me, the reader down, and therefore Ms. Gableman, is the editing.
The spellchecking has been done, but where the word needed to be corrected to say 'has' for example, it's been corrected to had. This seems to be standard throughout the book. To give you a more exact sample of what I me...more
Sep 27, 2012
Amanda Panda *Book Drunk Stupor*
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Anyone who loves Paranormal Romance
Recommended to Amanda Panda *Book Drunk Stupor* by:
The Butterflying Book Club
*I was gifted this book from the Author Teresa Gabelman in return for a honest review*
Damon (The Protectors #1)
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Damon was a great start to what I anticipate will be a wonderful new series by Teresa Gabelman. Nicole lives in a world in which Vampires have just recently come out from hiding. As a social worker she has the HUGE responsibility now of not only placing human children in stable homes, but also newly turned vampire children. As the word gets out about vampire blood being...more
Damon (The Protectors #1)
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Damon was a great start to what I anticipate will be a wonderful new series by Teresa Gabelman. Nicole lives in a world in which Vampires have just recently come out from hiding. As a social worker she has the HUGE responsibility now of not only placing human children in stable homes, but also newly turned vampire children. As the word gets out about vampire blood being...more
I loved the world of vampires that Teresa created. There was a couple of similarities with other vampire books, but they all take something from each other, so it really didn't matter too much. For example, there is mind reading and changing of eye colors. For the most part it was quite a different take on the vampire genre. An example of that is, vampires can feed off of other vampires instead of humans. I liked this difference and to me it made a lot of sense.
Damon is a warrior who is sworn to...more
Damon is a warrior who is sworn to...more
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Rating: 1.5
Damon by Teresa Gableman started out quite good. The character, Nicole, is a smart, funny woman with an interesting job. But it quickly went downhill from there. With innumerable clichés at every page, the book was turning out to be a horrific mixture of all the popular Vampire books out there.
Damon is a tall, gorgeous vampire, with golden eyes that can turn black when he is pissed or hungry. He is gentlemanly, brooding and somewhat self loathing. Also, he can read people's mind excep...more
Damon by Teresa Gableman started out quite good. The character, Nicole, is a smart, funny woman with an interesting job. But it quickly went downhill from there. With innumerable clichés at every page, the book was turning out to be a horrific mixture of all the popular Vampire books out there.
Damon is a tall, gorgeous vampire, with golden eyes that can turn black when he is pissed or hungry. He is gentlemanly, brooding and somewhat self loathing. Also, he can read people's mind excep...more
This was a nice book. It was a fast read. The story was a usual vampire story but author’s writing style made the read worth it.
Nicole is a social worker who had been in the system for the first eighteen years of her life herself. She loves children as she can relate to them and loves her work and could do it for free if it was not for the bills. She is a short woman who always puts others need before her own. Damon is a vampire warrior who has been sent to help Nicole and her co-workers in lear...more
Nicole is a social worker who had been in the system for the first eighteen years of her life herself. She loves children as she can relate to them and loves her work and could do it for free if it was not for the bills. She is a short woman who always puts others need before her own. Damon is a vampire warrior who has been sent to help Nicole and her co-workers in lear...more
*I received this book from the author through a read to review program in return for an honest review*
This story is set in a world where vampires and humans coexist and where vampire blood is being sold in the street as "Crimson Rush". Innocent human children are being changed into vampires in order to maintain the supply of this "drug". Nicole is a selfless and hard headed social worker trying to protect vampire and human children in the foster care system. She is also passionate about stopping...more
This story is set in a world where vampires and humans coexist and where vampire blood is being sold in the street as "Crimson Rush". Innocent human children are being changed into vampires in order to maintain the supply of this "drug". Nicole is a selfless and hard headed social worker trying to protect vampire and human children in the foster care system. She is also passionate about stopping...more
It was a fast and easy read. The story was a usual vampire story but author’s writing style has potential.
Nicole is a social worker who had been in the system for the first eighteen years of her life herself, making her a more compassionate case worker She loves children and feels like she can relate to them. This brings us to Damon who is a vampire warrior who has been sent to help Nicole and her co-workers in learning self defence. Nicole is being targeted since she protects children who are...more
Nicole is a social worker who had been in the system for the first eighteen years of her life herself, making her a more compassionate case worker She loves children and feels like she can relate to them. This brings us to Damon who is a vampire warrior who has been sent to help Nicole and her co-workers in learning self defence. Nicole is being targeted since she protects children who are...more
Nicole has a love for children and takes her job as a social worker very seriously. Having been through the system herself, she can relate to these kids in a way that no one else can. But her job becomes extremely dangerous when she makes a point to protect the vampire children against those that want them to make money from the sales of their vampire blood, which is also known as Crimson Rush.
