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Between Bloode and Wolf by Marie Harte-a review

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Between Bloode and Wolf (Between the Shadows 4) by Marie Harte-a review

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What do a missing artifact, a lycan war, a sexy vampire in hot pursuit, and a sorcerer casting illegal death magic have in common?Just another day at the office for lycan berserker Riley Foster.

Berserker Riley Foster rescued her cousin from vampires chasing after her pack’s stolen artifact. Not long after, she’s forced to work alongside the powerful vamps to find said artifact—for their goddess?

Vampires don’t worship anything but themselves, but Kraft of the Night Bloode has been sent to recover a weird little wolf statue for his patron—the goddess, Hecate. Unfortunately, the lycans are playing games.

Kraft demands to work with their powerful berserker, who intrigues him to no end. She’s strong, beautiful, and lets no one push her around. Except her pack, who insists she mate before her hundredth birthday in just a few more weeks.

She’s on a deadline she doesn’t want to meet.

He’s falling for a “lesser being” who shouldn’t be anywhere on his radar.

When it comes to their common enemy, they’ve got even more problems. A rogue sorcerer is bent on creating something horrible with the artifact, and it’s up to Kraft and Riley to stop him before he brings forth monsters that even vampires and lycans dread. Riley will have to make a choice, between her future with her pack and her future with Kraft, a vampire who isn’t long for this world if she doesn’t make the right decision. Fast.

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REVIEW:BETWEEN BLOODE AND WOLF is the fourth instalment in Marie Harte’s contemporary, adult BETWEEN THE SHADOWS paranormal, fantasy romance series. This is 100 years old Lycan/Beserker Riley Foster, and ninety-two year old Nachzehrer/wolf shifter vampire Kraft’s story line. BETWEEN BLOODE AND WOLF can be read as a stand alone but for back story and cohesion, I recommend reading the series in order as there is an ongoing premise throughout.

SOME BACKGROUND: There are ten tribes of vampires each made up of individual clans, all male, and each tribe of vampire has a different gift. Tribes hate other tribes, and clans hate other clans, even within the same tribe. Six Bloode Stones, thought to be the tears of the Primus Ambrogio, the ancestor of the vampires, are missing, and the meeting of all six stones, will ‘cause’ peace to fall upon the vampire race, the Blood Empire will unite and rule the worlds by destroying and consuming every living beast including the human race. The goddess Hecate has gathered six of the most powerful vampires from six tribes, creating the Night Bloode family, a family that must battle to save the world.

Told from third person perspective BETWEEN BLOODE AND WOLF follows Nachzehrer vampire Kraft as he is tasked to retrieve an ancient artifact, an artificat stolen by a former Lycan prisoner. Thought to contain one of the mythical Bloode Stones, the artifact is now in the possession of a Lycan /direwolf Pack, a pack where Kraft is about to meet his fated mate. Enter lycan/beserker Riley Foster, and the woman with whom Kraft will fall in love. As Riley and Kraft begin their search for the missing artifact, which is now in the possession of someone else, our couple will have to face off against reanimated vampires, witches, magirs, several lycan packs hoping to destroy both Kraft and Riley, and a powerful warlock who practices the dark arts and sacrifice but the artifact isn’t the only thing target for possession and its’ power, as Riley and Kraft find themselves in a battle for the lives, a battle where not everyone will survive.

The relationship between Riley and Kraft is one of immediate attraction but neither Kraft or Riley is looking for a mate. Riley is expected to mate with one of her own kind but time spent together would reveal that Riley and Kraft are fated by love and DNA. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, energetic and frenetic secondary and supporting characters including all of the members of the Night Bloode clan, as well as the goddess Hecate, Mormo, vampires Khent and Rolf, Orion’s kitten Shadow aka Paz, and the dark elf Onvyr. We are introduced to several members of Riley’s Crimson Claw pack including cousin Max and their alpha Jack, as well as several members of competing packs of wolves. The requisite evil has many faces -warlock Sebastian Castle, and alpha in waiting of the Wildridge Pack Julian Wildridge.

BETWEEN BLOODE AND WOLF is a fast paced, action packed story of family, relationships, power and control, death and destruction, mayhem and magic. The premise is edgy and tragic; the characters are animated and powerful; the romance is fated and spirited.

