Declassified: Dark Kisses [Paperback]

Sylvia Day (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2006

An anthology of the first two books in the series: Misled (Book 1) and Kiss of the Night (Book 2)

Editorial Reviews

Review

MISLED is dark and erotic with suspenseful twists, just like the main characters. -- Romance Reviews Today, October 2005

Sylvia Day has written an erotic explosion of secrets, love, and vampires that will leave you begging for more. -- Romance Divas, October 2005

The heart pumping scenes will make it hard to sleep! I recommend putting this one on the keeper shelf. -- Ecataromance, October 2005

With a strong heroine, a romantic hero, and great storytelling, this is a trip of a life time! -- Romance Divas, December 2005

From the Back Cover

MISLED

Special Task Force agent Derek Atkinson has a craving for luscious vamp Sable Taylor. But Sable's a bounty hunter, which makes him direct competition in the capture of wanted criminals. Despite the obvious attraction between them, she won't give him a chance and after two years, he's tired of waiting for her to come around.

So he's got a plan to give them both what they want... each other.

Sable's on a dangerous mission. She's not who Derek thinks she is, so anything personal just isn't possible. But like most master vampires, Derek's wily and used to having his way. When he traps her on his ship, she decides to indulge. Two straight days of mind-blowing sex should be enough, but it isn't, not for either of them. Her heart is involved now, but Sable can't let Derek get too close. If he finds out what she's doing, he'll never forgive her.

Derek, however, refuses to let go.

Now he's getting shot at and asking questions she shouldn't answer. Sable has to reveal the truth... Derek's love has been misled...

KISS OF THE NIGHT

Special Task Force agent Alexei Night has had a crush on Interstellar Council Representative Briana Michaels ever since the first time he saw her on the vid comm. But their lives are worlds apart. He's a vampire. She's not. There's no possibility of a relationship between them. Yet he still dreams of her...

When Briana's unpopular position supporting vampiric rights threatens her family, Alex leaps at the chance to protect her and be with her. It's a two-week journey to her homeworld, and he'll spend it making love with the woman he can't keep, trying to get enough of her to last an eternity. Their erotic connection is easily established but their bond doesn't overshadow the danger surrounding Briana.

A hopeless romance with a woman whose mortal life is threatened... Things can't get any worse for Alex.

And then somehow...they do.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Ellora's Cave Publishing (November 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419955284
• ISBN-13: 978-1419955280
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,738,296 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sylvia Day is the national bestselling, award-winning author of over a dozen novels. A wife and mother of two, she is a former Russian linguist for the U.S. Army Military Intelligence.

Sylvia's work has been called "an exhilarating adventure" by Publishers Weekly and "wickedly entertaining" by Booklist. Her stories have been translated into Russian, Japanese, Portuguese, German, Czech, Italian, and Thai. She's been honored with the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, the National Readers' Choice Award, the EPPIE award, the Readers' Crown, and multiple finalist nominations for Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA(R) Award of Excellence.

Sylvia also writes under the pseudonyms:
S. J. Day - www.amazon.com/author/sjday
Livia Dare - www.amazon.com/author/liviadare

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good erotica, so-so everything else, July 15, 2009

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S. Harris (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Declassified: Dark Kisses (Paperback)

If you're in the mood for hot vampires in futuristic space, this anthology will do the job. Don't look for much depth, though. Plotting is thin, characters are over-the-top alphas, and romances are convenient. The author has come a long way since her Ellora's Cave days, though the talent for writing compelling erotic scenes is definitely present in this offering.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Stories were weak, but good if you're in the mood for erotica., June 21, 2008

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This review is from: Declassified: Dark Kisses (Paperback)

The first story "Misled" was not that great. Heavy emphasis on sex. Not much plot or character development. The plot was about one undercover agent going after bad guys. She meets another undercover agent also going after bad guys.

CAUTION SPOILER: The author created conflict in the following way which I hate. Sable and Derek fall for each other. Sable's former lover Marius, comes to her and says he will hurt Derek's career if Sable will not return to live with him. Instead of being honest and telling Derek about the problem, Sable tells Derek that their relationship is over, she doesn't love him and she is returning to be with Marius. She is being dishonest and is ignorant of the fact that Marius would not be able to hurt Derek. Derek could have easily solved the problem if she had told him the truth.

The second story "Kiss of the Night" was a little better than the first story. A vampire loves a human female. Someone is trying to kill her. The vampire needed to control and restrain himself during sex with the human. It was interesting when she asked him not to control himself and he ended up physically hurting her, but it was survivable.

Sexual language: strong/erotic. Number of sex scenes: 1st story nine, 2nd story five. Copyright: 2005. Genre: paranormal romance.

For a listing of my reviews of other Sylvia Day books, see my 5 star review of "The Stranger I Married," posted on 1/19/07.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh my!!!, December 10, 2007

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Debra A. Qualmann "pepeperfume" (Beaver Dam, WI) - See all my reviews
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I really enjoyed these two futurist Vampire tales! One thing you can alwasy count on from Sylvia Day is that her Heroine's will be just as strong as her heros--no whimpy men--and no butched up females--just perfect matches.

Another thing you can count on his heavy sexy, hot sexy--but never too much or too near the ewk factor. There is a feeling that a bond really exists between the two characters. I find that delightful!