Bound to the Prince (Elven Warrior Trilogy) [Kindle Edition]

Deborah Court (Author)

Book Description

Bound to the Prince by Deborah Court
                              (Elven Warrior Trilogy,#1)
                         
An elven prince without a throne.
A mortal woman without hope, stolen from her own world to fulfill his every desire.
A choice of love and death that could bind them together forever.

Some people believe that beneath our own world, separated only by a thin veil of human disbelief, there is another one - an ancient land of myths and legends, a place where magical creatures dwell. What would happen if one of them walked the streets of London at night?
      Once a proud warrior, elven prince Elathan was living in exile, fallen from grace and separated from his own people. He wanted the mortal woman the moment he saw her standing on Blackfriars Bridge, staring down into the darkness with unbearable pain in her eyes. This strangely compelling female also happened to have luscious curves that made his body ache with desire.
      Naturally, he decided to hunt the woman down, drag her to his lair and command her to become his slave of pleasure. But would her frail human body survive a night of untamed passion in the arms of a Fae?
      After a devastating breakup with her fiancé, Igraine Chandler was spending her honeymoon in England all by herself, her life utterly bereft of meaning. For who could ever love a plain, slightly overweight nurse from New Jersey with nothing left but a broken heart and her lost dreams of a home and a family?
      But she never imagined that she would soon set out into a world beyond her wildest dreams, and help a prince reclaim his throne ...

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The erotic content in this book is only suitable for adults.
Also available in print form.

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Editorial Reviews

Review

Bound to the Prince - "The Romance Reviews" Top Pick and Best Book of 2011 Nominee

"Better than a truck load of Godiva chocolate!"

"Deborah Court blends romance, epic fantasy and erotica masterfully ... spiced up with a good portion of sex and bondage, but always classy. Think Fifty Shades of Grey with elves ... but the erotic scenes are much, much better."

"The epic, mythical fantasy world Deborah Court created is awesome in the truest sense of the word."

"Breathtaking passion, heart pounding adventure!"

"We are led on a journey so sensual and mesmerizing that it will leave you squirming in your seat from the intensity of the love scenes while leaving you yearning to know more about this fantasy world."

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Product Details

• File Size: 438 KB
• Print Length: 340 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1466259353
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005GA9C6M
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,513 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars it was just okay - way over board with the sex to the point of boaring December 1, 2011

By Tammy

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I liked the idea behind the story, I like stories that aren't going to fit perfectly into what we seem to think is believable - isn't that why we choose to read fantasy books.

However, I had no idea it was mostly going to be sex.....let me tell you, I was exhausted just reading all the sex - let me say it was sex in the afternoon, they finish eating lunch and had sex again, wake up in the morning and have sex again, go to shower and have sex again. I love a good sex scene, but chapters and chapters and chapters, heck I could have just read my husband's play boy magazine. I skipped so many pages of sex after a while, that I would have preferred the book to be free.

If you enjoy sex and a little story, than you will love this, I do think the sex is hot, but just too much for me. If 65% of the sex was cut out and the author would really roll with the story - I would have given the book a higher rating. And maybe this domination of sex in the story was exactly what the author was going for, I just don't know.

38 of 48 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, but could use a bit more editing September 27, 2011

By Kathie (Katmom)

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I loved the cover of this book. Found it when the goodreads author followed me.

I got the sample from amazon...liked it enough to then order it.

I loved the premise...strong Elf captures a human from our time and makes her his slave of pleasure.

Igraine had had a hard life...and she was depressed...and thought, briefly, about jumping from a bridge.

Then she realizes that something is chasing her and she's caught and taken down into a cave by an Elf Prince, Elathan.

As I said, I liked the premise, but the execution left something to be desired. This book could have used a really good editor. A lot of things were repeated that just didn't need to be.

Trim many pages, tighten it up, flesh the ending out just a bit more (it was very abrupt)...and this could be a real contender.

BUT, for $2.99 at amazon, one can forgive many of the editing mistakes.

I won't read it again, but I don't feel like the time spent reading it was wasted.

I'll be keeping an eye on this author.

EDITING TO ADD: This is a REVIEW and it is MY opinion...which is what reviews ARE. I am adjusting my rating to a THREE star rating. As much as I liked Elathan, the fact that he hit her and smacked her around to TOUGHEN her up...it still bothers me and it's been days since I read this. I kept thinking: He won't hurt her again...and yet, he did. She gets hurt a LOT in this story...mostly by the males near her. I like an ALPHA male as much as the next person...but this just doesn't sit well with me...so THREE stars...

