DARKNESS RISING
Series: Darkness #9
Author: Katie Reus
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Release Date: June 4th, 2019
When a bringer of death…
Awakened after millennia, dragon warrior Reaper is ready to fulfill his destiny…until he sees Greer. With one glimpse, everything Reaper has ever known throughout his very long life is irrevocably changed. Greer’s his mate, he feels it in his blood, in his soul—but convincing her is another matter. The dragon clan healer finds him obnoxious and annoying, but he knows a woman’s interest when he smells it. And Greer smells like one word: mine.
Meets a giver of life…
Greer has spent hundreds of years using her healing abilities for the good of others, making her the polar opposite of Reaper. The ferocious war general may be an ancient, but his arrogance proves he hasn’t spent any of that time learning about women. Greer is displeased when her Alpha sends her to New Orleans with the insufferable warrior—then she sees him in action against a menace threatening to tear the city apart. Fierce, protective, magnificent…mate-worthy. Except he’s hiding something from her. Something dark and devastating that could destroy their newly forged bond. Maybe opposites do attract, but if they want to live long enough to find out, they’ll first have to save the world teetering on the brink of obliteration.
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Without thinking, she stalked toward him and smacked him on the nose. “I can’t believe you shot fire at me!” she snapped.
That was just bad dragon etiquette. Yet now that she’d had time to think about it, she realized he hadn’t been attacking her, because the fire had gone so wildly off course. And considering the strength she could feel rolling off this stranger, she didn’t think that was accidental. If he’d wanted to hit her, he would have. She was immune to dragon fire—as were all dragons—for as long as their bodies could withstand it anyway. But he shouldn’t have been immune to her healer’s fire. That was something she was going to worry about later.
In response, the male shifted to his human form in such a fluid, quick transformation it took her breath away. She’d only seen a few ancient dragons change forms like that.
Now the male stood in front of her, staring at her with electric, mesmerizing amber eyes. In that moment she froze, trying to decide if she should run or stay.
Then he tilted his head to the side ever so slightly and she forced her eyes to remain on his. This male was a predator, likely a warrior, that much she could sense. It wouldn’t do her any good to turn her back on him.
Finally he spoke, but in a language she didn’t understand—which made her pause.
She was part of the Petronilla clan, and one of their gifts was understanding every spoken language. It was one of those biological survival things woven into their DNA. It was simply part of who they were as a clan.
“I don’t understand you,” she said to the male.
His hair was long, the soft dark waves falling right to his broad shoulders. From what she could see, his chest was incredibly built and muscular. She wasn’t going to look any lower—that was bad manners. She couldn’t help staring into his eyes, however. He had the kind of face that would make angels cry.
And he was on her clan’s territory. Which was the real issue right now.
Though to be fair, he must have been sleeping far beneath the surface so he would have no clue he was on her Alpha’s territory. She turned slightly and pointed back to where her four-wheeler was. She often came out here with it, then stripped and shifted and took to the skies. She just hadn’t gotten around to the shifting or flying part today. She’d been enjoying basking in the sun. Now it looked as if flying was going to wait.
He reached up as if to touch her face but she gently caught his wrists and pushed them back down.
They didn’t know each other and she hadn’t given him any privileges yet.
He said something again, growling low in his throat as he leaned forward and sniffed her. Actually sniffed her.
Okay, then. This dragon must have been asleep for a long time because that was very bad manners. She just hoped he wasn’t as ancient as Mira and Prima, because while she loved the “twisted sisters,” they were like feral animals half the time. Every time Greer looked into their eyes, there was no civilization. They were simply putting on a veneer for everybody. She loved them, yes, but they were far more in touch with their dragon side than she was. Sighing, she turned and headed back to her four-wheeler, looking over her shoulder at him.
The male paused, watching her curiously, but ended up stalking after her, his bare feet quiet against the snow. He didn’t seem bothered by the cold or his nudity, which for the most part was to be expected with dragon shifters. And males in general. They seemed to have no problem showing themselves off.
He stared at the four-wheeler, frowning as she slid into the front seat. She started the engine and then patted the seat behind her.
He simply lifted an eyebrow and shook his head, murmuring something in that language she didn’t understand.
