Fated by Rebecca Zanetti
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Marry Me
Fated
Cara Paulsen does not give up easily. A scientist and a single mother, she’s used to fighting for what she wants, keeping a cool head, and doing whatever it takes to protect her daughter Janie. But “whatever it takes” has never before included a shotgun wedding to a dangerous-looking stranger with an attitude problem…
Or Else
Sure, the mysterious Talen says that he’s there to protect Cara and Janie. He also says that he’s a three-hundred-year-old vampire. Of course, the way he touches her, Cara might actually believe he’s had that long to practice…
A vampire world!
The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙🖤💚❤️
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘📔
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌍🌎
Character development: 😔😃😤🥰😘
The heroine: Cara – she is an empath, and her young daughter Janie is psychic. Cara worked in a lab doing research on strains of corn, trying to create a virus that could increase the output of the crops. One night when she was sleeping her daughter came into her room and told her someone was coming and that they were in danger. Soon afterwards, a man broke into their house and forced them to go with him on a plane to Washington DC.
The Hero: Talen – he is a protector of the Sanguisuga race. The Sanuisuga are a race of Vampires that can go out in the sun and only drink blood during sex and if they are injured when fighting. They were at war for hundreds of years with the Kurjans until a peace treaty was signed. The Kurjans are monsters, more like the vampires of legend. The peace has now ended since the Kurjans found out about Janie. They have a history of stealing women with abilities.
The Story: Talen knows from the start that cara is his mate. He tells Cara right away, after telling her what he is and why she is in danger. He tells her that in both races of vampires, only men are born and their mates are humans. The peace treaty had restricted both sides from interacting with humans, but now that the treaty has been broken, they can find mates and he knew that she was his as soon as he touched her and a brand appeared on his palm.
I enjoyed this story right from the start. I liked the fact that Cara didn’t know that either race of vampires existed so her whole life was uprooted, and she had this huge, sexy and dangerous man who vowed to protect her and her daughter. I loved that I didn’t have to wait too long for this one to get steamy either.
“While you may choose to ignore fate, the outcome of this day is inevitable.”
“Outcome?” She hated the quiver in her voice.
“We will be married before leaving this building and mated before another dawn emerges.”
The world building was great. I could easily picture the Kurjans with white skin, black eyes and red hair with black tips. There were also shifters who the Kurjans feared but were friends with Talen and his family. I think this is now my new favorite series and I will be moving on to the next book right away.
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