Review It Happened One Bite by Lydia Dare

Title: It Happened One Bite (Regency Vampyre Trilogy #1)
Author: Lydia Dare
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Format: Mass Market Paperback, 385 pgs
Release Date: March 1, 2011


Blaire Lindsay's been warned that her ancestral home is haunted. But it will take more than tales of a ghost to frighten Blaire, a battle-born witch with supernatural strength and the ability to make sparks fly from her fingertips.

But when Blair frees James from his [cell], she quickly discovers she's unloosed far more than she could ever have imagined...

Rich, titled, and undead, gentleman vampyre James Maitland fears himself doomed to a cold and lonely existence-until Scottish witch Blaire Lindsay arrives, and things begin to heat up considerably...

Soon the castle is overrun with vampires whose perfect manners and compelling blood lust make for some very awkward moments, and Blair and James are joined in the fight of their lives to save everything they hold dear from the forces of evil...


Rating -

Sexual -

My Review:

Good vampires, bad vampires, a centuries old grudge, witches, werewolves, some humor and an undeniable attraction are featured in this sexy paranormal romance.

We first met the witches of this coven in the Dare's Westfield Wolves series, but don't worry if you haven't read that series, this story is a stand alone book in this new series spin-off.

Blaire, the 24 year old female lead, is the witty and strong battle witch of the coven. She and her two brothers have been alone in the world since their parents died. Their father died leaving them with a lot of debt. He hadn't been the same since their mom died 10 years earlier. When she finds the man locked in the cellar of their newly discovered "pile of rocks" castle in the Highlands, she knows he's not quite human but she is very attracted to him nonetheless.

James, Lord Kettering, wakes up after 20 years to find himself locked in a dark room after hearing people walking around upstairs. He is instantly intrigued and drawn to the young woman who lets him out. All he remembers is the coven of witches who surrounded him and accused him of evilly murdering victims in the past, present and future.

There is hot chemistry between Blaire and James and she fears he has become her weakness. Familiar with lycans, she isn't surprised to find James is a vampire, much to his astonishment. She is a constant amazement to him.

Dare comes up with a delightfully inventive solution to the problem of what to do with people in a relationship where one is immortal, or long-lived, and one is not.

I enjoyed this story very much. I think fans of the paranormal romance and sexy good vampire genres will as well.

Review A Certain Wolfish Charm by Lydia Dare

A Certain Wolfish Charm
Author: Lydia Dare
mass paperback 375 pgs
gerne- paranormal historical romance, Wolf
Authors website

Book description
In Lydia dare's debut trilogy, Regency England has gone to the wolves!
He gets crankier and crankier as the moon gets full...

The rules of Society can be beastly-especially when you're a werewolf and it's that irritating time of the month. Simon Westfield, the Duke of Blackmoor, is rich, powerful, and sinfully handsome, and has spent his entire life creating scandal and mayhem. It doesn't help his wolfish temper at all that Miss Lily Rutledge seems not the least bit afraid of him, and in fact, may be as untamable as he is...

A woman whose charm is stronger than the moon...

When Lily's beloved nephew's behavior becomes inexplicably wild, she turns to Simon, the boy's cousin and guardian, for help. But Simon's idea of assistance is far different than hers, and Lily finds herself ensconced in his house and engaged to the rogue.

They both may have bitten off more than they can chew when each begins to discover the other's darkest secrets...

My Review

Rating

Sexual-

A charming sexy wolf story to make you howl at the moon, that I really enjoyed. The characters are all enjoyable. After reading a few historical romance I found this one felt like a historical read than most. At least the author used words from that time period and made sure she added the slang, it made it more enjoyable for me to read.

Now as I said this book is charming its not like most shape-shifter books. You get no fighting action or any more paranormal creatures. What you get is a charming love story between one wolf Simon, that thinks he has to hide the fact he can change during the moon phases. Then you get one strong woman Lily that has had enough of the duke’s not answering his mail about his nephew and goes to confront him. From there things gets really heated between them, but Simon still wants to hide the fact of his changing.
Both Simon and Lily are great to read. I really liked Will, Simons brother and can’t wait to get to his book.

The only thing I didn’t like was the book was very predictable, but with all of its charm the book has I can easily overlook it. I would suggest if your going to read the series do not skip this one, it has a lot of information for future books