“Flora, that’s a beautiful name,” Maxwell stares intently at me, his eyes raking from head to toe then back again, making my feet shuffle and my heart rate explode in my chest. “I think you’ll do nicely for my time here. Remember, Flora, you are mine for the duration of my visit. All mine. After I leave you will get paid and can go on with your life however you see fit.”Welcome to the world of … world of Blood Courtesans.
Where Vampires are real and blood is a commodity that can give me my means of escape.
Money. Freedom. Escape. That’s my only reason for selling myself, body and blood, to Maxwell Steele, this cold and lethal being before me.
I’ll go to any lengths to escape being a prisoner within a Wolf Pack, including offering myself as a Blood Courtesan to a powerful and deadly Vampire. First I have to escape the Pack, and my Alpha father. Will Maxwell be strong enough to protect me? I hope so: he’s my last hope for freedom and to live life as I want. I pray I’ll survive, and I pray I’ll keep my soul intact. My name is Flora and this is my story.
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I recommend them all and I would drag my hubby the first day the move release
Exhilarating
What can I say about this book but, AWESOME!!! I got so wrapped up in the book I couldn’t put it down once I started reading it. I was too excited to find out what was going to happen with Flora. Was she going to find true love, was her father going to get his due? So many questions you just have to have an answer to before you can stop reading. Then before you know it the book is read.
I haven’t found a book that Ava has written that I haven’t fell in love with and this one is no different. You will not be disappointed.
Until Next Time… Tabi
Loved this book. It is one of the best I’ve read.
With each new addition to this story, this group of authors introduce us to an unique vampire world and the delightful blood courtesans. Flora was such a fun character, she was refreshing in her honesty and her innocence made her a very likeable character. While she was sort of naïve, she knew what she wanted and was willing to get out of a horrible situation by any means available. Max was a very brooding character, his violent introduction to the vampire world seemed to harden him to the world around him. He seemed very rigid, hard and scary but when he was confronted with Flora’s strong inner character his walls started to crumble. Right from the beginning you are drawn into the storyline, quickly loosing track of time as you captured by the writing of Ms. Michaels. With clever wit, snarky comments and interesting situations, the characters come alive drawing you in and not letting go. A great story that does not disappoint.
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I love this series of books and this little gem rates right up there. Flora is the put upon, abused and degraded daughter of a local Wolf Alpha. She can’t shift and he enjoys coming up with cruel taunts and punishments for her. She finally sees a way to flee by signing up to be a Blood Courtesan. And wouldn’t you know her luck, her Vamp is pretty much her new neighbour!
Maxwell Steele (previously Forbes) has returned to Scotland after centuries away to settle the estate of his long detested and now not so dearly departed father. He hated him for allowing the evil into their home which killed his mother and turned them into Vampires. His arrangement for feeding whilst at home has all been organised, but he never expected her to turn up at his door on a “borrowed” horse and fleeing like the hounds of hell are at her heels. Flora and Maxwell slowly bond over their time together, but will he throw her back to her pack once his business is concluded or will they have their HEA?
Flora and Max are a great couple. Flora is naive, virginal and spunky and has the mouth of a salty seadog! Max has forgotten what it means to be Scottish and it’s hilarious as he tried to weather Flora’s slang at rapidfire pace! Flora “beloved” father is a total nightmare on legs and lets just say that his fate is bloody, righteous and I must admit I was fair away with bloodlust myself when he meets his punishment.
The characters are full bodied and Graham and Isa may have little parts in the story but they are a really neat way of showing Max in another light, he wants no kowtowing and calling him Sir is a no no! Am I biased cos it’s set in Scotland and written by a Scots author – you bet your ar$e I am!!! I am LOL at the the thought of my foreign book friends trying to get their tongues around some of the slang in this book. We have lots of words for idiot, dirty and drunk and you’ll know more than a few Scottishisms by the end of this book!
Escape: Flora by AK Michaels is a fantastic edition to the Courtesans series. Loved Flora and Maxwell’s story.
Flora is hybrid, half human, half wolf, who has been left in the care of her abusive father. Nothing she does is ever good enough and she will do anything to escape. Even if it means selling her blood to get enough money to gain her freedom. Becoming a Blood Courtesan seems like the perfect job…
Maxwell Steele, a sexy vamp, has returned to Scotland to deal with his affairs. It’s a long time since he’s been home. He’s in need of a Courtesan for the duration of his stay. When he sees Flora he knows she’ll be perfect for the job. Even if he feels he’s drawn to her for some strange reason.
Can Maxwell save Flora? Will he set her free?
Flora is desperate to escape her father and his pack, the man that never wanted her a ‘halfbreed’ but as Alpha, had no choice but to claim her when her mum died.
The bullying and abusive way Flora is treated by her father and the pack is too much to bear so when she sees a chance to escape she knows it’s worth risking her fathers wrath.
Maxwell has returned to his childhood home to settle his fathers estate and is looking for a blood courtesan to serve his needs while he’s there, when Flora arrives offering herself, he has eyes for no one else.
When Flora’s very angry Alpha father comes demanding the return of his ‘property’ Max finds himself taking drastic action to keep flora safe.
I was totally caught up in Flora’s desperation to escape a life not worth living, making this a riveting read and Max’s drastic actions had me wide eyed and holding my breath. Loved it.