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Scanguards Vampires #4
Yvette's Haven
After being kidnapped by a vampire hunter, vampire bodyguard Yvette's first instinct is to kill the bastard. But before she gets the chance, she realizes that he was double-crossed by the witch he was working for and now is in as much danger as she is.
To get his brother out of trouble, bounty hunter / vampire slayer Haven has to deliver the young actress Kimberly to a witch. Unfortunately, she's protected by the very creature he hates a vampire.
As Yvette and Haven try to escape their prison and rescue the actress and Haven's brother, will their natural hatred for each other keep them apart or is the passion that bubbles up between them strong enough for them to dare risk their lives to defeat the witch from harnessing the greatest power of all?
** Please do not read if you're easily offended by explicit sex scenes **
Scanguards Vampires
Book 1: Samson's Lovely Mortal
Book 2: Amaury's Hellion
Book 3: Gabriel's Mate
Book 4: Yvette's Haven
Book 5: coming at Christmas 2011
Out of Olympus
Book 1: A Touch of Greek
Book 2: coming in Summer 2011
Venice Vampyr Novella
Venice Vampyr (#1)
Venice Vampyr (#2): Final Affair
Venice Vampyr (#3): Sinful Treasure
Stand alone
Lawful Escort
To get his brother out of trouble, bounty hunter / vampire slayer Haven has to deliver the young actress Kimberly to a witch. Unfortunately, she's protected by the very creature he hates a vampire.
As Yvette and Haven try to escape their prison and rescue the actress and Haven's brother, will their natural hatred for each other keep them apart or is the passion that bubbles up between them strong enough for them to dare risk their lives to defeat the witch from harnessing the greatest power of all?
** Please do not read if you're easily offended by explicit sex scenes **
Scanguards Vampires
Book 1: Samson's Lovely Mortal
Book 2: Amaury's Hellion
Book 3: Gabriel's Mate
Book 4: Yvette's Haven
Book 5: coming at Christmas 2011
Out of Olympus
Book 1: A Touch of Greek
Book 2: coming in Summer 2011
Venice Vampyr Novella
Venice Vampyr (#1)
Venice Vampyr (#2): Final Affair
Venice Vampyr (#3): Sinful Treasure
Stand alone
Lawful Escort
248 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 28, 2011
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Tina Folsom
518 books2,696 followersTina Folsom is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author. She's always been self-published and has found tremendous success with her paranormal series, Scanguards Vampires, Venice Vampyr, and Out of Olympus, selling more than 2 million copies of her 50 titles (which includes titles in German, French, and Spanish) in almost 4 years.
Tina writes about hot alpha heroes, bad boys, and kick-ass heroines. Fast-paced plots and steamy scenes are her specialty. She loves vampires and the concept of immortality, and now also writes contemporary romance and has launched the Eternal Bachelors Club series.
Tina is a one-women-enterprise. She writes constantly and translates her own books into German, her native language. Her books are available in e-book format, as paperbacks, as audio books, and in foreign languages.
Tina Folsom was born in Germany and has been living in English speaking countries for over 25 years, the last 13 of them in San Francisco, where she's married to an American. Tina has always been a bit of a globe trotter: after living in Lausanne, Switzerland, she briefly worked on a cruise ship in the Mediterranean, then lived a year in Munich, before moving to London. There, she became an accountant. But after 8 years she decided to move overseas.
In New York she studied drama at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts then moved to Los Angeles a year later to pursue studies in screenwriting. In 2008 she wrote her first romance. She now has 18 novels in English and dozens in other languages.
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Tina writes about hot alpha heroes, bad boys, and kick-ass heroines. Fast-paced plots and steamy scenes are her specialty. She loves vampires and the concept of immortality, and now also writes contemporary romance and has launched the Eternal Bachelors Club series.
Tina is a one-women-enterprise. She writes constantly and translates her own books into German, her native language. Her books are available in e-book format, as paperbacks, as audio books, and in foreign languages.
Tina Folsom was born in Germany and has been living in English speaking countries for over 25 years, the last 13 of them in San Francisco, where she's married to an American. Tina has always been a bit of a globe trotter: after living in Lausanne, Switzerland, she briefly worked on a cruise ship in the Mediterranean, then lived a year in Munich, before moving to London. There, she became an accountant. But after 8 years she decided to move overseas.
In New York she studied drama at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts then moved to Los Angeles a year later to pursue studies in screenwriting. In 2008 she wrote her first romance. She now has 18 novels in English and dozens in other languages.
Sign up for her newsletter on her website to be kept apprised of new releases: http://bit.ly/TinaFolsomNews
Tina raffles off a $100 gift card to one lucky subscriber every month, so don't miss out!
You can also follow her on Facebook.com/TinaFolsomFans or Twitter: @Tina_Folsom
Tina also loves getting emails from her readers: tina@tinawritesromance.com
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July 26, 2015
Yvette's Haven is another great installment to the Scanguards series. I've never really been a fan of Yvette, but she and Haven won me over!
August 8, 2014
*******SPOILERS*******
The 4th installment in the Scanguard Vampires series makes me once again believe that the author uses films and other books to get inspiration. Let me elaborate...
To begin with, we have our hero, his name Haven:
(Yeap...Gandy is always my go-to guy for dark haired-blue eyed heroes.)
After Haven watched his witch mother getting murdered and his sister kidnapped by a vampire he thought that Sarah Michelle Gellar wasn't up for the job anymore and decided to go all Buffy on their asses. Growing up prejudiced and full of hatred he became a bounty hunter without any qualms about killing vampires left and right until he crossed paths with Yvette and suddenly he began thinking with his smaller head(witch for once proves wiser)!
Then we have our heroine, her name Yvette:
(Aha, a younger Angelina is deffinitely what the author must have had in mind.)
So Yvette is about 80 years old(human and vamp), she works at scanguards as a bodyguard and tries to pass for a tough cookie. She succeeds quite well in playing the "deadly playboy bunny" but she is all insecure and vulnerable inside. The moment she sets eyes on Haven she melts into a puddle. Well of course then he kidnaps her and her charge but who cares? The guy is hot after all.
