Review: Caressed by Moonlight

Caressed by Moonlight 
by Amanda J. Greene

Rulers of Darkness Series, Book 1

Genre: Erotic Paranormal Romance

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Dorian Vlakhos is no ordinary aristocrat. He is a vampire king, who will do anything to save his clan from complete annihilation, before an ancient curse can claim his immortal life.

Penniless and orphaned, Victoria Kingston has nothing to bring to a marriage, yet she must shackle an unsuspecting gentleman into marriage by the end of the month or forfeit her rights as guardian of her younger sister. With the help of her dearest friend, Victoria begins her hunt, and vows to stay far away from the dark, mysterious, Prince Vlakhos.

After meeting the beautifully innocent Miss Kingston, Dorian had to have her. He would do absolutely anything to make Victoria his. One sweet stolen kiss would bring them together while a force, more powerful than any vampire would bind them for all eternity. But treachery, war, and death rule Dorian’s dark world and Victoria would be fortunate to survive.

Review:
What an awesome introduction to the Rulers of Darkness series by the self-published author, Amanda J. Greene. She does an excellent job of world building and character development.

Caressed by Moonlight is a mix of historical and erotic paranormal romance. The setting is in the 1800s, London, where all it takes is a rumor to destroy a lady's reputation in society. The lady in question is Victoria, the heroine of Caressed by Moonlight. She is left to take care of her much younger sister Margaret after the death of their parents.

Victoria is forced to leave the country after selling all of the family's belongings to pay off her late father's debts. The sisters go to London in hopes that their bitch of an aunt will take them in.

Aunt Nelly can't stand Victoria because of past reasons so she tells her the only way she will ever be able to see Margaret again is to wed within a month.

Victoria turns to an old friend for help in seeking out a suitable husband in such a short time so that she can take Margaret away from their loathsome aunt.

While husband hunting at many social events, Victoria meets Dorian. He is a well known playboy Prince from a foreign country. But as the two get to know each other, his true nature is revealed.

Victoria is sucked out of her normal world and thrown into the world of vampires, witches and shifters in this very well written novel.

Now I'm not much for historical books but that was not a problem for me while reading Caressed by Moonlight. Some period novels can have such BLAH dialogue that I lose interest in the story. But Ms. Greene did a great job of balancing the 1800s lingo.

I highly recommend this read to anyone that likethe paranormal genre, strong heroines and sexy vampires. Also must share the fact that I was in the middle of reading a very well known author which will remain nameless, when I started Caressed by Moonlight and I quickly put down Dead Reckoning (oops) I mean the book I was currently reading to finish up Ms. Greene's master piece.

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Next in the series:

Caressed by Night

Dimitri Arsov, the last remaining pure vampire, was thought to be dead for the past four hundreds years. Now, he is back and has a score to settle with the traitor that had tried to kill him centuries ago. But as he waits for his prey to blindly step into his carefully laid trap, his overwhelming hunger for blood is triggered when he saves a beautiful art historian.
Kerstyn Ingmar’s life was normal and straight up boring until the night she is rescued by the dangerously sexy, powerfully mesmerizing, Dimitri. Unable to resist his diamond blue eyes and intense kisses, she is drawn into his world of darkness and closer to her impending doom.
While their desire consumes them, Dimitri is haunted by images of a bloody and deadly future. As his enemies draw near, he must find a way to save his mate from her fate before destiny destroys them both.

 Release date to be announced