Wild Desire (edition 2011)

Good story, sort of strange and confusing if you don't read the first book. well worth the couple of hours I spent reading it. Not enough to read the other books in the series. ( )

I have really mixed feelings about this book. I pretty much liked the characters of Bea and Colin. The story was fairly interesting. BUT it came across like a bad Indiana Jones movie. They were constantly on the move. The pace was rather frantic. They didn't seem to have time to really build a relationship. I felt somewhat emotionally manipulated. ( )

WILD DESIRE by Lori Brighton is a witty,amazing historical romance with a touch of the supernatural set in 1857 India.The plot is well written and full of romance,suspense,
mystery,adventure,danger,betrayal,witty banter between the hero and heroine.The characters will capture your heart.They enchanting,engaging,full of passion and life.
While, Beatrice(Bea),a titled lady from England and Scotland, goes to India with her cousin and his wife she never in her wildest dreams expects to meet her true love,or find an adventure full of passion and danger on ever corner.Colin,an American,on the other hand is determined to find a statue that may give him the answers to so many of his questions about himself and his family.But when he meets the beautiful,stubborn, Englishwoman,Bea,quit by accident I must add,he never in his wildest dreams thought he would be not only attracted but tramps across India with her.Together,they endure danger,passion,threats of death,all while they are trying to stay alive out of danger and not fall in love with each other.Secrets will be revealed,past will be forgotten,while their future looks a little dim,while looking death in the face,they realize they don't want to loss the other one.This is an Indiana Jones sort of story,with all the danger,tricks,falsehoods,never knowing who to trust,death at ever turn and full of sparks between Colin,who has a secret of his own and Bea,who was desperately lonely back in Scotland with her grandmother,has a secret she didn't even know she had.This is a fast paced,action packed,page turning story packed full of adventure,magic,passion and danger.It is a must read for all suspense,paranormal,mystery,historical romance readers,in fact all readers.for it is a great read.This book was received for the purpose of review from the publisher and details can be found at Zebra,published by Kensington Publishing Corp.and My Book Addiction and More. ( )

This book was so much fun! So richly detailed (but totally not over the top) and full of adventure and romance. I was completely enthralled from the beginning to the end! ( )

Leo and Ella who we met in Wild Heart is back, well sort of back. They went to India in search of a statue, and answers. With them they got Leo’s cousin Bea. The book starts with a bang, Bea in her room when a stranger appears, Ella’s cousin Colin. And they are in for a rocky start, she dislikes him and he thinks she is so English, prim and proper. But soon they all must leave. There is danger concerning the statue and they are not the only ones looking. Little by little Bea and Colin is brought closer and closer together.

It was fun to see Leo and Ella again, even if they were just introduced before they went away. This is Colin and Bea’s book after all. Colin is all American; he is used to being on his own and always moving around. Not to mention that just like his cousin, he too has a power, one hard to believe. Bea is nice, innocent, and she questions things a lot. But soon she sees the beauty of India and becomes quite the adventurer. They are so very different from each other, but thrown together in a time of turmoil they find comfort in each other.

This is a paranormal romance, and the paranormal comes from that Colin, and Ella has got powers. And as it shows in this book they are not the only ones. The statue they look for is supposed to hold riches, and a key to this is the rings that they have in their possession, or had.

One does not have to read Wild Heart to understand Wild Desire; it starts as its own book and explains the things that need to be explained to follow. Of course it’s more fun to know what happened back in England with Ella and Leo, and how this whole journey got started.

Colin is a sweetheart, he may not even act like that, but his heart is so big, and I realize how big after reading on. He is also very wounded by the past. Bea may be different in the way she acts but she also has wounds, from being exiled to Scotland with her grandmother. For them to be together seems impossible, she is destined to marry a man of wealth and title, and he has nothing. And there is the desire, it’s wild, and it gets only wilder as you read on.

This book is all it promised to be, it has passion, adventure as they escape through India, danger, evil villains that only wants power and money, and a couple who doesn’t know how on earth they will stand each other in the beginning. ( )