The story...
One bad-evil witch kidnaps Haven's brother Wesley and in order to give him back she wants him to kidnap a young actress named Kimberly and bring her to her. Of course he has to kill the bodyguard first but after meeting Yvette he can't do it, so he kidnaps both of them. Later the witch betrays him and imprisons him along with all the others. They learn that Kimberly is Haven's and Wesley's sister and that together they form a threesome of witches supposed to be the most powerfull beings on earth called the Power of Three. Reminds you of something? Well it did remind me...
And then we have revelations and emotions and betrayals, you know the usual deal.
My problems with the book:
a) The heroine was pathetic. At first she was petty and jealous of every woman who could have a kid, then she would go on and on that she isn't a real woman because she couldn't have one and stuff like this. I wanted to slap some sense into her... If all the women out there who cannot have children thought like this we would have many more suicides! And then she didn't want a child because she wanted to be a mother but because she wanted a man to love her. "NEWS FLASH lady, if a man doesn't want you as you are, he doesn't deserve you." Okay...Enough rambling!:p
b) This time we didn't just have love at first sight. It was like love before even that, they confessed their undying love about a day after meeting. Come on people, a little more believable next time...
c) Once again the story was predictable and worn... It had little new to offer.
In general the book was pleasant enough, not impressive and not memorable, just something to pass the time. So 3.25 stars, maybe 3.5 at some points but I don't think that with the heroine it had I would give it a 4.
(The last gif is a bonus because I loved the show, especially when Piper blew stuff up.)
The 4th installment in the Scanguard Vampires series makes me once again believe that the author uses films and other books to get inspiration. Let me elaborate...
To begin with, we have our hero, his name Haven:
(Yeap...Gandy is always my go-to guy for dark haired-blue eyed heroes.)
After Haven watched his witch mother getting murdered and his sister kidnapped by a vampire he thought that Sarah Michelle Gellar wasn't up for the job anymore and decided to go all Buffy on their asses. Growing up prejudiced and full of hatred he became a bounty hunter without any qualms about killing vampires left and right until he crossed paths with Yvette and suddenly he began thinking with his smaller head(witch for once proves wiser)!
Then we have our heroine, her name Yvette:
(Aha, a younger Angelina is deffinitely what the author must have had in mind.)
So Yvette is about 80 years old(human and vamp), she works at scanguards as a bodyguard and tries to pass for a tough cookie. She succeeds quite well in playing the "deadly playboy bunny" but she is all insecure and vulnerable inside. The moment she sets eyes on Haven she melts into a puddle. Well of course then he kidnaps her and her charge but who cares? The guy is hot after all.
The story...
One bad-evil witch kidnaps Haven's brother Wesley and in order to give him back she wants him to kidnap a young actress named Kimberly and bring her to her. Of course he has to kill the bodyguard first but after meeting Yvette he can't do it, so he kidnaps both of them. Later the witch betrays him and imprisons him along with all the others. They learn that Kimberly is Haven's and Wesley's sister and that together they form a threesome of witches supposed to be the most powerfull beings on earth called the Power of Three. Reminds you of something? Well it did remind me...
And then we have revelations and emotions and betrayals, you know the usual deal.
My problems with the book:
a) The heroine was pathetic. At first she was petty and jealous of every woman who could have a kid, then she would go on and on that she isn't a real woman because she couldn't have one and stuff like this. I wanted to slap some sense into her... If all the women out there who cannot have children thought like this we would have many more suicides! And then she didn't want a child because she wanted to be a mother but because she wanted a man to love her. "NEWS FLASH lady, if a man doesn't want you as you are, he doesn't deserve you." Okay...Enough rambling!:p
b) This time we didn't just have love at first sight. It was like love before even that, they confessed their undying love about a day after meeting. Come on people, a little more believable next time...
c) Once again the story was predictable and worn... It had little new to offer.
In general the book was pleasant enough, not impressive and not memorable, just something to pass the time. So 3.25 stars, maybe 3.5 at some points but I don't think that with the heroine it had I would give it a 4.
(The last gif is a bonus because I loved the show, especially when Piper blew stuff up.)
December 7, 2021
Haven ha sido un cazarecompensas/cazavampiros desde que tenia la edad suficiente para luchar, queria destruir a todos los vampiros del mundo hasta que encontrara aquel que habia matado a su madre y secuestrado a su hermana pequena. Toda su vida la habia dedicado a proteger a su hermano y buscar a su hermana secuestrada, pero no es hasta que su hermano es secuestrado por un bruja y el es obligado a secuestras a una joven actriz, protegida por una vampiro, que no todos ellos son malos y que quizas lo que vio cuando murio su madre no es toda la historia.
Yvette siempre se ha sentido solitaria, siempre quiso ser una mujer completa dando a luz a un hijo que la quisiera solo a ella, pero como vampiro eso es totalmente imposible, y por eso siempre ha intentado ser mas dura y mas fuerte que todos sus companeros en Scanguards. Cuando le asignan a proteger a una joven actriz, conoce a un hombre que le excita mas que ninguno que habia conocido antes, y que resulta ser el culpable del secuestro de ella y de su protegida. Pero las cosas no son lo que parecen y cuando se da cuenta de que realmente el podria ser la persona que ha estado buscando toda su vida, tiene que ayudarlo a defender a su familia y liberarse de la bruja que los tiene cautivos.
La relacion entre Haven e Ivette no es para nada facil, pero las diferencias pueden ser facilmente olvidadas si ambos se enfocan mas en su instinto y sentimientos, que en lo que piensan que deberian ser.
Un libro lleno de accion, donde conocemos un poco del pasado de Ivette y del de Zane, tambien comenzamos a ver como es el mundo de las brujas y de donde proviene su poder, ademas de que se debe hacer para activarlo. Fue un cambio refrescante a los libros pasados que estaban mas enfocados en la descripcion de las escenas eroticas que en la trama y la personalidad de los personajes.
