The darkest magics feed the darkest hunger.I will raze the Unseen realm and every abomination that lives in it. The obsidian fae abducted and tortured me, murdered my best friend, and ruined my life. After thirteen years of being the crazy girl no one wants around, I’ve finally found a portal to the other world. But I need an elemental to take me through it. The only one who’ll do the job is Max, … who’ll do the job is Max, a sex-starved incubus who wants my body as payment for the service–and my body wants him.
Harper Goode wants to murder me. It just figures my fated mate would turn out to be a mortal bent on destroying my world and me along with it. I might’ve helped save both worlds twice, but I’m no hero. And the hunger won’t let me rest until I’ve claimed Harper. How long can I resist the urge? How long before I become the monster she thinks I am?
We both have enemies hunting us. We both have inner demons to slay. If we don’t kill each other, the dark forces closing in on us just might.
Obsidian Hunger is the fourth book in the Undercover Elementals series of paranormal romances by Anna Durand, bestselling author of the Hot Scots series.
Read Anna’s books in order:
Undercover Elementals series
1. The Mortal Falls (also in audio, featuring Mary Ann Weathers)
2. The Mortal Fires (also in audio, featuring Mary Ann Weathers)
3. The Mortal Tempest (also in audio, featuring Mary Ann Weathers)
Books 1-3 + bonus chapters: The Janusite Trilogy (also in audio, featuring Mary Ann Weathers)
4. Obsidian Hunger
Also check out Anna’s other paranormal romances:
Psychic Crossroads series
1. Willpower
2. Intuition
3. Kinetic
Reborn series (completed)
1. Reborn to Die
2. Reborn to Burn
3. Reborn to Avenge
4. Reborn to Conquer
Passion Never Dies: The Complete Reborn Series
You might also like her steamy contemporary romances:
Hot Scots series
1. Dangerous in a Kilt (also in audio, featuring Rinelle Harkin)
2. Wicked in a Kilt (also in audio, featuring Mary Ann Weathers)
3: Scandalous in a Kilt (also in audio, featuring Mary Ann Weathers)
Books 1-3 (plus bonus chapters): The MacTaggart Brothers Trilogy (also in audio, featuring Rinelle Harkin, Mary Ann Weathers & Ged Bowie)
4: Gift-Wrapped in a Kilt (also in audio, featuring Mary Ann Weathers & Patrick Zeller)
5: Notorious in a Kilt (also in audio, featuring Mary Ann Weathers & Patrick Zeller)
6: Insatiable in a Kilt (also in audio, featuring Shane East & Mary Ann Weathers)
7: Lethal in a Kilt (also in audio, featuring Shane East & Emma Wilder)
8: Irresistible in a Kilt
Hot Brits series (Kindle Unlimited)
1. One Hot Chance (coming soon in audio, featuring Shane East & Vanessa Edwin)
2. One Hot Roomie, coming in 2020
3. One Hot Crush, coming in 2020
Au Naturel Trilogy
1. Natural Passion (coming soon in audio, featuring Jason Clarke & Ava Lucas)
2. Natural Impulse (coming in 2020)
3. Natural Satisfaction (coming in 2020)
Fired Up (a standalone romance, also in audio featuring Talece Brown)
more
This book was a bit of a pleasant surprise . This is not a genre that I normally enjoy, but I liked the main characters, the story was intriguing and the steamy scenes were pretty hot.
I think this book would have benefited from a duet narration. I didn’t love the male narrators female voice, or the female narrators male voice.
There was a bit of the ridiculousness to this book, but overall it was pretty good and I enjoyed it.
ENEMIES TO FATED MATES
OBSIDIAN HUNGER is the fourth book in the Undercover Elementals series. Though I had not read any of the previous books in the series, I had no problem; I would say that this can stand alone. On the other hand, other characters are visited that make me want to know their stories as well.
Harper and Max are fabulous adversaries who are meant to be fated mates. Getting from “I will kill you,” to “I would die for you” is an amazing journey.
I was captured from the first page to the last. I will admit to reading far into the night and missing some vital sleep. This is a perfectly written suspenseful paranormal romance. I hope there will be more in this series. I would love to read more.
