Dark Desires

by Lydia Parks

When Nathan meets Amy, she's in tears. Her boyfriend has left to consider their relationship; he's frustrated that she's not more interested in sex. Nathan knows he should leave the young woman alone--relationships with a four-hundred-year-old vampire can be hazardous for mortal females. But he can't fight the attraction any more than he can understand it. He offers to become her sexual tutor and show her how to please her boyfriend. Unable to battle his power of persuasion, Amy agrees. While Nathan is seducing Amy in ways she's never imagined, and showing her things no mortal lover could, she's falling in love with him. When she learns his secret, she's ready to join him in eternity. Haunted by memories of his past, Nathan must find a way to convince Amy that she doesn't belong in the darkness. The question is, can he convince himself to let her go?

Genres: Ebooks, Vampires

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First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Sarah Baker grew up in New Orleans, the city of music, fun, and food. After a year of college, she dropped out and ran off to Alaska to enjoy a taste of the Wild West pipeline days. Three years later, Sarah returned to the Lower 48 and earned a Master's degree in engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

As a civil engineer for the federal government, she spends a lot of time in the woods, and was even sent to Siberia for a brief assignment. Sarah and her husband have lived all over the United States from Mississippi to Alaska, and currently reside in New Mexico. While moving around, she stumbled onto the joy of her life--writing.

Sarah writes romance as Sarah Storme, erotica as Lydia Parks, and mystery as S.H. Baker. Her writing credits include the Dassas Cormier Mystery Series, the Hearts of Marshall's Bayou Historical Romance series, Addicted, Devour Me, and more.

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Reviews

[Jordan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I honestly wasn't sure what I was getting into when I started this book/series. I'm still not entirely sure what to think. I listened to the Audible version of this book. I enjoyed the narrator's voice very much, but found the frequent music overlay a little odd. The book can easily be classified as erotica. The sex scenes are numerous and frequent. This book does not involve a committed relationship nor does it feature a HEA ending for Nathan (though I suppose you could say Amy found her HEA). That being said, it didn't necessarily have a bad ending for Nathan. Yes, it's a bit sad that he feels he needs to leave her, but it was also the honorable thing to do (at least it seems that way). The book gives what might be a lead-in to the next book, All Night Long, but does not end in a cliffhanger. If you love steamy PNR and don't care about the parties being in a committed relationship, then this is a book for you. If you like your books more mild when it comes to sex, this book is definitely not one you want to read.

[Leigh · Rating 1 out of 5]

Thin plot. Melodramatic dialogue between multiple sex scenes. Not well written IMO. Will not continue with this series.

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

SPOILER ALERT

Dark Desires was my first Lydia Parks and my first erotica short story. The story was quick and all about sex which is the point in short story erotica. I didn't love it, but I also don't have anything to compare it to since I'm a new erotica reader. I can say that it held my attention and was entertaining.

Nathan is a hot vampire and I enjoyed his story. Amy was a good character, but I think the better story would have been Nathan and Hannah. Hannah is the vamp who turned Nathan and emotionally tortured him into a life without love.

I know this isn't PNR, but I felt cheated at the end. Nathan loved Amy too much to turn her into a vampire and Amy didn't want to give up on life. So, Amy chose the man who told her 'woman just don't like sex the way men do' and ditched her because she was too shy in bed. She could have had the hot and eternally orgasmic vampire who taught her the pleasures of sex and love. Isn't it supposed to end with the girl and the hot vampire RIDING into the sunset? To recap, I liked it but the end left me disappointed.