"Liquid fire poured into me, filling me with the intimate sense of him as he leaned in to claim my lips with his own. I reached for him, needing him closer, but my arms couldn't close the distance between us, which grew wider with each hitched breath. So close to finally feeling something real, something carnal and deep, I cried out in frustration, dropping my hands as he disappeared. My cries deepened into a frenzy of panic and my eyes flew open. I clutched my blanket and stilled myself to calm my racing heart.
Just a dream. Always just a dream."
Rose Wintersong didn't have an ordinary upbringing. Raised in what most would call a hippy commune, but what is actually a powerful coven of witches, she never questions the life fate chose for her.
Until she meets Derek O'Conner.
Derek challenges everything Rose believes and forces her to see the secrets hidden beneath the whitewashed walls of her idyllic country life.
Rose knows she should walk away, that the sexy martial arts instructor is bad news bred to create discord in her tight community… but the animal magnetism between them is impossible to fight.
Caught between the passion of first love, and the steady beat of the life she's always known, Rose must choose between the innocence of her youth or the pleasures of womanhood—but lost innocence comes at a price, and Rose harbors a dark secret that could destroy everyone she loves—including Derek.
Submit to the Seduced Saga as Derek and Rose face their future while unraveling the mysteries of their past.
Kimberly Kinrade was born with ink in her veins and magic in her heart. She writes fantasy and
paranormal stories for all ages and still believes in magic worlds. Check out her YA paranormal series
The Forbidden Trilogy, her lower grade fantasy series The Three Lost Kids, and watch for her New Adult
romance and fantasy books coming in 2013 including The Seduced Saga, Sunrise and Nightfall, Death by
Destiny and The Fallen Trilogy and her next YA fantasy adventure, The Reluctant Familiar. You can find
her books on Amazon, B&N and Goodreads among other fine retailers.
When she's not writing, she runs Daring Books Design & Marketing with her husband, Dmytry Karpov,
where they help authors with all manner of marketing, editing, and design needs until such a time that
their brilliant children take over the business for them.
She lives with her three little girls who think they're ninja princesses with super powers, her two cats
who think they're gods (and probably are), her two dogs who think they're humans and her husband,
also known as the sexy Russian Prince, who is the love of her life and writing partner.
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My thoughts: This is the first book in the Seduced Series. If you like witches, shape-shifters and the likes with added romance you will love this series.This book is told by the character of that chapter - Derek/Rose. While we go back and forth between characters the author does a great job keeping the reader on track with what is happening and who is who. I never once was confused on what/where/who I was reading about.
Rose has a dark power as a witch that she is trying to control and learn to live her life not so sheltered. Rose comes from a family and a community of witches and they are have been battling with some shape-shifters. Rose decides she would like to take a self-defense course and meets Derek. Derek is a dark, and handsome man who doesn't want to stay in one place too long and doesn't want to be part of the family business. We also find out that Derek is a shape-shifter. Neither Derek or Rose know that each other come from the enemy family.
I love how this series has started with Rose and Derek falling in love with each other but not knowing who they are fully. They love each other for who they are as a person not what family they come from. Kimberly does a great job of keeping the story flowing, holding the readers attention and gives you the detail you will need to feel the story for yourself.
I give this book a 4.5 out of 5 stars! You can also see my review of Seduced by Pain (Book #2) and I will be posting book #3 review later this month.
~*Disclaimer: This post was written by Genuine Jenn on behalf of IO Book Tours. I received the above book for review purpose. All opinions are honest and my own.*~
I'm so glad you're enjoying the series. Thank you so much for taking the time to read and review! :)
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