32 of 44 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Sounded good..... October 11, 2011

By S. Ginter

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This author began following me on Twitter (I returned the favor), and I read several reviews of this book before I purchased it, all of which were positive. The beginning pulled me in, and I was happy to continue....right up until I got about 25% of the way through. All that had happened up to this point was a lot of heavy petting and not a lot of backstory. I don't understand why this creature who hates humans must take a human sex slave, and I don't understand why Igraine would give up her normal life in order to be one. Her fiancee left her and she had no family, but no sufficient explanation was given pertaining to Igraine's life. Nor enough reason for her to be looking over a the edge of a bridge thinking of taking her own life.

The author uses profuse amounts of adverbs. Here's a quote: "Her hands slid inside his soft shirt,parting the loosely laced fabric over his broad chest as she started to place small kisses on his skin." FOUR adverbs in one sentence. They're not just kisses, they're small kisses. Its not just a chest, its a broad chest. It's not fabric, its loosely laced fabric, and its not shirt, its a soft shirt. The whole beginning of the book goes much the same way, with everything being described as if the author thinks she is speaking to a child. A very slow child.

Elathan is an elf who hates mankind for the death his first love. Who was also his first cousin. and who shoved him out of the way of a falling boulder, which left me wondering why he would hate humans for something that was her own ill-advised choice. The incestuous implications of the relationship left my skin crawling, but that wasn't enough of a hint for me to stop.

He's attracted to Igraine for her beauty, despite the fact that he hates humans.... He can't figure it out, but makes her his slave anyway. Why? I don't know.

I don't like reading romance novels whose male lead is a character who beats his own chest. I don't need an author repeatedly telling me that the woman just can't handle the hero's man-love. The whole 'I Tarzan, you Jane' thing is overdone, and in this instance, badly done. Elathan has no problem rubbing Igraine off multiple times, but won't get down to business because he's afraid her fragile human body and mind just can't take the awesomeness of elf zug-zug. Whatever. On top of believing his wang is the best thing since I dunno, dirt, he also smacks her around during their 'training' sessions. Didn't know abuse equalled sexiness. I like a man who's top dog as much as the next girl, but this was excessive.

There are multiple love scenes (I can't call them sex scenes when there is no actual sex), one dovetailing into another. They're steamy but when they're all but constant I kept thinking how many times can they kinda have sex before they actually have sex?

Igraine starts out as a likeable character who is having a bad run of luck. A fiancee who leaves her after many years together for a younger woman. She doesn't believe she is beautiful, and feels low for all the work she put into making the relationship work. She takes the trip that was supposed to be her honeymoon with her ex, and contemplates suicide on a foggy bridge. Suicide seemed a little dramatic to me, but this is not my story. She then turns into a human punching bag for Elathan, as I mentioned before. All to benefit him, not herself.

When Igraine is taken hostage by Elathan, she just sort of rolls with it. He tells her he is going to train her and she pretty much says OK and goes for it with vigor. When he tells her he will release her if she doesn't want to become his slave, she tells him she wants to stay. Even though she knows nothing about him or what her life will be like as his slave. No thought, just 'OK.'

I don't like female leads that are no credit to my gender. Igraine seemed like a pushover from the start, beginning with the limited backstory of her relationship with her ex-fiancee. She did what he wanted and needed, then got thrown over for the bigger better model. And with Elathan there is no improvement.

Overall, I wish I had read a sample before I bought this. With a thorough edit and more history on the characters (and maybe fewer steamy scenes), this could be a very good book. Read more ›

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Okay November 10, 2012

By Rate My Romance

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It's okak, nothing special. It's more childlike. If you don't count the sex that is. The heroine was weak. Ugh.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars it wasn't as bad .... February 29, 2012

By jennistew

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ive never reviewed a book before, but I always like to read as many of the other reviews before I make the decision in buying a book, after reading everything I was worried about buying it, but I did anyways, and over all I'm glad that I did. the book took on a harsh note at the beginning, but the end was worth waiting for and I can not wait to read more!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars MUST READ!!!!!!!!!!!!! December 31, 2011

By Book Lover

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I just had to write a review, I'm not even finished reading this book and I had to tell everyone how wonderful it is. This book is wonderful, I cry and laugh and can't put it down!!!! This author is awesome!!! I'm looking so forward to more books from her.