Blood Secret

Blood #5

by Sharon Page

Games Of Passion

Lucy Drake is prepared to do all she must to save her family, even if that means giving herself as a sexual plaything to the Duke of Greystone. Desperate to keep her ability to shape-shift into dragon form a secret, she willingly enters an unfamiliar world of carnal ecstasy with the one man who is sworn to destroy all of her kind. . .

The Duke of Greystone will do whatever he must to discover the Drake family secret and uncover the whereabouts of his missing nephew. A vampire highly skilled in the ways of erotic pleasure and adept with games of dark seduction, he will prevail upon his sexual expertise to ensure Lucy's complete surrender. . .

Praise for the Novels of Sharon Page

"Wickedly sensual and exquisitely drawn. Historical erotic romance doesn't get any better than this." --Kate Douglas, author of Wolf Tales

"Sinfully delicious. Sharon Page is a pure pleasure to read." --Sunny, New York Times bestselling author

WARNING! THIS IS A REALLY HOT BOOK (Sexually Explicit)

Genres: Paranormal, Vampires, Romance, Paranormal Romance, Dragons, Erotica, Historical

313 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Sharon Page is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of numerous novels of historical and erotic romance. She is a two-time, consecutive winner of the National Readers’ Choice Award, winner of the Golden Quill and the Colorado Award of Excellence, and a multiple finalist for the Daphne Du Maurier Award. She has twice received the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award, and is a four-time finalist.

Married with two children, Sharon Page holds an industrial design degree and has worked for many years for a structural engineering firm. When not writing, she enjoys reading with her children, downhill skiing, and mountain biking. Writing romance has long been her dream and she is thrilled to share her stories.

Reviews

[miria_ma · Rating 1 out of 5]

Keď sa nechám premeniť na upíra a budem mať aktívny se*uálny (večný) život, nebudem musieť nikdy piť ľudskú krv? To sa oplatí...

[Karissa Dahm · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is steamy at first and kinds takes a twist away from erotica to a more action fantasy and continues down that road till the ending.
First book I have read by this author, looking forward to more.

[Mireille · Rating 2 out of 5]

These characters are freaks.

[Auj · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing. I liked how it also had some adventure (fighting) scenes.

[Lucy Dosch (EBookObsessed) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Since their father’s death, Lady Lucy Drake’s brother, the new Earl of Wrenshire, seems determined to leave this family in ruin. When Lucy learns that her brother’s gambling has gotten himself into debt to the notorious rake, the Duke of Greystone, she does the only this she can to save her younger sister for being married off to a lecherous, old man, she goes to the Duke and offers her innocence to the Duke in exchange for her brother’s debts. But when she learns that the debts are much larger than her brother indicated and the Duke wants more than just her innocence in exchange for the small fortune owed to him, he wants Lucy to be his sexual plaything for two weeks. She has no choice. She can’t turn him down. The question is—is her heart pounding in dread over her downfall or with excitement over the gorgeous and seductive Duke.

Sinjin knows that Lucy’s family has been holding his nephew hostage for the last year. He has been trying to ruin her brother, amounting his debts to force the Earl to return the boy to his family. When Lucy shows up at his door, the proposition of seducing the information from the beautiful Lucy is a much more enjoyable way to get the information he needs. Although Sinjin is aware that Lucy is a dragon-shifter, she is not aware that he is a vampire and a dragon slayer. It is his duty to slay Lucy and her family after he retrieves his nephew, a small fact that he is planning to hide from her until he has finished with her.

But Sinjin never anticipated Lucy’s kind heart and once she learns of the hurt that her family has put Sinjin through, she will do everything to help him retrieve the boy and bring him home where he belongs. Can Lucy’s kindness and gentleness teach Sinjin that not all dragons and evil and need to die? Will the dragon-slayer become her protector and if he tries, will they all be sentenced to die for betraying the Slayers’ Code?

I read a few pages of this book on the Kensingtonbooks.com website, and I was interested enough with this story that although this comes under the category of erotica and not paranormal romance, I asked for a review copy. I have read a few stories where the “plot” was just a jumble of words between sexual scenes. And YES there are many, many steamy scenes here, but in addition the characters were wonderful, the story was well written and absorbing, and I couldn’t wait to see how the story ended.

