Break Out (A Blood Hunter Novel) [Kindle Edition]

Nina Croft (Author)

Book Description

The year is 3048, Earth is no longer habitable, and man has fled to the stars where they’ve discovered the secret of immortality—Meridian. Unfortunately, the radioactive mineral is exorbitantly expensive and only available to a select few. A new class comprised of the super rich and immortal soon evolves. The Collective, as they’re called, rule the universe.

Two-thousand-year-old Ricardo Sanchez, vampire and rogue pilot of the space cruiser, El Cazador, can’t resist two things: gorgeous women and impossible jobs. When beautiful Skylar Rossaria approaches him to break a prisoner out of the Collective’s maximum security prison on Trakis One, Rico jumps at the chance. Being hunted by the Collective has never been so dangerous–or so fun!

Editorial Reviews

Review

SFR Galaxy Award Winner 2012: Best Excuse for a Re-read.

"The dialogue is fun, the action fierce, the love scenes sizzling." - Joyce Lamb - USA Today Books

From the Back Cover

The year is 3048, Earth is no longer habitable, and man has fled to the stars where they’ve discovered the secret of immortality—Meridian. Unfortunately, the radioactive mineral is exorbitantly expensive and only available to a select few. A new class comprised of the super rich and immortal soon evolves. The Collective, as they’re called, rule the universe.

Two-thousand-year-old Ricardo Sanchez, vampire and rogue pilot of the space cruiser, El Cazador, can’t resist two things: gorgeous women and impossible jobs. When beautiful Skylar Rossaria approaches him to break a prisoner out of the Collective’s maximum security prison on Trakis One, Rico jumps at the chance. Being hunted by the Collective has never been so dangerous–or so fun!

Praise for Break Out

“The dialogue is fun, the action fierce, the love scenes sizzling….I’m looking forward to reading Break Out‘s sequel, Deadly Pursuit.” -Joy Lamb, USA TODAY Books HEA

“An exciting roller coaster ride… Loads of fun!” - Julia Rachel Barrett, Award-winning author of Captured

“Absolutely hysterical! Rico – you had me at ‘bring me my goddamn spaceship.’” -Dawn McClure, author of Samael and Heaven Sent

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Product Details

• File Size: 502 KB
• Print Length: 400 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (July 1, 2011)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0059IXO56
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Not Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #314,569 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Sizzling Hot Space Opera Complete with Vampires! July 2, 2011

By Aubrie A. Dionne

Format:Kindle Edition

Breakout by Nina Croft

Skylar is on first solo mission as an elite intelligence officer. Disconnected from her team, she's completely on her own, and this mission cannot fail. She's trained for every situation, except a sexy vampire rogue who wants to take advantage of her and taste her blood. She can't give in to her desires, because if he gets close enough, he'll learn too much and her mission will fail.

Combine space ships with vampires, pirates, and romance, and you get Breakout by Nina Croft. The characters are so vivid, they jump off the page and talk right at you, and the brilliant dialog made me laugh out loud several times. The chemistry between Skylar and Rico starts hot and doesn't stop heating up, until I thought the ebook would burst into flames on my computer.

A must read for science fiction romance fans.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars One Hot Vampire/Space/Alien Romance HOT HOT HOT July 2, 2011

By Rachel Firasek

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I've not read much sci-fi/space opera romance, but if they are all like this, I may be hooked. The story begins with Rico running for his life and doesn't stop the fast paced race until the very end. He's one hot hero. I love that he's not stupid and stayed one step ahead of the heroine.

Skylar is one tough cookie, too. She's vulnerable yet strong, and isn't afraid to ask for what she wants. I found myself cheering her on when she would one-up Rico--no easy task.

Ms. Croft created a whirl-wind story that ate away my afternoon with a fun world and an even funner cast of characters. I loved this book and can't wait for the next installment. I have to know who Al is!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Sci-Fi mystery with vampires getting smexy in space. October 9, 2012

By Christine

Format:Kindle Edition

Gosh. I really like this publishing house but I'm not digging this novel. It's dressed up PWP with stereotypes that make me guffaw. Now - I'm not against PWP but this novel is so intent on being "more" that the main story line ends up muddled and several sub plots are just left hanging. Imagine Puss in Boots from the Shrek movies or Zorro - basically imagine Antonio Banderas - playing an ancient sex craved vampire in space (on the ship from Firefly) with a perpetual hard-on and roguish quips. Then imagine a Barbarella dressed heroine who is completely disconnected from her own sexual needs. Then add Mystique from the X-Men, as your Captain, Poison Ivy from Batman as the junior officer, Arya Stark as a young castaway, and a Troll type thing. There's your crew! What a lot of characters just so that 2 people can get it on in space. So our heroine is working for an elite government group on a mission to break out a prisoner from the galaxy's maximum security prison planet. She hires a crew of mercenaries to assist her with the mission by offering them a huge sum of money and telling them the target is her brother. She then spends the rest of the book trying to keep Rick out of her pants. Then she finally gives in after the crew basically tells them both to hurry up and get it on because they can't take it any more. Then a a few sub-plots are dangled in front of us and voila! The heroine and the vamp fall in love, accomplish the mission and run away together. The End.

More About the Author

Nina Croft grew up in the north of England. After training as an accountant, she spent four years working as a volunteer in Zambia which left her with a love of the sun and a dislike of 9-5 work. She then spent a number of years mixing travel (whenever possible) with work (whenever necessary) but has now settled down to a life of writing and picking almonds on a remote farm in the mountains of southern Spain.

Nina's writing mixes romance with elements of the paranormal and science fiction.

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