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Desperate Possession
Fallon Trent is going to die. Either the Protectors will kill him or he will do the honors himself. No matter what, the powerful demon growing inside him will not be allowed to flourish. There is no exception, not even for the only woman to ever capture his heart. As a human demon slayer, Tonia Mohr's sole purpose is revenge. The more demons she eradicates-the better. And she will stop at nothing to find the one responsible for her husband's death. But can she possibly keep her oath when a powerful demon takes refuge in the man she loves or will the power of their passionate love conquer all.
240 pages, Paperback
First published January 13, 2014
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Hildie McQueen
180 books832 followersBestselling author Hildie McQueen loves unusual situations and getting into interesting adventures, which is what her characters do as well. She writes romance because she is in love with love! Author of Romance in Highland historical, Western Historical and contemporary, she writes something every reader can enjoy.
Most days she can be found in her pajamas hiding from deliverymen while drinking tea from her David Gandy coffee mug. In the afternoons she browses the Internet for semi-nude men to post on Facebook.
Hildie's favorite past-times are romance conventions, traveling, shopping and reading.
She resides in beautiful small town Georgia with her super-hero husband Kurt, an unruly boy Chihuahua Pepito and a spoiled rotten girl Chiweenie named Lola.
Visit her website at www.hildiemcqueen.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HildieMcQueen
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HildieMcQueen
Instagram: @HildieWrites
Most days she can be found in her pajamas hiding from deliverymen while drinking tea from her David Gandy coffee mug. In the afternoons she browses the Internet for semi-nude men to post on Facebook.
Hildie's favorite past-times are romance conventions, traveling, shopping and reading.
She resides in beautiful small town Georgia with her super-hero husband Kurt, an unruly boy Chihuahua Pepito and a spoiled rotten girl Chiweenie named Lola.
Visit her website at www.hildiemcqueen.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HildieMcQueen
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HildieMcQueen
Instagram: @HildieWrites
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February 23, 2014
***I was given an advance copy in return for my honest opinion.***
In Hildie McQueen’s Atlanta, there are Protectors and demons. Three castes of the latter, in fact, walking around looking very human, and some are up to no good.
The third Protector novel focuses on the plight of Lord Fallon Trent, a British noble who, like his brothers-in-arms, acquired immortality in his 20s, along with nightmares and the physique of a Greek statue. A privileged young man in prior to his change, Fallon has long had a way with women, so a lover’s bed is a good place to pick up where “Desperate Surrender” left off.
Tonia Muhr–a US Marshal by day, demon slayer by night—begrudges the clothing that hides Fallon’s body from her as he dresses to leave her apartment. She doesn’t know much about him. His name. He’s British. He’s filthy rich. And if sexual talent were converted to dollars, his actual bank account would pale by comparison. He’s that freaking great at it. At the same time, he wants her to stop looking for the kind of trouble that introduced them, and with a murdered husband in the ground, walking away from the demon world is something she won’t do.
Fallon’s recent performances in bed aren’t entirely his doing. A master demon has been slowly preparing him for possession over the course of weeks. The symptoms of this process are a desire to kill everyone around him, which he fights, and a voracious appetite for sex, which he indulges with a very willing Tonia.
In between romps, Fallon patrols the streets and looks for the demon that’s marked his claim on him, where his paths continue to cross paths with Tonia’s.
Tonia and Fallon’s do-si-do with demons becomes a tango when he finds her bleeding and near death on her bathroom floor. Fellow Protector, Roderick Cronan saves her life the same way he once saved his own wife; he infuses her with the only blood available…Fallon’s. It was once a rare thing, but there are now three mated protectors in Atlanta. What’s their exasperated boss Julian to do with the fourth soldier to disobey his very clear orders?
First, he throws the Protector’s rule book at the lone remaining single man on the team with a stern command to, “Read it.” Then, he insists Fallon join with Tonia in the same ancient Roman ceremony that joined Roderick, Cynden, and Kieran, to their respective wives. This takes place on the spot, without input from Tonia, and it doesn’t go over well at all.