There was a natural development of the affections and mutual respect of the main characters and there were several antagonists that kept you guessing the mysteries in the plot.

Unless you truly have an issue with the more erotic fiction, I would definitely recommend this story to you. I enjoyed watching the developing relationship between Sinjin and Lucy (oh what a lovely name) and I was so sorry to get to the end of their story.

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[Vanessa theJeepDiva · Rating 3 out of 5]

I hate certain surprises in book. This is partially my own fault, but I did look for this information before I accepted this book and the back cover blurb didn’t give me enough info on this. This is the 5th book in
a series and it is a historical.

Being the 5th book in the series was not a problem. Blood Secret works excellently as a stand-alone. I looked at the previous four books and as far as I could tell the main characters from those books did not have a role in this book. That was a shocking surprise. Most series books have to be followed in order.

I am not a big fan of historical romances. There are several aspects within that genre that really drain a book for me. I think the fact that Blood Secret is an erotic book prevented some of those annoying aspects from rearing their ugly heads. I know that Lucy not being human also made the pages flow for me.

Lady Lucy Drake is offering her innocence to the Duke that her brother has become indebted to. Her brother Jack has gambled, drank, and whored away her family’s monies. As a proper lady Lucy has no source of income and she is still unwed, thus her innocence is all she has to offer. The
Duke intends to thoroughly debauch her, for an entire fortnight.

The Duke of Greystone (Sinjin) had his own calculated reasons to keep Jack indebted to him. Sinjin has been looking for his nephew that has been kipnapped from him. He believes that Jack not only knows where the child is but that he was also involved in the taking of the child. Sinjin is willing to do anything to get his nephew back. He is even willing to take all that Lucy is offering and more in hopes that she knows where his nephew is.

This book is titled very appropriately. Everyone has secrets. Lucy is hoping that the secret of her being a dragon is never discovered. Sinjin hopes that Lucy does not find out about him being a vampire and exactly how he uses his vampire skills. Lucy’s brother Jack is in far more trouble with more people than she realizes. Many of the revelations at the end of the book are jaw dropping shocking.

I recommend Blood Secret to fans of historical romance who like their books filled with numerous paranormal elements, scorching hot sex scenes, and plenty of action.

[Scooper Speaks · Rating 3 out of 5]

Favorite Lines: "You have the most lush and beautiful arse I've ever seen. I would love to give you an orgasm by pleasuring it." (p. 60)

Warning: Expect tons of hot, kinky sex. If that's not what you're looking for don't pick up the book. It's also book five in a series. I didn't realize that when I started reading. I think had I known it would have clarified the roles of vampires and dragon shifters much sooner than I realized. It's a historical, paranormal romance.

Okay, I'm going to be extremely honest. If you're looking for a book filled with sex, Blood Secret can give that to you. The first half of the book is strong erotica. The second half blends erotica with a paranormal story. That said, I think it's clear that the strong points of this book involve sex scenes, not an actual story line. That is problematic in some ways, but if you go into this book not expecting a thorough, deep story line, you should be fine.

Within pages of beginning Blood Secret I knew I needed to think of it as "mom porn". I knew it was part of Kennsington's Aphrodisia line, however I thought the plot and characters would be stronger. The strength of the book is its erotica. I never connected with the characters enough to care about them on any level. There is no emotional depth or need to continue a series. There are explosive, mind-blowing erotic scenes which will keep you turning the pages.

Those erotic scenes are filled with sex talk. I'm not a huge fan of character's talking during sex. An occasional word or two is fine, but sentence filled sex scenes make me slightly uncomfortable. I'm sure my face was blazin' red while I read this book. Blood Secret has a historical setting, so some of the words are different from what's normally found in everyday romance. I giggled at some of them and rolled my eyes at others.

I suspended belief that a virginal woman living in London in the year 1818 would become a nympho because she's a dragon shifter. But it kept niggling in the back of my mind that no woman just introduced to sex would be so sexual adventurous. Sex in public. Sex with toys. Sex all the time.

The book was adventurous and a quick read, but I don't see myself re-reading it.

