ARC REVIEW Immortal Danger by Cynthia Eden

Night Watch #0.5, This is a prequel and it is a full length novel. I have read one other PNR by Cynthia Eden and as much as I love her Romantic Suspense I wasn't crazy over it, this one however was really good. A re-release originally published in '09 this urban fantasy/PNR centers around former cop Maya Black and tall, dark, and mysterious Adam Brody. Third person POV switches between the two. Maya was a beat cop who knew all about vampires she killed them when she could even when she was attacked herself she managed to kill the vampire but all it took was one time and a little bit of vampire blood in her mouth and she was one of them. Only difference now is that she is a vampire who kills her own kind, she keeps them in line. Adam Brody needs Maya's help, his niece has been kidnapped taken to be given to the master vampire upon his return. Maya and Adam rush about LA trying to find clues as to where his niece might be held along the way they deal with demons, voodoo priestess, vampires, and shifters. Their search takes them to Las Vegas where things get a wee bit more complicated.

I really did enjoy this one it was exciting and action packed and the characters are fantastic. I definitely want more. Maya is one tough cookie and even though she claims she's not a hero she is constantly doing things that contradicts that. Adam is a little harder to get bead on, he all dark and mysterious and aside from the insane sexual chemistry between them it's hard to get a feel for Adam because he's so closed off and you have to wait for about half the book to figure out what he is, after that it's was easier to see Maya and Adam connecting on a deeper level. Overall, this was a great book and a nice start and introduction into the world of the Night Watch series.

ARC REVIEW Howl For It by Shelly Laurenston and Cynthia Eden

Like A Wolf With A Bone by Shelly Laurenston. The prequel in her Pride series originally published in 2012. The main characters in this are the parents of Dee-Ann, and because this is a prequel and about the parents of course it would have to take place in the 70s. I was diggin' it I could just picture the Farrah Fawcett feathered hair the bell bottoms and southern rock blaring on the am radios, ooooo and the muscle cars. Needless to say I loved the setting. The characters, you can always count on Laurenston female characters to be just as foul-mouthed as they are badass. Eggie you gotta love that strong misunderstood man, sure he would just as soon as kill you as look at you but after he meets Darla-Mae he knows his life never going to be the same again.

Darla-Mae knows just by looking in his eyes that there is a good side to Eggie that other people just don't see. Darla-Mae was allowed to go to San Francisco to study to be a pastry chef, Eggie is in a super secret shifter only black-ops and was hardly ever home. Darla-Mae and Eggie had never met before even though all his brothers are mated to her sister. When they finally do meet Eggie is saving her life. Before leaving San Francisco Darla-Mae saw something she didn't even know she saw and now a bunch of human are trying to kill her and she doesn't even know why. Eggie will stop at nothing to protect her and she trusts him enough to know what he's doing and that he will keep her safe. Darla-Mae is a pacifist and pretty much takes everything in stride, except her sisters, and because she avoids fights Eggie's parents, the alphas of the pack, view her as weak. Boy are they wrong.

Wed Or Dead by Cynthia Eden. I'm not that big a fan of Cynthia Eden's Paranormal Romance I prefer her dark romantic suspense. But this was okay, it starts and it kind of throws you into it and it left me feeling like something was missing. Kayla's parents were brutally murdered by a shifter a hunter found her and her brother and raised them to be hunters too. Gage is an alpha wolf shifter just trying to keep his pack safe. He knows Kayla's secret the moment he sees her but he also knows that she's his mate. With all the hunters after them Gage is willing to wait until Kayla has realized her entire past is a lie and he's her future. But Kayla is a little slow on the uptake and only after they get captured does Kayla realize how much of a lie her life has been. There is some great action Cynthia Eden is always good with that. I liked the story I just wish this was a full length novel instead of this novella that felt like it was truncated. 

ARC REVIEW Into the Night by Cynthia Eden

Book three of Cynthia Eden's Killer Instinct series. It a fantastic series about a department inside the the FBI that tracks down serial killers, each agent involved has had an up close and personal encounter with one. The lead in this group Samantha Dark was dating one, another member's brother was one, in this book Macey Night was the lone survivor of serial killer who was a colleague and friend. Even though she gave him a life threatening wound and the authorities presumed him dead Macey never stopped believing that he survived and never stopped looking for him; and now she thinks she found him. Bowen Murphy is Macey's partner and has since the beginning loved her, he has managed to keep his desires at bay because of her past and because they are partners but this cases pushes him to his breaking point and everything comes out, even his own torrid past. 