Damon, a Vampire Warrior, has been sent to help train Nicole and the other social workers self defense...more
Damon, a Vampire Warrior, has been sent to help train Nicole and the other social workers self defense...more
Aug 04, 2012
Black Words-White Pages
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
YA/Adults
Recommended to Black Words-White Pages by:
Teresa Gabelman
10*s. I was given a paperback copy of The Protectors Damon in exchange for an honest review!!
This book is phenominally captivating, fast paced and very interesting story that stole my heart and held on for dear life!! I felt sadness, I cried, and of course I laughed!!
We meet Nicole Callahan right off the bat as a social worker who places children in foster care!! She gets to meet the gorgeous golden eyed guy named Damon who is to teach her to fight, because have I mentioned the vampires in thi...more
This book is phenominally captivating, fast paced and very interesting story that stole my heart and held on for dear life!! I felt sadness, I cried, and of course I laughed!!
We meet Nicole Callahan right off the bat as a social worker who places children in foster care!! She gets to meet the gorgeous golden eyed guy named Damon who is to teach her to fight, because have I mentioned the vampires in thi...more
Fantastic! A terrific start to a new series. Vampires have come forward and claimed their space in our world. Along with them, a new problem: human addiction to vampire blood, AKA Crimson Rush. Children are being turned into vampires to supply the new drug of choice, leaving social workers to try to clean up the mess of broken homes and child abuse. Nicole, having been a foster child herself, is passionate about saving these kids and finding safe homes for them. Damon and his league of Vampire W...more
(I was given this book for free on a read-to-review basis.)
Nicole lives in a world where humans and vampires co-exist. As someone who has been through the foster system themselves, Nicole now works as a social worker, helping other kids who are being fostered.
There are problems within the fostering system that are new though. People are draining vampires of their blood and selling it as an illegal drug called Crimson Rush, and now Nicole is getting herself into dangerous situations by randomly...more
Nicole lives in a world where humans and vampires co-exist. As someone who has been through the foster system themselves, Nicole now works as a social worker, helping other kids who are being fostered.
There are problems within the fostering system that are new though. People are draining vampires of their blood and selling it as an illegal drug called Crimson Rush, and now Nicole is getting herself into dangerous situations by randomly...more
Did this book change my life?
No
Did it make me think deeply?
Definitely No
Don’t think the author intended this to be a book to do either of those things. This is what this book was:
• HOT
• SEXY
• ACTION PACKED
• Attention grabbing right from beginning to end
A couple of things that bothered me –
• You (the author) are henceforth prohibited from using the word ‘shitkicker’ multiple times in your next book. I love the word Shitkicker. I know YOU love the word Shitkicker. But heck, you see it too often,...more
No
Did it make me think deeply?
Definitely No
Don’t think the author intended this to be a book to do either of those things. This is what this book was:
• HOT
• SEXY
• ACTION PACKED
• Attention grabbing right from beginning to end
A couple of things that bothered me –
• You (the author) are henceforth prohibited from using the word ‘shitkicker’ multiple times in your next book. I love the word Shitkicker. I know YOU love the word Shitkicker. But heck, you see it too often,...more
*Received e-book through Read It and Reap program from the Shut Up and Read! Goodreads group from author for an honest review
**also posted on Amazon.com under Leanne
Damon (The Protector Series) tells the story of Nicole Callahan, a social worker working with vampire children fostered by human parents. She comes across cases where the parents are torturing and bleeding the vampire children to sell their addictive, potent blood (aka Crimson Rush) to dealers. Similarly, protectors, known as the Vam...more
**also posted on Amazon.com under Leanne
Damon (The Protector Series) tells the story of Nicole Callahan, a social worker working with vampire children fostered by human parents. She comes across cases where the parents are torturing and bleeding the vampire children to sell their addictive, potent blood (aka Crimson Rush) to dealers. Similarly, protectors, known as the Vam...more
If you want a relaxing steamy read then The Protectors Damon by Teresa Gabelman is the book for you. Fans of the genre will love this little gem set in the river city of Cincinnati. Teresa’s dialogue carries the book forward at a quick pace, and I think it could easily be turned into a movie script. I’m not complaining just informing. For the timid readers, it does contain sex, violence and profanity. Anyone who reads my books knows none of which bothers me personally. If you like vampires and h...more
Being a social worker can be dangerous business when vampires are part of the equation. And that's becoming clearer to Nicole every day. More and more often, she is encountering human foster parents who are stealing and selling the blood of vampire children. And they'll do almost anything to protect their dirty secret. So a group of vampire warriors has been called in to help train Nicole and her co-workers in self-defense. Almost immediately she is drawn to one of the men.