Scooper Speaks

[Missy Jane · Rating 3 out of 5]

This isn't my first Sharon Page book and I had been a big fan of her up to now. Unfortunately, this book is really more of a 2.5 stars than 3. The first half or so was good with intrigue and lots of sex, a workable plot and easy to like or hate characters. Lucy is a dragon and Sinjin is a vampire. That alone was intriguing.
Then came the typos. There were actually quite a few in one single chapter as if the line editor simply skipped it. They weren't just spelling errors either but lines like her fists tightened into fists (not a direct quote).
Then came the sex, and sex, and more sex. Now don't get me wrong, I usually enjoy the sex. However, sex quickly became the only plot point in some of the chapters and then it happened in inappropriate places (in the same bedroom as a sleeping boy), inappropriate times (at least once per chapter no matter what else was going on), and it became tedious. It quickly took away from the strength of the characters in my eyes and lowered my estimation of them.
And lastly, the wrap up. I was amazed the two main characters got anything done other than have sex, but within just a few pages everything was explained and we learn who the bad guy(s) are. I didn't like the wrap up at all because the explanations were kind of ridiculous. If Sinjin really hadn't seen the truth already it was just too convenient for him to learn it at this point. As for Lucy, her reactions to her brother were ridiculous considering all she had been through and how she had supposedly grown in strength and conviction throughout the book. All it proved was that she had become more sexually active and not actually a stronger woman. I hated it.
Overall, I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone who wants to read a good love story, or even a good vampire story. If you want to read about Victorian era sex then this is the read for you.

[Cassandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Now as you read this, keep in mind that I love Historical romances, as well as paranormal ones, so to have those two genres TOGETHER is very nearly a perfect book for me.

This book is a bit steamier than I’m used to of late, but considering there is a WARNING on the back, that’s to be expected….and anticipated? Yes, I had that in mind when I asked for this one.

We start out with Lucy Drake; her brother has managed to get himself into pretty deep trouble, the least of which may be his gambling debt to a certain Duke of Greystone.

Irate, Lucy knows someone must pay her siblings debt, but without money, she offers the one thing she has left to her- her virginity.

But Lucy has a secret, and she isn’t the only one.

The Duke of Greystone is a man on a mission, he’s intentionally allowed Lucy’s brother to stay in his debt, but only because he believes he may have knowledge of his nephews ware bouts. But the Duke isn’t only out to find his missing nephew, he has another mission as well; one that could mean the end of Lucy.

I abhor spoilers, and try not to give them away too often, so I’m not going to give away any now, but I loved the way Sharon Page seems to bring the book to life through beautiful descriptions, and realistic thoughts/speech.

I enjoyed ‘Blood Secret’ and I’m not sure if it’s because I wasn’t very interested in the last two books I reviewed, or if it was truly a great book. Either way, ‘Blood Secret’ is a keeper, and it’s staying on my shelves for a long while. I hope you check out, and enjoy it as much as I did. –Be on the lookout for more from Sharon Page.

[A Voracious Reader (a.k.a. Carol) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lucy Drake goes to the Duke of Greystone intending to give her innocence to him in exchange for the money her brother owes him. The Duke agrees but instead of one night with her he wants two weeks of carnal pleasure. She protests, but when Lucy finds out her brother owes not 1,000 pounds as he told her, but 30,000, she agrees to his terms in order to save her family.

However, they are each hiding a big secret from the other. Lucy is actually a dragon shifter and the Duke is a vampire. Not just any vampire, but a vampire who hunts and destroys dragons. A Dragon Slayer. And since Lucy’s father kidnapped the Duke’s only relative, his nephew James, and hid him away before he unexpectedly died he intends to use Lucy to find James then slay the entire family. But we all know what happens to best laid plans, right?

I had no idea when I picked this up that it was the fifth book in the series. When I discovered it was not the first book I was not looking forward to having my head explode. I cannot express how relieved I was to find this was a stand alone. At least, it seems to be from my viewpoint. I really had no feel that it was part of a series and for me that is a good thing. If there were references to previous books then they went over my head. *wipes forehead* Whew!

The story flowed along at an even pace, the characters were engaging and the sex was steamy. I will be looking for books 1-4 now because I like the world, enjoyed the writing and now I’m curious about the other stories.

*Many thanks to Kensington for providing me with a review copy. Please see disclaimer page on my blog.