Aqui vemos mucho de los personajes, de verdad la personalidad de ambos protas no es cambiada tan drasticamente cuando se encuentran cerca del otro, lo que es un alivio, ademas tambien conocemos mucho mas del pasado de cada uno de los protas, lo que tampoco se ve en los libros anteriores.
Este libro me gusto bastante, pero como siempre, tiene sus detalles, el tema de que tenian que cambiar las personalidades de algunos personajes abrutamente, ademas de que la "afinidad" de los perros con la prota, pense que podia ser mejor explotada, pero bueno, en fin fue una buena lectura.
Yvette siempre se ha sentido solitaria, siempre quiso ser una mujer completa dando a luz a un hijo que la quisiera solo a ella, pero como vampiro eso es totalmente imposible, y por eso siempre ha intentado ser mas dura y mas fuerte que todos sus companeros en Scanguards. Cuando le asignan a proteger a una joven actriz, conoce a un hombre que le excita mas que ninguno que habia conocido antes, y que resulta ser el culpable del secuestro de ella y de su protegida. Pero las cosas no son lo que parecen y cuando se da cuenta de que realmente el podria ser la persona que ha estado buscando toda su vida, tiene que ayudarlo a defender a su familia y liberarse de la bruja que los tiene cautivos.
La relacion entre Haven e Ivette no es para nada facil, pero las diferencias pueden ser facilmente olvidadas si ambos se enfocan mas en su instinto y sentimientos, que en lo que piensan que deberian ser.
Un libro lleno de accion, donde conocemos un poco del pasado de Ivette y del de Zane, tambien comenzamos a ver como es el mundo de las brujas y de donde proviene su poder, ademas de que se debe hacer para activarlo. Fue un cambio refrescante a los libros pasados que estaban mas enfocados en la descripcion de las escenas eroticas que en la trama y la personalidad de los personajes.
Aqui vemos mucho de los personajes, de verdad la personalidad de ambos protas no es cambiada tan drasticamente cuando se encuentran cerca del otro, lo que es un alivio, ademas tambien conocemos mucho mas del pasado de cada uno de los protas, lo que tampoco se ve en los libros anteriores.
Este libro me gusto bastante, pero como siempre, tiene sus detalles, el tema de que tenian que cambiar las personalidades de algunos personajes abrutamente, ademas de que la "afinidad" de los perros con la prota, pense que podia ser mejor explotada, pero bueno, en fin fue una buena lectura.
April 6, 2013
Meet Haven:
(Oh, how I love this model)
Haven's life was destroyed by vampires as a child. His mother was killed, sister kidnapped and he had to raise his little brother on his own. So, he decided he wanted payback.
He becomes a vampire hunter, a male Buffy, if you will. His entire life is focused on finding his missing sister and killing every vampire he came across. And then his fuck up of a little brother is captured by a witch. The witch blackmails him into kidnapping a famous actress.
And so he meets Yvette:
He finds out she's a vampire and experiences a crisis of faith. Because he'd really like to bone that vampire.
And Yvette would really like to bang him too.
And they decided that a good time to do this would be while imprisoned by the witch that was blackmailing Haven. In the bathroom. With his brother in the next room.
And so the story continues, it's discovered that the witch is after three siblings which, when gathered, bring about the 'power of three.' It grants ultimate power to a witch and would upset the balance of the supernatural community.
What I liked about this book:
- Haven. He actually had depth and he's pretty hot. His baggage was understandable - mean his childhood was lame.
- Zane. His character really developed during this book.
What I hated about this book:
-Yvette. Her emotional baggage is beyond annoying, and she's fairly predictable. She had balls in the previous books, all of a sudden she became a whiny mess. Yeah sometimes guys leave, it's been 80 years, get over it!
It's still a good book. You should read it.
(Oh, how I love this model)
Haven's life was destroyed by vampires as a child. His mother was killed, sister kidnapped and he had to raise his little brother on his own. So, he decided he wanted payback.
He becomes a vampire hunter, a male Buffy, if you will. His entire life is focused on finding his missing sister and killing every vampire he came across. And then his fuck up of a little brother is captured by a witch. The witch blackmails him into kidnapping a famous actress.
And so he meets Yvette:
He finds out she's a vampire and experiences a crisis of faith. Because he'd really like to bone that vampire.
And Yvette would really like to bang him too.
And they decided that a good time to do this would be while imprisoned by the witch that was blackmailing Haven. In the bathroom. With his brother in the next room.
And so the story continues, it's discovered that the witch is after three siblings which, when gathered, bring about the 'power of three.' It grants ultimate power to a witch and would upset the balance of the supernatural community.
What I liked about this book:
- Haven. He actually had depth and he's pretty hot. His baggage was understandable - mean his childhood was lame.
- Zane. His character really developed during this book.
What I hated about this book:
-Yvette. Her emotional baggage is beyond annoying, and she's fairly predictable. She had balls in the previous books, all of a sudden she became a whiny mess. Yeah sometimes guys leave, it's been 80 years, get over it!
It's still a good book. You should read it.
January 30, 2015
3.75 stars.
I really enjoyed this story. I hadn't liked Yvette that much but this book allowed her to be vulnerable, kind and smart as they tried to figure out who kidnapped Yvette, Kimberly, Haven and Wes. The chemistry between Yvette and Haven was great. It wasn't so sexually laden as the prior 3 books so I was thankful for that. I just wish there had been a way to resolve Yvette's most earnest desire--to be a mother.
I really enjoyed this story. I hadn't liked Yvette that much but this book allowed her to be vulnerable, kind and smart as they tried to figure out who kidnapped Yvette, Kimberly, Haven and Wes. The chemistry between Yvette and Haven was great. It wasn't so sexually laden as the prior 3 books so I was thankful for that. I just wish there had been a way to resolve Yvette's most earnest desire--to be a mother.
December 30, 2017
Cada historia es una lucha constante...
