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Taken
From the author of the bestselling Taken: The Vampire's Concubine books comes a brand new series...
Briony was tough. She had to be to survive the dangerous streets of devastated Earth. But not even the vilest street punks could have prepared her for Scorched... or the dangerous werewolves who called the planet home.
Along with ten other women, Briony is seized and transported to a mysterious but primitive world filled with gorgeous Vikings... and there she discovers the real reason why they've been taken.
Forced to participate in a barbaric competition underneath the light of a full moon, the women are freed. They are given a ten minute head start... before thirty alpha werewolves are cut loose, all of them eager and determined to mate.
This book is part one in an ongoing serial series. It is not a standalone. Each release in this smokin' hot series is 17,000 to 19,000 words in length. Enjoy!
Briony was tough. She had to be to survive the dangerous streets of devastated Earth. But not even the vilest street punks could have prepared her for Scorched... or the dangerous werewolves who called the planet home.
Along with ten other women, Briony is seized and transported to a mysterious but primitive world filled with gorgeous Vikings... and there she discovers the real reason why they've been taken.
Forced to participate in a barbaric competition underneath the light of a full moon, the women are freed. They are given a ten minute head start... before thirty alpha werewolves are cut loose, all of them eager and determined to mate.
This book is part one in an ongoing serial series. It is not a standalone. Each release in this smokin' hot series is 17,000 to 19,000 words in length. Enjoy!
62 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 16, 2015
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Desiree Broussard
15 books31 followersDesiree Broussard is a paranormal romance and science fiction romance author. Her series include Taken: The Viking Werewolf's Concubine and Taken: The Vampire's Concubine.
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August 1, 2018
BUYER BEWARE - SERIAL IS STILL UNFINISHED AFTER 2 1/2 YEARS!!!
**My original rating of this book was 5 stars but that was in December 2015. I truly loved this story. The writing was good, the storyline and plot well crafted and executed, the conflict emotional and immersive, and the characters well developed, but it's been 2 1/2 years and the story is still unfinished. After purchasing 6 installments, I'm still left with NO resolution and NO ending. I can't even begin to express my disappointment with this author. It's such a shame because I really enjoyed this author's work and this story had such promise. So no, I no longer recommend this series/serial or this author. I am not revising my original review but I am updating my original rating.
Wow! This is going to be such an awesome series! Broussard has dazzled us once again with her incredible talent and amazing imagination in her latest serial, Taken: The Werewolf's Concubine. The story is original, powerful, compelling, dark, captivating, riveting and exciting. The dialog is smart and well written. The characters are fascinating, imaginative and intriguing. I quickly became totally immersed in the fantasy of the story, the characters and the planet, Scorched. Handsome Rolf Ragnulf was no stranger to Earth nor humanity. Afterall, he once was a human from earth but no more, now he lived on the planet Scorched. Hundreds of years ago, he and his people were Vikings from Greenland but all his people, every man, woman and child, had either been captured or killed and taken to the planet Scorched to be transformed to werewolves to repopulate their dying race. But he and his people were not purebreds and were still treated as less than equals. He had fought his way up the ranks to his current position and could not afford to fail in his latest mission. And that mission was to travel to Earth, procure ten human females for concubines and return them to Scorched to be bred. Their race was slowly becoming extinct and needed fertile females to reproduce and bear young. Rolf detests the very idea of enslaving anyone since that's what happened to him but he has no choice. He cannot reveal his true plans just yet. But one of the females has escaped and he's determined to recapture her. He tracks her back to her home where he finds her with her dying Grandmother and witnesses the young woman's loss. He has only heard her voice and seen her from the back yet he is strangely moved by this young woman. But when she turns and he sees her face, he is struck by her beauty - her long blonde hair, electric blue eyes and flawless creamy skin - such a gorgeous creature, this Briony Williams. Rolf knows that he can not afford to be distracted by a female and has no intention of taking a mate. But his well made plans never included the attraction he felt for the small human female and she seemed to haunt his mind day and night. Briony Williams is no stranger to despair and hardship but after awakening on another planet, she quickly realizes that there is no hope for escape although that doesn't mean she will submit willingly. But after being kidnapped, drugged, humiliated, beaten and abused, Briony soon realizes that her only means of escape is death - hers. Can Rolf continue to deny his attraction to the beautiful Breony? Will Breony be able to escape her fate? Oh my! Handsome werewolf-check! Beautiful human heroine-check! Heinous villains-check! Suspense, hardship and angst-check! I can hardly wait for Part Two. This is quite simply an all you can eat buffet of fantasy, magic, paranormal romance and science fiction. I love it! Fabulous entertainment and a fantastic read!