The premise of this one is very similar to that of one of her other book where the serial killer is focusing on other serial killers, but that is where the similarities end.  The "Profiler" has manipulated everything from the beginning with an ultimate goal, Bowen and Macey are trying to get to the bottom of it before he kills again. But it's not easy when they come across red herrings and plenty of twists and turns along the way. 

I love Cynthia Eden's characters they are all so wonderfully flawed and relatable it is easy to empathize and connect with them. The suspense is exactly how I like it fast paced, dark, and keeps you on edge the entire time. I was enjoying the story so much I forgot to make a prediction as to who the bad guy was. The romance is hot and heavy and Bowen is wooo, definitely one of my favorites from Cynthia Eden. Overall, it's another winner for me.  

ARC REVIEW Bite the Dust by Cynthia Eden

This is the first book of Cynthia Eden's new series Blood and Moonlight. This came out this last October and is one heck of an introduction to the urban fantasy/paranormal world. I loved Mary Jane she is a strong character but with the situation she found herself in she often felt lost and confused; she was being pulled every which way and she didn't know who she could trust. I can totally sympathize with that. Aidan Locke sexy, mysterious, alpha shifter in control of the entire New Orleans area, sexy. This was a really good introduction my only fault is that is is like so many other out there now; strong Female Alpha with mysterious past who is destined greatness or mass destruction and Alpha Male with great power and overprotective love/lust for Alpha Female and a menacing evil power out to reek havoc and rule the world!!! I do like how Ms Eden worked the events of the story, I enjoyed how things played out and it's not in first person that I like. I am looking forward to the other books.

It all started with a dead body. Newly promoted Detective Jane Harte has her first case a young woman's body was dumped on the streets with her throat slit. But something seems off about the whole thing and the sudden appearance of the sexy and mysterious club owner Aidan Locke has the hairs on the back of Jane's neck going woo woo. Next thing she knows the body is gone and no one but her remembers. Jane confronts Aidan, she is suspicious of Aidan she knows he is hiding something. Aidan should have know that Mary Jane was special but it only confirmed it when he realized she was immune to his mind control. Everything goes down hill from there, a vampire is loose in the city and biting people building up his own army, and for reasons unknown to Mary Jane the vampire has targeted her. Aidan is determined to keep her safe even from his own people. Jane is confused by everything that's going on she doesn't know who to trust and when a con artist with a unique ability shows up it complicates matters. The sexual attraction between Aidan and Mary Jane is just another complication, a pleasant one though.

Overall, this is bound to be another great series from Cynthia Eden.      

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Criminal psychologist Dr. Sarah Jacobs is all too familiar with the kind of bad boys who belong behind bars. But the dark, dangerous man she meets in the New Orleans underworld is a new kind of ruthless, and all too irresistible.

Jax Fontaine doesn't claim to be a good guy, but he's loyal to his own code and brutally honest about what he wants. He and Sarah may be worlds apart, but when they're skin to skin, nothing matters but the heat between them.

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Oh Man, I love Cynthia Eden. Shattered is book three in the LOST series it picks up right after the events of Twisted. Like the previous two books this is a dark romantic suspense, and much like Beware of Me (from the Dark Obsessions series) it centers on a criminal anti-hero and heroine with a tortured past. Like with most of Cynthia Eden’s recent books it is not for the squeamish; bad things happen, things that can make us uncomfortable but the book has more than that in it and it balances out so it’s not so angsty and depressing. Hell the book is about serial killers it’s not suppose to make us feel comfortable. I love it when characters survive through the worst of the worst and come back kicking. Both Jax and Sarah have not lived easy lives they are who they are because of it but they haven’t let it stand in their way. I love Cynthia Eden’s writing style, it’s very fluid and it teases you makes you second guess your own suspicions. This one was a surprise and I was so wrapped up in the characters and what they were doing the twist at the end took me by surprise. I love the opening line of both the Prologue and Chapter One, so completely creepy it sets the mood for the rest of the book. 

Sarah and Jax are kindred spirits, two lost souls searching for something. Neither know what it is they exactly looking for but they find it in each other. They both understand the darkness that dwells deep inside them; what they hide from everyone else but they see it in each other. Sarah and Jax fight to find a serial killer who seems to have targeted Sarah because of her father, a well known serial killer in his own right. But for some reason he is trying to ruin Jax also. The ending takes an unforeseen twist that almost costs Sarah and Jax their lives.   

Shattered is a definite keeper, the books in this series just keep getting better and better. Overall, this has to be one of my favorite Romantic Suspense this year so far. 

 

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ARC REVIEW Beware of Me by Cynthia Eden

Cynthia Eden's Dark Obsessions series book four, but every book is a stand alone. However in the case of Ethan Barclay reading the previous books will give an insight into who Ethan really is. I love this series. This book has the right mix of suspense and romance it is very well balanced. It does get a tad repetitive always referring to the past. But I loved Carly and Ethan and I hope the series isn’t over yet.

