Krysta Linz has been a vampire hunter for six years; she
has had special abilities that help her but on this one
night she finds something different. An unexpected ally
appears, he's one of them but yet he's not ... he's
different
and he helped her dispatch the remaining vampires. She is
about to find out how the DARKNESS RISES and how it will
change her world.
Etienne d'Alençon has been an Immortal Guardian for two
hundred years. He sees Krysta and knows she is a "gifted
one." The same as he had been before the virus that turned
him into an immortal. The same virus that spawns the
vampires, but because they were normal humans the virus
slowly leaves them insane. It is the Guardian's job to
remove vampires from the world. It turns out that there is
more at stake here than meets the eye, for another danger
is out there. Soldiers are trying to capture a Guardian for
lab work.
DARKNESS RISES is a fascinating, fast paced, action packed
book with just the right amount of tension, sexual and
otherwise that will keep the pages turning. Krysta is
fascinating, with her strength and beliefs, you know there
is a good reason she hunts vampires and it comes out later
in the book, plus there is even another surprise concerning
that event that comes out after that. Etienne is the
handsome perfect match for her ... tough yet tender. He
accepts that she must fight and wanting her happy he agrees
to let her fight with him, even though he is leaning more
toward the urge to pack her away in bubble wrap.
This is the first of author Dianne Duvall's Immortal
Guardians I have read but you can bet I will be getting
the
past books and looking forward to the new ones that must
come out.
Dianne Duvall returns to the world of the Immortal
Guardians, where danger and desire make every decision
count. . .
Krysta is used to getting the drop on vampires. Her
"special abilities" aren't much, but the plan is
simple...she plays helpless pretty young thing to lure them
in. Then her shoto swords come out and it's bye-bye,
bloodsucker. Until one night she finds herself with an
unexpected ally. He's a vampire, all right, but different.
Mysterious. Handsome. And more interested in saving her
skin than draining it.
Étienne d'Alençon has been an Immortal Guardian for two
hundred
years--long enough to know that Krysta is special. He can't
stop thinking about her long legs, even more than her short
swords. Then he discovers the vamps she's exterminating
have friends in high places, and the Guardians are in danger
too. He'll have to accept Krysta's help to save them. The
stakes for a mortal are high. But the cost to his heart
might be higher. . .
Excerpt
A low chuckle wafted on the night.
Eyes widening, she drew her second sword and turned in a
slow circle. ""Damn it! Show yourself!""
""Well, since you asked so nicely,"" a deep voice laced with
a French accent purred behind her.
Gasping, she spun around and swung a shoto.
Once more, he caught her wrist. ""Careful."" The warning was
gentle, carrying neither malice nor anger.
Krysta stared.
His touch sent electricity tickling its way up her arm. His
flesh was warm, his long fingers free of callouses.
Her heart slammed against her ribs as butterflies erupted in
her stomach. She should be furious. Frightened. Instead, she
felt as excited as she would on a first date.
Crap.
Stepping back, she withdrew her arm from his grasp.
Dropping his hand, he tilted his head and studied her with
those entrancing amber eyes.
Yeah, he was hot all right.
Short midnight hair glinted in the moonlight. Faint stubble
shadowed a strong jaw. Straight nose. Broad shoulders. What
was clearly a well-developed, muscular build beneath a black
T-shirt that clung to him courtesy of the vampire blood that
saturated its front. Slim waist. Slim hips. All revealed by
the gap in the long black coat he wore.
She didn't let her gaze stray further. The last thing she
wanted to do while facing him was blush like a school girl
if he had a nice package.
His tempting lips stretched in a slow smile.
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