June 5, 2017
Review to come. Reading this in a book 1-9 collection. Definitely had some editing issues.
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this is a collection of ooks 1-9, I started this in book 2 since that's what my library has (yet they only have a 14 day check out period).
Anyways I was surprised that this particular book had so many typos, you'd think it'd be easier to edit? I dunno but I did find out a bit disconcerting. Anyways in this book it's all about Yvette. She's the one who caused some problems from Gabriel in the last book as she had a crush or something on him. However, this time we delve deeper into what makes her tick. And what makes her tick and seem so hard on the outside is the complete devastation she had in her human life. We find out that This line of thinking annoyed me to no end because those things do not make you not a woman or less than. Many people go through issues like that and some have more of those some occurrences. Anyways while I understand the reason behind her feelings they still annoyed me because Yvette puts on this strong personality.
Then there is Haven and a bunch of circumstances that lead him to a life of hatred for vampires. Any vampire he comes across he will kill. And so the story begins with his brother getting into trouble and Haven doing something to bail him out for it only to backfire.
I found some of the plot interesting and I was surprised by some of the events. I wanted to believe that but that wasn't the case and this surprised me because In other parts of the plot it took too long to know whats going on, too long of explanations and I was kind of bored.
Still it was equal parts boring and exciting, equal parts love and hate. The book was good and I look forward to Zane's book, based on the synopsis I'm not actually sure how it will go. And Hybrid? I don't really recall anything about hybrids in the previous books....
Read this in
this is a collection of ooks 1-9, I started this in book 2 since that's what my library has (yet they only have a 14 day check out period).Anyways I was surprised that this particular book had so many typos, you'd think it'd be easier to edit? I dunno but I did find out a bit disconcerting. Anyways in this book it's all about Yvette. She's the one who caused some problems from Gabriel in the last book as she had a crush or something on him. However, this time we delve deeper into what makes her tick. And what makes her tick and seem so hard on the outside is the complete devastation she had in her human life. We find out that This line of thinking annoyed me to no end because those things do not make you not a woman or less than. Many people go through issues like that and some have more of those some occurrences. Anyways while I understand the reason behind her feelings they still annoyed me because Yvette puts on this strong personality.
Then there is Haven and a bunch of circumstances that lead him to a life of hatred for vampires. Any vampire he comes across he will kill. And so the story begins with his brother getting into trouble and Haven doing something to bail him out for it only to backfire.
I found some of the plot interesting and I was surprised by some of the events. I wanted to believe that but that wasn't the case and this surprised me because In other parts of the plot it took too long to know whats going on, too long of explanations and I was kind of bored.
Still it was equal parts boring and exciting, equal parts love and hate. The book was good and I look forward to Zane's book, based on the synopsis I'm not actually sure how it will go. And Hybrid? I don't really recall anything about hybrids in the previous books....
June 27, 2021
3.5/5
Esta es una serie que tenía abandonada y es un propósito de este año acabarlas cuanto antes.
Es un mundo paranormal con vampiros guardaespaldas que tiene como fondo la ciudad de San Francisco.
Este es el 4to libro de la serie centrado en Yvette [La conocimos en los libros pasados] hace parte del grupo de guardaespaldas, y uno de sus más grandes deseos ha sido tener hijos Y Haven quien es un cazador de vampiros . Él se verá obligado a secuestrar a Yvette y a la persona que ella está protegiendo (joven actriz reconocida) a petición de una bruja que tiene cautivo a su hermano.
A raíz de esto, los dos terminaran interactuando pero al enterarse de la verdadera naturaleza de ella existirá resistencia y desprecio de Haven y también por parte de Yvette. Sin embargo siempre estará latente la atracción sexual.
Finalmente se dan cuenta que la muchacha a quien cuidaba Yvette es la hermana a quien buscaban y secuestraron cuando era pequeña; sobre estos tres hermanos pesa una leyenda sobre el poder de 3 brujas que gobernaran a todos.
Al final estos dos aceptaran sus sentimientos y él se sacrificara “Final Feliz”
Es una historia entretenida. No es mala ni tampoco para lanzar cohetes. Fue un romance rápido realmente. Continuare con la serie.
Esta es una serie que tenía abandonada y es un propósito de este año acabarlas cuanto antes.
Es un mundo paranormal con vampiros guardaespaldas que tiene como fondo la ciudad de San Francisco.
Este es el 4to libro de la serie centrado en Yvette [La conocimos en los libros pasados] hace parte del grupo de guardaespaldas, y uno de sus más grandes deseos ha sido tener hijos Y Haven quien es un cazador de vampiros . Él se verá obligado a secuestrar a Yvette y a la persona que ella está protegiendo (joven actriz reconocida) a petición de una bruja que tiene cautivo a su hermano.
A raíz de esto, los dos terminaran interactuando pero al enterarse de la verdadera naturaleza de ella existirá resistencia y desprecio de Haven y también por parte de Yvette. Sin embargo siempre estará latente la atracción sexual.
Finalmente se dan cuenta que la muchacha a quien cuidaba Yvette es la hermana a quien buscaban y secuestraron cuando era pequeña; sobre estos tres hermanos pesa una leyenda sobre el poder de 3 brujas que gobernaran a todos.
Al final estos dos aceptaran sus sentimientos y él se sacrificara “Final Feliz”
Es una historia entretenida. No es mala ni tampoco para lanzar cohetes. Fue un romance rápido realmente. Continuare con la serie.
October 27, 2018
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4 stars — Another reread (7 years later), but I enjoyed this one more than the previous books on reread. Which is not to say that it didn’t have some points that irked me, but all in all I felt more sucked in. Maybe I liked Haven more? I don’t know…but it kept my attention more than the other books. This is the last book I had read previously, so the next will be brand new!
