She makes him feel more alive than he has since he died...
Chivalry is far from undead...
Matthew Halkett, Earl of Blodswell, i...
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Oct 03, 2011
Book Binge
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Matthew Halkett, Earl of Blodswell, and vampyre sees Rhiannon in the park and is entranced by her. He finds himself more than attracted to the woman and escorts her home. Of course she’s staying at her fellow witches house and that witch is married to a Lycan who is quite protective of her and doesn’t like the vampyre at all.
Rhiannon wants to look after her sister and devises a plan where Matthew is pretending to court her so that she can be found more respectable and therefore able to More...
Rhiannon wants to look after her sister and devises a plan where Matthew is pretending to court her so that she can be found more respectable and therefore able to More...
Sep 30, 2011
Sandy
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I’ve been looking forward to this offshoot of Lydia Dare’s Westfield Brothers series. I didn’t really know what to expect, just that vampyres are being introduced into the mix. Unfortunately, I missed reading the first book in this new series, so I’m not sure if that has somehow dampened my enjoyment of this book , if it’s something else entirely, or perhaps a combination of both.
While the majority of my disappointment in this story is more than like a combo, the main sticking point fo More...
While the majority of my disappointment in this story is more than like a combo, the main sticking point fo More...
Aug 24, 2011
Jules
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MY TAKE: Lydia Dare is an author who has been on my radar for a while. She has created a fascinating world using ingredients from two of my favorite romance sub-genres: historicals and paranormals. I love that in The Heat of the Bite we have the background setting of Regency England and the unsuspecting ton populated with vampires and werewolves - in nob's clothing!
Matthew and Rhiannon are quite the pair. Spark More...
MY TAKE: Lydia Dare is an author who has been on my radar for a while. She has created a fascinating world using ingredients from two of my favorite romance sub-genres: historicals and paranormals. I love that in The Heat of the Bite we have the background setting of Regency England and the unsuspecting ton populated with vampires and werewolves - in nob's clothing!
Matthew and Rhiannon are quite the pair. Spark More...
Jul 26, 2011
Debbie
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I really do not know why I put off reading all of these great romance books that I've had on my shelves. They have all been so good and this one was certainly not a disappointment. Matthew intrigued me when we first saw him in It Happened One Bite so I was excited to hear this book was focusing on him. He truly is a knight in shining armor even if he's left his armor back home but as is usual of our tortured heroes he feels that Rhiannon deserves better since he will never grow old and cannot
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Jul 26, 2011
Loves FAB Romance
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3 1/2 stars!
Rhiannon Sinclair has traveled from Scotland to England in search of her younger sister, Ginessa. Rhiannon's Aunt Greer has taken her to England for the Season, and Rhiannon is worried Aunt Greer has a hidden agenda. While she's in England, Rhiannon is staying with her newly married friend, Cait, who is one of her coven sisters - Rhiannon is also a witch who can control the weather.
Matthew Hilkett, Earl of Blodswell, is over 650 years old. He's back in England More...
Rhiannon Sinclair has traveled from Scotland to England in search of her younger sister, Ginessa. Rhiannon's Aunt Greer has taken her to England for the Season, and Rhiannon is worried Aunt Greer has a hidden agenda. While she's in England, Rhiannon is staying with her newly married friend, Cait, who is one of her coven sisters - Rhiannon is also a witch who can control the weather.
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Jul 24, 2011
Sia
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What a fun book!
One fiery Scot witch with lightning at her fingertips,
A sexy 600-year-old vampyre with scruples,
A newly born vampyre who’s trying the patience of his maker,
A pack of unruly Lycans,
A nasty Aunt bent on ruining the Scot witch and lining her pockets by *selling* her youngest sister,
An older but still feisty Duchess with a penchant for interference and brandy,
Throw them all into the pot and you have a funny but engaging stor More...