What was once a glorious casual sex relationship becomes marriage overnight, complete with competing expectations, mistakes, and bruised egos. The sex between them is passionate, almost animal, and possibly driven more by Fallon’s demon’s lust than his own. It doesn’t care much if it fills the growing rift between Tonia and Fallon, or pushes it open wider, as long as it gets fed.
Desperate Betrayal, the first book in this series, was an exercise in trust and forgiveness between soul mates. Book two, Desperate Surrender followed man overcoming deep-seeded emotional scarring to reluctantly grasp happiness and hold onto it for dear life. In the third, Desperate Possession, the battle against demons is closer to home than ever, and deeply personal.
The Protectors novels are among my very favorite in the Paranormal Romance genre. The chemistry between characters is at times amusing, heartwarming, and maddening. The settings are rich, the fights are explosive, and the sex scenes are scorching. With incubus, Sebastian, taking on a larger role, the introduction of two very interesting new characters, it is clear that Ms. McQueen is not done in Atlanta. So, I will be anxiously awaiting the next novel, hoping (and crossing my fingers, and praying to gods I don’t believe in) that we’ll soon know Julian’s story. I mean, with a new master demon at the helm in Atlanta, it might be time for the Protector’s leader to pick a bedroom at Fallon Trent’s house.
I would recommend the Protector novels to fans of Paranormal Romance, Christine Ashworth’s Caine’s Brother’s novels, Lynn Rush’s Wasteland series, and SyFy Channel’s Lost Girl.
In Hildie McQueen’s Atlanta, there are Protectors and demons. Three castes of the latter, in fact, walking around looking very human, and some are up to no good.
The third Protector novel focuses on the plight of Lord Fallon Trent, a British noble who, like his brothers-in-arms, acquired immortality in his 20s, along with nightmares and the physique of a Greek statue. A privileged young man in prior to his change, Fallon has long had a way with women, so a lover’s bed is a good place to pick up where “Desperate Surrender” left off.
Tonia Muhr–a US Marshal by day, demon slayer by night—begrudges the clothing that hides Fallon’s body from her as he dresses to leave her apartment. She doesn’t know much about him. His name. He’s British. He’s filthy rich. And if sexual talent were converted to dollars, his actual bank account would pale by comparison. He’s that freaking great at it. At the same time, he wants her to stop looking for the kind of trouble that introduced them, and with a murdered husband in the ground, walking away from the demon world is something she won’t do.
Fallon’s recent performances in bed aren’t entirely his doing. A master demon has been slowly preparing him for possession over the course of weeks. The symptoms of this process are a desire to kill everyone around him, which he fights, and a voracious appetite for sex, which he indulges with a very willing Tonia.
In between romps, Fallon patrols the streets and looks for the demon that’s marked his claim on him, where his paths continue to cross paths with Tonia’s.
Tonia and Fallon’s do-si-do with demons becomes a tango when he finds her bleeding and near death on her bathroom floor. Fellow Protector, Roderick Cronan saves her life the same way he once saved his own wife; he infuses her with the only blood available…Fallon’s. It was once a rare thing, but there are now three mated protectors in Atlanta. What’s their exasperated boss Julian to do with the fourth soldier to disobey his very clear orders?
First, he throws the Protector’s rule book at the lone remaining single man on the team with a stern command to, “Read it.” Then, he insists Fallon join with Tonia in the same ancient Roman ceremony that joined Roderick, Cynden, and Kieran, to their respective wives. This takes place on the spot, without input from Tonia, and it doesn’t go over well at all.
What was once a glorious casual sex relationship becomes marriage overnight, complete with competing expectations, mistakes, and bruised egos. The sex between them is passionate, almost animal, and possibly driven more by Fallon’s demon’s lust than his own. It doesn’t care much if it fills the growing rift between Tonia and Fallon, or pushes it open wider, as long as it gets fed.
Desperate Betrayal, the first book in this series, was an exercise in trust and forgiveness between soul mates. Book two, Desperate Surrender followed man overcoming deep-seeded emotional scarring to reluctantly grasp happiness and hold onto it for dear life. In the third, Desperate Possession, the battle against demons is closer to home than ever, and deeply personal.
