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Night Haven
Desire cuts both ways...Nothing gives Dina more pleasure than leaving the vampires she hunts to the mercy of the dawn. And yet most humans she is sworn to protect seem all too happy to offer up their necks. She has vowed never to be like those needy creatures yet, three months ago, she allowed a vampire to kiss her. The memory still makes her body burn-and her skin heat with humiliation.For over twenty empty years, Luke has lived in a world of dead pleasure and burning sunrise, feeding off those who long for immortality and taboo thrills. Only his art makes him feel half-alive. Until one night in a dark, moody nightclub, where a reckless, amber-eyed bloodwolf left behind her clean, sharp scent-and an ache in his blood nothing but another taste can ease.Finally, with the chance to purge Luke out of her system, Dina moves in for the kill. But she comes to a horrifying realization. She can no longer shift, and the desire to taste him-body, soul and blood-is making her crazy. As an enraged bloodwolf threatens to rip them both apart, she may just be crazy enough to trust Luke with her life.Warning: Contains interspecies lust between a bloodwolf and a vampire, and desire thick enough to cut with a blade.
49 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 13, 2010
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Fiona Jayde
61 books16 followersFiona Jayde is a space pilot, a ninth degree black belt in three styles of martial arts, a computer hacker, a mountain climber, a jazz singer, a weight lifter, a superspy with a talent for languages, and an evil genius.
All in her own head.
In life, she is an author of kickass, action packed, steamy romances, possesses a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do and blue belt in Aikido, a web developer, scared to death of heights, loves jazz piano, can bench-press about 20 pounds — with effort, was taught English by Nora Roberts and Growing Pains, and when not plotting murder and mayhem enjoys steamy romance novels, sexy spy thrillers, murky mysteries and movies where things frequently blow up.
She can be contacted by emailing her through this website or at fiona [at] fionajayde [dot][com]
All in her own head.
In life, she is an author of kickass, action packed, steamy romances, possesses a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do and blue belt in Aikido, a web developer, scared to death of heights, loves jazz piano, can bench-press about 20 pounds — with effort, was taught English by Nora Roberts and Growing Pains, and when not plotting murder and mayhem enjoys steamy romance novels, sexy spy thrillers, murky mysteries and movies where things frequently blow up.
She can be contacted by emailing her through this website or at fiona [at] fionajayde [dot][com]
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December 12, 2018
This novel is about Dina, a bloodwolf. Nothing gives Dina more pleasure than leaving the vampires she hunts to the mercy of the dawn. And yet most humans she is sworn to protect seem all too happy to offer up their necks. She has vowed never to be like those needy creatures yet, three months ago, she allowed a vampire to kiss her. The memory still makes her body burn—and her skin heat with humiliation.
For over twenty empty years, Luke has lived in a world of dead pleasure and burning sunrise, feeding off those who long for immortality and taboo thrills. Only his art makes him feel half-alive. Until one night in a dark, moody nightclub, where a reckless, amber-eyed bloodwolf left behind her clean, sharp scent—and an ache in his blood nothing but another taste can ease.
Finally, with the chance to purge Luke out of her system, Dina moves in for the kill. But she comes to a horrifying realization. She can no longer shift, and the desire to taste him—body, soul and blood—is making her crazy. As an enraged bloodwolf threatens to rip them both apart, she may just be crazy enough to trust Luke with her life.
I don’t love this short for its characters or world building. I love it for the author’s voice and the sense of melancholy desperation that permeates every page. Both Dina and Luke are in this gray limbo until the other comes along, and they’re fighting it, Luke with his inertia, Dina with her blinders. I fell for the mood the author evoked long before I realized the types she was using to placehold her leads, which makes it much easier to tolerate the lack of originality. The uniqueness comes in the way she strings words together, to create pacing, to paint a mood.
For over twenty empty years, Luke has lived in a world of dead pleasure and burning sunrise, feeding off those who long for immortality and taboo thrills. Only his art makes him feel half-alive. Until one night in a dark, moody nightclub, where a reckless, amber-eyed bloodwolf left behind her clean, sharp scent—and an ache in his blood nothing but another taste can ease.
Finally, with the chance to purge Luke out of her system, Dina moves in for the kill. But she comes to a horrifying realization. She can no longer shift, and the desire to taste him—body, soul and blood—is making her crazy. As an enraged bloodwolf threatens to rip them both apart, she may just be crazy enough to trust Luke with her life.
I don’t love this short for its characters or world building. I love it for the author’s voice and the sense of melancholy desperation that permeates every page. Both Dina and Luke are in this gray limbo until the other comes along, and they’re fighting it, Luke with his inertia, Dina with her blinders. I fell for the mood the author evoked long before I realized the types she was using to placehold her leads, which makes it much easier to tolerate the lack of originality. The uniqueness comes in the way she strings words together, to create pacing, to paint a mood.
