Secret Thirst

by Evangeline Anderson

Dr. Lauren Wright is a serious research scientist with blonde hair, smoky green eyes and a curvy plus-size figure. Too bad her closest relationship is with her laptop, where she stores all her most forbidden fantasies of erotic submission. Lauren has perfected the formula for NuBlood, an artificial blood substitute that is identical to donor blood. Nicolas Kris works for a vampire organization that needs the formula for NuBlood in order to "come out" to the world at large and prove that vampires are more than the blood-sucking fiends found in horror movies. He swipes Lauren's Mac, thinking that the formula is encrypted inside. What he finds instead is a code worth breaking—the key to Lauren's heart. When they meet, it's hate at first sight. But a sinister group of vamps who don't want to be outed attack Lauren, forcing her and Kris to take refuge at the most notorious bondage/Domination night club in Houston, where the price of admission is fantasy and desire. In order to survive, Lauren will have to act out her own erotic scenarios with Kris acting as her Master while he does his best to quench her Secret Thirst.

Genres: Romance, Erotica, Vampires, Paranormal, Contemporary, BDSM, Erotic Romance

268 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2005

About the author

Evangeline Anderson is a registered MRI tech who would rather be writing. And yes, she is nerdy enough to have a bumper sticker that says “I’d rather be writing.” Honk if you see her! She is thirty-something and lives in Florida with a husband, a son, and two cats. She had been writing erotic fiction for her own gratification for a number of years before it occurred to her to try and get paid for it. To her delight, she found that it was actually possible to get money for having a dirty mind and she has been writing paranormal and Sci-fi erotica steadily ever since.

Reviews

[~Mel :)~ · Rating 5 out of 5]

OH MY!! Umm YEAH it's good... REALLY GOOD! There was a few times where I started to get quite annoyed with Lauren. It was hard for me to not SCREAM... SUBMIT ALREADY.. I would have in about 2.5 seconds. But good Lord she was stubborn! Her ultimate submission of course was all the more sweet when it did come. But she could have saved them a lot of trouble and pain. If you haven't read this one you should. Great read...

[Netanella · Rating 3 out of 5]

I disliked our heroine, Lauren Wright - too many contradictions in her character. She's a research scientist, a freakin' PhD, and but she fails to grasp the most basic elements of logic. She writes pornography on her laptop (at work, even!), but a little bit of nudity has her blushing like a Catholic virgin. Nope - couldn't do her.

[renee ruth · Rating 4 out of 5]

i really enjoy this, a very good read

[Theresa · Rating 1 out of 5]

The heroine was TSTL. She ignored the danger in order to fight with the hero. She fantasized about D/s but didn't want to submit. The hero was likable to a certain extent. He was caring and protective. Unfortunately, he was a doormat to the heroine. There was no relationship development. Majority of the sex scenes were dreams and excerpts from the heroine's erotic journal.

[Leslie Jane Fahrney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of hot sex, with both secret fantasies of the heroine that she has written on her laptop. and the actual sex of the hero and heroine. And, after he steals her laptop, he is able to read all her fantasies and help her act our some of them, though she at first resists, especially when they must go to a BDSM club to receive a cure for an infection she receives from an infected vampire.

The heroine has perfected a formula for synthetic blood that would also help the vampires "come out" and show humans that they can be trusted not to feed on them. And with a conference coming up that the vampire community will vote on the nu-blod and coming out, the hero wants to convince the heroine to give up her formula. But when she is kidnapped the vampire hero will have to decide if her life or his dream of coming out is more important.

And this is one of the only vampire books that I have read that addresses the fact that different blood types are not compatable, and how these vampires account for that fact, and why there are not more vampires running around in the world.

[Willa Edwards · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good. Not the book I first thought I was going to be reading. Each time you think you get a handle on the plot it makes dramatic right turn. Not that I'm in any way upset about this, it was fantastic. You never knew exactly what was going to happen next (even if you think you do). I also loved how Mrs. Anderson managed to make this tale extremely spicy with very little actual sex. That is definitely a talent. The only complaint I had was I wanted to see more loving between the characters, but since that is usually my complaint after any romance novel I would still say job very well done. Definitely worth picking up.

[Teazia Cockburn · Rating 1 out of 5]

Okay I have just started reading this and Kris has taken Lauren into her fantasy world, and I am sorry just because she is aroused doesn't mean she accepts. She is saying NO! She does not want this, like she said they only just met, I have a feeling I will not like this book as much as other books of Evangeline Anderson.

** I was right I couldn't do it, didn't like it, I ended up skipping to the end - which I never do, I read books cover to cover - but I just couldn't do that with this book.

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

By the blurb i was led to believe this would be non-stop Dom/sub fantasies made reality when the hero and the heroine gets forced to stay together in the House of Pain. Instead, here´s two people who lack chemistry, she doesn´t trust him and he´s condescending. A lot more action/thriller than smut.

[Diane G · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing read!!!! Twists and turns, suspenseful, sexy, Hot scenes and a beautiful romantic story. The reader never sees what is coming next. Evangeline Anderson, you are an exceptional story teller! Had me holding my breath through out and its a real page turner from page one! Thank You!!

[DaisyxLove · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was so in love with this book by the time I finished it! Please just buy it and read it! You won’t regret it!

[Never Stop Reading or Dreaming · Rating 4 out of 5]

Size 14 is not plus size...... that was pretty annoying but all in all I enjoyed this

[Danielle Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hot read. Really liked the plot. Great vampires.

[Debra · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first book that I've read by this author. I must say that I did like it very much. I love Nickoli. And Lauren was a great character to. There story was full of passion, and Lauren learning to trust Nickoli. Good read, I hope there will be more.

[Simmie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Maybe i'm cheesy or I just like Evangeline Anderson's books. When ever she writes something I imagine i am in a japanese anime lol. This book was cute, I liked her take on vampires. Kris did too much sighing for me but overall not that bad as a read. I give it four besos!!

[Jenne · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.75 readable but didn't love the characters.