The Protectors novels are among my very favorite in the Paranormal Romance genre. The chemistry between characters is at times amusing, heartwarming, and maddening. The settings are rich, the fights are explosive, and the sex scenes are scorching. With incubus, Sebastian, taking on a larger role, the introduction of two very interesting new characters, it is clear that Ms. McQueen is not done in Atlanta. So, I will be anxiously awaiting the next novel, hoping (and crossing my fingers, and praying to gods I don’t believe in) that we’ll soon know Julian’s story. I mean, with a new master demon at the helm in Atlanta, it might be time for the Protector’s leader to pick a bedroom at Fallon Trent’s house.
I would recommend the Protector novels to fans of Paranormal Romance, Christine Ashworth’s Caine’s Brother’s novels, Lynn Rush’s Wasteland series, and SyFy Channel’s Lost Girl.
July 8, 2015
I love the world of the Protectors and I was thrilled to hear about the next installment in this series!!
Fallon Trent is one proper guy but what happens when he not only has a demon basically growing inside him but gets hitched to a woman within weeks of knowing her, well proper kinda goes out the window and survival kicks in as he realizes that he has a reason to live and fight.
First its so great that we see all of the protectors and characters from the previous books in this novel especially Wendy, cause she brings the light to the darker parts of this story. She is like the rock that holds the house together when its falling apart except when there is blood she just cant do blood :)
Also my opinion about Julien still holds true from my previous reviews about the first few books in this series, I LOVE HIM, I know some people might not like him but I really do and I cant wait to see what kind of woman nabs him up and makes him stop being so hard on his Protectors for falling in love when it finally happens to him.
Tonia is such a strong female character and we get to see her really take a long look at her life and the choices she made in the past through out this book and it gets deep. Following along with her on her journey helped me as a reader understand the world of the demons a little more as she discovered the world and its truths as well.
I just gotta say that the scene with the ring (no spoilers I promise) had me laughing out loud so hard I couldn't breathe, I loved it. That's the thing I love about Hildie and her writing, she can take a very serious situation and turn it into the most memorable part of a story by making me laugh through it.
I love the Protector series and the world Hildie has created in Atlanta, I cant wait to see what happens next, we have had a few new characters come into the Protector World and I'm wondering if they get their stories and happily ever afters as well.
Fallon Trent is one proper guy but what happens when he not only has a demon basically growing inside him but gets hitched to a woman within weeks of knowing her, well proper kinda goes out the window and survival kicks in as he realizes that he has a reason to live and fight.
First its so great that we see all of the protectors and characters from the previous books in this novel especially Wendy, cause she brings the light to the darker parts of this story. She is like the rock that holds the house together when its falling apart except when there is blood she just cant do blood :)
Also my opinion about Julien still holds true from my previous reviews about the first few books in this series, I LOVE HIM, I know some people might not like him but I really do and I cant wait to see what kind of woman nabs him up and makes him stop being so hard on his Protectors for falling in love when it finally happens to him.
Tonia is such a strong female character and we get to see her really take a long look at her life and the choices she made in the past through out this book and it gets deep. Following along with her on her journey helped me as a reader understand the world of the demons a little more as she discovered the world and its truths as well.
I just gotta say that the scene with the ring (no spoilers I promise) had me laughing out loud so hard I couldn't breathe, I loved it. That's the thing I love about Hildie and her writing, she can take a very serious situation and turn it into the most memorable part of a story by making me laugh through it.
I love the Protector series and the world Hildie has created in Atlanta, I cant wait to see what happens next, we have had a few new characters come into the Protector World and I'm wondering if they get their stories and happily ever afters as well.
March 26, 2016
4.5/5.0
A well-written, well-crafted story that makes the thought of not owning the previous books in the series seem like a travesty!
Read full review in the 2014 March issue of InD’tale Magazine.
A well-written, well-crafted story that makes the thought of not owning the previous books in the series seem like a travesty!
Read full review in the 2014 March issue of InD’tale Magazine.
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