Devour Me

by Lydia Parks

They live in a world swirling in mist and darkness. . ..Their mission is to tempt, tease, and seduce as they mesmerize us with their promise of taking our desires to the ultimate limit. . . Dark ObsessionFor three centuries, Benjamin Bartlett's desire for blood--and for the woman who granted him eternity--has consumed him. But when he discovers a group of four people taking refuge in his home after their van breaks down, he's immediately drawn to Star Reid--and soon she drives him over the edge in a white-hot lust that won't be denied. . . Blood LustVampire Christopher Marsh has searched for years for the talisman that could make him mortal again and give him the chance to fall in love. On the archeological dig he's supervising, beautiful professor Nicole Stephenson reminds him daily of what he wants but can't have. But when he abandons all control and gives in to his explosive desires, his quest takes on more urgency--for he can't lose the woman he's been waiting so long for. . . Praise for Lydia Parks and Addicted. . ."Intense and lushly dark. . .Replete with threats lurking in the shadows and sizzling sex between alpha vampires and intelligent heroines, Parks delivers a deliciously engaging bedtime story or erotic paranormal diversion." --Romantic Times

332 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2009

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

[Jacklyn · Rating 1 out of 5]

dnf at 80%

[CraftyBirdies · Rating 3 out of 5]

These stories were very similar in structure, which makes sense because they are by the same author. But they didn't do it for me. There were two major reasons I didn't love these. The first was the structure with the flashbacks. Take two vampires and there are constant flashbacks to when they become vampires as well as other key moments in their 'existence'. The constant flashbacks took me out of the actual story happening and ruined the flow. I couldn't feel any tension or hope or excitement about the story because I kept getting thrown into a flashback story.

Secondly, the sex wasn't hot enough. If the stories and characters themselves were GREAT, then I'm okay with sexual tension but minimal sex scenes, etc. But the premise of these stories (aka reading the back of the book) is all about the hunger and wanting sexually, but then the sex scenes are lackluster. The scenes are few and far between for the length of each story and I wasn't hooked. That might be because I couldn't get into the stories due to the flashbacks...but I didn't care about the characters enough to root for them. I had hope the second story would be better but they are very similar in my 'problems' with them.

[Regina taylor]

i kinda like it

[Joyce Mohr · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a good book. I liked both stories in it.