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Adam

Adam, November 2011
Nightwalkers #6
by Jacquelyn Frank

Kensington
Featuring: Jasmine; Adam
354 pages
ISBN: 1420109863
EAN: 9781420109863
Paperback
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"A roller coaster ride of emotions that makes you beg for more."

Fresh Fiction Review

Adam
Jacquelyn Frank

Reviewed by Jaime Zalinski
Posted October 11, 2011

Paranormal Romance

The world of the Nightwalkers has been turbulent. Ruth is causing trouble with the possibility of war. She knows of the children in the prophecy and will do anything to keep those ancient words from becoming reality. When Jacob's brother reappears after 400 years all the rules change. The question is where has he been and how did he suddenly appear?

ADAM, the sixth book in the Nightwalker series, is centered around Adam, Jacob's elder brother and former enforcer and Jasmine, the Vampire King's right hand lady. Both came to age in a time when there was no fraternization with members of a different species. The fact that they both felt they were above such a thing didn't help when the simple sight of each other made body parts tingle with desire. When they cross paths again during a time when mating out of your species seems to be a normal event, the internal fight to keep distance from one another conflicts with the wishes of both their kings.

Jacob, the first book in the Nightwalker series, was the first paranormal romance I ever read. I have a special bond with the characters in these books since I have read them more times then I can count. I am telling you this so you understand my next statement. Something major (not giving any spoilers) happens in the first fifteen pages of Adam that made me want to throw the book and cry into a pillow. I could not believe that Frank took the story in the direction that she did. I know authors have to do things that will make their faithful readers upset but in my mind, she had gone too far. I told myself that she would not do something so drastic without reason and I needed to continue reading the story and boy am I glad I did.

This book gives the readers of the series so many things. Being able to see how Jacob, Adam, and Noah were in younger years was a treat. I love how the boyish cockiness flowed off the page when the three best friends bantered back and forth trying to one up each other. We also catch a glimpse of the future if Noah and his faithful are not able to stop Ruth and her devious plans for all the Nightwalker monarchies. It just makes the reader dislike Ruth and her followers even more, if that is possible.

With glimpses into the past, present and future the emotions that are felt while reading ADAM are exhausting. I rarely cry while reading a book but ADAM had me weeping like someone kicked my puppy in so many places. In other I could feel nothing be unconditional love for the characters we have fallen in love with through out the series. During battle scenes all I wanted was for Ruth to get what she deserves ten fold. I had to keep a large supply of chocolate on hand just to do my best to keep my emotions in check. ADAM is a must read for all the fans and I promise you will be happy with the outcome even if you get upset at the word go.

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SUMMARY

Hunted by magic, beset by evil, the Nightwalkers face their darkest hour yet. And when the unthinkable happens, only one legendary male has the power, the will, to save them: Adam. . .

For 400 Years He Was Lost To Her, But He Is Hers Tonight. . .

From their first tantalizing touch, Jasmine knows he is different. What other lover could unlock her tight control, flood vampire senses jaded by a lifetime of decadent self indulgence? Centuries ago, when he disappeared without a trace, she had given up hope of ever fulfilling the promise of incomparable passion. But here he is, against the very laws of nature, ready to bring down their most vicious enemy, ready to bring her blood to the boiling point. . .if she will only let him.

Pleasure rules the night.

Excerpt

WARNING: YOU MIGHT GET WET!!

He changed form in the blink of an eye, morphing from man to a deluge of water that dashed against her face and body. But unlike normal water he did not cascade off of her and fall to the ground. Instead, he flowed over her supple body, slowly washing over and around her, covering her inch by inch. He felt the smoothness of her skin beneath his touch, the weight of her breasts…tasted the hard points of her nipples.

She gasped in shock when he first hit her, but that shock quickly changed to something deeper and far sultrier. The sound that erupted from her as he flowed over her was nothing short of purest sin. He took satisfaction in it.

And even as he covered the most intimate inches of her skin with his exploration, he knew he was going too far. It had gone too far the moment he had sat in the brush to stare at her as she bathed. But this,what he was doing now, it was a whole other level of perversion, and as glorious as she felt, he knew he was stepping way over the line.


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