Desire in His Blood by Zoey Draven

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A monster wants her as his bride…and he will stop at nothing to claim her.

Gemma Hara is drowning under the weight of her father’s debts. Working herself to the bone, she knows that if she doesn’t pay them off in time, the sadistic creditors will take everything: their home, their respected name, and, worst of all, her two beautiful sisters.

To save her family, Gemma agrees to do something reckless: marry a wealthy and mysterious stranger, who offers her a wicked bargain she can’t afford to refuse.

However, his bargain comes with one terrifying catch. Because her husband-to-be is a Kylorr.

One of the most fearsome alien races in the Four Quadrants, the Kylorr are beastly monsters, all muscle and menace, with powerful wings, depraved cravings, and berserker-like rages. The worst part?

They survive on blood.

Cold and cruel, Azur of House Kaalium, the High Lord of Laras, demands Gemma as his blood bride. To feed from her. To use her body in whatever way he wishes. For paying off her family’s debts, he expects her complete submission.

What neither of them predicts is how his bite doesn’t bring pain—it fills Gemma with more exquisite pleasure than she’s ever known. And as she finds her footing on a strange new planet, the one thing Gemma thought she’d never surrender might be at risk after all.

Her heart.

Too bad her new husband can’t seem to decide if he wants to break it…or keep it forever.

Desire in His Blood

Vampire-like aliens!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙❤️💚💜
Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙
World building: 🌏🌍🌏🌎
Character development: 😕😊😄😘
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Duet Narration

The heroine: Gemma – she has been working like crazy for over five years, managing her families’ mines since her mother died, while her father has wracked up huge debts and spent money meant to pay their workers on get rich quick schemes. He also drinks too much. She is always dealing with their creditors and the threats against her and her sisters. One of his largest creditors brokered a marriage between Gemma and a wealthy Kylorr, one of the most brutal races in the four quadrants.

The Hero: Azur of House Kaalium, son of Trhon, the High Lord of Laras – he purchased a human female bride, the eldest of House Haras. The Kylorr were famous for their battle rages, they descend from a line of berserkers. It is said that you should stay far away from a Kylorr in a rage lest you be ripped apart piece by piece.

The Story: It wasn’t long before Gemma was marrying Azur, and she soon found out the reason he spared no expense to get her. Her father was his enemy and he wanted revenge against House Haras. He tells her she now belongs to him, and she could not refuse him. What she didn’t know was that her family had wronged a member of his house, and she was owed to him, because balance must be restored. An eye for an eye. Azur had saved House Hara so he could see it fall once more, at his hands.

This was a good story, and very steamy, though it wasn’t particularly original for alien romance. I liked the fact that Azur wanted to hate Gemma because she was the daughter of his enemy, and he fought against having feelings for her, but her kind nature kept shining through and made him forget the circumstances that brought them together.

This audiobook was told in dual points of view via duet narration and was narrated by Marcio Catalano and Stella Hunter. I really like Stella Hunter; she sounds age appropriate for Gemma and has a very nice voice. Marcio Catalano is not one of my favorite male narrators, but he does have a fairly deep voice and is good at doing different voices for different characters.

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