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Between Bloode and Stone
Between Bloode and Craft
Between Bloode and Water

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Between Bloode and Water by Marie Harte-a review

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Between Bloode and Water (Between the Shadows 3) by Marie Harte-a review

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 1, 2022

Kaia has had it with her mother. Talk about touchy. Offend the sea witch and pay the price. Oy. Granted, Kaia’s last boyfriend had been an idiot, but nearly sacrificing him to a dark god had been totally unnecessary. And those deals her mother keeps making with demons to obtain more power? Not a healthy way to achieve balance.

To stop her mother from sacrificing some other poor schlub, she sneaks into her mother’s lair and finds more intended sacrifices. But one of them has fangs.

Needing to get to safety before her mother returns and loses her mind, Kaia, a sea nymph, swims away with the guy and soon learns he’s under a spell.

In order to cure him, she overrides her mother’s magic with her own, weak though it may be. But now this male—a freakin’ vryko, a vampire who can swim like the merfolk—thinks he loves her. Curing Orion of the enchantment should have ended their association, but he’s still obsessed with her.

And for some reason, she’s intrigued by him as well. But the dark one to whom her mother promised a soul doesn’t care where it comes from. And since her mother has reneged on Orion, the dark one decides Kaia will do nicely in his place.

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REVIEW: BETWEEN BLOODE AND WATER is the third instalment in Marie Harte’s contemporary, adult BETWEEN SHADOWS paranormal romance series. This is two hundred and forty-six year old vryko vampire Orion, and soon to be twenty-five year old, water nymph Kaia Dunwich’s story line. BETWEEN BLOODE AND WATER can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary but I recommend reading the series in order for back story and familiarity.

SOME BACKGROUND: There are ten tribes of vampires each made up of individual clans, all male, and each tribe of vampire has a different gift. Tribes hate other tribes, and clans hate other clans, even within the same tribe. Six Bloode Stones, thought to be the tears of the Primus Ambrogio, the ancestor of the vampires, are missing, and the meeting of all six stones, will ‘cause’ peace to fall upon the vampire race, the Blood Empire will unite and rule the worlds by destroying and consuming every living beast including the human race.

Told from several third person perspectives including Orion and Kaia, BETWEEN BLOODE AND WATER follows the building relationship between two hundred and forty-six year old vryko vampire Orion, and soon to be twenty-five year old, water nymph Kaia Dunwich. Kaia Dunwich is contracted to work with the local magir library, and our heroine suspects her mother Sabine, The White Sea Witch is using black magic. Kaia must infiltrate her mother’s magical island, an island that comes and goes to the eye, but Kaia never expected to find several werewolves, and a bespelled vampire, a vampire who claims Kaia is his mate. Enter vryko vampire Orion, and the man with whom Kaia will fall in love. What ensues is the rescue of our story line hero, as our couple grow closer together but only one who suspects it is all a ruse.

Orion is a vryko vampire, with the ability to swim and survive underwater, the perfect match for our story line heroine but Orion’s love and attraction to Kaia is precipitated by a powerful spell, a spell meant to keep Orion pliant and docile. Suspecting her mother had other plans for our story line hero, Kaia struggles with her attraction to a man, whose need for Kaia is a fabrication of magic. As Kaia and Orion grow closer together, the broken spell will reveal the truth, and Kaia will find herself the target of a powerful god. Orion reveals more of the history of his vampire clan, a history that doesn’t sit too well with our story line heroine.

Meanwhile, the clan continues to search for the Bloode Stones, thought to be the tears of the Primus (Ambrogio-the original vampire), stones that call to their direct descendants.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and energetic secondary and supporting characters include Kaia’s sister Macy and her vampire mate Duncan (Between Bloode and Craft 2); Night Bloode housemates and vampires Khent, Rolf, Kraft ; Orion’s kitten Shadow, as well as the clan patron, goddess Hecate, and her sidekick vampire/demon/magician/shifter Mormo, housekeeper Bella, and Fara’s brother and dark elf Onvyr; Macy’s best friend Cho, a half demon and his father Anton, as well as Kaia and Macy’s father Grand Mind Mage William Dunwich, and Kaia’s mother Sabine. The requisite evil has many faces. Once again, the back and forth between housemates is often frenetic and unbalanced. Kraft’s story is next in Between Bloode and Wolf.

