After 150 years of hellish torture at the hands of the vampire horde, Lachlain, king of the Lykae (werewolf) clan, escapes his captors. He's disoriented and full of hatred, and yet he finds the mate he's been longing for for 1200 years in a small, delicate vampire. Desperate to find information on her parents, Emmaline Troy, a timid, overprotected half vampire/ half valkyrie, had travelled to Paris away from the protection of her valkyrie aunts for the first time in her young life (she's only 70), but she manages to be kidnapped by a raging Lykae who's tender to her one minute, though-if he is reminded she's a vampire-furious the next...
8/6/2019: What a difference 8 years make. I still enjoyed this book but my previous feelings are not the same. I liked Emma and did not think she was stubborn at all! She just wanted to be able to make choices for herself, instead of her life being dictated by her aunts and Lachlain.
Lachlain was a bit of an ass, at first, and had caveman tendencies. He redeemed himself by the end but his insistence she stay with him and never see her family again was ridiculous.
The only "aunt" I found irritating was Annika, since she wanted to coddle Emma and make sure she stayed away from Lachlain. The rest of the Valkyrie did not bother me.
1/28/2011: This was a pretty good read. I really liked Lachlain, but was annoyed by Emma's stubbornness. They both made mistakes, but I liked how everything was resolved. Her aunts really irritated me though. They were very grating and screechy. I'm looking forward to reading the next one.