Ethan Barclay is criminal, he is a murderer, but he's not the villain of the story; Ethan is the anti-hero. Now I dislike stories that glamorize the criminal lifestyle, this isn't one of them. Ethan is bad he is what he is and he doesn't try to be anything else. He knew as a child he was destined to be something better then what he was. He worked hard to get where he is and now that he has reached his monetary goal he plans to go straight and he wants the one who got away.

Carly Shay was young and stupid and paid the price for it. She has lived in hiding away from her past the only reason she reappeared in Ethan's life was because her stepsister needed her. Now the bad guys are coming out of the woodwork to seek vengeance for the man her and Ethan killed. Carly has had a hard time moving on and even after all these years she still is on edge. The reappearance of Ethan in her life is comforting but scary she doesn't want to want him after everything that happened and then he just walked away; she just wants to be left alone to her life. Ethan's showing up after all these years is for her protection the news that old enemies are after her.



Ethan never wanted to leave Carly; he always thought he wasn’t good enough for her. He may have walked away from her but he never let her go. He has kept tabs on her all these years and now with her life on the line he is willing to do anything to keep her safe even from the FBI.



Overall, it was a great read, and in the end it even surprised me with whodunit.   

ARC REVIEW Need Me by Cynthia Eden

Book three in Cynthia Eden's Dark Obsessions series picks up pretty much where Want Me ended, even though all three books so far are stand alone. Just like with the others the hero finds himself in a case of inta-lust and a desperate need to protect lady love. I liked this one, Cynthia Eden just like always weaves a tale of desire and suspense. Devlin who acts like a closed off jerk in the first two is given his just desserts when Julianna shows up with an innocent and desperate cry for help.

In this book we have Julianna Smith who is suspected in the murder of her husband but is adamant she didn't kill him. She has come to Devlin Shade for protection because someone is trying to kill her. Devlin has no reason to not believe her but he knows she is hiding something, but when her car blows up in front of them he immediately takes charge. Julianna is scared to let her heart love again so quickly after what happened with her husband but Devlin shows her just how different he is from the bastard she married. Protecting her from her stalker leads to be more difficult than he thought when she is actively hiding things from him and running around without him. She is hiding her past from everyone afraid of what might happen not to her but to her sister and old friend and constant scapegoat in the last two books, Ethan. Devlin frankly doesn't care about her past he just wants her safe.

All three books are very good and a stand alone so it really doesn't matter where you start but I suggest reading them in order. I hope Ethan gets his own book *crossing fingers*.

REVIEW Want Me by Cynthia Eden

Book Two of Cynthia Eden's Dark Obsessions series. Want Me is another dark suspense that will have you guessing and rethinking your guess over again. (red herring anybody??) This book could possible be read as a stand alone but I wouldn't recommend it. The events in the last book do play a small but kinda important part. I loved this book it was suspenseful and exciting and really hot.  

Sophie came off as a tough cookie in book one Watch Me, but you get to see her softer side the more vulnerable side the side that Lex knew was there even if Dev and Chance didn't. After Sophie was attacked in book one she is coping well enough but when someone sneaks into her house and threatens. to kill her attacker for her. Scared for her life she just barely manages to escape. Desperate for help she goes to the only person she can trust. Lex fell in lust with Sophie from the moment he saw her and now he will do anything to protect her. Sophie's mysterious past with Ethan comes into play and their secrets are revealed and it just makes Lex want her and protect her all the more.

Loved this book and it gives you a taste of Dev's story to come.  

REVIEW Watch Me by Cynthia Eden

Disregarding the fact that it is one of the rules of any bodyguard is to not fall in love with their charges; that Whitney Houston movie really charged up a now much desired troupe. Cynthia Eden has written these to show the closeness between the two and that it can lead to some delicious sexual tension. Overall this was a good read. It had great sexual tension and enjoyable suspense.

Gwen and Chance have had history. When Chance was just beginning he needed to make all the right contacts and Gwen's father was one of those contacts. Highered to keep her safe Chance was the only bodyguard Gwen didn't try to escape from. From the first moment they both felt a strong attraction, but Chance couldn't risk his job to give in to the lust he felt for her. But this went bad and he thought he lost his chance. Now some months later Gwen has a stocker and Chance makes it his duty to protect her. Chance finally is able to admit just how much he really wants and has wanted Gwen, but ill timed words from her Father can ruin it all, and when Gwen's stocker turns out to be not what is expected Chance could lose Gwen forever.


Two more books are to follow and I look forward to reading them.