Excellent!

I really enjoyed this story, and the casting was perfect. I'm going straight on to the next book in the series 😊

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Passionate enemies to lovers and arranged marriage

This is the first book in the Brides of the Kylorr Series, an alien vampire romance. Desire in His Blood is a passionate enemies to lovers, and arranged marriage. The characters are enigmatic and interesting. Gemma and Azur's story is original, steamy, and complex, filled with push and pull, angst, revenge, secrets, drama, and mystery. Gemma is smart, strong, and determined. Azur is revengeful, dark, and powerful. Their chemistry is sizzling hot. I liked to follow them in their slow burn romance. The world building is captivating. The supporting characters are intriguing. Marcio Catalano and Stella Hunter did an excellent job bringing this story to life. I enjoyed it. Looking forward to listening to Craving in His Blood, the next book in the series.

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Alien/Monster Romance - Modern meets historical

I am so happy this book is on Audio now. It was too hard for me to get into while reading it, even though is a great story.

The performance is impeccable, loved both narrators, I mean, is Stella Hunter and Marcio Catalano everybody!

I look forward for the next installment.

Oh! The steam was so delicious! nothing like a good hate fudge to get your blood pumping.

Love loooved this book

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Marcio’s sexy voice!

Although the character was supposed to have a gruff voice and Marcio’s was smooth - it didn’t seem to matter cos I just swooned when I heard him! Plot was very interesting and a bit different from my previous listening. The two main characters progressed in a timely fashion which I found satisfying. Looking forward to the next in the series.

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Marriage contract, enemies to lovers, #SpaceVamps

When Gemma Hara agreed to marry a stranger to save her family she had no idea what she was signing up for. Her marriage of convenience quickly proved to be more than she bargained for. Her new husband Azur, the High Lord of an alien race, is cold and careless in his dealings with her, but new discoveries about each other start to thaw the frigid barrier that keeps them from truly being together.

This was my first book by Zoey and I love her worldbuilding. I think that the duet style narration was a great choice for this audiobook because so much of the story surrounds Gemma and Azur's heated and intense interactions. Marcio and Stella made it feels like I was right there watching these two snipe at eat other, and eventually succumb to their desires. So much energy in their performances and great timing. Their voices work really well together and keep the story flowing at a good pace.

I really enjoyed my first journey into this universe Zoey has created, and I really want to learn more about the rest of the House of Kaalium!

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Really enjoyed ⭐️

I read the book and now listen the audiobook! Great characters, story and world building! Hot and highly recommended 🔥

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Fascinating & Entertaining! Great Story & Listen🎧

Zoey Draven takes you out of this world for another fascinating sci-fi paranormal fantasy romance! It is an original story with interesting storylines that are captivating from start to end. The world building is fantastic, as is the character growth and development. Gemma, a human, the eldest daughter of the house of Hara, and is the one who is running the house and property where the minors work. The Earth Council gave him property as a reward for his heroism in the war, which includes a mine. Except his gambling habit is putting him in debt and he is syphoning money out of the business. Gemma is trying her best to keep it afloat, and when an offer comes with a marriage proposal, she thinks it may be the only way to save her family and the land. Azur of House Kaalium has his reasons for wanting to marry a daughter of the House of Hara and offers a more than a fair amount of money to get her. Gemma did not know why he wanted the marriage, but went with it to prevent her sisters from having to. The marriage was a business transaction and Gemma had to say goodbye to the family and life as she knew it. Azur took her to live on his planet, Krynn, and she did not receive a warm welcome upon her arrival, not even by Azur himself. I admired Gemma’s strength and determination to not let their treatment get to her and loved that she stood up for herself. Azur soon learns there is more to Gemma, and that puts a hitch in his plan. This is a well written and cleverly plotted story, there is a perfect balance of drama, angst, some action, heartfelt emotions and steamy romance. Zoey Draven, thank you for another great story and wild ride. 

🎧📚🎧 And for the amazing narration, Zoey Draven chose the perfect cast to bring her characters to life. Stella Hunter and Marcio Catalano are wonderfully talented narrators and versatile voice artists. Their acting was spot-on, making each character believable and true to their persona. Catalano played Azur’s role perfectly, grasping his alpha demeanor and not afraid to show his softer and caring side. Hunter aced it as Gemma, grasping all sides of her personality, including her strength and determination. Both were just as fabulous performing the roles of the secondary characters, too. They set the perfect tone for the story, captured all the characters’ emotions and had you feeling every single one. These entertaining storytellers are a pleasure to listen to and their narration enhances an already amazing story to another level. Thank you for another fantastic listen.  

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A new all-time fav for sure!!

A monster wants her as his bride…and he will stop at nothing to claim her!!! A new all-time fav for sure!!

Desire in His Blood is about our resident human girl Gemma Hara who has been placed as the head of her family’s business, and is in charge of paying down her father's debts. Unfortunately, this proves harder than she anticipated. Working herself to the bone, she knows that if she doesn’t pay them off in time, the sadistic creditors will take everything: their home, their respected name, and, worst of all, her two beautiful sisters. In an act of desperation to save her family, she agrees to do something reckless: marry a wealthy and mysterious stranger, who has agreed to pay off her family's debt in return for her hand in marriage. The catch: her new husband is a Kylorr. They are very scary alien vampires who survive on human blood. But what other choice does she have?

THIS BOOK!!! OMG when I tell you, this book!! It gave what needed to be given! I am legit obsessed!!! This was a hate-to-love romance in which Azur despised Gemma and her family at the beginning. And even though Azur is from a scary alien species, Gemma took no mess from him and stood her ground and was strong from the beginning! What I loved the most about this book was the pacing of the relationship; It was legit chef’s kiss! 😘 🤌 It didn’t develop too fast, but also, it wasn’t too slow. I could definitely feel their connection. They also had a lot of banter between them, as well as, sweet moments.

The world building was also great. The descriptions of the world surrounding Gemma and Azur was amazing in helping create a picture of the environment. The descriptions were clear but also very vast! 10/10! 👏

My incredible reading/listening experience was completed by the incredible narration! Narrated by Marcio Catalano and Stella Hunter, they were both so amazing with capturing Azur and Gemma’s voices, their personalities and their emotions. Highly recommend!

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WHAT A PERFORMANCE!! 🎭

This is probably one of the best audiobooks I have ever listened to! It was simply perfection! Marcia and Stella were absolutely PHENOMENAL as Azur and Gemma. They brought these characters to life in this wonderful, vivid story. I look forward to the next one!

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first chapter fine after that snore fest

positives ; the first chapter was ok. The female narrator was good and I've heard the male narrator before and he's usually pretty good at different characters it was just the supposed hero of the book was just dull, even being this big red alien winged monster with horns and fangs he was so lacklustre in his voice and character. That's not a positive but it is what 8t is. Oh and the cover pictures good.

Negatives; I really wouldn't bother with this unless your looking for really miniscule world building. Boring characters, Boring story that's been done way to much in romance. it's the whole female heroine runs the family business but has the dastardly money waster of a father who convinces said daughter to be the sacrificial lamb and marry the scary alien (who we think is bad but is really good) in order to save the family ... blah blah blah.

The sample and story blurb are the best of this book.

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