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Review: Rulers of Darkness Box Set by Amanda J. GreeneRulers of Darkness Box Set: (Books 1 -3) by Amanda J. Greene
on January 26, 2016
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Read 3 sizzling, dark, paranormal romance novels and fall in love with the Rulers of Darkness.
Passion can be lethal...

Caressed by Moonlight
Dorian Vlakhos is no ordinary aristocrat. He is a vampire king, who will do anything to save his clan from complete annihilation, before an ancient curse can claim his immortal life.
Penniless and orphaned, Victoria Kingston has nothing to bring to a marriage, yet she must shackle an unsuspecting gentleman into marriage by the end of the month or forfeit her rights as guardian of her younger sister. With the help of her dearest friend, Victoria begins her hunt, and vows to stay far away from the dark, mysterious, Dorian Vlakhos.
After meeting the beautifully innocent Miss Kingston, Dorian had to have her. He would do absolutely anything to make Victoria his. One sweet stolen kiss would bring them together while a force, more powerful than any vampire, would bind them for all eternity, but treachery, war, and death rule Dorian's dark world and Victoria would be fortunate to survive.

Caressed by Night
Dimitri Arsov, the last remaining pure vampire, was thought to be dead for the past four hundred years. Now, he is back and has a score to settle with the traitor that had tried to kill him centuries ago. But as he waits for his prey to blindly step into his carefully laid trap, his overwhelming hunger for blood is triggered when he saves a beautiful art historian.
Kerstyn Ingmar's life was normal and straight up boring until the night she is rescued by the dangerously sexy, powerfully mesmerizing, Dimitri. Unable to resist his diamond blue eyes and intense kisses, she is drawn into his world of darkness and closer to her impending doom.
While their desire consumes them, Dimitri is haunted by images of a bloody and deadly future. As his enemies draw near, he must find a way to save his mate from her destiny before fate destroys them both.

Caressed by a Crimson Moon
Consumed by madness and tormented by dark memories of blood and death, Hadrian Lucretius, King of the Validus Clan, has returned after living in self-imposed exile for nearly three hundred and fifty years.
To maintain peace with the vampires, Eva Maldonado is offered as a sacrifice to the crazed vampire king by her father, the alpha of the Silveria Shifter Pack. Hadrian's reputation is both legendary and lethal; he is ruthless, bloodthirsty, lusty, and soulless. When Eva arrives at the ancient fortress high in the Carpathian Mountains, she is shocked to find a ravaged man with dark burning eyes filled with loneliness and dangerous desire.
Would she be his lover...or his prey? His savior...or his victim? Would Hadrian lure her into madness or would their perilous passion be their redemption?

Review

When I first started this series I was hoping not to be disappointed because this first book took place over 200 years ago which usually doesn’t hold my interest but within the first couple chapters of Caressed by Moonlight I was so caught up in the vampire world I didn’t care what century it was.
Prince Dorian has run from his home to London to force the people trying to destroy him to leave his home. Poor Victoria has lost her family home after her parents passed and she and her sister Margaret are forced to beg Aunt Nelly to take them in but the condition is that in a month Victoria must be married. As Victoria sets out to find a husband she is attacked and is saved by Dorian. Dorian is convinced she is his mate and when Victoria is thrown out of her aunts house she has nowhere to turn to so she goes to Dorian and he agrees to marry her. The adventure for the two of them is intense as they become closer to each other.
Caressed by Night takes place modern day and this book keeps you on your toes. Dimitri is the last remaining pure vampire but for the past four hundred years he has let everyone think he is dead. He saw a vision of his death and rather than have a quick fight he needed to make sure he could stop all of the traitors not just one. His fight leads him to Las Vegas and his friend Gabriel where he slowly reveals his existence to a few people. Kerstyn cannot find a job and her car has died so when she gets home and her roommate Denise says her boyfriend claimed Kerstyn was hitting on him, Denise threw her out. Kerstyn called her friend Silvie and she found her a place to live in Dimitri’s huge house. Dimitri won’t let her pay rent and he lets her use his car but when he saw her he knew she would be his mate but that the Fates may take her away from him. Kerstyn finds out exactly what Dimitri is and she is not put off by him, in fact she is hoping he is not put off by her. As the threat of his enemy comes closer so do he and Kerstyn as they begin to fall more and more in love. Will the fates take her from him or will he be able to fight his enemy and his own demon?
Caressed by the Crimson moon finds poor Eva a halfbreed being given to the vampire clan as a peace offering even though a pure breed is what was supposed to go but her father the king said if she survived he would bring his daughter to the ball in exchange. Hadrian has hidden himself for 350 years letting everyone think he is the crazy King. He is hunted by his demons but somehow Eva manages to see past that and she is very attracted to him. When she accidentally cuts herself Hadrian smells something different about her he realizes she is half witch and half shifter. When the high priestess comes to him to warn him of her shifter change and how to help her he doesn’t know if he has the willpower. Can Eva survive the change? Will Hadrian help her.
This series can be read as a standalone but you can’t help but appreciate how they all intertwine. – Reviewed by Linda Rea