Note: While I received this book as a gifted ARC from the author, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
Title: OBSIDIAN HUNGER
Series: Undercover Elementals #4
Category /Genre: Contemporary Romance
Recommended for: 18+ due to sexual content
Grammar/editing: received as an unedited ARC / errors excused
Received from: Anna Durand
I thoroughly enjoyed Obsidian Hunger, the fourth book in the Undercover Elementals series from Anna Durand. Anna Durand has created a fascinating world in this series, and it is adventurous, humorous, steamy and heartbreaking all at the same time.
We previously met Max in the Janusite Trilogy, where he was Lindsey’s familiar, a salamander and incubus. Now that Lindsay and Nevan (the leads from the previous three books) have found their happily-ever-after, it’s time for Max to find his! Little does he know it, but when he crosses paths with Harper, a mortal determined to get revenge on everyone from the Unseen, his life will change forever! Harper is strong, determined, sharp-witted and sharp-tongued! She is a true match for Max’s wicked sends of humor and no-holds-barred incubus lifestyle.
Max grows from a lothario with a distrust of love into a truly devoted match for Harper. He can’t explain why he’s so drawn to her, but he is, and he embraces it. Harper, for her part, wants nothing to do with magical beings after a run-in in her past that left her scarred, but she can’t deny the chemistry and the pull that she has to Max.
In true Anna Durand style, the writing is fantastic. There is a well-developed plot, character growth and development, a fanciful setting that makes sense in it’s magical way, and so much witty dialog that you can’t help but laugh out loud. The narration by Shane East and Ava Lucas is spot-on. Shane portrays Max and alternately clueless, smarmy and snarky, and Ava plays up Harper’s strength and determination. They both make the characters leap from the story so vividly you can see this as a movie in your mind as you’re listening.
So thoroughly entertaining, enchanting and engaging. I hope there are more Undercover Elementals in the works.
I absolutely loved this book and every character involved. This PNR story had so many snarky, sexy and emotional aspects to it and I loved it!
Harper and Max’s growth from where they start at the beginning to where they end up is pretty much a bit of a roller coaster, but so worth the ride. Harper is a pretty strong woman and I loved how determined she was. I also loved Max’s close friendship with Lindsay and Nevan and how they’re very supportive of him because they’ve become like a family.
It had some really powerful scenes that absolutely brought me to tears made a hundred times more impactful by Ava and Shane’s performances. Really superb acting in this book.
I did come into this book after only having read book 1. I’m glad I did, because I just couldn’t wait! So at least I know how everything kinda gets started.
Fast paced romp from page 1. This is Max’s story (read the series in order for the best experience). He’s been an incubus for 2000 years and hasn’t been having a good time of it lately. He managed to escape to the mortal realm just as Harper finds the portal he’s at. She’s on a mission to demolish the Unseen. Thirteen years ago she and her friend were taken by fae from the Unseen and her friend was killed and she was tortured. Now she’s ready to get her revenge. She’ll need an elemental to get through the portal and Max just happens to be handy.
Max follows her home and realizes he needs to have her but he doesn’t want her to just want him because of his pheromones. They finally agree on getting together and their enemies begin to make themselves known. Harper has dangerous enemies and Max is on the run. This is their story. It’s fast paced, fun, and the characters that seem a little harsh in the beginning fall into place as great characters with a lot of backstory.
Max may have helped save the world twice but this time he has everything on the line.
This storyline featuring Max and Harper is astounding! The action starts at the beginning and just does not let up! I started reading the work of Anna Durand when she first published herHot Scots series and have been following her ever since. This is an action-packed paranormal romance and Ms. Durand has done that genre very well indeed!!
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Obsidian Hunger by Anna Durand is an amazing story to read. This is book number four in this amazing series that I have loved reading very much and can not wait to see what else Anna Durand writes. I highly recommend this story to everyone who loves reading about romantic suspense and paranormal romance.
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Book four in the Undercover Elementals series a well written story that kept me laughing, the things that come out of his mouth! The proposal scene I think was the best, especially the last bit. I enjoyed reading Quintus Salonius Maximus and Harper Goode’s story. I would recommend it.
If anyone wants to read a very exciting and fun book then you are in for a treat. It is exciting from the first page. The action takes off and you won’t want to put it down. The main characters, Max and Harper, are great together. You are left guessing the finale up till the end. I really enjoyed this book and hope to read many more by this author.
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