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I am fast becoming a mad fan of the Immortal Guardians series, and originally bought the full compilation book Predatory, just so that I could read Richart’s novella. But it’s now been released all on its own, so Immortal Guardians fans – what are you waiting for?

I love Richart, and his secret romance has been hinted at during the last couple of books of the series, and while I was initially sad that he only gets a novella and not a full length book, I was happy to find that this novella is pure romance. Set against the happenings of books 2 and 3 of the series and a little bit beyond, we already know all of the big events that take place, so Duvall has given us all of the moments in between the action, concentrating on the gorgeous love story between Richart and Jenna.

Jenna is a single mother with a 20 year old son, John, and she works hard to provide for them while putting him through medical school. The two of them have a fabulous relationship, and I really enjoyed watching them together. When Richart saves Jenna from a vampire attack one night, he is immediately taken with her, and proceeds to watch over her (or stalk her, as Sheldon puts it), until he can resist no longer and makes contact.

Their romance develops beautifully as they fall and fall hard for each other. It’s easy, it’s honest, it’s drama free, and it’s hot. And when Jenna unexpectedly finds out Richart’s big secret, she is (surprisingly) accepting of him and his world. But Richart is so sweet, respectful and open with his feelings about her, and oh-so-sexy, the woman had no chance to resist!

“I am so smitten with you.”

I really like John, and see that he could potentially fit into the Immortal Guardian world really well, so I hope we get to see more of him. We also get to see more of Sheldon, who is so funny in this book, and is quickly developing into one of my favourite characters.

“Dude,” Sheldon responded, “vampires threaten to feed me my own entrails all the time. You’re going to have to come up with something better than that.”
“Fine. I’ll cut off your balls, shove them down your throat, and watch you choke on them.”
“That’ll do.” Sheldon shuddered. “Okay, I see we’re going to have to have a little talk, John. Here’s the thing. Since Richart is planning to explore the Kama Sutra with your mom…”
“Really?” John said. “You’re going to put that imagine my head?”
“…you and I are going to be running into each other a lot, so you need to understand something,” he said earnestly. “You can’t threaten a man’s balls, dude. A man’s balls are off limits. Even vampires don’t fuck with a man’s balls. That’s just…mean.”

I’m loving this series, and am excited for more hot French action with Richart’s brother, Etienne.

4 stars.

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