Eternal Sin by Laura Wright-Review, Blog Tour and Giveaway
ETERNAL SIN
Mark of the Vampire #6
by Laura Wright
Genre: paranormal, romance, adult
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ETERNAL SIN (Mark of the Vampire #6) by Laura Wright
ABOUT THE BOOK: November 5, 2013
Love and Vengeance…
The violent attack left Synjon destroyed and his lover dead—at the will of the evil vampire Cruen. Syn’s passionate savior was Petra. When she became pregnant with his child, it should have been a blessing—until Syn vanished after discovering the truth: Petra was the daughter of the man he despised above all others. The daughter of Cruen.
When Petra’s health begins to decline, she contacts Syn to help save their baby. Though reluctant to see Petra, he cannot turn his back on his own innocent child. But night after night, as his feelings for Petra are rekindled, Syn becomes increasingly torn.
Although everyone assumes that Cruen is dead, Syn is not convinced—and is still hell-bent on finding and destroying him once and for all. But will his thirst for vengeance keep him from seeing what is really worth living for before it is too late?
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REVIEW: ETERNAL SIN is the sixth storyline in Laura Wright’s Mark of the Vampire series. This is Synjon and Petra’s storyline which began in the novella Eternal Beauty. Following the murder of Synjon’s first mate Juliet at the hands of Cruen, Petra would discover Synjon as he is about to take his own life. What ensued was a passionate affair that has left Petra pregnant with Synjon’s baby and Synjon is nowhere to be found.
Eternal Sin follows Petra as she is unable to feed or care for herself without the blood of the vampire male with whom she has mated. But Synjon’s emotions have been drained and on the surface he does not appear to care about anyone or anything-including Petra and his unborn child. So, as Petra returns to the Rain Forest awaiting the birth of her child, her friends and family will take it upon themselves to bring Synjon to feed the woman to whom he no longer feels any emotional tie.
The reader is pulled into a storyline about two people so wrong for one another but so right in the end. Petra has been abandoned and humiliated by the vampire that she has now chosen to live among her adopted family of shifters. And Synjon, without his emotions intact, wanders through the nights hoping to find something or someone that will stir up needs and feelings.
The relationship between Synjon and Petra begins as one of necessity but as the storyline progresses Petra’s presence in Synjon’s life jump-starts a whole new set of emotions that Synjon can no longer hide.
The storyline is also setting up a different storyline arc for the series as Petra’s family of animal shifters play a pivotal role in the storyline as part of the back story to Cruen’s vampire/animal experiments known as Mutores reveals much more in Eternal Sin than anyone knew.
Laura Wright brings together many of the series’ previous storyline characters including the Roman brothers, Dillon and Grey, as well as a number of Dillon’s mutore brothers.
Eternal Sin is a fascinating and wonderfully written storyline that has been building over that last few instalments including the possibility that with Cruen old habits never really die, they remain hidden where no one is looking. Laura Wright draws the reader into a story about two people whose lives crossed at one moment in time and whose lives are now forever changed. Synjon has a second chance at life and love and, Petra looks to the future with the man to whom she has fallen in love.
Eternal Sin is a necessary read in the Mark of the Vampire series and sets into motion the potential for several more storylines. Laura Wright has created a colorful world of sexy vampires, demons and shifters and brings them together in a series that is a must read.
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Reviewed by Sandy
ETERNAL SIN Snippet #8.
“Is that why you stand so close, veana? You want my blood—”
She jerked back then, and speared him with her gaze. “Not want, Mr. Wise. Need. Don’t ever mistake the difference. I don’t.”
He stared at her, his skin twitching with desire. He’d never seen a female so famished before. He couldn’t help himself. He leaned in and lapped at her upper lip with his tongue.
Again she jerked back. “What the hell was that?”
“You had a little of my blood on your lip.” His brow lifted. “I wanted it back.”
She brought her hand up and swiped at her mouth. “Don’t do that again. You don’t get to touch me.”
“Why? Because it excites you?”
“It disgusts me,” she said far too vehemently.
“I very much doubt that.”
“Do you?” Her eyes narrowed.
He couldn’t keep standing there, scenting her, his dick pulsing stone behind his zipper. He turned and headed into the dimly lit bedroom.
To his surprise, she followed him. “Why? Because the rich, sexy, emotionless Synjon Wise has only to lay a finger on a female and she’s panting and parting her thighs for him?”
He turned around, shrugged. “Well, it might require more than a finger.”
“Pig.”
“I never claimed to be anything but, love.”
ETERNAL HUNGER
Mark of the Vampire, Book 1
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FEAR IS IN THE BLOOD
Alexander Roman wants nothing to do with the controlling rulers of his vampire breed or the family he escaped from a hundred years ago. But as a new threat to the pureblood vampires emerges, Alexander’s ties to the past are forced upon him again, and without warning, he finds himself – disoriented, terrified, and near death – at the door of a stranger.
TRUST IS A RISK
Dr. Sarah Donohue is dedicated to removing the traumatic memories of her patients – like those of the stranger at her front door. But what he tells her of his past is too astonishing to be anything more than the delusion of a madman. Yet she has seen his flesh scarred by the sun and witnessed his inhuman strength. And never more has she felt so conneted to a man, by both fear and seductive excitement.
