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Heartkeeper
. . . Beyond time, and death, and hope have I loved you . . .
So writes a soldier of the Nameless Guard, a halfblood who serves the vampire nobility. He is the son of two warring worlds-- half-vampire, half-werewolf-- an immortal outcast. As a vampire, he is a true immortal, but as a werewolf, he loves only once: instantly and forever. But the one who holds his heart is Ravienne Nightborn, heiress to the vampire throne. Bound to her for all time by a despairing love he can neither deny nor escape, he writes the words he cannot speak.
So writes a soldier of the Nameless Guard, a halfblood who serves the vampire nobility. He is the son of two warring worlds-- half-vampire, half-werewolf-- an immortal outcast. As a vampire, he is a true immortal, but as a werewolf, he loves only once: instantly and forever. But the one who holds his heart is Ravienne Nightborn, heiress to the vampire throne. Bound to her for all time by a despairing love he can neither deny nor escape, he writes the words he cannot speak.
65 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 28, 2010
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April 24, 2011
Title: HeartKeeper
Author: Christine M. Taylor
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Publication Date: 2010
Genre: Paranormal/Vampire
Length: Novella
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Rating: 5 Diamonds
Heat Level: Spicy
Reviewer: Starla Kaye
Date: 4-2-11
This was a very intriguing story, beautifully written.
Ravienne’s life is controlled by being the heiress to the vampire throne. She must choose a man as her heartkeeper from the many who desire her for what she can give them, not for who she is.
“Baddog” is a Nameless Guard, a half-breed vampire/werewolf, belonging to no world. He fell in love with Ravienne as a baby and has suffered his love of her ever since. Theirs is a love that cannot be, yet…
The characters are well developed and complex. The conflicts seemingly unconquerable. At times I didn’t particularly like the heroine, but I grew to understand her and hope she would make the right choice in the end. The author didn’t let me down.
Author: Christine M. Taylor
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Publication Date: 2010
Genre: Paranormal/Vampire
Length: Novella
Buy Link
Rating: 5 Diamonds
Heat Level: Spicy
Reviewer: Starla Kaye
Date: 4-2-11
This was a very intriguing story, beautifully written.
Ravienne’s life is controlled by being the heiress to the vampire throne. She must choose a man as her heartkeeper from the many who desire her for what she can give them, not for who she is.
“Baddog” is a Nameless Guard, a half-breed vampire/werewolf, belonging to no world. He fell in love with Ravienne as a baby and has suffered his love of her ever since. Theirs is a love that cannot be, yet…
The characters are well developed and complex. The conflicts seemingly unconquerable. At times I didn’t particularly like the heroine, but I grew to understand her and hope she would make the right choice in the end. The author didn’t let me down.
January 26, 2013
Dark, dark, dark, like the best dark chocolate. I don't normally read vampire books, but how could I resist a melancholy half-vampire/half werewolf protagonist called "Baddog"? "Heartkeeper" reminded me a lot of "Wuthering Heights," with "Baddog" as "Heathcliff" and his haughty vampire lady love as "Cathy." The intense, completely engrossing first-person narration, and some of the subtext, also reminded me of "Lolita" and Daphne du Maurier's "My Cousin, Rachel." Really, this book is brilliantly written. I loved the little touches, like the fountain of blood, the "everchildren" and the "heartkeeper" concept itself.
This may be the most romantic book I've ever read, because the fantasy love depicted here is all-encompassing, utterly selfless, eternal, and impervious to disgust. There isn't much of a plot and really, not much in the way of characterization, aside from the hero, but Baddog is such a compelling narrator, I couldn't put the book down until I'd learned his fate. Highly recommended.
This may be the most romantic book I've ever read, because the fantasy love depicted here is all-encompassing, utterly selfless, eternal, and impervious to disgust. There isn't much of a plot and really, not much in the way of characterization, aside from the hero, but Baddog is such a compelling narrator, I couldn't put the book down until I'd learned his fate. Highly recommended.
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