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Possessed by Desire (Firebrand #3) by Elisabeth Naughton-a review

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Possessed by Desire (Firebrand #3) by Elisabeth Naughton-a review

Possessed by Desire

POSSESSED BY DESIRE (Firebrand #3) by Elisabeth Naughton

ABOUT THE BOOK: Release January 2013

Even desire comes at a price…

Imprisonment has taught Ashur, the youngest djinn prince enslaved by a power-hungry sorceress, one thing: life as a pleasure slave has its rewards…if you play by the rules. He’s been tortured. He’s nearly died protecting a tribe that’s forsaken him. But he’s also seen life on the other side as an obedient slave. For a shot at revenge against the brothers who abandoned him, he’s willing to serve his master, even if it means using passion to corrupt the souls she needs to fuel her immortality. His first assignment, however, turns out to be more than just a woman in need of a little pleasure. Claire is an angel, and angels have the ability to steal djinn powers. No amount of vengeance—not even a ravenous desire he can’t seem to control—is worth the loss of his powers. And there’s no way he’s tangling with a celestial being.

Unless, of course, she tangles with him first

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REVIEW: POSSESSED BY DESIRE is the third storyline in Elisabeth Naughton’s Firebrand trilogy of novellas. This is Ashur’s story.

Believing he has been abandoned by his brothers, Ashur is the last of the siblings whom remains willingly enslaved by an evil Sorceress. Imprisoned and trained as a sex slave, Ashur will find himself pulled into another dimension when a human female commands the power of the Firebrand opal. And to the Sorceresses delight, this human female is much more than a mere woman, but a being a supernatural power. With renewed efforts, the Sorceress sends Ashur back to claim the woman’s soul but in doing so sets a series of events into motion that involve all of Ashur’s brothers and their new found mates.

The relationship between Ashur and Claire is one built on want and need. Ashur believes Claire has used the power of the Firebrand opal to command a slave but Claire soon learns she was being tested. Ashur and Claire both want something from each other and each believes they need it to survive.

To be honest, I did not feel the connection between Ashur and Claire in this particular storyline. Ashur was duty-bound to the Sorceress to bring back Claire’s soul and he knew that Claire had the power to strip him of his own. But there was so much pent up hostility in Ashur directed at his brothers, at the Sorceress and at Claire, that his actions seemed almost stilted and robotic-even in the bedroom. I did not feel the emotions or the burning desires as in the two other previous storylines.

Possessed by Desire is an interesting tale but one that was missing something-it did not grab me like the other two storylines. There was something different but in the end, it was a welcome addition to the Firebrand series– Ashur needed his story told.

READING ORDER
1. Bound to Seduction
2. Slave to Passion
3. Possessed by Desire

ORDER LINKS: Amazon / Barnes and Noble/ KOBO

Reviewed by Sandy

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SLAVE TO PASSION (Firebrand #2) by Elisabeth Naughton

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SLAVE TO PASSION (Firebrand #2) by Elisabeth Naughton

SLAVE TO PASSION (Firebrand Series#2) by Elisabeth Naughton

SLAVE TO PASSION is the second storyline (August 2012 release) in Elisabeth Naughton’s Firebrand series. As one of three brothers entrapped by a sorceress, Nasir found himself imprisoned as a slave doomed to fight in the arena for the pleasure of the highborn. With his magic all but stripped, there was little hope of escape.But the day a frightened young female was thrown into his cell, he knew the stakes had changed.

Kavan’s parents had sold her to Zayd as a slave. Hoping to save their youngest daughter, Kavan was now forced to learn the ways of a concubine. But first she had to pass a test, and to her horror, the test involved one of the arena gladiators-a marked slave: a monster. But left alone with the injured man, she soon realized that he was no monster, but a man who had had his freedom destroyed just like hers.

Throughout the years, Nasir had always blamed the death of his beloved Talah on his inability to protect her, but he would not let another female suffer at his hands. Refusing to participate in Zayd’s tests would hopefully protect the woman who had been forced into his cell for sex. But it would be a frightened Kavan who told Nasir, that if she didn’t ‘pass the test’ the punishment would be worse until it ended in her death.

The relationship between Kavan and Nasir is one of mutual respect and fear. Nasir fears for the safety of the woman with whom he is falling in love and Kavan fears that Nasir is the only man for her, knowing she will be sentenced to a life as a concubine to an evil and cruel man.

We meet Malik-Nasir’s trainer who pushes Nasir even when the man is incapable of fighting and protecting himself. But Malik is overly protective of Kavan which leaves many unanswered questions in Nasir’s mind. It is only when he recognizes the patterns of behavior known by his own countrymen, does Nasir have any hope that there may be a possibility of protecting Kavan once he was gone.

SLAVE TO PASSION is another wonderful addition to Elisabeth Naughton’s Firebrand series of novellas. Elisabeth draws the reader into the storyline from the start. The pain and suffering of the characters is palpable and our heart goes out to men who must endure at the hands of torture and death.

Reviewed by Sandy

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