Damon swears he'll ne...more
Damon swears he'll ne...more
Despite the few editing issues, which are not that hard to overcome, this was a very good story. I was intrigued by vampire children in the Human Social Services. Nicole is a very determined social worker who loves her job and the kids she is supposed to protect. As she was in the system as a youth, she knows exactly how it does work as opposed to how it is supposed to work. When vampire blood becomes the drug of choice, the VC Protectors come in to train the social workers how to protect themse...more
Damon was like a breath of fresh air in the vampire romance genre. I loved that Damon was what you expected a vampire to be like-tough, totally alpha, and out to protect Nicole. However, while Nicole might be tough as nails, I love that she's human and that she uses common sense to get done what needs to be done instead of a katana sword. :)
Nicole is a social worker, and in her world vampires have come out of hiding, and ever since there has been a problem with Crimson-vampire blood, being loose...more
Nicole is a social worker, and in her world vampires have come out of hiding, and ever since there has been a problem with Crimson-vampire blood, being loose...more
This was my secret Santa gift from my WaAr buddy!! I just finished it and loved IT,
Damon is oh so hot! Nicole is an amazingly strong woman! She fights for kids mortal or vamp! This book made me mad as heck over what was done to these kids but, Nicole and Damon are there for them! Just a fabulous book!! I hope this is the first of many of the protectors stories!!
Loved it!!
Damon is oh so hot! Nicole is an amazingly strong woman! She fights for kids mortal or vamp! This book made me mad as heck over what was done to these kids but, Nicole and Damon are there for them! Just a fabulous book!! I hope this is the first of many of the protectors stories!!
Loved it!!
WOW I have another favorite Author.
I got this book (kindle) by chance.... I COULD NOT put it down and ended up reading for 8hrs straight and finished it.
I was gripped by the first page. The characters are believable and well described. You can actually imagine it in your head. At times I even found myself laughing loudly at some of the banter between Damon and Jarod, or Nicole and Mitch or Damon and Nicole (the list is a bit long). Each character has depth and personality that are so critical to...more
I got this book (kindle) by chance.... I COULD NOT put it down and ended up reading for 8hrs straight and finished it.
I was gripped by the first page. The characters are believable and well described. You can actually imagine it in your head. At times I even found myself laughing loudly at some of the banter between Damon and Jarod, or Nicole and Mitch or Damon and Nicole (the list is a bit long). Each character has depth and personality that are so critical to...more
Nicole is a social worker that will help both human and vampire children not matter the cost. Growing up in the system she knows what these kids are up against. She will fight for them and that could cost her life.
Damon is one of the vampire warriors that was chosen to help Nicole and other social workers protect themselves against the dangerous people who are using the children in the system. These children are being used as blood donors to supply Crimson Rush. Crimson Rush is vampire blood t...more
Damon is one of the vampire warriors that was chosen to help Nicole and other social workers protect themselves against the dangerous people who are using the children in the system. These children are being used as blood donors to supply Crimson Rush. Crimson Rush is vampire blood t...more
This bloom didn't open all the way so I only got the fragrance of what could have been. Nicole is the heroine. She is a social worker in modern times watching over human and vampire children in foster homes. The vampire children are made and then used for their blood which is a potent street drug. It's a sad twist. Nicole is dedicated and ballsy. I liked her.
Vampires have gone public and are integrating with humans. For the most part they are law abiding citizens but even so, the bad guys need i...more
Vampires have gone public and are integrating with humans. For the most part they are law abiding citizens but even so, the bad guys need i...more
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Teresa lives in Bethel, Ohio with her husband, son, two dogs and her son's snake, Steve Irwin. She is a third degree black belt in Taekwondo, is a huge Mixed Martial Arts fan and follows her husbands MMA fight team, G-Force, which her son fights for. When not writing she is either screaming like a crazy woman at MMA fights or reading in some quiet corner with her Kindle. She loves books that are f...more
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