**My original rating of this book was 5 stars but that was in December 2015. I truly loved this story. The writing was good, the storyline and plot well crafted and executed, the conflict emotional and immersive, and the characters well developed, but it's been 2 1/2 years and the story is still unfinished. After purchasing 6 installments, I'm still left with NO resolution and NO ending. I can't even begin to express my disappointment with this author. It's such a shame because I really enjoyed this author's work and this story had such promise. So no, I no longer recommend this series/serial or this author. I am not revising my original review but I am updating my original rating.
Wow! This is going to be such an awesome series! Broussard has dazzled us once again with her incredible talent and amazing imagination in her latest serial, Taken: The Werewolf's Concubine. The story is original, powerful, compelling, dark, captivating, riveting and exciting. The dialog is smart and well written. The characters are fascinating, imaginative and intriguing. I quickly became totally immersed in the fantasy of the story, the characters and the planet, Scorched. Handsome Rolf Ragnulf was no stranger to Earth nor humanity. Afterall, he once was a human from earth but no more, now he lived on the planet Scorched. Hundreds of years ago, he and his people were Vikings from Greenland but all his people, every man, woman and child, had either been captured or killed and taken to the planet Scorched to be transformed to werewolves to repopulate their dying race. But he and his people were not purebreds and were still treated as less than equals. He had fought his way up the ranks to his current position and could not afford to fail in his latest mission. And that mission was to travel to Earth, procure ten human females for concubines and return them to Scorched to be bred. Their race was slowly becoming extinct and needed fertile females to reproduce and bear young. Rolf detests the very idea of enslaving anyone since that's what happened to him but he has no choice. He cannot reveal his true plans just yet. But one of the females has escaped and he's determined to recapture her. He tracks her back to her home where he finds her with her dying Grandmother and witnesses the young woman's loss. He has only heard her voice and seen her from the back yet he is strangely moved by this young woman. But when she turns and he sees her face, he is struck by her beauty - her long blonde hair, electric blue eyes and flawless creamy skin - such a gorgeous creature, this Briony Williams. Rolf knows that he can not afford to be distracted by a female and has no intention of taking a mate. But his well made plans never included the attraction he felt for the small human female and she seemed to haunt his mind day and night. Briony Williams is no stranger to despair and hardship but after awakening on another planet, she quickly realizes that there is no hope for escape although that doesn't mean she will submit willingly. But after being kidnapped, drugged, humiliated, beaten and abused, Briony soon realizes that her only means of escape is death - hers. Can Rolf continue to deny his attraction to the beautiful Breony? Will Breony be able to escape her fate? Oh my! Handsome werewolf-check! Beautiful human heroine-check! Heinous villains-check! Suspense, hardship and angst-check! I can hardly wait for Part Two. This is quite simply an all you can eat buffet of fantasy, magic, paranormal romance and science fiction. I love it! Fabulous entertainment and a fantastic read!
August 31, 2015
Unusual characters
Vikings forced to become werewolves on a planet named Scorched, find themselves returning to Earth to grab women. The world building is very good, and the rough living conditions on Scorched are described exquisitely. I wish we knew how the half- breed werewolves fit into this society better.
Vikings forced to become werewolves on a planet named Scorched, find themselves returning to Earth to grab women. The world building is very good, and the rough living conditions on Scorched are described exquisitely. I wish we knew how the half- breed werewolves fit into this society better.
February 4, 2015
Good start to the story and great world building.
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