[Krista Bunny · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really liked Sharon Page's earlier books in the Blood series, because I like the menage elements mixed with the paranormal vampire stuff.
However, I had to push myself through this book. I got so freaking irritated when he commands her to shift to a dragon and she obviously doesn't want to. You are a DRAGON, honey, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO SHIT! I guess I've just been spoiled with strong heroine dragons from G.A. Aiken in her Dragon Kin series because the regency attitude of 'taboo' in this book just annoys the shit out of me. The main heroine drove me nuts and the hero had nothing redeemable about him other than being a good lover. Quite disappointed.

[Daphne Birchfield · Rating 3 out of 5]

I just want to start off saying i constantly rolled my eyes throughout the entirety of this book. She was very naive and too trustworthy; Granted Lucy did not who sinjin really was. The book has very kinky sex scenes so if you're into erotica you may like it. For a virgin she was very adventurous. I don't know I just felt she was idiotic because he was using her the whole time and planned to harm once he got what he wanted. This truly is a case where Lucy from the very started confused sex with love. She thought she loved Allan ferrars but he turned out to be a vicious evil man and a rapist. oh and her brother jack. he couldn't have been my brother because i would have kicked his arse.i kind of liked the plot, but the sex was a bit much for me.

[Ellie]

Blood Secret by Sharon Page
Grade: DNF

Blood Secret had everything I wanted in a historical/paranormal romance: dragons, vampires and lots of dirty sex. Unfortunately nothing in this book worked for me especially the dirty sex. Lucy Drake is a shape shifting dragon who becomes Duke Greystone’s sex slave in return for saving her brother. The dialogue is horrible, the characters weren’t likeable and the sex seemed forced. I had a lot of problems with the sex scenes mostly because our virgin heroine agrees to the bargain and then does straight to having really kinky sex with toys. Everything moved way too fast for my taste and I couldn’t continue reading without wanting to hurt myself.

[Bronwyn Rykiert · Rating 2 out of 5]

I enjoyed the first few books in this series but for some reason I cannot get into this story which rather disappoints me. It has the same mix, a hunky vampire, a female shape shifting dragon and lots or erotic couplings but it is not doing it for me the way the earlier books did. Maybe it is time to move to another genre, maybe this one has lost interested for me. I got to page 150 and called it quits - it took me about 3 weeks to get there too. Instead I am going to read another book with the same name by an Australian author and I hope to enjoy that one more.

[Tory · Rating 3 out of 5]

While overall I enjoyed this book, there were a lot of holes in the plot. There was some hints about Sinjun's nephew being different (levitating and his coma-like sleep) but this was not really addressed by the end of the book. I had some thoughts on what they meant, but like I said it was never clarified. There was also no real answer as to what Lucy's change at the end means. Also, I thought the re-writing of Sinjun's history at the end of the book was unnecessary.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good. Usually books from her Blood series are mmf - this one was mf but still the author packs it full of kinky. I always look forward to when this author has a new book out and this one did not disappoint. You definitely have to be a certain kind of person to enjoy a deeply erotic paranormal love story between a dragon shifter and a dragon slaying vampire, but I am that kind of person.

[Mistress SuckMyBlackDagger · Rating 4 out of 5]

As with all of this series I think it was pretty well written. I am not a huge fan of historical romance/erotica but it is not overpowering in this series. I don't normally like children in books but James was so far in the background that it made it a little better. Pretty good, pretty good.

[Lynette Carson · Rating 2 out of 5]

it was ok i enjoyed her other vamp books but this one well all i can say is a bit lame the story line skipped around and the characters aside from the sex werent ones who held your interest i was very disappointed with this one

[Deborah Janes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good

Good but not exceptional. Parts of the story were repetitive where it wasn’t necessary. The heroine was a little sappy (but I guess that just goes with the territory). Hero was good. All-in-all a good read.

[Cocktails and Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Sharon · Rating 2 out of 5]

This story just seemed to be missing something.

[Heidi (can’t retire soon enough) · Rating 3 out of 5]

One sentence review...

Vampire (unwittingly) falls in love with shape-shifting dragon (yeah, you read that right) in Regency London.

PS- Love scene scorch rating = Highly Flammable!