Kresley Cole
(Note: Illiterate me, has been writing Kresley's name
wrong. This is the first time in the last two years of reading this author that
I noticed her name is Kresley and not Kelsy. We are so programmed by modern
names that, sometimes we fail to notice changes. It takes a little more to
change the home page. I will get to it asap.)
Kiss of the Demon King
Author: Kresley Cole
Series Connection: Book 6 of Immortals After Dark series
ISBN: 978-1416580942
Genre: Fantasy/Paranormal
5 Hearts
Everyone has their own motives in the well written book
number six of Immortals After Dark series. Trying to keep them straight is the
easy part. Heroine, Sabine, is a Sorceress. She has one main goal and that is
to live.
Her half-brother Omort the Deathless, the evil king of
Rothkalina, sends Sabine to capture and seduce Rydstrom the Demon King. Omort
knows that Rydstrom is trying to find a sword that is said to be able to kill
Omort.
Sabine has her own plans for the future. She hopes that if
she can use Rydstrom to produce an heir with her, she will be able to get rid
of Omort and take over the throne. With her beauty and illusion power she is
sure she will have no problem in achieving her goal.
Little does she know that Rydstrom is on to her plan to
seduce him and he doesn't want any part of her or Omort's plans. Rydstrom has
his own plan. He wants to kill Omort and recapture his throne. On the way to
meet an accomplice in his quest, he is fooled by Sabine's illusions into
stepping through a portal to a cell in the dungeon of his old castle in
Rothkalina. Now Sabine can begin her seduction plans. Unfortunately for Sabine
though not everything goes the way she plans. Rydstrom isn't as easy to seduce
as she had thought.
Once again Kresley Cole relates the appealing story in her
Immortals After Dark series. Readers can read this book and will be so
enthralled they will want to check out the rest of the series.
Description:
With one kiss, he knew she'd be his queen. . .
From New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole comes
this spellbinding story of a demon king fighting to reclaim his crown and the
wicked sorceress who dares to use his most secret desires to thwart him.
His obsession: the enchantress who surrenders her body,
but not her heart.
After Sabine, the Queen of Illusions, lures and traps
Rydstrom Woede in her lair, the ruthless warrior fights to resist her
seduction. But his fierce demon nature lusts for her delicate body and won't be
denied. Even as Rydstrom plots to escape, he still intends to claim Sabine as
his own--on his terms.
Her downfall: the battle-scarred demon who vows to keep her
at all costs.
When Rydstrom breaks free, he abducts Sabine, turning the
tables. Now she's the one struggling to resist his delicious torment. With each
relentless encounter, Sabine hungers more for her merciless adversary.
They were never supposed to want each other this much. . .
If they can defeat the sinister enemy that stands between
them, will Sabine make the ultimate sacrifice to save her demon? Or will the
proud king lay down his crown and arms to keep his sorceress?
About the author from her Website:
Before becoming a writer, Kresley Cole was a world-ranked
athlete and Master's grad. Since her first novel was published in 2003, she has
sold a total of fifteen books and two novellas in two different subgenres, and
has seen her releases translated into ten foreign languages.
Cole followed her highly acclaimed Sutherland Series
historicals with the bestselling
MacCarrick Brothers Series, a trilogy of Highlander
historical romances, as well as the continuing Immortals After Dark Series, a
RITA award-winning paranormal romance collection, all with Pocket Books.
In January 2009, Cole became a #1 New York Times and
Publishers Weekly bestseller with her sixth IAD installment, Kiss of a Demon
King.
She lives in Florida with her husband and far, far too many
dogs.
Other Books in my Kresley Cole Collection:
The Captain of Pleasure
Author: Kresley Cole
ISBN: 1-4165-5455-6
4 Hearts
Description:
Raised as a free spirit aboard her sea captain father's
clipper ship, Nicole Lassiter has never encountered an obstacle she couldn't
overcome—until she meets Captain Derek Sutherland.
His sizzling kisses leave her longing, but after they share
a night of passion, his subsequent disdain makes her blood boil. Nicole vows to
take her revenge—by helping her father beat Sutherland in a high-stakes
competition: the Great Circle Race from England to Australia.
