Knox Devereaux, leader of vampires, will do anything to get
his hands on an antidote to the 'vaccine' that is slowly
starving his people to death, even work with the government
that created the problem in the first place.
Felicia has a history with Knox, but she also is one of the
Agencies best hostage negotiators, as well as being trained
in all the skills an agent must have in the field. With the
hodgepodge crew the agency has put together, her skills as a
negotiator may be the most important.
Knox feels an obligation to mate with a vampire and help
strengthen his race. Felicia refuses to share him with
another woman. Both disregard the power of the bond they
feel to one another.
Once the group is put together for the initial briefing and
the data is shared, they realize the complexity and
ramifications of the situation are bigger and more dire than
they thought possible. Paranormals of all types are being
detained and suffering through cruel experiments in another
country, one with even fewer scruples than the United
States. These same scientists have the antidote, one that
will shift the balance of power toward the paranormal
residents of the United States.
Virna DePaul has put together an interesting mix of
characters as well as an intense and tightly-plotted
paranormal thriller. Although the central love story between
Knox and Felicia was well written (and hot, very hot) I
found myself even more interested in the relationship
dynamics of the characters one step removed from center
stage, dynamics that hopefully will be explored in upcoming
books. The other members of the team are not your cookie-
cutter werewolf and creatures of the night, but three-
dimensional characters with well-defined quirks and
personality. CHOSEN BY BLOOD is book one of the Para-Ops
novels, and has me panting for more.
Five years after the Second Civil War ends, humans and
otherborn— humanlike creatures with superhuman DNA—still
struggle for peace. To ensure the continued rights of
both, the FBI forms a Para-Ops team with a unique set of
skills.
Leader of an Otherborn clan, half-breed vampire Knox
Devereaux would do anything to find a cure for the anti-
vamp vaccine slowly starving his people into extinction.
When the FBI contacts him about leading a team of hand-
selected Others on a mission to reclaim the stolen
antidote, Knox accepts. His new assignment places him in
direct contact with Special Agent Felicia Locke, the
beautiful human he’s craved since their very first
meeting.
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