Hunger by Susan Squires
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(Mass Market Paperback)
- Pub. Date: October 2005
- 384pp
- Sales Rank: 120,826
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: October 2005
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press
- Format: Mass Market Paperback, 384pp
- Sales Rank: 120,826
- Series: Regency Vampire Novels Ser.
- ISBN-13: 9780312998547
- ISBN: 0312998546
Synopsis
Discover a realm where anything is possible. Where peril and passion collide. Where a woman is tempted by a man she wants but can never have. A man she could destroy with just one kiss. Discover THE HUNGER…
An Undeniable Desire…
The year is 1811, and vampire Beatrix Lisse has spent six hundred years trying to atone for her sins.Yet she can’t forget the one man she loved many centuries ago—until she meets John Staunton, the Earl of Langley. John is London’s most notorious rogue, but he sees an innocence in Beatrix that she no longer believed existed. But Beatrix can’t bring herself to reveal her true nature to John, even after they surrender to their fierce passion. It’s only after John abandons Beatrix that she learns he has a secret of his own…
Leads to Love that Burns Eternal…
An undercover spy for England, John’s mission is to find out who is behind the sudden shift in power in the French government. If he allows himself to get too close to Beatrix, John knows he’ll put her life in danger. But as John gets closer to completing his mission, the very person he seeks is none other than Beatrix’s centuries-old rival. With the world unraveling around them, John and Beatrix unite to fight a nemesis whose fury has no limit—even as their unquenchable passion grows more dangerous by the day…
Publishers Weekly
Squires's third Regency vampire romance (after Sacrament and The Companion) isn't just dark; it's grisly with graphic scenes of heads being ripped off and worse. Through it all, vampire and self-made countess Beatrice Lisse and British secret agent John Staunton prove their resilience, though they rarely have an earnest conversation. Instead, from their first encounter, they engage in a verbal battle of one-upmanship. Beatrice recognizes that John is more than the smooth seducer he appears to be, and he in turn realizes that she isn't a mere courtesan. But after exchanging a few barbs and a little poetry, the two are swept up in a dangerous plot spearheaded by a power-hungry vampire from Beatrice's past. Squires lays on the suspense in the final half, keeping readers guessing as to whether Beatrice and John will wind up together... with all their body parts intact. Though there's little time for the protagonists to develop a relationship, and the level of violence may turn off some readers, this tale of redemption and lust will hold true vampire aficionados-the kind who admire Dracula, not Spike-rapt. Agent, TK. (Oct.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
More Reviews and RecommendationsBiography
SUSAN SQUIRES is a third-generation Northern Californian whose father almost disowned her for moving south of the Tehachapi Mountains to get her Master’s Degree in English Literature from UCLA. Now she lives a short walk from the Southern California beach with her husband Harry, a writer of paranormal mysteries and her biggest supporter. Belgium figures largely in her life. She owns two Belgian sheepdogs and an Anglo-Belgian warmblood mare. She has traveled extensively in England doing research for her historical novels. Susan loves to hear from readers. Visit her at susansquires.com or write at P.O. Box 479, Redondo Beach, CA 90277.
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Love the book, loved Stephanby Anonymous
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May 17, 2006: the book is not about the secondary character Stephan but he is mention briefly. it was a love story of Beatric and John, but her first love was Stephan. to me he was the man that Beatric wanted but could not have. he saved her when she was young and taught her who she was and the role of the Companion the blood of life. Beatrix was born to vampire while Asharti was made. Both of them would play a role to the idealist f Stephan wanting to prove to the Elders who made the rules that both could add to there kind in society and made did not need to be killed. He was in love with Beatrix but his love for her was doom because he regarded her and Asharti as an precious treasure and you might say an experiment. As time went on he became the mentor and lover to both girls. he wanted to love Asharti as he did Beatrix but could not because of the darkness growing within. Asharti was jealous and hated Stephan because he adore Beatrix and not her. in time Beatrix learned that Asharti was the other woman that he had a sexual relationship with besides her. She felt used and betrayed by him and then when he explain why he had chosen her for his experiment then she felt he put nails into her heart. She had no choice but to leave him so Asharti and her took off on their own. My heart was sad as i related to all the characters that Susan Squire wrote about. there is good and evil in the world and sometimes we can stop it and sometimes not. there are choices in life that is made that makes us what we are. I am afraid Stephan made the wrong choices concerning his feelings towards Beatrix. He lived a life of pain and sorrow for 700hundred years and even then when he saw Beatrix again he could not tell her the truth in how he felt. i read this book a dozen times searching for meaning for the actions and words that he had said. Why he was so despess after both girls left him? i could not decide if the loved Beatrix or not. Why did he tell Asharti his plan and not Beatrix. i read this book like any other book but for some reason i was pulled into it and my mind would not rest over Stephan. This is the love story of Stephan but his thougths were not mention in the flashback that Beatrix which i would of like to have seen. i would of like more detail and his thoughts while making love to both girls. i waited for the next book to come out hoping his true story of his feelings and desire would be mention. i search the next checking for any write up just to see if the flashbacks were there and maybe then i would understand. i would recommend this book if you like vampires, the sexual scences were awlful with Asharti as she grew more border in the blood of while having sex. she card nothing for the human race and was nothing more then food. Romance story, not really but if you are a romance person i hope you fall in love with Stephan.
strong paranormal historical romanceby Anonymous
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August 05, 2005: In 1811 Earl John Staunton and Countess Beatrix Lisse are lovers who each keep a dark secret from their companion. John, known as the most depraved rogue in England, is actually a spy working for the British Empire trying to identify who is the force working behind the scenes shaking up the French government. On the other hand, Beatrix is a six century plus old vampire, but the rarest form of this species having been born that way. John and Beatrix are beginning to fall in love, feelings neither desire as he knows that she will hurt his espionage work and she realizes the disparate life spans make a permanent relationship impossible. As their worlds further collide with his mission near resolution, complicating the situation is that her ?sister? Asharti, a bitten vampire, has returned into Beatrix?s life. She wants her bloodsucking sister to join her as they once were in a world of sensual male eating debauchery while being the real power in France and soon England. Beatrix refuses knowing that she and John will fight in ?mortal? combat the raging amoral Asharti. --- This is a strong paranormal historical romance that grips the audience from the moment that Asharti returns to upset the happiness of the lead couple and never slows down until the final confrontation between the trio. In an intriguing way, she forms a dangerous relational triangle with Beatrix and John. Susan Squires provides a fresh romantic vampiric thriller that sub-genre fans will appreciate. --- Harriet Klausner
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