BETWEEN BLOODE AND WATER is a story of family and betrayal, power and control, magic and passion, acceptance and love. The fast paced premise is entertaining and inviting ;the characters are animated and quirky; the romance is edgy and heart breaking.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews

Between Bloode and Stone
Between Bloode and Craft

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Between Bloode and Craft by Marie Harte-a review

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Between Bloode and Craft (Between The Shadows 2) by Marie Harte-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 14, 2021.

A dark grimoire. An enterprising witch. One very annoyed vampire.
Once the enchantment ends, the witch will pay. With her life, or her love?

Duncan has lived for over two hundred years. As a vampire, he’s aware there is very little that can do him harm. Certainly not a sexy young witch he thought he’d seduced. Even worse, he learns she’s in possession of a grimoire that has the ability to end all vampires. Forever. Tasked with finding the spellbook, he’ll do whatever it takes to destroy it, and he’ll take pure pleasure in devouring her.

Macy had no idea she’d ensnare herself by using the grimoire. She found it accidentally. She thinks. Except lately, she keeps using it, even when she’s not sure she wants to. When Duncan captures her, the book disappears, and her neck is literally on the line. She can’t find the book. He doesn’t believe her. And then there’s that weird demon guy who wants it too.

With few options left, Duncan uses all his wiles to persuade Macy to give him what he wants. But somehow, he finds himself wanting her more than the book. And when it turns out she has a special connection to him and his kin, it’s all he can do not to claim her for his own. But doing so might send him straight to Hell, eternally tortured, with the end to everything he holds dear.

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REVIEW: BETWEEN BLOODE AND CRAFT is the second instalment in Marie Harte’s contemporary, adult BETWEEN THE SHADOWS paranormal/fantasy series. This is revenant vampire Duncan of the Night Bloode, and witch Macy Bishop-Dunwich’s story line. BETWEEN BLOODE AND CRAFT can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary but I recommend reading the series in order for back story and cohesion.

SOME BACKGROUND: There are ten tribes of vampires each made up of individual clans, all male, and each tribe of vampire has a different gift. Tribes hate other tribes, and clans hate other clans, even within the same tribe. Six Bloode Stones, thought to be the tears of Ambrogio, the ancestor of the vampires, are missing, and the meeting of all six stones, will ‘cause’ peace to fall upon the vampire race, the Blood Empire will unite and rule the worlds by destroying and consuming every living beast including the human race.

Told from third person perspective BETWEEN BLOODE AND CRAFT follows the building but reluctant relationship between two hundred year old revenant vampire Duncan, and twenty-eight year old witch Macy Bishop-Dunwich. Macy works for the MEC-Magir Enforcement Command, and has gone rogue in an effort to take down revenant vampire Duncan, a vampire who stirs something deep within our story line heroine. Macy had previously cast a spell over Duncan, and now Duncan has been targeted by the same woman with whom he will fall in love but all is not well in the world of the supernatural as Corson Westhell, king of H*ll west, is desperate to retrieve Hecate’s missing grimoire for his Master Abaddon, a grimoire believed to be in the possession of our storyline heroine. As Macy and Duncan’s relationship quickly turns into something more, Macy’s connection to the grimoire has increased her powers, placing a ‘target’ on her back. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Duncan and Macy, and the potential fall-out as a mole has been discovered at MEC, and Corson Westhell is always one step ahead of the team trying to prevent Abaddon from destroying the world.

Once again, there is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting character including Varu and Fara: Night Bloode housemates Khent, Rolf, Kraft (wolf shifter), Orion, as well as the goddess Hecate, and her sidekick vampire/demon/magician/shifter Mormo, housekeeper Bella, and Fara’s brother and dark elf Onvyr. We are introduced to Macy’s best friend Cho, a half demon and his father Anton, as well as Macy’s father Grand Mind Mage William Dunwich; Duncan’s sire Edward and his brother Brock, as well as the appearance of several other supernatural entities including vampires, fae, elves, lycan, gods, goddesses, magir, ogres and elementals. The back and forth camaraderie is often frenetic and fun.

BETWEEN BLOODE AND CRAFT is another complex, detailed and intriguing story of betrayal, power and control, the potential for a supernatural war, disorder and chaos, fated mates and love. The premise is haunting, twisted and inventive; the romance is intense but the build up was missing-the relationship went from zero to one hundred in the blink of an eye; the characters animated and impassioned.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one BETWEEN BLOODE AND STONE

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Reviewed by Sandy

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