Med-tech Abbie Brown journeys to Valtar, an ancient, male dominated world, hoping to discover why the Valtarie face extinction. Despite their looks, the silver-winged Valtarie are not angels, but the race can't really be vampires, can they? Traveen, second son of Valtar's ruler, pilots the crystal ship escorting Abbie. Valtarie Law forbids males to touch a female, and to do so means death. When a storm forces them to crash land on a deserted ice planet, Traveen has no choice but to touch Abbie to keep her alive. Abbie survives, and she rescues Traveen from execution. But after they escape, Abbie finds herself falling in love with Traveen. But is it really love, or is it his hypnotic eyes and harmonic voice that are inherent for captivating females . . .
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Space vampires ...,
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This review is from: Winged Victory (Paperback)
The Valtarie are an isolated race on their planet Valtar. They have isolated themselves because they are a winged Vampire-like race, feeding only on blood, and because the gaze of the male Valtarie is spell-binding to anyone looking into his eyes.
Although their law does not allow visitors from other planets, their king has allowed one human female, Dr. Juliana Harris, to come to Valtar to find out why Valtarie women are consistently dying in childbirth and fewer females are being born. This, of course, has led to a great imbalance of the sexes, with the few females secluded until the time of their mating. The men, most of them without mates, are growing increasingly lawless. Something must be done. Dr. Harris contacts a colleague, Abbie Brown, to come help her in her research, and the king agrees. Traveen, the second son of the king, and a pilot, is honored with the responsibility of transporting Abbie to Valtar. He has always followed the law, and continues to do so in these circumstances by not touching this female and not looking into her eyes. Unfortunately, their spaceship crashes on a cold, snowy planet, and he must keep her alive with his body heat until the rescue party arrives, even knowing that he will forfeit his life for the transgression. Abbie, has no idea of the sacrifice he is making, until Traveen is sentenced to prison. How can she right this wrong that she so innocently caused? And can she fight her love for this forbidden man? I was quite impressed with this full-length novel of a forbidden love between human woman and Valtarie man. This is primarily a science fiction novel with sensual interludes. The love scenes are not explicit, nor are they shocking. The problems that prevented the protagonists from being together arose naturally when their cultures clashed, and they rose admirably to surmount the obstacles that kept them apart. The most interesting aspect of the book was the way that Abbie and Traveen struggled together to overcome the hurdles placed in front of them by nature, man, and themselves, and the way that they both grew into strong characters by the end of the book. -- Jean, Fallen Angel Reviews (courtesy of Fallen Angel Reviews)
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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4.5 stars - Sci-fi romance that will appeal to paranormal fans too.,
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This review is from: Winged Victory (Kindle Edition)
On her way to Valtar to try and find the answers as to why that race is failing, Abbie encounters Valtaire pilot Traveen. Abbie finds the winged Traveen beautiful and the Valtaire's diet frightening, but ends up less terrified of the blood drinking male who holds the power to enspell with his eyes and compell with his voice than her trip in his crystal ship. Sneaking covetous glances as the Voltarie code of conduct forbids him from meeting a female's gaze, Traveen is thoroughly enraptured by the human woman whose vivid coloring is such a contrast to his alabaster skinned pale haired people. And When Traveen's ship crashes en route to bringing the human female medical techinician to his homeworld, Traveen will break taboos to save Abbie's life, even knowing that by doing so his life is forfeit.
I throughly enjoyed, Winged Victory and loved both the honorable and stubborn Traveen and the equally stubborn and brave Abbie. But even before I got wrapped up in the romance - which had a touch of steam without being at all graphic - I was totally hooked by the nuances of the Volatare culture. The world building in Winged Victory was excellent. I was also captivated by the descriptions of these winged beings and just as angonized by Traveen's punishment for aiding Abbie as Abbie was. I liked Winged Victory so well that I will definitely be plunking down my hard earned cash for the sequel, Winged Darkness and was hoping for more so I went hunting at Hampton's site to see if there was a prequel story for Cayla and Vadyn who make a brief appearance, alas there wasn't.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
How come there are so few reviews on this?!,
By J. N. G. "Darkmist" (Mexico) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Winged Victory (Paperback)
The reviewers below gave a good description of this book already so i won't repeat it. But i wanted to add my 5 stars to this very enjoyable read.
The premise is admittedly somewhat weird... Vampiric space angels. I almost didn't buy the book because this seemed too off the wall for my tastes. I like vamps, love angels, and like a few space stories, but all together ?! What a pleasant surprise. I loved it because: - It has sexy, romantic scenes without being pornographic. - Compelling characters, as flawed as they are strong, who steadily grow emotionally as the story progresses (and not just the 2 main characters are charismatic, i absolutely ADORED Traveen's Siblings). - Interesting plot. - Dark themes used in a sensitive way. - No magical plot devices to fix sad moments in the story. It's hard to explain this one without spoiling some major events, but i can say some VERY extreme things happened to poor Traveen, and the consequences of these were properly handled and not just "magically forgotten/fixed like they do in so many other fantasy/romance stories... It would've been cheap writing (but i must confess i DID want one of this events magically fixed though) XD I felt it had some minor annoying flaws too, but this didn't kill the enjoyment i got from the story. Now i'm definitely gonna read the second book!
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