Violent Desire (Blackrose Brotherhood, #1)
Ariana Nash
12 immortals, 12 outcasts, 1 mission. Kill their own kind, before it’s too late. Detective, killer, vigilant. Eric Sharpe is tired of watching criminals walk free. When a low-life drug-dealer kills his partner and escapes justice, Eric plots his own revenge. His plan is faultless, but for one thing: The handsome, mysterious man who arrives moments before Eric’s plan comes to fruition. Not only does the mysterious man know Eric’s an undercover cop, he knows exactly what Eric did fifteen years ago—an event so traumatic Eric has been trying to bury it ever since. And the mysterious man? Fifteen years ago, Eric killed him. Now he’s back to reclaim what’s his: Detective Eric Sharpe. Immortal. Predator. Vampire. After betraying himself and the Blackrose Brotherhood, Zaine can’t afford another mistake. There’s one rule above all others the Brotherhood stand by. One rule that can never be broken. Never, ever, care. All Zaine has to do is hunt and kill the savage nyktelios vampires and keep his head down. And he was doing just fine, until saving Detective Eric Sharpe from a vicious vampire attack. Zaine can’t stop thinking about the intelligent, handsome but haunted man. Walking away is the right thing to do, but the detective and Zaine are hunting the same killer—the same vampire—a vampire who knows more about the both of them, and the brotherhood, than anyone realizes. A vampire seeking to bring down the Blackrose Brotherhood, for good. Zaine can’t walk away. Eric won’t walk away. Brotherhood rules be damned, the vampire must be stopped, and they’ll go down fighting together to end him. *** Violent Desire is the first book in an all-new MM paranormal romance series. Each book features a new MM couple ending in a HEA/HFN. Content warning: These are adult books. There will be graphic, on-page depictions of sex, torture, and swearing. These vampires do not sparkle. They're relentless in their mission. They do bad shit for good reasons, and some do good shit for bad reasons. They DO NOT CARE. They have been described as psychopaths with fangs. Read at your own risk.
Publication Year: 2022
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0**I received an electronic copy through GayRomanceReviews.** Ariana Nash presents Violent Desire, book one of the Blackrose Brotherhood, a MM paranormal romance. Readers primarily follow Detective Eric Sharpe, a homicide detective who is working undercover when things go drastically wrong. He would have died without intervention from an unexpected source. Zaine is a vampire who was absolutely not meant to save Eric. In fact, there are rules against it. It's Zaine's job to hunt nyktelios, the bad vampires. But Eric and Zaine are hunting the same bad guy, and if there's some budding attraction between them, what do centuries-old rules matter anyway? This book was initially published in 2022, but is getting a refresh in 2025. I did not read the book as it was first published and am unsure if any content has changed. Nash's writing is accessible and appropriate for the genre, with a good driving pace that is well-suited to the suspense/thriller plot line of the ongoing hunt. There is also a lot of clear room for the series to build on this first book, not just in plot but also in character features. I don't think this book necessarily stands out amongst its peers, but it is executed in a way that is enjoyable and bingeable. I definitely am interested in continuing with the series as well as further exploring Nash's backlist.
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