LOVE IS ETERNAL …
But as their worlds collide, Sarah and Alexander are bound by something even stronger, as one becomes hunter and the other prey. And Sarah’s only chance of survival is to surrender to the final – and most unimaginable – desire of her life.
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ETERNAL KISS
Mark of the Vampire, Book 2
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Sacrifice will be their downfall. And their resurrection.
Family is blood.
His father unknown, his mother dead, Nicholas Roman was raised by the vampire Breed with one wish: to live as a normal vampire. But once he’s transformed against his will into a gifted immortal, Nicholas now has one goal: to stop the Eternal Order of vampires from controlling his life and from transforming more males from his bloodline for their vicious reign. Then comes a beautiful stranger with a startling secret.
Vampire Kate Everborne claims she’s sheltering Nicholas’ long-lost son. If this is true, then who is the mother? And how endangered are they if, indeed, Nicholas does possess the bloodline so coveted by the Order? These are questions that with every seductive whisper, every silken touch, draw Nicholas and Kate intimately closer and nearer still to the truth. But aroused too are Nicholas’ fears that this tantalizing woman has even more secrets—both dangerous and provocative—she has yet to share.
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ETERNAL BLOOD
Mark of the Vampire E-special, Book 2.5
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Gray Donahue is crippled by the guilt he feels for his father’s death. An Impure vampire cursed with the ability to hear the thoughts of others, he indulges in blood and sex to stave off the pain of his existence. He is then abducted by the Eternal Order of Vampires, who subject him to a nightmarish ritual. But when he is rescued by the icy pureblood vampire Dillon, he finds something that is worth living for, dying for, killing for….
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ETERNAL CAPTIVE
Mark of the Vampire, Book 3
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Lucian Roman knows he must stay away from Bronwyn Kettler for sanity’s sake. Since feeding her his blood, he can think of nothing else but possessing her—fighting an uncontrollable desire to kill her, if need be, and the vampire she has sworn to wed.
Bronwyn, a brilliant vampire genealogist, can never escape her connection to Lucian. He sustained her when she was starving. He still rules her dreams. And when the nights get dark enough, she still craves him. Though his essence still courses through her body, she has found a true mate in someone else.
But when a dangerous enemy threatens Bronwyn, only Lucian—bound to her forever by blood—can save her life. Even if it means sacrificing his own…
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ETERNAL BEAST
Mark of the Vampire, Book 4
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Ever since his abduction by the Eternal Order of Vampires, Gray Donohue has finally found his true calling: vengeance. He will stop at nothing to bring his fellow Impure vampires the freedom they deserve. Now if he could just release his primal need for the beautiful vampire who saved his life-and rules his thoughts and desires . . .
After nearly killing the senator she was assigned to protect, Dillon is now in mortal danger. The jaguar within her has been unleashed, and she can no longer control it. Sex is the only thing that can tame her shift. And Gray is the only man who can make her surrender to a passion strong enough to overpower her inner beast. But she doesn’t want to surrender-she wants her life back. Because she is determined never to belong to anyone, especially not Gray-the man who destiny claims is her mate.
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ETERNAL BEAUTY
Mark of the Vampire Series E-special, Book 4.5
April 2, 2013
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He is captivated by the one who saved him from death—until he finds out who she is…
When his lover is murdered by evil vampire-beast, Cruen, the grief-stricken Synjon Wise believes his life over. Enraged, he flashes her away to a remote spot in South America to give his beloved’s body a proper burial. But when the sun blazes overhead and takes her body before his eyes, Synjon’s mind completely unravels. Mad with the need to join her, he walks into the sun a morphed male, prepared to die.
He awakens to find himself amongst a breed known as Shifters. As he is nursed back to health by Petra, who saved his life, Synjon feels no gratitude—only anger and guilt that he is still alive. But this female is strong and refuses to let Syn waste away. For the bond that will form between them will be enduring: as nurse and patient, male and female, savior and saved.
Betrayer and betrayed
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ETERNAL DEMON
Mark of the Vampire, Book 5
Available: May 7, 2013
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When Erion’s son is kidnapped by the evil vampire Cruen, Erion vows to stop at nothing to find his hideaway—including intercepting the traveling party of Cruen’s beautiful bride-to-be. But instead of a vulnerable caravan, Erion is met by a feral band of female demons that includes Hellen, the bride—a creature of dark magic and darker passion.
Though the safety of his son is foremost, Erion can’t deny his unexpected connection to Hellen—inflaming a manic desire as primal as it is irresistible. As their bond intensifies, they move toward an inevitable and terrifying battle. With time running out, Erion realizes he must not only find and rescue his son but protect Hellen from Cruen and the underworld forces waiting to destroy her for her betrayal.
Author of the Bestselling Mark of the Vampire series, Laura Wright spent the early years of her life immersed in the worlds of singing, acting and competitive ballroom dancing. But when she started writing, she knew she’d found her true calling. Laura lives in Los Angeles, California with her husband, two children, three dogs, two frogs and two fish. She’s been thrice nominated for a Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award, and loves hearing from her readers.
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S. Walden used to teach English before making the best decision of her life by becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Georgia with her very supportive husband, who prefers physics textbooks over fiction and has a difficult time understanding why her characters must have personality flaws. She is wary of small children, so she has a Westie instead. She is the USA Today bestselling author of Going Under. When she’s not writing, she’s thinking about it.
