Review: Malevolent Dead (Book Two) by: Heather Kuehl

Title: Malevolent Dead Book Two of the Sarah Vargas series
Author: Heather Kuehl
Author Website: www.heatherkuehl.blogspot.com
Genre: Paranormal Sub-genre: Adventure, Werewolf
Publisher: Eternal Press
Price: $4.50
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What I liked: Damian sighed. “You’re not going to like this.”
“I never like half of what you do, but I do it anyways.”

I had never had sex this wonderful before. If I had known what vampire blood could go, I would have started drinking the stuff long ago.

I lay on the ground, the dead all over me. Biting and clawing at me.

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Your lover, your mentor, your boss, and your lustful ally. Each wants a piece of you. Your loyalties are stretched to limits you never knew existed. Now stronger forces threaten to take away everyone you care about and even those you could care less if they dropped dead in front of you. Protecting one could spell disaster for another – or for all.

Just another day. Welcome to Sarah Vargas’ world where revenge and survival occur on the same day and sometimes, at the same time.

Following in the intriguing footsteps of the first book in the Sarah Vargas series, Fade to Black, author Heather Kuehl (keel) tracks Sarah’s latest mission where the stakes are higher in the chilling Malevolent Dead. Bracing herself for the fallout caused by seeking revenge, Sarah is forced to take on the role of Damian’s past lover. But this role calls for more than just acting. Sarah has to draw her strength from Damian and drink his blood if she hopes to save those around her.

But doesn’t drinking blood mean she is now under Damian’s power? What about Jared and Sarah’s increasingly confused feelings for the very one that turned her in the first place? Sarah has always looked after herself but now must surrender to the very forces that could leave her vulnerable in her ultimate challenge, not to mention in sex.

Kuehl’s skilled writing brings an added dimension to Sarah Vargas without compromising the ass-kicking sensibility of this determined heroine. Sarah is the resilient Were caught in the middle of her quest for revenge and the fallout that demands she pay the ultimate price. Sarah’s difficult choices deliver suspenseful action and promises readers more than they and Sarah bargained for in the highly anticipated third book due in the coming months.

Book blurb: To save everyone, she’ll have to do the unthinkable. Werewolf Sarah Vargas thought all she had to worry about was the Blood Moon Corporation’s retaliation. She never dreamed that another vampire would arrive, disputing Damian’s claim over the throne to Charleston, SC. To make matters worse, he is no ordinary vamp; he’s a vampire necromancer. Exceptionally hard to kill, Sarah will have do whatever she can to keep those that she loves safe…

Book excerpt: I growled, my hackles rising as I developed a plan. The last time I came up against a Necrovamp, it kept taking hits and never slowed down. Damian had said before that the only way to truly kill a Necrovamp was to destroy the necromancer that controlled it.

That would be Marcellus. “You aren’t my Phaedra,” he said as he released Stacy’s body and stood up.

“You’re just some filthy Were. Kill her. Kill her now!” Dom hissed as he sprang into the air and I braced myself for the impact. It felt like being hit with a Mac truck. Silver fangs tore into my flesh as we rolled, each of us trying to get the upper hand.

The Necrovamps hung back, waiting to see if Dom would take care of the problem. Dez circled us as though he was some kind of wild cat, his fangs bared and his fingers curled into claws. His eerie blue eyes held concern though. He didn’t want to see me dead, but helping me would blow his cover. I whined in pain as the silver fangs tore into my neck. Damn Dom and his love for silver. I’d scar from this. I locked my jaws around his shoulder, trying to maneuver him away from my neck without hurting him. At that moment Dez attacked.

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