So Yvette. Hmmm…she left me feeling conflicted. I felt her heartache, and I loved that underneath she was vulnerable, but her bitchy shield kind of annoyed me. But more than that, and here comes the irk, I hated her whole position on children, being a mother, and the reason she was upset about being infertile. I get that part of it is a product of her human time and that era, but hello…it’s the modern world, adjust your world-view. I think the problem I had is that there was a constant pronouncement of she’s not a real woman because she can’t bear children, or she’s broken, or men will only love women who could have children, and JUST LIKE IN GABRIEL’S MATE, instead of her clearly changing her view and learning that that’s fucked up, she just ends up finding a guy who doesn’t want children either and they’re all good. Uh, no. Hell no. As a woman who doesn’t want children, these topics tend to raise my hackles as it were…
BUT, see here’s the thing…if I can look past that part, I enjoyed their romance more than in the previous books. And as always, I enjoy the world, I enjoy the large cast of characters, I enjoy the plot and action. So it was definitely a stronger read in general. I just feel like either the author has some very strange hangups and they are coming across in her books…or she doesn’t realize that’s how it’s coming across, and she forgets that we need to see characters learn and grow. It’s an unfortunate theme.
But for realz yo…I did enjoy the plot. I loved learning more about witches, and seeing an expansion of the world. I also love seeing glimpses of the other characters whose stories are still to come, and getting updates from stories we’ve already read. I will admit I was bummed the dogs didn’t play a larger role…but I’m an animal person, what can I say.
I can’t decide if I pursue more in this series after I catch up with the ones I own, or just let it go. It’s so hard to decide, because there are good things and bad things! I guess we’ll see!
4 stars — Another reread (7 years later), but I enjoyed this one more than the previous books on reread. Which is not to say that it didn’t have some points that irked me, but all in all I felt more sucked in. Maybe I liked Haven more? I don’t know…but it kept my attention more than the other books. This is the last book I had read previously, so the next will be brand new!
So Yvette. Hmmm…she left me feeling conflicted. I felt her heartache, and I loved that underneath she was vulnerable, but her bitchy shield kind of annoyed me. But more than that, and here comes the irk, I hated her whole position on children, being a mother, and the reason she was upset about being infertile. I get that part of it is a product of her human time and that era, but hello…it’s the modern world, adjust your world-view. I think the problem I had is that there was a constant pronouncement of she’s not a real woman because she can’t bear children, or she’s broken, or men will only love women who could have children, and JUST LIKE IN GABRIEL’S MATE, instead of her clearly changing her view and learning that that’s fucked up, she just ends up finding a guy who doesn’t want children either and they’re all good. Uh, no. Hell no. As a woman who doesn’t want children, these topics tend to raise my hackles as it were…
BUT, see here’s the thing…if I can look past that part, I enjoyed their romance more than in the previous books. And as always, I enjoy the world, I enjoy the large cast of characters, I enjoy the plot and action. So it was definitely a stronger read in general. I just feel like either the author has some very strange hangups and they are coming across in her books…or she doesn’t realize that’s how it’s coming across, and she forgets that we need to see characters learn and grow. It’s an unfortunate theme.
But for realz yo…I did enjoy the plot. I loved learning more about witches, and seeing an expansion of the world. I also love seeing glimpses of the other characters whose stories are still to come, and getting updates from stories we’ve already read. I will admit I was bummed the dogs didn’t play a larger role…but I’m an animal person, what can I say.
I can’t decide if I pursue more in this series after I catch up with the ones I own, or just let it go. It’s so hard to decide, because there are good things and bad things! I guess we’ll see!
July 15, 2012
Yvette was left reeling at the end of book 3 as she thought she loved Gabriel until he got together with Maya destroying any hope she had of having Gabriel herself. Whilst dealing with these feelings she is put on a job to protect Kimberley a young actress which is under threat by an unknown source. Whilst on this job she meets Haven and an instant lust attraction is felt by both.
Haven is a human vampire bounty hunter after his mother was killed and his sister kidnapped by a vampire 22 years ago. He has been killing vampires and hunting her ever since. He is hired to kidnap Kimberley as his brother Wesley has been taken and held in ransom for Kimberley or so he thinks...
Yvette does not realize Haven is the kidnapper, Haven does not realize that Yvette is a vampire bodyguard and neither are prepared for what follows....or are they??
Another great book by Tina, I'm so loving this series. The other books written by the male vampire perspective, it's lovely to hear Yvette's story. Now onto Zane....
Haven is a human vampire bounty hunter after his mother was killed and his sister kidnapped by a vampire 22 years ago. He has been killing vampires and hunting her ever since. He is hired to kidnap Kimberley as his brother Wesley has been taken and held in ransom for Kimberley or so he thinks...
Yvette does not realize Haven is the kidnapper, Haven does not realize that Yvette is a vampire bodyguard and neither are prepared for what follows....or are they??
Another great book by Tina, I'm so loving this series. The other books written by the male vampire perspective, it's lovely to hear Yvette's story. Now onto Zane....
October 22, 2016
AUDIOBOOK REVIEW
Rating: 3.5/5
Heat Rating: 3/5
Narrator Performance: 3.5/5
While I enjoyed this book it's not my favorite book by Tina Folsom. Mostly the things that bothered me about it were with the secondary characters. Haven's brother Wesley bugged the heck out of me. But that could have been partly the narrator's fault. He made him sound like a whiney little kid. There was also a key part that I felt was left out. There was a situation where I would Yvette's response would have been different. Instead she didn't have a response to it and it was only addressed with one sentence later in the book. Oh and the family connection was too predictable. I realized it way earlier than it came out.
The good things about the book? Folsom's world building continues to grab my attention. I love the Scangaurds family. The way they bond together is more than just a bunch of coworkers getting together to fight a foe. I thought the slight smile from Zane before the battle was wonderful. He may be an ass but seeing that acceptance from him really meant something. And the smile thing was also good since it's not something he does. It leant to the significance of the moment.
Some other things I liked about the book were Yvette's strength and Haven's protective instinct. There were a couple of instances where Haven jumped to save Yvette when part of it went against his nature. Although his help wasn't always needed I agreed with Yvette when she said that it was the thought that counted. And as far as Yvette's strength goes it always nice to read about a strong heroine.
