Embraced By Darkness (Riley Jensen, Guardian, Book 5) (edition 2007)

by Keri Arthur

Series: Riley Jenson Guardian Series (5)

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Fantasy. Fiction. Romance. HTML:BONUS: This edition contains excerpts from Keri Arthur's Destiny Kills and Darkest Kiss. She's hunting a killer�?? and shattering every boundary�?? she's ever known.�?� Part vamp, part werewolf, Riley Jenson plays by her own rules, whether it�??s her stormy love life or her job as a guardian. But when her family�??s alpha male demands that she solve the mystery of a vanished girl, Riley can feel a trap closing in around her. Because the job comes with a catch: if Riley fails, her own mother will die. Now the stakes are raised, the hunt is on...and when more women vanish, Riley is caught between a lover who demands that she give up her work, a serial killer who knows no boundaries, and a club where humans and supernaturals mix�??at their own peril. Thrust into a realm of seduction and violence unlike any she could have imagined, Riley has to battle to save everything she holds dear. But the ultimate hunt has o… (more)

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Title:	Embraced By Darkness (Riley Jensen, Guardian, Book 5)
Authors:	Keri Arthur
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StarKnits | Jul 24, 2023 |

skipped most of the creepy parts near the end. Mainly out of boredom. Kinda disappointed in the relationship issues that continue to plague Riley. She prob is too, though. (

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aeryn0 | Jul 23, 2023 |

There's a *lot* of non-con going on in this series. It's somewhat made up for - at least for me, where non-con gets my hackles up - by having a pretty darn decent world build. (

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wetdryvac | Mar 2, 2021 |

Liked it better than the previous one, after all the love-triangle situation seems solved, but the conclusion of both "mysteries" was too rushed in my point of view.
The author built really well the increasing suspense but it seemed to me that, at the breaking point, after saying for 300 pages how difficult was to kill the bad guys, it all ended a little too quickly. I don't know how to explain it but I had the impression that, while Riley worked hard for the whole book trying to have the upper hand, at the end the bad guys die as they suddenly run out of luck...does it make any sense?! Am I the only one that had this impression?
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Lara-IT | Feb 3, 2021 |

While on vacation Riley's old enemy from her pack demands she investigate the disappearance of his granddaughter or he'll kill her mother. She's asked to be one of her partners one and only and attempting to solve gruesome murders as a Guardian. Turns out the murders and disappearance are all related and Riley and her brother work hard to solve the case. Riley continues to use her new powers as they evolve and must come to a decision about Riley. The end is bittersweet.

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Full Moon Rising / Kissing Sin / Embraced by Darkness / The Darkest Kiss by Keri Arthur

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The only trouble with getting away from it all was actually getting away from it all.

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Fantasy. Fiction. Romance. HTML:BONUS: This edition contains excerpts from Keri Arthur's Destiny Kills and Darkest Kiss.

She's hunting a killer�??
and shattering every boundary�??
she's ever known.�?�

Part vamp, part werewolf, Riley Jenson plays by her own rules, whether it�??s her stormy love life or her job as a guardian. But when her family�??s alpha male demands that she solve the mystery of a vanished girl, Riley can feel a trap closing in around her. Because the job comes with a catch: if Riley fails, her own mother will die.

Now the stakes are raised, the hunt is on...and when more women vanish, Riley is caught between a lover who demands that she give up her work, a serial killer who knows no boundaries, and a club where humans and supernaturals mix�??at their own peril. Thrust into a realm of seduction and violence unlike any she could have imagined, Riley has to battle to save everything she holds dear. But the ultimate hunt has o

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Part vamp, part werewolf, Riley Jensen plays by her own rules, whether it's her stormy love life or her job as a guardian. But when her family's alpha male demands that she solve the mystery of a vanished girl, Riley can feel a trap closing in around her. Because the job comes with a catch: if Riley fails, her own mother will die. Now the stakes are raised, and the hunt is on. And when more women vanish, Riley is caught between a lover who demands that she give up her work, a serial killer who knows no boundaries, and a club where humans and supernaturals mix - at their own peril.

Thrust into a realm of seduction and violence unlike any she could have imagined, Riley has to battle to save everything she holds dear. But the ultimate hunt has only just begun.

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