Blood Rose [Kindle Edition]

Sharon Page (Author)

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Product Description

Serena Lark's erotic dreams of vampires are so vivid, so intense, could she be one? Drake Swift and Lord Sommersby, two daring vampire hunters, might know the truth about her past and her future. The trio searches the dark streets of London for answers. She cannot say no when Sommersby and Drake introduce her to another existence entirely, one in which only extraordinary sensual pleasure matters and Serena opens herself up to compelling desire.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 270 KB
• Print Length: 365 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0758215444
• Publisher: Aphrodisia (August 1, 2007)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000UMAEHC
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #242,578 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

I'm a mother of two young children and wife of a terrifically supportive husband. I studied product design at university, worked for many years in engineering, but have always loved to write. Now, I'm happy to say I get to write most days, while still working part time in R&D management.

In my high school years, I read Fear of Flying and Blue Skies, No Candy, and decided that some day I too would become an author and write literary erotic stories (despite a certain lack of experience at that point). In pursuit of my dream, I penned some 'hot' books, pounding them out on a clunky manual typewriter with a faded ribbon.

Since I love creating sexy, wicked men who love pleasuring women, I gravitated to writing Regency set historical romances. Deciding to heat up my stories from sensual to erotic, I wrote A Gentleman Seduced, which sold to Ellora's Cave Publishing and was my first published novel.

Signing with Kensington's Aphrodisia line was a whirlwind'my editor emailed two days after receiving my proposal.

My 'call' ended up being on my answering message, but Sin sold on a chapter and a synopsis. Within one month, I sold 5 single titles and 1 novella to Kensington. So along with my beloved regency-set historical romances, I'm writing historical and contemporary vampire stories, all erotic. In some way, I can't quite believe that my dream of becoming an author has come true. And I am delighted to be writing romance, especially erotic romance, where I can share the power of love and intimacy with readers.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best paranormal I've ever read, but it's got potential, September 17, 2007

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K. Hinton "avid reader" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blood Rose (Paperback)

Former governess Serena Lark wants to be like any other Englishwoman. She wants to find love, marry, start a family, and live happily ever after. She also wants to study to hunt vampires at the side of two England's most notorious vampire hunters, Lord Sommersby and Drake Swift. The problem, of course, is two-fold. Nice English ladies don't hunt vampires. And nice English ladies also don't secretly suspect that they might actually be the very creature they long to destroy. Yes, Serena Lark has a secret. She might be a vampiress... but that won't stop her from having a good time while she finds out.

Blood Rose was sensual, intriguing, and entertaining, but not the deepest plot I've ever read. It was good for a paranormal, particularly from such a small press. There's great potential with Sharon Page's vampire world: the women are the leaders in this vampire society, and men can only rule with a powerful vampiress at their side; there's a bit of magic that comes with the necessity of drinking blood; and a love between three is encouraged as a way to strengthen one's powers. But then, the story also has its faults, there's a twist at the end that I thought was only thrown in for shock effect and serves no real purpose to the story, Serena seems confused about whether she wants to be a wanton or a lady and I found her attempts to do both lacking, and the men in the story weren't as strong and Alpha as I usually like them. Still, Blood Rose was an intriguing paranormal romance with lots of potential. I'll be sure to check out Page's other work.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very Disappointed, September 30, 2007

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Lou Who "Cindy" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blood Rose (Paperback)

I bought this book hoping it would be as good as Sin, but I was very disappointed. This should have been a short story, because the paranormal element was very unimaginative and not that interesting. The erotica was not that well done, and the romance was nonexistent. I felt like the author had attempted to poorly fill in a story outline made up of a certain number/type of sexual encounters. The attempt was ho hum and that's what I felt like while reading it. Sorry friends, but take a pass on this one.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is NOT a romance so be informed!, August 28, 2007

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CrazedReader9 "Reading anything and everythin... (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blood Rose (Paperback)

Basically it's paranormal (sort of). An avenue for steam to roll off the pages of a book that's put in the romance category. Escalate Laurel K. Hamilton and make it MUCH more lightweight. This is not a BAD book and the writer is fairly good at the turn of the phrase but most women will probably be offended by the images of total voyeurism and group activities that run rampant throughout including a steady reference to menage. If that is what you are after then go ahead and give it a read. She does do a good job and it is somewhat original material. I would buy it again which is the BEST review I can give the author!