So yes, while this wasn't the best of Folsom's work IMO it's still worth the read. There's lots of action, betrayal and some good old fashion hot lovin'.
About the narrator...
Kevin Foley has a very pleasant voice and his pace is wonderful however his female voices can give the impression of a simpering weakling. Also, as I stated earlier I didn't like the way the Wesley was portrayed. Since I listened to the book instead of reading it I'll never know if my feelings about him would be the same if I had read about him.
Rating: 3.5/5
Heat Rating: 3/5
Narrator Performance: 3.5/5
While I enjoyed this book it's not my favorite book by Tina Folsom. Mostly the things that bothered me about it were with the secondary characters. Haven's brother Wesley bugged the heck out of me. But that could have been partly the narrator's fault. He made him sound like a whiney little kid. There was also a key part that I felt was left out. There was a situation where I would Yvette's response would have been different. Instead she didn't have a response to it and it was only addressed with one sentence later in the book. Oh and the family connection was too predictable. I realized it way earlier than it came out.
The good things about the book? Folsom's world building continues to grab my attention. I love the Scangaurds family. The way they bond together is more than just a bunch of coworkers getting together to fight a foe. I thought the slight smile from Zane before the battle was wonderful. He may be an ass but seeing that acceptance from him really meant something. And the smile thing was also good since it's not something he does. It leant to the significance of the moment.
Some other things I liked about the book were Yvette's strength and Haven's protective instinct. There were a couple of instances where Haven jumped to save Yvette when part of it went against his nature. Although his help wasn't always needed I agreed with Yvette when she said that it was the thought that counted. And as far as Yvette's strength goes it always nice to read about a strong heroine.
So yes, while this wasn't the best of Folsom's work IMO it's still worth the read. There's lots of action, betrayal and some good old fashion hot lovin'.
About the narrator...
Kevin Foley has a very pleasant voice and his pace is wonderful however his female voices can give the impression of a simpering weakling. Also, as I stated earlier I didn't like the way the Wesley was portrayed. Since I listened to the book instead of reading it I'll never know if my feelings about him would be the same if I had read about him.
April 14, 2017
This one kept me on my toes and I loved it, now on to the next one
December 26, 2012
Firstly I have to admit I love a vampire romance, and have enjoyed all of this series of books, and yes I enjoyed this book too, but for some reason I prefer the man to be a werewolf or vampire it's just sexier I think!
Onto this book, if you imagine angel as our hero Haven the vampire hunter, and buffy with dark hair as our Yvette one of scanguards vampire bodyguards.
Haven is put in a difficult position when his brother is kidnapped by a witch, and is told he will be freed if he kidnaps a young woman and as a bonus he can kill the vampire ... Can you trust a witch - of course not! Now there all kidnapped and held together but why would she want them haven, his brother and this young woman and can they stop the vampire from killing them (she's a scanguard vampire so not likely she wants to kill them). They also need to figure out why they are there and how they can escape alive.
Yvette - is a very strong woman, with a history of hurt from her human life.
Haven - yes of course his hunky and sexy, strong, likes control oh yes his an alpha male. He hates vampires as one killed his mum who was a witch and to his baby sister
We also have Kimberley the young actress, who's personally I didn't find a strong characther in this book, Wesley was more interesting though.
We have all the other vampires and there wife's/mates all plodding along nicely in there cameo roles in this book.
A slight pet peeve they fell in love in just over 24 hours, yes they were held together but please, give it a couple of days at least.
I have to admit the book didn't end as I expected which I rather liked.
I was going to give this 3 stars as i didn't rate it as much as previous books. But have decided on 3.5 stars.
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March 15, 2014
Yvette's past memories haunt her about her failure as a wife and to become a mother. Yvette foolishly hopes that Maya can reverse female vampires infertility. Maya tells Yvette there is no reason why female vampire can't get pregnant. Haven Montgomery has vast hatred of vampires ever since his mother's death and kidnapping of his baby sister twenty years ago. Haven and his younger brother Wesley have searched for their sister Katie. Haven is tasked with kidnapping a young woman being guarded by a vampire. Little did Haven realize his world is about to be turned upside down in more ways than even he can count. Yvette is charged with guarding a young actress only to be knocked out by witchcraft leaves her angry and frustrated. Haven is double crossed and learns that everything he thought about vampires isn't entirely true either. Will Haven and Wesley find their sister? Who double crossed Haven? Will Yvette admit her attraction to Haven? Your answers await you in Yvette's Haven.
I was anxious to read Yvette's story. I'm definitely not disappointed in her story at all. Haven is the right balance for Yvette. Yvette's actions show that she's capable of compassion and lust. Haven's determination to find his sister is admirable. I'm definitely looking forward to my next adventure in Scansguard Vampires Series.
I was anxious to read Yvette's story. I'm definitely not disappointed in her story at all. Haven is the right balance for Yvette. Yvette's actions show that she's capable of compassion and lust. Haven's determination to find his sister is admirable. I'm definitely looking forward to my next adventure in Scansguard Vampires Series.
July 2, 2016
2 1/2
Well two captures that were just set ups made this just a so/so ending. There was no reason for the ending except as a set up. And to put tension for no good reason. The relationship between Yvette and Haven was really good until the end when it went from, "I'm going to make this just a fling, to, I want to stay with you forever, which just came too soon. She should have taken out some of the plot that didn't matter and put more of them accepting their attraction.
The erotic of these were more erotic with the sex starting sooner in the books before. I think because she has already built the world, she now wants to complicate the plot with multiple storylines but it is to simplistic to be great. Still I liked Haven and Yvette's relationship... up to the end.
Well two captures that were just set ups made this just a so/so ending. There was no reason for the ending except as a set up. And to put tension for no good reason. The relationship between Yvette and Haven was really good until the end when it went from, "I'm going to make this just a fling, to, I want to stay with you forever, which just came too soon. She should have taken out some of the plot that didn't matter and put more of them accepting their attraction.
