Ann Smith loves her handsome, dynamic boss, Jasha Wilder, but her daring plan to seduce him goes awry when she encounters a powerful wolf who-before her horrified eyes-changes into the man she adores. She soon discovers she can’t escape her destiny, for she is the woman fated to break the curse that binds his soul.
Running wild
This series starter is just what I needed to pass the weekend. I enjoyed this new take on shifters and the journey the characters have to take to right an old wrong and to find their way to their HEA. I love the depth of the characters and the way they weren’t willing to settle for less than what they longed for. It was fantastic to see their real personalities uncovered the more comfortable they became with each other. The author kept the thrill of the chase and the danger of the unknown with each new challenge this couple faced. Making for a story that I will be sure to read again, but not before I read the rest of the books in the series.
Book 1 of the Darkness Chosen series. Dodd is killing it with romantic suspense novels, but she also wrote a killer paranormal romance series. Scent of Darkness starts the Darkness Chosen series. Ann is smitten with her hot, sexy boss, who turns out to be a werewolf. Tightly-plotted page-turner.
Binging on this one in audio and loving it. I have it in paperback but didn’t get to it and now since I am packing my books for moving thought I would see if I could find them on audio since I hadn’t read them yet and BAM! there they are and I am having a great time packing. First up is Joshi and Ann, his executive assistant, and they are a great pair. Yea, I’m not going to tell you about this one…paranormal…that is all you get…on to the next one!
I enjoyed this book quite a bit. This was a re-read for me. I first read this book around the time of its original release, which was 2007, and didn’t remember a whole lot about it besides the fact that the Hero is able to turn into a wolf and I liked it. As I read the book, there were some things that were somewhat familiar but in a lot of ways, it was like experiencing the story all over again for the first time. I am really glad that I decided to pick this one up again.
I love the set up for this series. The Wilder family is descended from a man that made a deal with the devil years ago. Since that deal was made, only male children have been born and each of those children is able to transform into a predator once they reach puberty. These are violent men who don’t form attachments or marry but take what they want. Jasha’s father broke tradition when he married his mother and hid his family from the larger family.
Jasha knows that his family is in danger from his mother’s prophecy. Jasha is the oldest and is quite the businessman, owning a winery. He is the oldest of the four children in his family and he is able to turn into a wolf at will. Ann works for Jasha as his assistant but has wanted him for a very long time. She doesn’t realize that when she goes to see him at his home that she is going to get more than she bargained for.
I found this book to be really exciting. I think that the fact that these characters are faced with a situation that is bigger than they are is really interesting. Their goal is really just to keep their family safe and despite the fact that their abilities come from a deal with the devil, they do want to do the right thing. I liked that the enemy could pop up anywhere and really that anything could happen.
I did like Jasha and Ann and thought that they did make a good pair. They did have a lot of chemistry and liked each other before the book actually began. I thought that Ann’s history was really interesting and I liked the fact that she was able to accept everything going on as quickly as she did. Jasha really did care for Ann although he sometimes did need to learn to include her in the decisions that were being made.
I would recommend this book to fans of paranormal romance. I found this to be a fast-paced story with a rather unique premise. I am looking forward to continuing my re-read of the series very soon!
I own this whole series.
***** AUDIOBOOK REVIEW *****
Scent of Darkness must be a revamped older book. When I was adding it to my Goodreads account, I saw so many really negative reviews and I know what I listened to didn’t deserve so much shade. I happened to like it. No, it wasn’t the best but it was good enough that I am looking forward to the next book in the series. It’s kind of this modern day meets historical paranormal. It isn’t the type of book I generally grab but I’m really pleased I took a chance and listened to something outside my box.
Brittany Pressley is a narrator that could read anything and I’d be captivated. We all have narrator that just speaks to us, right? Because mine is definitely Brittany Pressley. She has a voice that pulls out all the feelings, all the thoughts. She gets right to the danger in thrillers. She pulls out the suspense when something is about to happen. She messes with your mind in psychological stories. She’s got a talent and pulls me in every single time she narrates a book. I would listen to her read my Walmart receipt which is super boring and mundane and I know she’d make it incredibly fascinating.
Thank you Brilliance Publishing for the complimentary copy of this audiobook with the hope that I would leave an Unbiased Opinion. I was not required to leave a review, positive or otherwise, and my opinions are just that… my opinions.