Claimed by a Demon King by Felicity Heaton (Eternal Mates #2)
Claimed by a Demon
King and the Eternal Mates series is set in the same world as the Vampire
Erotic Theatre series, so if you’re a fan of that series, you will love Eternal
Mates. Throughout this series, you’ll have a chance to catch up with the cast
of the Vampire Erotic Theatre series and learn more about their world. In
Claimed by a Demon King, you’ll get to visit the theatre, and some of the
favorite characters in the Vampire Erotic Theatre series.
The moment the demon
King Thorne of the Third Realm set eyes on the mortal huntress Sable, he knew
she was his fated one. The fiery, dangerous female awakened hungers he had
never experienced before, a dark craving and passion that has consumed him in
their time apart. As the lunar cycle wanes, she enters his world again and
nothing will stand in the way of him claiming his forever with her—not the
relentless assault from the Fifth Realm or the dark elf male determined to
seduce her out of his grasp.
Intent on achieving
the coveted position of commander at Archangel, Sable leads her small team into
the dark underworld and the Third Realm, to a war where her allies are the very
creatures she normally hunts—vampires, werewolves, and demons. Her eagerness to
lead the deadly mission has everything to do with winning her promotion, and
nothing to do with the kingdom’s brash, lethally seductive demon king—a king
who stirred fierce desire and wildfire heat in her with just a look and an
innocent touch when they first met, and has been in her wicked dreams ever
since.
As the gathering
storm between rivals unleashes irresistible passion that flares white-hot and
the heat of the battle brings life-shattering realisations, can Sable place her
duty before her heart? Or will she surrender to her deepest desires and be claimed
by a demon king?
Sable paced, hoping
to work off at least a little of her tension before Loren arrived with his
elves. She really didn’t need him noticing that she was wound tighter than he
had ever been during his courtship of her best friend, Olivia.
She could do this.
Mark had told her as much before she had left his office barely an hour ago. He
wanted to give her the title of commander and this was her test. She wouldn’t
fail him and she wouldn’t let anything stand in the way of her achieving that
rank.
She had busted her
arse over the past month, working twice as hard as normal in order to convince
Mark and the senior staff that she was the perfect candidate for the role of
commander on this mission.
It had absolutely
nothing to do with getting a pass into Hell and seeing Thorne again.
Not at all.
She was going
because she wanted the position of commander.
A familiar female
voice cut off a deep male one and Sable smiled as she turned to glance across
the courtyard.
Their transport was
arriving. Scores of elves dressed in their tight black scale-like armour
appeared before her eyes, the air shimmering around them. Prince Loren led them
across the courtyard towards her, his long strides eating up the distance and
his left hand resting on the hilt of the black sword sheathed at his waist. His
black eyebrows knit into scowl and his purple eyes darkened.
The slight brunette
beside him shook her head, causing her long chestnut hair to sway against the
shoulders of her dark t-shirt, and waved him away. “I’ve told you a million
times, Loren… I am going on this mission.”
Loren’s lips
compressed into a thin line. Olivia was trying her mate’s patience again. He
looked ready to grab her and teleport her back to the realm of the elves and
leave her there.
Olivia had a mean
stubborn streak though and that was another reason why Sable had been eager to
win this mission. Olivia was her best friend at Archangel and she didn’t want
her friend in the firing line during a war, but having her there was necessary.
They needed a doctor on hand to take care of any injured. That and Sable needed
the moral support of her friend on this mission. She would go crazy without
her.
“Olivia,” Loren
started and then seemed to think the better of whatever he had intended to say
and scrubbed a hand over his face instead. He threw Sable a pleading glance.
Sable shrugged.
Helping him was above her pay grade. She couldn’t overturn a decision made by
Mark and the board of senior staff. Loren scowled again and turned back to his
mate, speaking in a low voice now.
Sable glanced at
Bleu as he strode to his prince’s right, meeting his green gaze. It was strange
seeing him in better control of his emotions than Loren was, able to retain a
more mortal appearance, concealing his normal purple irises and pointed ears.
She smiled at Bleu
as Olivia began to rant.
Bleu raked long
fingers through his wild black-blue hair and gave her a warm smile in return.
“I am going whether
you like it or not,” Olivia snapped at Loren and then softened. “I know you’re
worried but I’ll have you there with me, and Sable too. Archangel assigned me
to this mission as the medic and to research any new species we encounter… and
you know both of those things are very important to me. So I’m going and that’s
final.”
Loren looked as if
he had just lost a war. His shoulders slumped and he let out a long, weary
breath. “Very well, Ki’ara.”
Bleu shook his head.
“Olivia, you sound more like my sister every day.”
Olivia didn’t look
sure whether that was a compliment or not. Sable had seen Bleu often over the
past few weeks. He had visited Archangel whenever Loren had and Loren was
rarely away from Olivia when she was working.
The dark elf
commander was a great sparring partner and had helped Sable step up her game
during their training matches. She was glad he didn’t hold back when he was
fighting her.