The erotic of these were more erotic with the sex starting sooner in the books before. I think because she has already built the world, she now wants to complicate the plot with multiple storylines but it is to simplistic to be great. Still I liked Haven and Yvette's relationship... up to the end.
August 24, 2012
Book 4 featuring characters from the Scanguards vampire world, this is Yvette's story. Yvette is the only female Scanguards member in the inner circle, and while competent and certainly loyal, she's always come across as a bitch. She's distant, moody, unfriendly and we've not known why until now. Apparently she really wanted a baby when human, and after miscarrying twice, her husband left her. Now as a vamp she's sterile, and feels no man will want her. Oh silly Yvette, you just need to meet the right guy. Enter Haven. I'm really digging that name. Tall, dark and handsome, but uh oh, he's a vampire slayer. Doesn't look good for Yvette. Kidnapping, witch stuff, prophecies and betrayal ensue. Again with the transparent plot - obviously a challenging plot is not going to happen in these books. Luckily the characters and the sexing make up for it. I'm giving this one 4 stars because it took a character, Yvette, who I didn't like in the past three books, and made me really like her here. I also really liked Haven, and I like what he did in the end to resolve their issues (even though I could see it coming). Would love to see more of these two, and would also like a further explanation of why Yvette has a special link with dogs.
November 10, 2011
3.5 stars
If you've read the series to date, then you pretty much know what to expect; total opposites that don't expect or want to ever fall in love do, and need to overcome some major bad guy (with the help of the Scanguards crew) to be together. This is Yvette's story. I liked her and her "unexpected" love interest Haven. It's good to know the back story as to why Yvette is the tough personality that she is and how Haven was able to overcome his prejudices and get through to her. This book dives a little deeper into witches and their relationship with vampires, and brings back Francine (the witch who helped Gabriel) as an integral player. This book also reunites us with the whole cast of characters we have come to appreciate in this series, and I did like the set up for Zane's book. While its the usual fun reading I have come to expect from Tina, this one wasn't my favorite of the series. I think its because the plot twist was obvious from the beginning, but nonetheless, was a decent story with a good ending. I'll definitely be continuing with the series.
If you've read the series to date, then you pretty much know what to expect; total opposites that don't expect or want to ever fall in love do, and need to overcome some major bad guy (with the help of the Scanguards crew) to be together. This is Yvette's story. I liked her and her "unexpected" love interest Haven. It's good to know the back story as to why Yvette is the tough personality that she is and how Haven was able to overcome his prejudices and get through to her. This book dives a little deeper into witches and their relationship with vampires, and brings back Francine (the witch who helped Gabriel) as an integral player. This book also reunites us with the whole cast of characters we have come to appreciate in this series, and I did like the set up for Zane's book. While its the usual fun reading I have come to expect from Tina, this one wasn't my favorite of the series. I think its because the plot twist was obvious from the beginning, but nonetheless, was a decent story with a good ending. I'll definitely be continuing with the series.
August 4, 2015
To be 100% honest, when I found out the next book in the series was going to be about Yvette I wasn’t sure if I would end up reading it. From the glimpses we got of Yvette prior to this book, she isn’t a character I thought deserved a full book. I mean; could she actually carry an entire story as the central character? No. Boy was I ever wrong!!!
My heart broke a little for Yvette, as in I cried. I wasn’t expecting to shed any tears while read this book. Yvette is the only female member of Scanguards and while you can tell she’s loyal and strong her personality is…well let’s just saw she’s a Class A B**CH. But after reading this novel I came to understand her! And then enter Haven! A vampire hunter that falls for the vampire! Love knows no bounds. Haven manages to make Yvette’s heart whole again, pushing away her insecurities of being defective. I was happy with how this story turnout out!!!
My heart broke a little for Yvette, as in I cried. I wasn’t expecting to shed any tears while read this book. Yvette is the only female member of Scanguards and while you can tell she’s loyal and strong her personality is…well let’s just saw she’s a Class A B**CH. But after reading this novel I came to understand her! And then enter Haven! A vampire hunter that falls for the vampire! Love knows no bounds. Haven manages to make Yvette’s heart whole again, pushing away her insecurities of being defective. I was happy with how this story turnout out!!!
September 10, 2015
Well, I am not really sure what to say. I didn't love this book in the Scanguards series, but since I didn't expect to, I can't say that I am all that disappointed.
Haven is the son of a witch. Together with his brother, he is searching for his missing sister who was kidnapped by vampires twenty two years ago. In addition to searching, his part time job includes getting his brother out of trouble. When Wesley gets kidnapped by a witch, Haven is forced to kidnap a young actress with a vampire bodyguard. But every thing and everyone isn't what Haven expected. The witch has a good reason for wanting to connect Haven and Wesley with the actress and Yvette isn't the cold blooded killer that Haven was expecting. Could his childhood memories and assumptions be a big mistake? If so, is there a chance that Yvette is what he has really been searching for all this time?
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Haven is the son of a witch. Together with his brother, he is searching for his missing sister who was kidnapped by vampires twenty two years ago. In addition to searching, his part time job includes getting his brother out of trouble. When Wesley gets kidnapped by a witch, Haven is forced to kidnap a young actress with a vampire bodyguard. But every thing and everyone isn't what Haven expected. The witch has a good reason for wanting to connect Haven and Wesley with the actress and Yvette isn't the cold blooded killer that Haven was expecting. Could his childhood memories and assumptions be a big mistake? If so, is there a chance that Yvette is what he has really been searching for all this time?
For the full review, please go to http://www.thewindowseat13.com/2015/0...
April 26, 2012
As usual a great read from Ms Folsom. I love the Scanguards Vamps, and Yvette is no exception.
I did feel the writing was a bit different than the first books in this series. Even though Yvette is "one of the boys" working as a bodyguard along the men of Scanguards, this story brought out her femininity, in a lovely way. We find out a lot about Yvette in this story, and she meets her perfect mate,and even though they go through a lot together they get the perfect HEA. They are great together, and I think Yvette isnt the only one to be turned inside out by Haven! I was a bit indifferent to him to start with, but he grew on me quickly, and is a real genuine character. There was certainly chemistry between Yvette and Haven right from the moment their eyes met. It will be interesting to see if there is anymore to their story in the next book.
