"A thrilling addition to the extraordinary Midnight Breed series!"
Taken by Midnight
By: Lara Adrian
Genres: Paranormal Romance
Posted: September 24, 2010
Jenna, introduced in Shades of Midnight, by misfortune ends up in the hands of an Ancient, an unrelenting and savage alien, recently freed from captivity, set on restoring his mental and physical health through her blood. The Ancient, an alien with a history of using force as his primary way to the top of the food chain, is dangerous company; showing compassion or restraint is unheard of. So how did Jenna leave their confrontation alive?
TAKEN BY MIDNIGHT answers all of our previous Jenna questions. What actually happened in her house that night the Ancient kept her captive? As it turns out, the Ancient decided, after extensive feeding, to make Jenna choose her fate. Coming out of her coma, Jenna wakes up to friendly faces in the underground base of the Order and remembers choosing life; a surprising choice, given the past guilt associated with the death of her husband and daughter four years ago. Her smooth recovery can be attributed to Brock, a mysterious Order member with pain lessening talents and an eye set on her desire.
As the novel continues, Jenna faces unique changes in her body. Her DNA is mutating and anomalies, like superhuman powers, have started to reveal themselves. The Ancient, in giving Jenna life, also gave her an implant on the back of her neck, bio-technology meant to change her. Jenna must choose whether to use her new found skills to help out the Order and their mates against Dragos, or to stay in the background. Brock must come to terms with his attraction to Jenna, a human with no breedmate mark, and consider her a possible future mate. Their pasts conflict, and challenge the outcome of their future together.
TAKEN BY MIDNIGHT was a great extension to the Midnight Breed Series. It was sensual, filled with passion and yet still gave readers pages full of thrilling suspense. The balance between Jenna and Brock's relationship and the overall battle against Dragos was perfect. My curiosity was filled and satisfied, and I can't wait to see just where the vampires of the Order will go now. Dragos is down on his game, can we finally defeat him?
Book Summary
AT THE CROSSROADS OF DEATH AND DESIRE, A WOMAN TASTES A PLEASURE NO MORTAL IS MEANT TO SURVIVE.
In the frozen Alaskan wilderness, former state trooper Jenna Darrow survives an unspeakable breach of body and soul. But with her narrow escape comes an even greater challenge. For strange changes are taking place within her, as she struggles to understand—and control—a new hunger. To do so, she will seek shelter in the Boston compound of the Order, an ancient race of vampire warriors whose very existence is shrouded in mystery. Perhaps the most mysterious of them all is Brock, a brooding, dark-eyed alpha male whose hands hold the power to comfort, heal . . . and arouse.
As she recovers under Brock’s care, Jenna finds herself drawn to the Order’s mission: to stop a ruthless enemy and its army of assassins from subjecting Earth to a reign of terror. Yet in spite of their resolve, a purely physical relationship without strings soon binds Brock and Jenna together with a desire fiercer than life and stronger than death itself—until a secret from Brock’s past and Jenna’s own mortality challenges their forbidden love to the ultimate trial by fire.
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by: Lara Adrian
Dell
October 1, 2010
On Sale: September 28, 2010
Featuring: Jenna Darrow; Brock
400 pages
ISBN: 0440245273
EAN: 9780440245278
Kindle: B003EY7IQS
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