One fiery Scot witch with lightning at her fingertips,
A sexy 600-year-old vampyre with scruples,
A newly born vampyre who’s trying the patience of his maker,
A pack of unruly Lycans,
A nasty Aunt bent on ruining the Scot witch and lining her pockets by *selling* her youngest sister,
An older but still feisty Duchess with a penchant for interference and brandy,
Throw them all into the pot and you have a funny but engaging stor More...
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Jul 09, 2011
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Matthew Halkett, Earl of Blodswell, is one of the few men in the ton who can claim to be a knight in shining armor- because that's precisely what he was before being turned into a vampyre. When he spies a damsel in distress in the midst of a storm in Hyde Park, his natural instinct is to rush to her aid...
But not every woman needs to be rescued...
Weather-controlling witch Rhiannon Sinclair isn't caught in a storm-she's t
Jun 29, 2011
Bookaholics
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In the Heat of the Bite by Lydia Dare
Paranormal Romance –July 1st, 2011
4 stars
Rhiannon Sinclair is a weather witch with her fiery Scottish temper. When she loses control, storms soon follow. She is angry when she discovers that her younger sister, Ginny has been kidnapped by her nasty aunt to London. Rhiannon rides to the rescue only to find her sister wants to stay with her aunt for her aunt has promised Ginny a London season. But Rhiannon is suspicious of an aunt who wa More...
Paranormal Romance –July 1st, 2011
4 stars
Rhiannon Sinclair is a weather witch with her fiery Scottish temper. When she loses control, storms soon follow. She is angry when she discovers that her younger sister, Ginny has been kidnapped by her nasty aunt to London. Rhiannon rides to the rescue only to find her sister wants to stay with her aunt for her aunt has promised Ginny a London season. But Rhiannon is suspicious of an aunt who wa More...
Jul 05, 2011
Melindeeloo
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Vampire Matthew who is at heart a still knight, though he no longer wears his shining armor, is immediately enchanted by weather witch Rhiannon when he comes across her wrapped in a storm of misery at night in a deserted park. And as Rhiannon's witchy sister conspires to throw the pair together, even though Matthew knows he has nothing to offer Rhiannon, for once in his long life he is finding himself unable to do the noble thing and stay away from her, even though Rhiannon has a whole slew of a
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Jun 29, 2011
Ellie
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The Heat of the Bite by Lydia Dare
2 ½ out of 5
“The storm clouds lifted. The rain stopped. She glanced down at her drenched dress, which now hugged her body like a second skin, and crossed her arms in front of her chest. And that was when he realized it. She was caught by the storm. She was the storm. Saint George’s teeth! She was a force to be reckoned with. She was one of them.”
Rhiannon Sinclair is a witch with powers that help her control the weather. When s More...
2 ½ out of 5
“The storm clouds lifted. The rain stopped. She glanced down at her drenched dress, which now hugged her body like a second skin, and crossed her arms in front of her chest. And that was when he realized it. She was caught by the storm. She was the storm. Saint George’s teeth! She was a force to be reckoned with. She was one of them.”
Rhiannon Sinclair is a witch with powers that help her control the weather. When s More...
Jul 22, 2011
Jen (That's What I'm Talking About)
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The second book of Lydia Dare’s Regency Vampyre Series picks up shortly after the conclusion of It Happened One Bite (review HERE) with Matthew Halkett, the Earl of Blodswell, discovering Coig Witch, Rhiannon Sinclair in the middle of a self-made rain storm. Blodswell, a 650-year-old vampyre, is a valiant knight with a history significant with the Coig, and was a featured prominently in the last Regency story as the maker of Lord Kettering. Rhi is one of the five “sister witches” of the Coig fro
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Sep 09, 2011
Samantha
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Summary from Goodreads:
"Chivalry is far from undead...
Matthew Halkett, Earl of Blodswell, is one of the few men in the ton who can claim to be a knight in shining armor- because that's precisely what he was before being turned into a vampyre. When he spies a damsel in distress in the midst of a storm in Hyde Park, his natural instinct is to rush to her aid...
But not every woman needs to be rescued...
