Dante, being part of the Order, was attacked and severely in need of blood when he crawled into a vet clinic and fed off of the gorgeous human, Tess. Only to find out that she was marked as a Breedmate. Now with a blood bond to the woman, Dante must protect her from all the Rogues out there and try to help the FBI Special Agent Chase find the missing Darkhaven children addicted the the drug, Crimson. All the while, Dante must ensure that his visions of a fiery death for himself do not come true until Tess is finally, willingly, his.

Tess is spunky, and has her own secrets from Dante, but she has only one thing on her mind when he is around... and that is getting him into her bed... ( )

Dante is part of an elite cadre of warriors whose job it is to keep rogue members of his vampire race in check. When a night out on the town goes awry, he finds himself at Tess Culver's place of business- wounded and dire need of blood.

Tess has no idea the type of creature that has broken into her veterinary clinic, but she knows he needs help. In one stunning erotic, moment, her life turns upside down, linking her to the stranger for all eternity.

Dante wants to forget the beautiful stranger who saved his life, but fate has made her his and when a strange drug hits the streets turning normally placid members of his race into raging lunatics, he's alarmed to find out she is somehow in the middle of it. Danger and passion infuse their every encounter, as Dante's soul- perhaps for the first time in his long life- awakens from a deep slumber and he discovers Tess is the one woman whom he was meant to protect ... and make his own.

Although I enjoyed the first book in this series, I wasn't so enthused with this one. I couldn't get a handle on why we should even like Dante, despite his tortured soul, and I never really felt the connection between him and his fated mate.

2 out of 5 from me. I hope the next offering (Tegan's story) will redeem the series for me... ( )

Ok well I decided to go ahead an read the next in the Midnight Breed Series. This is book 2 by Lara Adrian. I found the book to be ok. Guess this type of vampire is not my style. The plot was ok, the characters typical the ending fair. I already have the next in the series so I will go ahead and and finish it but .... I don't know that I will be reading much more from this author. ( )

BONDED BY BLOOD AND DARK SECRETS, THEY ENTER A PLACE OF DANGER AND INFINITE PLEASURE . . . .

He comes to her more dead than alive, a towering black-clad stranger riddled with bullets and rapidly losing blood. As she struggles to save him, veterinarian Tess Culver is unaware that the man calling himself Dante is no man at all, but one of the Breed, vampire warriors engaged in a desperate battle. In a single erotically charged moment Tess is plunged into his world--a shifting, shadowed place where bands of Rogue vampires stalk the night, cutting a swath of terror.

Haunted by visions of a dark future, Dante lives and fights like there is no tomorrow. Tess is a complication he does not need--but now, with his brethren under attack, he must shield Tess from a growing threat that includes Dante himself. For with one reckless, irresistible kiss, she has become an inextricable part of his underworld realm . . . and his touch awakens her to hidden gifts, desires, and hungers she never knew she possessed. Bonded by blood, Dante and Tess must work together to thwart deadly enemies, even as they discover a passion that transcends the boundaries of life itself . . . . ( )

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