Nicole's plans are thrown overboard after Sutherland
inadvertently prevents her father from sailing, yet she remains
undaunted—taking to the high seas with her father's ship. But after a
harrowing storm, she finds herself a virtual prisoner aboard Sutherland's
vessel. And while her mind tells her she should escape, her body urges her to
surrender.
If You Dare
Author: Kresley Cole
Series Connection: MacCarrick Brothers Book 1
ISBN: 1-4165-2690-0
5 Hearts
Description:
Can a Highlander steal his enemy's bride and make her love
him?
High in the Pyrenees, a band of mercenaries led by Courtland
MacCarrick wages war for General Reynaldo Pascal. When Court turns on the
brutal general, Pascal orders him killed. Court narrowly escapes and exacts
revenge by kidnapping Pascal's exquisite Castilian fiancee.
Noble heiress Annal’a Tristan Llorente despises her
towering, barbaric captor almost as much as she does Pascal. Her inexplicable
attraction to the Highlander only fuels her fury. Yet nothing will stop her
from returning to Pascal—for if she doesn't wed him, she signs her brother's
death warrant, as well as her own.
From the moment Court discovers that Anna's prim faŤade
masks a fiery, brave lass, his heart's ensnared and he dares to defy the curse
that has shadowed his life—to walk with death or walk alone. But Pascal
vows that he'll hunt the two, never stopping until he's destroyed them both. If
they survive, can this hardened soldier of fortune convince the only woman he's
ever loved that she's meant to be his?
A Hunger Like No Other
Author: Kresley Cole
Series Connection: Immortals After Dark series
ISBN: 978-1416509875
4 Hearts
Description:
A mythic warrior who'll stop at nothing to possess her. . .
After enduring years of torture from the vampire Horde,
Lachlain MacRieve, leader of the Lykae Clan, is enraged to find the predestined
mate he's waited millennia for is a vampire. Or partly one. This Emmaline is a
small, ethereal half Valkyrie/half vampire, who somehow begins to soothe the
fury burning within him.
A vampire captured by her wildest fantasy. . .
Sheltered Emmaline Troy finally sets out to uncover the
truth about her deceased parents--until a powerful Lykae claims her as his mate
and forces her back to his ancestral Scottish castle. There, her fear of the
Lykae--and their notorious dark desire--ebb as he begins a slow, wicked
seduction to sate her own dark cravings.
An all consuming desire. . .
Yet when an ancient evil from her past resurfaces, will
their desire deepen into a love that can bring a proud warrior to his knees and
turn a gentle beauty into the fighter she was born to be?
No Rest for the Wicked
Author: Kresley Cole
Series Connection: Immortals After Dark series
ISBN: 978-1416540946
5 Hearts
Description:
A vampire soldier weary of life. . .
Centuries ago, Sebastian Wroth was turned into a
vampire—a nightmare in his mind—against his will. Burdened with
hatred and alone for ages, he sees little reason to live. Until an exquisite,
fey creature comes to kill him, inadvertently saving him instead.
A Valkyrie assassin dispatched to destroy him. . .
When Kaderin the Cold Hearted lost her two beloved sisters
to a vampire attack long ago, a benevolent force deadened her
sorrow—accidentally extinguishing all of her emotions. Yet whenever she
encounters Sebastian, her feelings—particularly lust—emerge
multiplied. For the first time, she's unable to complete a kill.
Become competitors in a legendary hunt. . .
The prize of the month-long contest is powerful enough to
change history, and Kaderin will do anything to win it for her sisters. Wanting
only to win her, forever, Sebastian competes as well, taking every
opportunity--as they travel to ancient tombs and through catacombs, seeking
relics around the world--to use her new feelings to seduce her. But when forced
to choose between the vampire she's falling for and reuniting her family, how
can Kaderin live without either?
If You Desire
Author: Kresley Cole
Series Connection: MacCarrick Brothers Book 2
ISBN: 978-1416503606
5 Hearts
Description:
How much temptation can a Highlander resist?
He tried to run. . .