Well, he didn’t hold
back much. She knew he wasn’t going all out on her and in a way, she was glad.
She had seen him fight and part of her knew she wouldn’t stand a chance against
him, even if her pride wouldn’t allow her to admit it.
The only time Bleu
hadn’t been with Loren was when his sister had returned to his family home for
a rare visit. Bleu had disappeared like a shot. Sable had asked about this
elusive sister and Loren had informed her that Bleu had only one sibling, a
younger sister, and that he was forever getting her out of scrapes, but that
only seemed to make him love her more dearly.
The indulgent and
amused twinkle in his eyes at times made Sable feel that he was beginning to
view Olivia with similar brotherly affection. It would be nice for Olivia to
have family again after everything she had been through.
Sable idly rubbed
her right wrist, her thumb caressing the stylised black cross on the inside of
it, and tamped down the dark thoughts that threatened to rise and ruin her
mood.
“Is everyone ready?”
She checked her assembled team and then the elves. Loren had finally given up
trying to convince Olivia not to come on the mission and was speaking with Bleu
and several of his men. He motioned towards the crates and baggage, and a group
of elves broke away, heading towards them.
The rest of the
elves made their way over to her team, one for each member. A few low giggles
broke the silence as the female hunters in her unit met the tall, darkly
beautiful male who would be teleporting them.
Sable sighed this
time. “Rein it in. This is a mission, not a Club 18-30 holiday. Remember that.”
Her hunters jolted
to attention and nodded as one.
Sable just hoped
that she could remember it. Whenever she thought about seeing Thorne again, she
got the jitters. Stupid of her considering she had only met him once and for
little more than a handful of hours. It hadn’t stopped her from desperately
trying not to hang on every word whenever Loren had spoken of the demon king.
It wasn’t like her, but she couldn’t help herself. Something fundamental inside
her had changed the moment Thorne had barged into her life.
Thorne met often
with Loren to discuss their arrival and arrangements, and to keep him abreast
of the situation in the Third Realm.
Loren relayed
everything to her.
It hadn’t satisfied
her in the slightest. Loren never said how Thorne was coping with everything or
how he seemed to him.
She wanted to know
how he was doing and wanted to see that he was still well, and still the same
brash male she had met a month ago. Of course, she refused to admit that to
Olivia whenever her friend pressed her about Thorne, and her friend had pressed
a lot over the long four weeks.
Sable had denied
everything, refusing to admit that she couldn’t stop thinking about the demon
king.
She couldn’t get
that moment in the cafeteria out of her head. Thorne had teleported them back
to Archangel after they had defeated Kordula, freeing Loren’s brother Vail from
the bitch-witch’s spell. Thorne had stood with his hand on Sable’s arm, as if he
couldn’t bring himself to let her go, and had stared at her for so long that
she had ended up lost in his crimson gaze. He had opened his mouth to speak,
had turned frustrated about something, and had teleported out of her life as
quickly as he had come into it, leaving her confused and curious.
What had Thorne
wanted to say to her?
Whatever had been
balanced on those firm sensual lips, she wished he had just come out and said
it because it had been driving her completely crazy. She had found herself
pondering it at the strangest times. Dangerous times. A hunt was no place to
lose track of your surroundings. That moment kept invading her head though,
replaying in infinite detail, every shift in his body language and expression
captured perfectly. With each replay, she found herself wanting to know more
than ever what he had meant to say.
The first chance she
had, she was asking him about it.
Sable grimaced and
reminded herself again that she was going to Hell on a mission, not just to see
Thorne. This was about the mission. This was about her future with Archangel.
This wasn’t about the big, rough, demon male.
She jolted when
someone took hold of her arm and looked up into Bleu’s eyes. Flecks of purple
broke through the green, slowly taking over until not a trace of emerald
remained. His violet gaze narrowed on her and he moved closer, towering over
her, a vision of dark beauty and lethal grace. His lips parted, flashing white
daggers at her. His fangs were down. The tips of his ears turned pointed. He
had shaken off his mortal guise, revealing his true nature.
“Ready?” he
murmured, his fingers lightly flexing around her arm and his gaze locked
intently on her.
Sable blinked
herself back the courtyard and nodded.
Her world
disappeared in a swirl of cold black shadows. She closed her eyes against it.
The heat of the sun on her skin gave way to the icy chill and then became a
blast of moist warm air. The shrouding silence of the portal shattered under
the explosion of grunts and roars and the metallic clang of weapons clashing.
The scent of morning
became the odour of blood.
Sable snapped her
eyes open and her heart leaped and pounded, quickening her blood and preparing
her body.
The first thing she
saw was Thorne shirtless and swinging his enormous broadsword at an equally
massive bare-chested warrior. His opponent blocked with his own blade and
growled, flashing huge fangs as he swung a meaty fist. The blow connected with
Thorne’s right cheek and he stumbled, grunting as he struggled to regain his
footing and ready his blade to defend himself.