Weather-controlling witch Rhiannon Sinclair isn't ca More...
"Chivalry is far from undead...
Matthew Halkett, Earl of Blodswell, is one of the few men in the ton who can claim to be a knight in shining armor- because that's precisely what he was before being turned into a vampyre. When he spies a damsel in distress in the midst of a storm in Hyde Park, his natural instinct is to rush to her aid...
But not every woman needs to be rescued...
Weather-controlling witch Rhiannon Sinclair isn't ca More...
Oct 09, 2011
WildAboutBones
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This is the second in Dare's Regency Vampyre trilogy which is a spinoff from her Regency Werewolves trilogy. Some of the werewolves make an appearance much to the dismay of the vampryes but not to the witches who love them.
Matthew, Earl of Blodswell, was a knight who fought with Richard the Lionheart before being reborn a vampyre on the battlefield 600+ years ago. While he is thrilled his protege of 200+ yrs found his mate in the first book of the series, he finds himself lonely and en More...
Matthew, Earl of Blodswell, was a knight who fought with Richard the Lionheart before being reborn a vampyre on the battlefield 600+ years ago. While he is thrilled his protege of 200+ yrs found his mate in the first book of the series, he finds himself lonely and en More...
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Feb 19, 2012
Rosie
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Looking for a wonderful Regency romp with a paranormal flair? Others have tried, but Lydia Dare is the Queen of Regency paranormals!
Nowhere is her deft touch more evident than in her telling the story of Rhiannon and Matthew in In The Heat of the Bite. This book is a pure delight from the first witchy storm in Hyde Park, through Matthew’s befuddlement (despite being 900 years old, women are still so very impossible to understand!) and a perfectly lovely HEA.
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Aug 04, 2011
Kristi (Books and Needlepoint)
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This was book 2 of The Gentlemen Vampyre series and I enjoyed it as much as the first one, It Happened One Bite. Rhiannon has come to ton because her Aunt Greer has brought her sister Ginny to ton to introduce her to society and hopefully arrange a marriage for her. Rhiannon is slightly jealous as her aunt has never had anything good to say about her (not that she has much good to say about anyone)- as she is a witch and all. Rhiannon is suspicious of her Aunt's intentions, so she doesn't int
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Dec 10, 2011
Netanella
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This is my first Lydia Dare novel - and I love the mix between historical and paranormal, two of my favorite romance genres!
Well, 3/4ers of the way through the book and I've decided that a love of mixes doesn't necessarily produce a good book! This one is ridiculous, populated by a cast of ridiculous characters that constantly interfere in each other's lives. And if it wasn't for their interference, there wouldn't be a plot or any type of action to drive the story. Rhiannon is a hot More...
Well, 3/4ers of the way through the book and I've decided that a love of mixes doesn't necessarily produce a good book! This one is ridiculous, populated by a cast of ridiculous characters that constantly interfere in each other's lives. And if it wasn't for their interference, there wouldn't be a plot or any type of action to drive the story. Rhiannon is a hot More...
Aug 14, 2011
Laura
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Reviewed for www.BookChickCity.com (7 out of 10 on the blog)
'In the Heat of the Bite' is a great book that combines a regency romance with the wonderful world of vampires and the supernatural. It's the second in a series, but I haven't read the first and you can easily pick it up as a stand-alone novel.
Matthew has been a vampire for over six hundred years, and was once a real knight in shining armour. He's never been in love and has no wish to be, not wanting to inflict his l More...
'In the Heat of the Bite' is a great book that combines a regency romance with the wonderful world of vampires and the supernatural. It's the second in a series, but I haven't read the first and you can easily pick it up as a stand-alone novel.
Matthew has been a vampire for over six hundred years, and was once a real knight in shining armour. He's never been in love and has no wish to be, not wanting to inflict his l More...
Oct 08, 2011
Roxanne
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The dynamic duo that is Lydia Dare never disappoints. This series is just as delicious as their werewolf series- and even better because it's vampires and I am a fang girl.
