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The Protectorate: Patriarch
A vampire sworn to protect the secret existence of his people risks everything to save a human child — and love a mortal woman.
Tracking him to a Paducah bar, Protector Aiden Marschant must stop the rogue vampire’s mayhem before he betrays the secret of the Shanrak people. When the rogue strikes again, Aiden finds the victim's infant daughter in her car. Unable to expose his identity to surrender the child to human authorities, and unwilling to let her fend for herself, he makes the ultimate mistake of taking the baby home with him.
Questioning witnesses at the bar, rookie county sheriff's deputy Shanna Preston learns of two men, possible suspects in the young woman’s murder. When the FBI takes over the case, Shanna's determined to help bring down this vicious killer.
Aiden must find someone to care for the human child before she awakens in him a fatherly instinct that could bring on the forbidden bloodlust mating urge. He sets his sights on lovely redheaded Deputy Shanna Preston. But Shanna suspects he's guilty of kidnapping and fears he may be involved in murder. Can Aiden keep his cool around Deputy Preston long enough to stop the dangerous killer? Can Shanna survive the affections of Protector Aiden Marschant and live to tell about it?
Tracking him to a Paducah bar, Protector Aiden Marschant must stop the rogue vampire’s mayhem before he betrays the secret of the Shanrak people. When the rogue strikes again, Aiden finds the victim's infant daughter in her car. Unable to expose his identity to surrender the child to human authorities, and unwilling to let her fend for herself, he makes the ultimate mistake of taking the baby home with him.
Questioning witnesses at the bar, rookie county sheriff's deputy Shanna Preston learns of two men, possible suspects in the young woman’s murder. When the FBI takes over the case, Shanna's determined to help bring down this vicious killer.
Aiden must find someone to care for the human child before she awakens in him a fatherly instinct that could bring on the forbidden bloodlust mating urge. He sets his sights on lovely redheaded Deputy Shanna Preston. But Shanna suspects he's guilty of kidnapping and fears he may be involved in murder. Can Aiden keep his cool around Deputy Preston long enough to stop the dangerous killer? Can Shanna survive the affections of Protector Aiden Marschant and live to tell about it?
378 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 25, 2009
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May 21, 2015
I honestly lost all interest in finishing this book. And I was so damn close too. Unfortunately this book started well enough and then kinda started getting boring. I've never been a fan of info dump and, the truth is, not even the sex scenes managed to pick my interest for long. Another thing that got repetitive and boring pretty fast. Then the main characters started making stupid choices and...I was done. I managed about 76% and considering I lost interest well before the 50% mark...Not bad. It's a HUGE book. Maybe not physically and not even emotionally but it seems to take forever to go anywhere while simultaneously doing everything way too fast which doesn't even make sense. For me, it seemed like the focus of the story was always in the wrong place. My connection with the characters wasn't all that great either. Aiden is a very poor example of a vampire and Shanna a terrible example of a police officer. Also as a woman. No redeeming qualities whatsoever.
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