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    Desire by Blood
    Desire by Blood
    Desire by Blood
    Audiobook8 hours

    Desire by Blood

    Written by Melissa Schroeder

    Narrated by Jessica Jeffries

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    About this audiobook

    Enter the world of By Blood where an entire class of vampires operates within the glittering realm of the victorian ton.

    A man with a secret.

    Nicodemus Blackburn has seen the best and worst of mankind. Five hundred years of dealing with them teaches the vampire to be very wary of the creatures. Unfortunately, alarming events leave him no choice but to enter the world of the ton to hunt a rogue vampire—one who is making his own army of blood thirsty vampires. Searching for the villain is not the worst of his troubles. That can be laid at the feet of bluestocking Lady Cordelia Collingsworth.

    A woman on a mission.

    Cordelia has always been an outcast, even in her own family. She has forged her way in the world with her ability to write, and Nico Blackburn is the focus of her next article. Before she can obtain any information about the mysterious man, she is pulled headlong into a scandal that leaves her with no choice but to marry Nico—a man with dangerous secrets.

    A passion that consumes them both.

    Thrust into a world she knows nothing of, Cordelia finds herself falling in love with a man who claims to be a vampire. As their passion grows, so does the danger around them and Nico will have to call on all of his powers to protect the one thing he has realized he cannot live without: his opinionated, infuriating, and thoroughly delectable wife.

    Editor's Note

    USA Today Bestselling Author...

    Schroeder launches the paranormal historical “By Blood” series with “Desire by Blood,” set in Regency England and populated by vampires and the ton. It’s a perfect fit, with both types preferring to go out at night to parties where each enforce a strict hierarchy. Schroeder writes more lushly than in her contemporary romances, but her characters and their relationships are just as compelling.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBryant Street Publishing
    Release dateApr 26, 2022
    ISBN9781094443942
    Author

    Melissa Schroeder

    From an early age, USA Today Bestselling author Melissa loved to read. First, it was the books her mother read to her including her two favorites, Winnie the Pooh and the Beatrix Potter books. She cut her preteen teeth on Trixie Belden and read and reviewed To Kill a Mockingbird in middle school. It wasn’t until she was in college that she tried to write her first stories, which were full of angst and pain, and really not that fun to read or write. After trying several different genres, she found romance in a Linda Howard book. Since her first published book, Grace Under Pressure, Mel has had over 60 short stories, novellas, and novels published. She has written in genres ranging from historical to contemporary to futuristic and has worked with 8 publishers although she handles most of her publishing herself. She is best known for her Harmless and Santini series. After years of following her military husband around the country and world, Mel happily lives with her family in horse and wine country in Northern Virginia.

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    • 5/5
      My favorite book by this author!! Great flow and I love the characters.
    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed the book. Wish there had been a bit more depth in the relationship/characters, but it was really sweet.
    • 3/5
      The story line was good although the vampire world as imagined in this book breaks most of the rules and adds a lot new ones. Scottish accents were not so good. Nico’s parents had proper English accents yet Nico’s was a bit “Transylvanian”. There was a lot of build up to the ending yet it just ended without much bang. Other interesting sub-plots were started and fizzled out with no resolution or just wrapped up too neatly in the last 10 minutes of the book.
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed this story and was completely engulfed in their world. Both the lead characters kept my interest and I was happy to see their romance blossom
    • 4/5
      I'm glad the author decided to publish this herself. I enjoyed the story. I listened to it non-stop.
    • 5/5
      I actually really enjoyed this book was a light read. But a very well written book. Oh there are more awesome
    • 4/5
      Good historical paranormal. I really liked the creative vampire world. There are a few things that drove me a bit crazy such as attributing vampire characteristics to genes and there's immediate buy in. I'm not sure if gene theory would be easier to accept with little fuss than running water for a bath...but maybe I'm just weird.

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    • 1/5
      trying too hard. Plot was weak, characters basic and was not worth listening to. I kept hoping the book would get better. I have loved the authors other books, but unfortunately this book sucks.