I love the combination of the historical setting and supernatural details. Fabulous- and so detailed. I can escape right into the book and go back in history.
Rich settings, fabulous characters and fun, sexy and thrilling story lines make Dare's books worth reading time after time and this book is no exc More...
I love the combination of the historical setting and supernatural details. Fabulous- and so detailed. I can escape right into the book and go back in history.
Rich settings, fabulous characters and fun, sexy and thrilling story lines make Dare's books worth reading time after time and this book is no exc More...
Jul 03, 2011
Anna
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When Matthew Halkett sees Rhiannon Sinclair for the first time she is in the heart of a thunderstorm. Being the Knight that he is - he races to save her. Rhiannon finds this laughable, because she doesn't need saving - she is the storm.
Loved this book!! I imagine some readers are sick of me saying that about these books, but its true. I've loved everyone of them. This is a great series and it keeps getting better with each book. Rhiannon and Matthew fall for each other pretty fast, More...
Loved this book!! I imagine some readers are sick of me saying that about these books, but its true. I've loved everyone of them. This is a great series and it keeps getting better with each book. Rhiannon and Matthew fall for each other pretty fast, More...
Sep 22, 2011
Book Chick City
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Reviewed by Laura for Book Chick City. 7/10 on the blog.
'In the Heat of the Bite' is a great book that combines a regency romance with the wonderful world of vampires and the supernatural. It's the second in a series, but I haven't read the first and you can easily pick it up as a stand-alone novel.
Matthew has been a vampire for over six hundred years, and was once a real knight in shining armour. He's never been in love and has no wish to be, not wanting to inflict his More...
'In the Heat of the Bite' is a great book that combines a regency romance with the wonderful world of vampires and the supernatural. It's the second in a series, but I haven't read the first and you can easily pick it up as a stand-alone novel.
Matthew has been a vampire for over six hundred years, and was once a real knight in shining armour. He's never been in love and has no wish to be, not wanting to inflict his More...
Nov 05, 2011
Marilyn
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There are few men of the ton who could claim to being a knight in shining armor – however Matthew Halkett, Earl of Blodswell was just that – before he was turned into a vampire 650 years ago. So naturally, when he saw a damsel in distress in the midst of a furious storm in Hyde Park, he did what was required and rushed to her aid. However, the damsel was not in distress, rather Rhiannon Sinclair was a witch who could control the weather and she was having a real “hissy” fit while reveling in t
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Aug 18, 2011
Seduced
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Lydia Dare – the combo team – brings us the 2nd in the Regency Vampire trilogy which links to their Westfield Wolves series. I have said it before with Dare, as soon as I crack it open, I can’t put it down.
The historical paranormal romance has to be a weak spot for me, and Dare nails it every time. Dare’s 1800’s outlook, matched with independent women characters equals a great combination. Probably the funniest moments for me is the ‘compromising’ situations they end up in. Dare’s boo More...
The historical paranormal romance has to be a weak spot for me, and Dare nails it every time. Dare’s 1800’s outlook, matched with independent women characters equals a great combination. Probably the funniest moments for me is the ‘compromising’ situations they end up in. Dare’s boo More...
Jul 27, 2011
Leanne
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My summary of the book - Rhiannon has come to London to find her sister and make sure she is ok but during one of her angry storms she meets Matthew and their lives change forever. When they meet again Rhiannon manages to make a scene with her powers and his own abilities seem to be affected her as well. They manage to make a scandal and they have to spend time together to rectify the scandal and make Rhiannon's reputation good again.
Thoughts on the characters - Rhiannon is unsure o More...
Thoughts on the characters - Rhiannon is unsure o More...
Aug 22, 2011
♥ Sarah ♥
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In the second book of the new Regency Vampyre Trilogy, we have Matthew (or better known as Blodswell) and Rhiannon's story. Rhi is in London to support her sister Ginny's first season and Blodswell lives there. When Blodswell see's Rhi in the midst of a storm she's conjured up, he is instantly taken by her. She, on the other hand, is not a big fan of vampyres due to a bit of bad history where she was attacked by one.
