He’ll fulfill her wildest fantasies… but only if she believes.
The Gray Court, Book 1
Leo Dunne has been searching his entire life for the one person born just for him. He finds her working in his own company, but the shy little Ruby Halloway constantly hides from him. He hatches a devilish plot with her best friend to bring her out of her shell, and the result proves her desire is more than … proves her desire is more than a match for his own.
Ruby has had the hots for her boss for some time now, but she knows business and pleasure shouldn’t mix. While that can’t stop a girl from dreaming, she sticks by her guns and does her best never to be alone with the handsome CEO. Until the company masquerade party, where she discovers a passion with him that leaves a mark on her soul.
A family emergency calls Leo away, and rather than spend one night out of Ruby’s arms, he convinces her to go with him. With his brother’s life on the line, it’s vital she learn how to deal with who, and what, her new lover really is…before it’s too late.
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“3.5 out of 5 stars. Dana Marie takes on a different world in this book (dealing with the Fae Courts) and I really like the setup. The characters are great … makes you just want to get to know them more. This is more then just sex and finding each others mates like her Halle Pumas’ series, which makes this story that much more interesting. You should definitely check it out!!”
Read more of my review here: http://frommetoyouvideophoto.blogspot.com/2010/01/magics-in-music-and-musics-in-me.html
I loved the whole Fae courts and fairy-tale myths theme and how this has been woven into a very enjoyable read.
I really loved this story, great family dynamic and characters and the story itself is great. The humour is well done and you feel attached to these people.
Though Leo and Ruby make a great pairing and have a solid relationship in the end, the very beginning was not one I liked.
Two things that annoyed me in the beginning but absolve further into the book are – I didn’t like that Leo had known his mate was near FIVE years previously but had done nothing to find her. During this time he has sex with other women. We are to forgive him this fact as he has not had sex with anyone since he saw Ruby leaning over a desk months prior. There is some explanation of how the mating ritual sequence occurs but 5 years is still to long for my liking.
Ruby believes him to be a player due to his behaviour but has sex with him anyway. No self-respect.
I have owned, read and reviewed these books years ago but my reviews are missing. Never a hardship to reread them. I know how this series goes and it really does improve.
I originally wrote this review back in 2014 but have recently read Dare To Believe again and then realized that I had pulled this post for editing and updating after remodeling my blog.
There have been a couple of changes since the original posting that I feel necessary to mention as one of them may compel me to write a new review in the future. The first change is that this edition was published by Samhain Publishing and as some of you know they are no longer in business. Thankfully, Dana Marie Bell was one of the awesome authors who chose to self-republish their stories which brings us to the second change, a new cover. I will include the new cover in this post but I don’t plan on rating it at this time, as I intend to purchase the new addition at the first chance I get, because I am eager to know if there are any new scenes or modifications from the previous version of Dare To Believe which means a potentially new or even updated version of this review, who knows, but I am looking forward to finding out. But the big question will be what in the world will I do with this edition when I have the new edition.
Original Posting (Edited)
Do you know when you find a book that you read once and after that you just have to read it again
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and again because it stands out so much and just keeps calling to you, this is what happens every time my eyes run past any of Dana Marie Bell’s books?
Ruby is such an interesting character; I think her sense of self preservation is kind of muted because when she gets something in her head it immediately comes out of her mouth, even when dealing with the bad guys. I loved when she told the Deranged Darling she had spinach between her teeth that was priceless and calling the vampire, Jaden “Bunnicula”. Leo will have his work cut out for him trying to keep her out of trouble. I felt so bad for poor Jaden feeling like he is so alone because the two people he loves most turn out to be mates 🙁
The characters in this book are larger than life and hook you right in from the very beginning. Even though this was the fourth time I have read this book I was still annoyed every time I had to put it down and now I feel the urge to go read the next book in the series again.
This review posting contains the body of the review, which is only a portion of the original review which was originally posted here http://lauralusbookreviews.blogspot.com/2018/02/dare-to-believe-gray-court-1-by-dana.html
I loved this series!