Sable’s hand
instantly went to the folded crossbow at her side and she flicked it open,
pushing away from Bleu at the same time. Another immense demon attacked Thorne
before he managed to right himself and the dagger sliced across the Third
King’s thickly muscled right shoulder.
Thorne roared and
finally launched himself at the males, taking them both on at once. They
weren’t alone. The wide oval courtyard of the dark stone fortress was in
pandemonium. Sable counted at least two dozen demons, all focused on him with
their weapons drawn and at the ready. No other fought on his side.
The sight of him
standing alone against so many adversaries, bleeding from multiple wounds on
his torso and arms, brought a red haze down over her vision.
5 stars*****
Book one of this series could easily be read as a stand alone... but I probably would not recommend reading this second installment without having read the prior book... "Kissed by a Dark Prince". Just FYI... :) At some point I do hope to go back and read the Vampire Erotic Theatre series since it is set in the same world as this one.
I love the characters in this series... in particular the strong females who are more like alpha-females. They are independent, strong and fighters. And just like book one... I found it extremely entertaining watching this Alpha Male Demon King fighting his physical desire to claim his eternal mate... who isn't just going to come strolling into his arms just because he is tall, dark and deadly. Sable is a real challenge for Thorne. And, Sable is also very divided between her closeness to the Elf warrior Bleu, possibly having to give up her place at Archangel and also struggling with her own identity. The author pulls out a big surprise for us in regards to Sable... I liked the change in her character. Her character has so much more potential now.
In book two we pick up exactly where we left off in book one with the Elf Prince and the Archangel bunch coming together to help The Demon King Thorne in his war. When they arrive in the Demon's realm there are some new characters that pop up and we have a nice mixture of werewolves, vampires, demons, elves, witches and humans all coming together to help in the war.
And, I am a little excited at how this book ended... are we going to get a dragon shifter next?? I hope so... that sounds like a fun story already!
I am a huge fan of this series... fun characters, creative storyline... and it's alpha-males vs. alpha females... love it!
I love the characters in this series... in particular the strong females who are more like alpha-females. They are independent, strong and fighters. And just like book one... I found it extremely entertaining watching this Alpha Male Demon King fighting his physical desire to claim his eternal mate... who isn't just going to come strolling into his arms just because he is tall, dark and deadly. Sable is a real challenge for Thorne. And, Sable is also very divided between her closeness to the Elf warrior Bleu, possibly having to give up her place at Archangel and also struggling with her own identity. The author pulls out a big surprise for us in regards to Sable... I liked the change in her character. Her character has so much more potential now.
In book two we pick up exactly where we left off in book one with the Elf Prince and the Archangel bunch coming together to help The Demon King Thorne in his war. When they arrive in the Demon's realm there are some new characters that pop up and we have a nice mixture of werewolves, vampires, demons, elves, witches and humans all coming together to help in the war.
And, I am a little excited at how this book ended... are we going to get a dragon shifter next?? I hope so... that sounds like a fun story already!
I am a huge fan of this series... fun characters, creative storyline... and it's alpha-males vs. alpha females... love it!
Felicity Heaton is a
USA Today best-selling author who writes passionate paranormal romance books as
Felicity Heaton and F E Heaton. In her books she creates detailed worlds,
twisting plots, mind-blowing action, intense emotion and heart-stopping romances
with leading men that vary from dark deadly vampires to sexy shape-shifters and
wicked werewolves, to sinful angels and hot demons!
If you're a fan of
paranormal romance authors Lara Adrian, J R Ward, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Gena
Showalter, Larissa Ione and Christine Feehan then you will enjoy her books too.
If you love your
angels a little dark and wicked, Felicity Heaton’s best-selling Her Angel
series is for you. If you like strong, powerful, and dark vampires then try the
Vampires Realm series she writes as F E Heaton or any of her stand-alone
vampire romance books she writes as Felicity Heaton. Or if you’re looking for
vampire romances that are sinful, passionate and erotic then try Felicity
Heaton’s new Vampire Erotic Theatre series.
2011, five of her
six paranormal romance books received Top Pick awards from Night Owl Reviews,
Forbidden Blood was nominated as Best PNR Vampire Romance 2011 at The Romance
Reviews, and many of her releases received five star reviews from numerous websites.
In 2013, Heart of Darkness was a finalist in the paranormal romance category at
the Epic Ebook Awards, and she became a USA Today best-selling author.
If you want to know
more about Felicity, or want to get in touch, you can find her at the following
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I'm loving this new series and all the many different Species, Thorne & Sables story was so engaging.
ReplyDeleteMe too... one of my favorite paranormal series I've read in a while!
ReplyDeleteGreat review.... Love this series, and like you think Felicity's strong heroines are fab!!! Makes such a nice change - some of the main ladies we come across in other books are often way too soft and helpless!!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to more in the EM series!!! <3
Thanks and I agree... getting tired of all the softies... women can kick butt too!
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