{"id":6874,"date":"2015-07-04T14:02:12","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T18:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=6874"},"modified":"2016-10-28T08:53:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T12:53:41","slug":"review-fated-dark-protectors-1-by-rebecca-zanetti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=6874","title":{"rendered":"Review: Fated (Dark Protectors, #1) by Rebecca Zanetti"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An action-packed, passionate and exciting PNR series starter<\/strong><\/p>\n

4 stars<\/strong><\/p>\n

I love Rebecca Zanetti\u2019s\u00a0Sins Brothers<\/em>\u00a0series, and I\u2019ve been wanting to read this one for a while now. I\u2019m so happy that I finally made a start, because I loved it!<\/p>\n

Cara is a single mother whose life is thrown into turmoil when a huge man barges into her house in the middle of the night, grabs hold of her and her daughter and speeds them away, claiming that he\u2019s protecting them. She is slightly mollified by the fact that her daughter, Janie, seems to know the man and says that he can be trusted. Janie is only 4, but she has psychic abilities which allow her to see the future. But then the man introduces himself as Talen, tells her that he\u2019s a vampire and that she is his destined mate. And in order for him to protect her, they need to be married and mated as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur mates are human. And Cara\u201d\u2014 his voice dropped to a rumble\u2014\u201cyou\u2019re mine.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Talen is a member of the vampire royal family. His older brother is King, and Talen and his brothers are warriors responsible for the safety of the Realm (the supernatural world). As would be expected, Talen is strong, protective and totally alpha. Vampires only get one mate, a human with special abilities that is able to have children with a vampire, and Cara is his. He has no intention of letting her get away.<\/p>\n

\u201cStop calling me \u2018mate,\u2019 and let me go.\u201d She stifled a groan against the desire pooling between her thighs.
\nHis lips tickled hers before he spoke. \u201cYou are my mate,\u201d he brushed her lips again, \u201cand there\u2019s no fucking way in hell I\u2019m letting you go.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The fact that the two of them share an immediate and deep attraction to each other helps things along, and things get steamy very quickly.<\/p>\n

\u201cCara,\u201d he leaned forward in his chair, \u201cbefore this night has ended you will have no doubt you\u2019ve been mated.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Their relationship is incredibly passionate, and the sex is frequent and descriptive, with each encounter bringing them closer and closer together as they learn about each other. And though Cara initially agreed to the marriage in order to protect her daughter and herself, she soon finds herself falling for the enigmatic badass as he brings her into his world. Cara is a strong heroine, and I really liked her, and the dynamic between them is awesome. They banter and bicker, and Cara isn\u2019t afraid to stand up to her stubborn, domineering mate.<\/p>\n

“I’m sorry to tell you this, Talen, but if you wanted a mindless, obedient wife, you should have found one during the last century. I’m sure you had your chances.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cYou picked the wrong girl to dominate, Dracula.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But there is still danger lurking, with the vampire enemy, the Kurjans, out to take Cara and her daughter for themselves. There\u2019s lots of action, with frequent and violent attacks on both sides, gunfights, kidnappings, car smashes and explosions. Shifters become involved, and things only get more complicated when Cara\u2019s sister goes missing.<\/p>\n

The story moves at a great pace, and really keeps you engaged. There is so much going on, and there is humour, drama, and some really sweet moments thrown in amongst all of the excitement.<\/p>\n

Cara\u2019s daughter, Janie, is a delight, and you can see her story arc already being set up. I loved the introduction to Talen\u2019s brothers, a very interesting shifter couple, and I like that there are already numerous stories being set up.<\/p>\n

I really enjoyed this book. The PNR world is interesting and well-developed with all sorts of supernatural beings, and as a series starter, it\u2019s really strong. The action is great, there is fantastic character interplay, an interesting and exciting storyline, and a fiery, passionate romance.<\/p>\n

This is the sort of paranormal series that I love \u2013 a strong overarching storyline with individual books for different characters. And with the next book established nicely, I\u2019m really looking forward to continuing on.<\/p>\n

I loved it \u2013 4 stars.<\/p>\n

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See our Dark Protectors\/Realm Enforcers series<\/a> page for info on the series<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Check out our Rebecca Zanetti Author Spotlight<\/a> for more of Rebecca\u2019s work<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Buy: Kindle Ebook\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0Paperback\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0Audio Review An action-packed, passionate and exciting PNR series starter 4 stars I love Rebecca Zanetti\u2019s\u00a0Sins Brothers\u00a0series, and I\u2019ve been wanting to read this one for a while now. I\u2019m so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","yasr_overall_rating":4,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"Product","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,9,29],"tags":[320,305,48],"class_list":["post-6874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-paranormal","category-romance","category-steamy","tag-dark-protectors","tag-rebecca-zanetti","tag-review"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":0,"sum_votes":0},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Fated.jpg?fit=150%2C234&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7gaNL-1MS","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}