The tantalizing paranormal romance that launched a fictional world.

A phone call from an old friend sets Dr. Giovanni Vecchio back on the path of a mysterious manuscript he's hunted for over five hundred years. He never expected a young student librarian could be the key to unlock its secrets, nor could he have predicted the danger she would attract.

Now he and Beatrice De Novo follow a twisted maze that leads from the archives of a university library, though the fires of Renaissance Florence, and toward a confrontation hundreds of years in the making.

History and the paranormal collide in A Hidden Fire, the first book in the bestselling Elemental Mysteries series and semifinalist in the Kindle Book Review's Best Indie Books of 2012.

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"Elizabeth Hunter's books are delicious and addicting, like the best kind of chocolate. She hooked me from the first page, and her stories just keep getting better and better. Paranormal romance fans won't want to miss this exciting author!"
-- Thea Harrison, NYT bestselling author of the Elder Races series

"A deep story of love, desire and noble intentions. A top-shelf reading experience."
--Douglas C. Meeks, Amazon Top 500 Reviewer

"A HIDDEN FIRE is saturated with mystery, intrigue, and romance...this book will make my paranormal romance top ten list of 2011."

--Better Read Than Dead

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File Size: 5715 KB
Print Length: 322 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1478320192
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: Elizabeth Hunter; 2 edition (October 13, 2011)
Publication Date: October 13, 2011
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B005VTVE0U
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An Exceptional Vampire Read

ByNikki JSon February 11, 2017

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Where to start about this excellent imaging of the world of vampires. I really liked Elizabeth Hunter's vampires and their world. The characters are amazing and well thought out and the delivery of the plot flowed effortlessly. For me, this was a page turner from the beginning. From meeting Beatrice and Dr. Giovanni Vecchio in the beginning and how they interacted, to being introduced to Gio's closest friends, Carwyn and Tenzin (who is one of my favorite characters). There is a book mystery to be solved, which opens the door for the villain in this world, Gio's son Lorenzo.

The world which has been created in this book is absorbing, the way it has been written draws you in. From the characters to the plot, you can tell it was well crafted. It left me wanting so much more. Thankfully, there is no cliff hanger, no sudden ending, which I hate. It ends well and wraps up nicely, but the story line if left open just enough for the next book.

If you like vampire books, this I would recommend without hesitation. I know I will be living in Elizabeth Hunter's world for as long as she feels she has stories to tell.

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Elizabeth Hunter is awesome! Don't miss this intro into the world of elemental vampires!

ByWormLadyon March 15, 2017

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Elizabeth Hunter creates one interesting, unique, multilayered character after another. They develop and unfold throughout the Elemental books in fascinating and surprising ways. I love stories about groups of friends who help each other and accomplish things together. In Hidden Fire you get a tiny taste of B's friends Carwyn and Tenzin and their long and adventurous history with Giovanni. Their wisecracks and interactions only get more fun as the series (a dozen great books and counting!) and adventures progress. The universe of elemental vampires Hunter created is interesting, consistent, and deep. The "side" characters are as interesting and nearly as fleshed out as the main characters, and are likely to get their own intriguing book later on.

Hidden Fire was my first Elizabeth Hunter book, and the first time I "read" it I was actually listening most of the time (I love WhisperSync!) while doing chores. This lead me to miss a few key points and lower my opinion of the book. My first planned 3 star review was "Mediocre start to a really fun series, buy it so you can be introduced to the characters." Girl meets arrogant and seemingly cold 500 year old vampire, feels attracted but confused by his behavior, gets kidnapped, gets rescued by vampire (who was actually hiding his feelings all along) and his friends - ho hum, unoriginal and derivative! Also, I didn't think the author did a good job with the literary trope used for the prologue and epilogue, and the end was realistic but disappointing. As to the ending, it's really just a jump off for the next book (reminds me of seeing The Fellowship of the Ring in the theater - at the end when Frodo and Sam walk off into Mordor, a boy of about 9 in the seat in front of me jumped up and yelled at the screen, "NO it doesn't end there, it CAN'T end there!)." The details and interesting characters keep Hidden Fire from being a Twilight knockoff. Any book I've read/listened to 4 times in the year and a half I've owned it doesn't deserve only 3 stars! After fully paying attention, I get the importance of Giuliana's sonnets to the story, and better understand Giovanni - spending 500 years watching human loved ones grow up, change their minds again and again, and then die has made him careful/in denial with his own heart. After 7 or 8 lifetimes of experience, I'd likely be arrogant and think I know better than mere humans, too.

Audio: Dina Pearlman is still working on the characters' voices in this first book - her reading for each character get more developed in book 2. I like her style though, and you can usually tell immediately who's voice she is speaking with, so full marks.

Cover: can we please get rid if the cheesy covers? Besides, I can't figure out who is supposed to be depicted. Geo would never wear that casual jacket!

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It's a good kernel of a story but there are some items that needed to be more thought out.

ByAmazon Customeron March 2, 2016

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The novel has an interesting set of characters and an interesting take on vampires and vampirism. However, I felt like the beginning was slow and as if the author was trying to be clever by sprinkling in clues about Giovanni's not being human, without coming out and saying that he's a vampire. I picked this Kindle file up about a month before I actually got around to reading it, so by the time I started it, I really didn't remember from the reviews/back cover what kind of supernatural he was supposed to be... However, the clues were such that any reader used to reading supernatural fantasy would have figured it out long before the author actually admitted to it. So that was a little annoying.

The early development of his relationship with Beatrice was interesting, and the interplay between characters was good. However, even though the point of view shifted between Giovanni and Beatrice, it was clear that we were still only seeing the parts of Beatrice's life that coincided, time-wise, with the parts of Giovanni's that we got to see. When Beatrice disappeared from Giovanni's life for "several weeks", presumably wrestling over his revelations about vampires, for instance... That's all we know. We don't really know what she thought about, or did, during those weeks. We don't even really know what she concluded about vampires in general. We just know that after a couple weeks she stopped avoiding him, and the story picks up again.

And finally - what is the point of hiring human guards to protect someone against vampires (at least, in this story's setup)? Every time a vampire wants Beatrice or her grandmother, they simply kill the human guards, so really the only good the guards do is to protect against human muggers. Maybe they would have been more helpful if Giovanni had attached heart monitors to them - at least then they'd have been an early-warning system. (When the heart monitor stops beeping, it's time to scramble.)

It's a good kernel of a story but there were still some items that needed to be more thought out.

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I Give It A 3.5

ByRural Readeron January 5, 2016

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For me, this book fell somewhere between OK and Like It.

This is the first book I've read by this author but since I love supernatural romance I decided to give it a chance. The first 15% almost had me putting it down, then the story picked up speed and I became interested in the characters and the story. Ms. Hunter is a very good writer, and I especially liked how she wove the Italian Renascence period into the plot.

Although there is no explicit sex, there are a few vulgarities and some violence. Also, this is book one of a series. Some of the plot issues are dealt with, but to see how the entire story ends, all the additional books must be purchased.

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I love it when she said "Bite me." Not something you tell a vampire unless you mean it.

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It was an okay read. The ending was not what I expected, but that's because I love happy endings.

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I could not put this book down. Well thought out, well written, I will happily read more books by this author.

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I enjoyed the book, slight downside is there are 4 books in the series to get the complete story, read book 2 in 2 days and looking forward to reading book 3

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Loved the characters, the world and the writing. A book that draws you in from the start and keeps you begging for more with each chapter. Superbly written!

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