Unlike the first book, It Happened One Bite, this one doesn't really h More...
Unlike the first book, It Happened One Bite, this one doesn't really h More...
Jan 07, 2012
Joelle
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In the Heat of the Bite (Regency Vampyre Trilogy #2)
by Lydia Dare (Goodreads Author)
She makes him feel more alive than he has since he died...
Chivalry is far from undead...
Matthew Halkett, Earl of Blodswell, is one of the few men in the ton who can claim to be a knight in shining armor—because that's precisely what he was before being turned into a vampire. When he spies a damsel in distress in the midst of a storm in Hyde Park, his natural i More...
by Lydia Dare (Goodreads Author)
She makes him feel more alive than he has since he died...
Chivalry is far from undead...
Matthew Halkett, Earl of Blodswell, is one of the few men in the ton who can claim to be a knight in shining armor—because that's precisely what he was before being turned into a vampire. When he spies a damsel in distress in the midst of a storm in Hyde Park, his natural i More...
Jul 17, 2011
Angelc
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This was my second book by Lydia Dare and I'm really glad I gave this author a second chance. I admit that after reading "It Happened One Bite," I was kind of wondering what all the hubbub was about surrounding the author. But after reading this book, I now understand! This was such a fun historical paranormal with a lot of romance, laughs and nothing too creepy on the paranormal front.
I heard a bit of negativity about the "prose" not being historically accurate e More...
I heard a bit of negativity about the "prose" not being historically accurate e More...
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Jul 08, 2011
Blodeuedd
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This book is a part of a series but you can read it as a standalone. But if you really want to dive into this world then I recommend the 4 Westfield Wolves books first to get to know our dear lycans and witches. But this series of course belong to the vampires.
Matthew Halkett is old, he has seen it all. He is this steady figure of reason and at the same time one tempting delicious vampire. I am drawn to him as a moth to More...
My thoughts:
This book is a part of a series but you can read it as a standalone. But if you really want to dive into this world then I recommend the 4 Westfield Wolves books first to get to know our dear lycans and witches. But this series of course belong to the vampires.
Matthew Halkett is old, he has seen it all. He is this steady figure of reason and at the same time one tempting delicious vampire. I am drawn to him as a moth to More...
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Jun 16, 2011
Amanda
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****CONTAINS SPOILERS****
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Matthew is a knight in shining armor, literally; at least he used to be, at over 650 years old! He was turned vampyre during the crusades and gifted with a magical ring by 5 Coig witches after he saved one of their lives. This ring allows him to go out during the day and to retain much of his humanity. Rhiannon is a member of the current Coig coven; she has extraordinary powers which allow her More...
****CONTAINS SPOILERS****
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Matthew is a knight in shining armor, literally; at least he used to be, at over 650 years old! He was turned vampyre during the crusades and gifted with a magical ring by 5 Coig witches after he saved one of their lives. This ring allows him to go out during the day and to retain much of his humanity. Rhiannon is a member of the current Coig coven; she has extraordinary powers which allow her More...
Jul 06, 2011
Mrs. Hanson
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I was a little disappointed in this book. Given "clues" in the previous book of the series, It Happened One Bite, I assumed the heroine for the next novel would be Sorcha, the youngest witch in the coven. When I learned the heroine would be Rhiannon, I was quite surprised, simply because we the reader don't know much about her, other than her magical abilities concerning the weather. Turns out, she had a lot to deal with: neglectful father, younger sister, hateful aunt.
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Jul 15, 2011
Deborah
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I loved this book! The lovestory between Blair and Matthew was so good.I love the fact that the vampires re-gained their humanity after finding their true loves.I thought that was a unique twist that I personally have never seen before. In fact , I loved it so much that I've had to read it twice already . Then I had to go back and read "I Happened One Bite" again. These books are just that interesting. Can't wait for "Never Been Bit". I think that Sorcha and Alec's story ma
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