Sighing, she gave it a little gas so he could see it move. Then she patted the seat again. She needed to get him back to her Alpha’s place, and arrangements would have to be made. They’d have to find his people, and more importantly, make sure this dragon understood that they were not out to humans. Not only that, for all she knew, he knew nothing of technology—and given the way he was looking at her four-wheeler with disdain, she figured that was a good bet.
He shook his head again.
“Seriously? It’s not like this thing is going to hurt you,” she muttered. “You’re a freaking dragon.” Sighing, she turned off the engine and got off the vehicle. And when she stripped off her jacket, his eyes lit up with interest.
Of course. God save her from all males.
5 ‘Brand New World’ Stars
Oh wow…. Reaper and Greer were the PERFECT couple to wrap up this extraordinary and addictive Darkness series! Darkness Rising compacted every single element that made this Katie Reus’ series one of my top three PNR favs! Packed full of action, humor, emotion, sexiness, and kick@ss characters and unparalleled world building!
It was so incredibly bittersweet to read this book, because who wants to say goodbye to one of their all time PNR world and characters?! No one, that’s who! LOL
Well, Ms. Reus gave us the PERFECT COUPLE to close this series, because not only are Reaper and Greer brilliant as individuals and as couple, but DRAGONS!!!! Yep, who doesn’t love dragons?! I know I do, so I couldn’t be more thrilled to read about two strong and interesting ones like them.
She had no time for a rude male. Even one as sexy as Reaper.
It was as if no one existed for him except Greer.
Reaper has just woken up after thousands of years in Hibernation, and Fates had Greer be the very first being he sees. The Dragon of War faced with the sweet and caring Clan healer, we could already see that things would get interesting…LOL
Well, it was such an interesting journey, because with all the insta attraction present from the start, it was not exactly an easy ride, but one thing I can say, it sure was an extremely enjoyable one. Reaper had to not only catch up with the times, fulfill his ‘destiny’, but also conquer the female that he seemed to aggravate constantly with his natural arrogance and more times than none, with plenty of foot in mouth situations, but OMG, were they a joy to read, and for all of Greer’s hungups, and his less than delicate and tactful manner, it was easy to see that they very much wanted one another. And those hints of fragility and insecurity from Reaper, the big and strong dragon, regarding Greer, well, those just made me melt into a puddle! I absolutely adored this clueless – when it came to emotions – dragon. Major swoonfest! And once Greer gave in to the mating pull… WOW!
She wasn’t sure that she wanted to. He was nothing she thought she’d ever wanted but now… Maybe he was exactly what she needed.
She was everything he had never realized he wanted.
Needed.
My oh my, how incredible was the world building and expanding on this one. The revisit of so many of my fav couples from the series, and meeting this whole new universe of new and interesting characters and subplots… The setting of this whole book and the role of this couple, and the clear opening for this new coming series, were so incredibly well constructed and planned, that just proves once again Ms. Reus superb writing talent. I’m already dying for the ‘spinoff’, that’s how enticing Darkness Rising was in the regards of all the clues it left us. Talk about teasing!!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
He was hers and she was his. Talk about being free.
She eclipsed every single fantasy he had ever had of what his mate would be like.
No fantasy could compare to reality. To Greer.He wanted more.
So much more. All of her. Forever.He had woken up expecting fire and war. But he had not expected her.
Thankfully the fates had given him this perfect female.
DARKNESS AWAKENED (Darkness #1)
TASTE OF DARKNESS (Darkness #2)
BEYOND THE DARKNESS (Darkness #3)
HUNTED BY DARKNESS (Darkness #4)
INTO THE DARKNESS (Darkness #5)
SAVED BY DARKNESS (Darkness #6)
GUARDIAN OF DARKNESS (Darkness #7)
SENTINEL OF DARKNESS (Darkness #8)
A VERY DRAGON CHRISTMAS (Darkness #8.5)
Katie Reus is the New York Times, USA Today, and IndieReader bestselling author of the Red Stone Security series, the Moon Shifter series and the Deadly Ops series. She fell in love with romance at a young age thanks to books she pilfered from her mom’s stash. Years later she loves reading romance almost as much as she loves writing it.
However, she didn’t always know she wanted to be a writer. After changing majors many times, she finally graduated summa cum laude with a degree in psychology. Not long after that she discovered a new love. Writing. She now spends her days writing dark paranormal romance and sexy romantic suspense. Her book Avenger’s Heat recently won the Georgia RWA Maggie Award for Excellence in the fantasy/paranormal category.
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