I did feel the writing was a bit different than the first books in this series. Even though Yvette is "one of the boys" working as a bodyguard along the men of Scanguards, this story brought out her femininity, in a lovely way. We find out a lot about Yvette in this story, and she meets her perfect mate,and even though they go through a lot together they get the perfect HEA. They are great together, and I think Yvette isnt the only one to be turned inside out by Haven! I was a bit indifferent to him to start with, but he grew on me quickly, and is a real genuine character. There was certainly chemistry between Yvette and Haven right from the moment their eyes met. It will be interesting to see if there is anymore to their story in the next book.
April 2, 2012
This book was actually 4.5 stars for me. I am so surprised with how much I loved this book. I usually prefer my vampires to be men but I really fell for Yvette in this book. The sexual chemistry between Yvette and Haven was smoking hot. The story was very good. I liked how they brought the witches more into this book than in previous books. I actually got very connected to the two main characters in this book and I was very happy with how there HEA came about. I'm looking forward to reading Zane's book.
December 16, 2014
Yvette's Haven
Haven Montgomery and Yvette
3/5 Stars
Yvette's Haven is the fourth book of Scanguards Vampires series by Tina Folsom.
Favorite Quotes
"...Because I want to be sure that I'm not the only one who feels that this is more than just a quick jump in the sack... Because I want more from you." -Haven
"I fought all my life. I want to love now, because it's all that counts in the end. I want to love you and make you mine." -Haven
Haven Montgomery and Yvette
3/5 Stars
Yvette's Haven is the fourth book of Scanguards Vampires series by Tina Folsom.
Favorite Quotes
"...Because I want to be sure that I'm not the only one who feels that this is more than just a quick jump in the sack... Because I want more from you." -Haven
"I fought all my life. I want to love now, because it's all that counts in the end. I want to love you and make you mine." -Haven
November 22, 2022
Everything about this book is perfect. How he was completely mesmerised by her, then he hated her while battling his feelings and then fell in love with her. Every scene when they're locked in together is too hot for words. I came back just for the "how close?" because good LORD. He's,,,,,he's Haven. I love him.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 24, 2012
tebrikler yazar. seride iyi bir kitap çıkarmayı başarabildin :=)
May 5, 2011
Review coming soon!
March 12, 2020
4 Stars
August 29, 2016
J'ai beaucoup aimé meme si de la 1ere à la derniere page je n'ai pas reussi à m'habituer au prenom de l'heroine. Yvette quoi...
July 28, 2021
El Refugio De yvette
Wau buenísima y muy linda.me a gustado mucho y el final me a complacido irónico por cierto pero muy bueno.
Wau buenísima y muy linda.me a gustado mucho y el final me a complacido irónico por cierto pero muy bueno.
October 12, 2018
In book 4 of the Scanguard Vampries series, Yvette is the only female vampire in the Scanguards inner circle. Since all her friends and colleagues are men, she feels she has to always be tough and never show her feminine side, or she’ll lose her friends’ respect and her respect in herself. After a betrayal in her human life, it’s hard for her to express love, and she doesn’t think any man will want her for more than a quick lay.
Haven is a bounty hunter and vampire slayer. Though his mother was a witch, Haven and his two younger siblings didn’t inherit any of her power. After an evil witch kidnaps his brother Wesley, Haven has to do a job for the witch in order to free Wesley. The job? Kidnap a young actress and deliver her to the witch. Unfortunately for him, Yvette just happens to be the actress’s bodyguard.
Yvette and Haven both want each other, but as a vampire and as a hunter, they also hate each other. Even though Yvette is clearly the stronger of the two, the mutual respect between her and Haven is strong. He doesn’t treat her like a damsel or feel inferior to her, and she doesn’t treat him like a wimp. They think of each other as equals and work as a team.
The rest of the Scanguards play a large role in this book as in the previous ones. While Yvette and her unlikely allies fight on one front, her vampire friends fight on the other. When they all join forces, the final battle is awesome.
This book is much faster paced but shorter in word count/page length from the others I’ve read in the series. There are less sex scenes, but the scenes are still hot. It’s not often when a book surprises me, but I loved the twist at the end of this one. I’m always happy when I’m shocked in a good way.
The book is fairly well edited, so I was able to overlook a few stray typos.
4 Stars
Disclaimer – I bought this book for my own enjoyment. I am not paid or compensated in any way, shape, or form for this honest review. I will not change or alter this review for any reason unless at my discretion.
Haven is a bounty hunter and vampire slayer. Though his mother was a witch, Haven and his two younger siblings didn’t inherit any of her power. After an evil witch kidnaps his brother Wesley, Haven has to do a job for the witch in order to free Wesley. The job? Kidnap a young actress and deliver her to the witch. Unfortunately for him, Yvette just happens to be the actress’s bodyguard.
Yvette and Haven both want each other, but as a vampire and as a hunter, they also hate each other. Even though Yvette is clearly the stronger of the two, the mutual respect between her and Haven is strong. He doesn’t treat her like a damsel or feel inferior to her, and she doesn’t treat him like a wimp. They think of each other as equals and work as a team.
The rest of the Scanguards play a large role in this book as in the previous ones. While Yvette and her unlikely allies fight on one front, her vampire friends fight on the other. When they all join forces, the final battle is awesome.
This book is much faster paced but shorter in word count/page length from the others I’ve read in the series. There are less sex scenes, but the scenes are still hot. It’s not often when a book surprises me, but I loved the twist at the end of this one. I’m always happy when I’m shocked in a good way.
The book is fairly well edited, so I was able to overlook a few stray typos.
4 Stars
Disclaimer – I bought this book for my own enjoyment. I am not paid or compensated in any way, shape, or form for this honest review. I will not change or alter this review for any reason unless at my discretion.
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