In his youth, Hugh MacCarrick foolishly fell in love with a
beautiful English lass who delighted in teasing him with her flirtatious ways.
Yet he knew he could never marry her because he was a second son with no
prospects, shadowed by an accursed family legacy. To avoid temptation, Hugh
left home and trained as an assassin.
She tried to forget him . . .
Jane Weyland was devastated when the Highlander she believed
would marry her abandoned her instead. Years later, when Hugh MacCarrick is
summoned to protect her from her father's enemies, her heartache has turned to
fury—but her desire for him has not waned.
Will passion overwhelm them?
In hiding, Jane torments Hugh with seductive play. He
struggles to resist her because of deadly secrets that could endanger her
further. But Hugh is no longer a gentle young man—and toying with the
fever-pitched desires of a hardened warrior will either get Jane burned—
or enflame a love that never died.
If You Deceive
Author: Kresley Cole
Series Connection: MacCarrick Brothers Book 3
ISBN: 978-1416503613
5 Hearts
Description:
Can a ruthless Highlander ever learn to love?
Burning vengeance. . .
Ethan MacCarrick was a heartbreakingly handsome rake until a
powerful nobleman ordered him brutally beaten and his face scarred for a crime
he didn't commit. Ethan's reprisal—bankrupting the nobleman and forcing
his exile—does little to appease his wrath. Ten years later, a haughty,
mysterious beauty enchants Ethan—the daughter of his enemy. At last,
Ethan will have the revenge he's craved; he'll promise her marriage, seduce
her, then cast her aside.
Bitter hardships. . .
When Madeleine Van Rowen's family was suddenly plunged into
destitution and dishonor, she steeled herself against further heartache. She
never weakened, never trusted, until a towering, scarred Highlander
relentlessly pursues her, breaking down her defenses.
At what price forgiveness?
The passion between them burns hotter than Ethan's fury, and
soon he finds he can't let her go. But when Madeleine uncovers the truth about
him, can Ethan convince her to accept all he now offers—when he once
destroyed everything she had?
The Price of Pleasure
Author: Kresley Cole
Series Connection: Sutherland 2
ISBN: 1-4165-5447-5
4 Hearts
Description:
A man noted for his courage and integrity, Captain Grant
Sutherland journeys to Oceania to find Victoria Dearbourne, an English girl
lost at sea a decade before. He's given her ailing grandfather his
word—as a gentleman—to find and protect her. One look at a grown
Victoria and Grant's never felt less like one.
Tori relishes freedom, untamed passion, chaos above stifling
order. Even more so when a proud, cold British captain arrives to rescue her.
When Tori and Sutherland are separated from his crew and forced to survive
together, she begins to see in him a man hungering for more. A man who once
laughed. A man who admits to having dark desires but won't take what she
offers. Tori resolves to see how much temptation the captain can take before
his legendary restraint is shattered. . .
The Warlord Wants Forever
Author: Kresley Cole
Anthology: Playing Easy to Get
ISBN-13: 978-1416510871
Genre: Erotic Romance
4 Hearts
Description:
Nikolai Wroth, once a ruthless human warlord in the 1700s
and now a general in the rebel vampire army, needs to find his Bride, the one
woman who can render him truly alive. As a turned human, he doesn't enjoy a
heartbeat or breaths and is consequently weaker than natural born vampires. He
wants his Bride for the power she will bring him and can hardly believe it when
his heart beats for Myst the Coveted, a mad, fey, mythological creature.
Myst is known throughout the world as the most beautiful
Valkyrie, part chillingly fierce warrior, part beguiling seductress who can
"make you want her even as she's killing you." She has devoted her life
to protecting an ancient, powerful jewel and to fighting the vampires, and she
now sees a way to torment one—for with Wroth's heartbeat comes consuming
sexual desire that can only be slaked by her.
She eludes him for five years, but he has finally chased her
to ground and stolen the jewel which commands her, giving him absolute power
over her. While he possesses it, he can make her do anything, and he plans to
in order for her to experience first hand the agonizing, unending lust she'd
purposely, boastingly, subjected him to for half a decade. Yet when Wroth
realizes he wants more from her and frees
her, will she come back to him?