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March 17, 2011
The allure of this short story is not the plot. It rests in the author’s voice, one I am increasingly coming to love. Bloodwolf Dina has one purpose – to kill vampires. But when she comes face to face with the one she made out with three months earlier, she finds herself unable to do it, and worse, unable to shift into her wolf form, either. Vampire Luke lacks the courage to kill himself, but he can’t stand what he’s become, either, devoting his existence to his art and to saving humans when they ask for help. Neither can get the other out of his/her head. Neither really wants the other there, either.
To say anything more would end up telling the whole story, and when it’s this short, it’s just not worth it. Dina makes a fine heroine, strong and determined not to let her brokenness get in her way, though Luke is the stereotypical vampire who hates his existence and feels the need to atone. The world building leaves a lot to be desired, because outside of a brief explanation of why the two species were created, there isn’t much sense of what else is going on, or how it all works. The pack scene, especially, feels hastily sketched in, lacking the crispness to make it all understandable.
But I don’t love this short for its characters or world building. I love it for the author’s voice and the sense of melancholy desperation that permeates every page. Both Dina and Luke are in this gray limbo until the other comes along, and they’re fighting it, Luke with his inertia, Dina with her blinders. I fell for the mood the author evoked long before I realized the types she was using to placehold her leads, which makes it much easier to tolerate the lack of originality. The uniqueness comes in the way she strings words together, to create pacing, to paint a mood. It was mesmerizing, and I have no qualms admitting that was what sucked me in.
To say anything more would end up telling the whole story, and when it’s this short, it’s just not worth it. Dina makes a fine heroine, strong and determined not to let her brokenness get in her way, though Luke is the stereotypical vampire who hates his existence and feels the need to atone. The world building leaves a lot to be desired, because outside of a brief explanation of why the two species were created, there isn’t much sense of what else is going on, or how it all works. The pack scene, especially, feels hastily sketched in, lacking the crispness to make it all understandable.
But I don’t love this short for its characters or world building. I love it for the author’s voice and the sense of melancholy desperation that permeates every page. Both Dina and Luke are in this gray limbo until the other comes along, and they’re fighting it, Luke with his inertia, Dina with her blinders. I fell for the mood the author evoked long before I realized the types she was using to placehold her leads, which makes it much easier to tolerate the lack of originality. The uniqueness comes in the way she strings words together, to create pacing, to paint a mood. It was mesmerizing, and I have no qualms admitting that was what sucked me in.
November 2, 2013
Tragically terrible. That is how I describe the skill of writing used in this story. The story itself was pretty lame. A female bloodwolf by the name of Dina kissed a male vampire, her sworn enemy, and from there she is torn between killing and desiring him. The same is said for the vampire and he loses interest in feeding from anyone else but her.
There was no romance what so ever. The description of different scenes and the characters themselves were so horrendous because if it were possible, the words depicted blurred imagery because so little effort was put into painting a background and the characters.
And don’t get me started about character development. All the male bloodwolfs that the heroine worked with all had the same attitude. There were clones practically. And another failure for this book was how sexual tension between Dina and Luke, the vampire was written. It was boring and under stimulating. There was too much use of the words “arousal”, “carnal” and “teased” to express the sexual attraction.
The “steamy scenes” were more like a cold autumn breeze and were few (thank goodness). Even the fight scenes were pathetic because half the time the “bad-ass” Dina was getting her butt handed to her and yet again poor description skills made the scenes hazy and intangible. Maybe Dina was getting beat up because she wasn’t able to shift at the moment, was distracted by Luke’s scent or more probably that she just didn’t have any skill to begin with.
Anyway, I can’t hate the book because it was so short that I didn’t suffer for very long. I only have great dislike for a book that tortured my mind with terrible characters and long story plots. But still, this is a book that I definitely wouldn’t recommend.
There was no romance what so ever. The description of different scenes and the characters themselves were so horrendous because if it were possible, the words depicted blurred imagery because so little effort was put into painting a background and the characters.
And don’t get me started about character development. All the male bloodwolfs that the heroine worked with all had the same attitude. There were clones practically. And another failure for this book was how sexual tension between Dina and Luke, the vampire was written. It was boring and under stimulating. There was too much use of the words “arousal”, “carnal” and “teased” to express the sexual attraction.
The “steamy scenes” were more like a cold autumn breeze and were few (thank goodness). Even the fight scenes were pathetic because half the time the “bad-ass” Dina was getting her butt handed to her and yet again poor description skills made the scenes hazy and intangible. Maybe Dina was getting beat up because she wasn’t able to shift at the moment, was distracted by Luke’s scent or more probably that she just didn’t have any skill to begin with.
Anyway, I can’t hate the book because it was so short that I didn’t suffer for very long. I only have great dislike for a book that tortured my mind with terrible characters and long story plots. But still, this is a book that I definitely wouldn’t recommend.
May 26, 2014
Not a bad novella that was a free kindle download.
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