So yeah, she’s extremely sheltered, and they meet when he shows up at her temple to beg help from the priestesses. Not a bad setup, and she doesn’t do it in a way that makes me want to forcibly graft onto her a sense of self-respect. Instead, SHE’S the seducer, who keeps throwing herself at a reluctantly honourable hero.

I thought the hero being all ‘sensual’ and stuff meant he’d seduce the heroine, who’s a temple-raised virgin adopted by the head priestess. Honestly, this one was rather cute, although I definitely misread the blurb. She lives! Short hiatus thanks to the fact that I was on holiday in the US and Canada, but now I’m back and ready to get down to reviewing. His stolen kisses make me weak.īut the horde king of Rath Serok is as mysterious as he is devilish.Īnd he has his own secret…one that will forever change the future of Dakkar. Instead of fear, lust begins to rise between us-hot, addicting, and forbidden. Instead, I fight him at every turn, showing him claws of my own. He thinks I’m a naive temple girl, who will bend easily to his demands. With a growing danger in the east and a precarious throne in the west, he steals me away from the sacred temple with daring plans all his own. He’s cunning, sensual, cruel…and he thinks that everything has a price. Only, he’s not the gentle male I always imagined. He’s the one I see in my dreams, all ruthless, merciless strength and a tempting smirk to match. Then a horde king-with molten eyes and the body of a battle god-shows up at the temple’s gates, demanding entry. I am the secret they could never let free.

The priestesses have risked everything to keep me hidden from the dangerous hordes that roam the wild lands and the greedy king that sits on the throne in Dothik. Half-Dakkari, half-human, the first of my kind. My nights are spent pouring over the great stories of warrior kings and the queens that stole their hearts. My days are spent caring for an ancient temple and staying out of the priestesses’ way. High in the icy northlands of Dakkar, I’ve lived a sheltered, predictable, and safe life.

Taken by the horde king zoey draven