Eternal Hearts (A Darkness Within, #2) in Vampires, Weres and Fae!

May 23, 2011 Lori {Romancing the Dark Side} rated it it was amazing

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An intensely passionate and beautiful love story!

Toni Tutoro is a fledging vampire warrior who has been banned from her city of Chicago, after exacting revenge after her family is brutally murdered. After three years of wandering, Toni is given a chance to redeem herself and come back home by Christian, Lord of Chicago, but only if she can complete the task he's given her. In walks Drake Black, a merciless assassin who always follows orders, gets the job done a Romancing the Dark Side Review:

An intensely passionate and beautiful love story!

Toni Tutoro is a fledging vampire warrior who has been banned from her city of Chicago, after exacting revenge after her family is brutally murdered. After three years of wandering, Toni is given a chance to redeem herself and come back home by Christian, Lord of Chicago, but only if she can complete the task he's given her. In walks Drake Black, a merciless assassin who always follows orders, gets the job done and never gets involved with his mark. His latest order is to serve as a protector, not assassin, for the young Toni Tutoro.

Drake has had his heart broken by a female vampire before and vows to keep his distance from Toni and be rid of her as soon as possible. When her meeting with the Lord of Chicago is postponed, Drake is forced to spend some quality time with his ward that can only mean trouble. The feisty female vampire sparks his interest with her gutsy attitude one minute and caring demeanor the next. Drake has never met anyone who doesn't fear him and sees him as a man and not a monster. To his surprise, the more time he spends with Toni, the more he ponders the possibility of opening his heart to another again.

Just when I thought this series couldn't get better, Jennifer Turner gives us Eternal Hearts! Toni and Drake's story is simply alluring. Both characters are just looking to be accepted and loved for who they are and when they meet...sparks fly! Each carries their troubled past, but somehow manage to truly see each other for their self and not what they've been labeled as by others. I love how Toni wears her heart on her sleeve and makes no apologies for it, she has held on to some her mortality in her young immortal life. It's surprising that she's experienced so much pain yet still manages to trust and love so freely. Her rapid mood changes didn't affect me in the slightest, I found her character to be genuine and noble. If you've already read Eternal Seduction, you'll surely notice the huge difference in this heroine's personality from the first.

When you are first introduced to Drake, he is portrayed as this deadly assassin who lives to kill and has little or no emotions. As the story unfolds, you see he has his reasons for being a loner but when he meets Toni he is ever the gentleman and shows a side that is quite tender for an assassin. I found myself falling for his charm in no time! Drake is a dark, sexy, tortured alpha hero that learns true love is sometimes worth the fight.

This story is a bit more plot driven than the first in the series but has the same degree of engaging characters and unique story line. There's plenty of action in and outside of the bedroom, and the addition of an evil female villain works perfectly in creating suspense. Old friends as new characters are also introduced and give you an inside look into our main characters' personalities and pasts. This ultimately is a paranormal romance with intense drama that draws you in from the start. Eternal Hearts is an alluring love story with betrayals, mystery and suspense that will tug on your heart strings and make Jennifer Turner a new favorite!

{ebook courtesy of author/Bewitching Book Tours for review.} ...more

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May 29, 2011 Cindyg rated it it was amazing

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Damn...damn...damn...I love Jennifer Turner. She has created one hell of a world and her ability to tell her story is just freaking unbelievable.
It was one hell of a long wait but it was worth every written word.
This was Drake and Toni's story and I was pulled in from page one and couldn't put the damn book down. To know that all the players are pawns on a chess board just blows my ever living mind. I don't know how Jennifer came up with the idea but it works, it really works.
I love all the tw ...more

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