Nightshade’s Bite by Zoe Forward – Review & Giveaway

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Description:
Kiera Rossard’s secret life just got complicated. When not being a vampire aristocrat she’s leader of the Nightshade League, a rebel vampire society that rescues werewolves during the interspecies war. Everyone wants her dead—vampires and the werewolves who don’t know her secret. Starting with the wolf she just saved—Michael Durand, the most vicious killer of her kind in existence. Something about the notorious werewolf sets her blood on fire.

She’s not good at resisting temptation. So what if vampires always bite when they’re turned on? And so what if one drop of his blood will kill her? What’s life without a little risk?

Michael doesn’t like vampires. At all. But now he’s losing his mind over the dark desire Kiera stirs in him. He should plot her death. Only, she’s hot and mouthy. Staying near her a bit longer is irresistible. When unforgiving forces hone in on her secret identity, he must decide between duty to his people and protecting her. But if he stays, who will protect her from him?

Each book in the Blood Wars series is STANDALONE:
* The Way You Bite
* Nightshade’s Bite

Review:

Nightshade’s Bite by Zoe Forward is the 2^nd book in her Blood Wars series.  We meet our heroine, Kiera Rossard, as she is in disguise at a party with humans and vampires. What most people do not know, Keira, who is a vampire, is the leader of the Nightshade League, a society that helps rescues werewolves in an interspecies war.  She is called to help rescue a werewolf captured by the bad vampires, and when she and her team rescue the wolf, she is shocked at who it is.

Michael Durand, is one of the most powerful and feared werewolves, who is known to be an elite vampire killer. Michael hates vampires, and he is not too happy to be rescued by a vampire, not to mention a woman.  He has no control, even if the Nightshade team is trying to rescue him, and he lashes out at them, but a tranquilizer will force him to safety. 

Both Keira and Michael find themselves strangely attracted to each other, something Michael cannot seem to handle, as he has had no feelings for many years; not to mention she is a vampire. Keira finds herself unable to resist Michael, but she knows the danger of acting on her lust for him, could kill her with just one bite of his blood. Michael is losing his mind on this desire for Keira, and at the same time wanting to kill her.  However, the leaders of the werewolf group, warns Michael he cannot harm Kiera, since she works with them and is close to them all.  He will go to some ancient leaders to find out how to handle his uncontrollable feelings.  When Keira decides to put herself in danger to save her sister, Michael is determined to protect her, as he knows she is falling into a trap.  Will Michael save her?  Will Kiera survive? 

I really loved Kiera, as she made a great heroine, and was willing to put herself in danger to save the werewolves and her friends.  Michael was a bit off the wall, totally wild in his hatred, but in time, he will realize how much he needs her to bring him back to a normal sane life. I thought Zoe Forward created a great group of secondary characters from all sides.

What follows is an exciting, nonstop action throughout, that had me unable to put the book down.  The last half of the book was an intense wild exciting race to the climax.  Nightshade’s Bite was very well written by Zoe Forward, with an exciting story line, two warring species, great secondary characters, and a couple that were sizzling hot.  Nightshade’s Bite was another fun, exciting & captivating story. I look forward to the next book in this fantastic series. 

Reviewed by Barb

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