Become a bartender at The Vixen’s Den, they said. The owner isn’t really a vampire, they said. It’ll be fun, they said.
And suddenly I’m neck deep in a world I’ve never really believed in, no matter what my crazy Great Aunt Mabel used to say.
Seriously, I have more than enough drama in my life already, without adding an irresistibly mesmerizing nightclub owner to the mix. My boss—a man with a penchant for trouble and the echo of tragedy lurking behind his dark gaze.
My new coworkers appear to be universally insane. My deadbeat ex is in trouble with a capital “T,” and if history is any indication, he’ll do his best to drag my son and me right along with him. In other news, I’m also being hounded by creditors who seem to think you can make money appear in someone’s bank account by threatening them over the phone.
(Though to be fair, if that approach worked, I’d be all for it. Spoiler alert—it doesn’t.)
To top it all off, while my back was turned, I’ve somehow become a chess piece in a cold war between supernatural factions. Just because magic supposedly runs in my family doesn’t mean I know the first thing about Fae or demons or vampires or any of this craziness.
But it looks like I’m gonna have to learn. Because now they’re coming after the thing I hold most dear — my son. And I’ll do anything to get him back.
Watch out, paranormal world. Hell hath no fury like a mother’s wrath.
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Vampire Bound is a new urban fantasy romance series by R. A. Steffan, set in the same world as the bestselling series The Last Vampire. Download the complete series today, and enter a world shared by humans, fae, demons, and vampires. It’s a place where the supernatural threatens the mundane, nothing is as it seems, and love will either be the world’s downfall—or its salvation.
USA Today bestselling author R. A. Steffan lives in New Mexico, where the sunsets paint the mountains purple, and roadrunners roam the desert endlessly in search of their coyote victims. When she’s not busy writing stories about people loving each other in all sorts of different and interesting ways, she can be found taking care of her small menagerie of critters.
A rebel to the core, she is currently sticking it to the man by illegally harvesting graywater from the kitchen and bathroom sinks to water trees outside. This fearless disregard for societal norms extends to her writing, as well. There, you will find polyamory along with straight, gay, bisexual, and non-gender conforming love of all flavors. You will also find families of choice, profound friendships, adventure, danger, and good triumphing over evil.
That, and sex. Lots of sex. Most of which is not the vanilla variety.
I love having all these books in one. I read through them quickly because they are so good. There is a common theme of a human that finds that they have powers and they are pulled into a war between the Fae and the demons. Guthrie and Vonnie are really good together. They have both seen some really hard times but they are survivors and they have great chemistry. I love Vonnie's determination and bravery. I also like the Rans, Zorah and the rest of the group is still deeply involved in this world.
This book! Wow! It was fantastic. The characters were written well. The storyline kept me on the edge of my seat. It had all the twists and turns, highs and lows to make it great. This book didn't make me feel like I was reading some ripped off version of something else. It was all its own and long. I hate a short book so this series was perfect. I recommend these books to anyone. It was great!
I will not write a "real review" as I have little in my memory as comparison. I was rather confused and upset to find out I had not 1 but 2 bundled series that were f/m plus a single Fae book all from the same author. For the life of me, I could not figure out how. It has been over 10 years since I have read any f/m romance. But... I dutifully read them, since they were in my wheelhouse otherwise. Both sets of series were interesting and held my attention. I especially liked the 2nd one with Vonnie.
As I started the Fae book, I finally understood what happened. It is m/m. The blurb also mentions the 2 previous series set in the same world. I love bundles. Everyone knows the saying about ASSumptions. Upon rereading the blurb for the 1st (which I typically just skim) I noticed it was in 1st person. Thus, it is not obvious that person is a female. MYSTERY SOLVED. Plus the cover only showed 1 male. I didn't even look at the 2nd series. Just grabbed them all in my Kindle cart. What a relief to understand what happened.
I will add that I am not at all sorry I read them. I am glad to have the background info going into the Fae book with Len and Alby as the m/c's. They were both interesting side characters out of the "Scooby Gang".
My only complaint I'm sorry is that I don't mind the long books no I really don't but it just seem like this really was dragged out like it was 68% and hit like over 15 pages of it and other percentages too it just seemed like the book took a really really long time it was over 800 pages for for chapters it's and some of the stuff that was written about was was really hard even know what they were talking about some stuff. It's a great book four grade chapters really keeps you involved but it just was too long of a book too many too many pages I don't know what percentage it was that but I counted and end up being 18 pages for one of the percentages it just got back a little bit on all the pages
Did a few things I didn’t expect, like not drawing out the will-they-won’t-they, and the couple talked their issues out. May be a bit contrived about the “lost my first love tragically, l’ll never love again” wonder if Guthrie was suicidal and kept alive first by his demon then by vampire interference.
Worldbuilding included a few plot holes, but did address and attempt to discount attacking the dark portal directly. Though what’s to stop a rich company from building an all iron fortress all around the iron-sensitive-fae portal? (Apart from thousands of angry fae trapped on earth, and maybe there is more than one way into and out of an alternate dimension.)
Honestly it was just ok. The characters were well developed, but the story line lacked a little to me. By the last book I was pretty much over the book and had similar thoughts to a child on a road trip “are we done yet.” If you are looking for just a casual read then this series is fine but if you are looking for a get lost inside of an excellent series then this isn’t for you.
Vampire Bound: Complete Series, Books 1-4 (Last Vampire World Book 2)
If you want a very interesting, high obtain series to read, read this one! It has everything in it you would ever want to read, like Vampires, Daemons, and other otherworldly species . Plus a war, children being abducted plus all kinds of magic flying around then this is an excellent series to read! The action never stops! Read the series! You will be glad you did!
Vonnie needs money to pay off her exes debt. Finding work with Guthrie Leonides sèmed like a good idea at the time, but she suddenly finds herself on the wrong side of the Fae. Now her son is missing and people keep trying to kill her. Another excellent set of books about Demons,Fae and vampires. A must read for all lovers of the supernatural world.
If you love paranormal especially with more than one type in you will love this series. The plot, the build on characters from first series is fantastic. You learn more and more about why the characters have the characteristics they do and you watch them grow. Looking forward to the next series. Fantastic
I liked the unique take on the different species and their abilities. The spark between Vonnie and Leonides was missing in all but the last coue pages. After reading Rans and Zorah's story, I expected more of a connection. Overall, I enjoyed the book and look forward to reading Len and Albigarde's tale.
I absolutely love this series. You really feel the characters' emotions. This book had me on the edge of my seat like a blockbuster hit action movie at the theater. The a little romance, some sorrow, some confusion, and an epic battle with some unexpected twists. I thoroughly enjoyed it and can't wait to see what happens next!
These four books are the second arc of a brilliant story. Forsaken Fae is the last arc. I of course read that one first. It completely hooked me and I’m still hooked. I highly recommend that you read them all starting with books 1 to 6 of The Last Vampire. Enjoy them. I did.
I liked the main character and was in love with the worlds built around them. I wish the author had gone a bit more in depth in a few areas but overall a delightful read.
I loved this entire series! I'll just say this... Pick up book one and start from there. And if you haven't read The Last Vampire series (the series that started it all) I recommend you start there. One of my many RA Steffan Go-To reads.
Absolutely Amazing.. This series is so full of incredible action and mysterious twists, all the way through the series you will be hanging on the edge excited about the next chapter.
I do believe I enjoy Leo and Vonnie’s story more than. Rans and Zorah and that is saying something! can’t wait to see what the fate are up to next ad how the demon will swat their plans without doing a thing at all besides moving characters around the board….
Ah, the evil Fae strike again. And again. They just can’t help stomping all over those they consider less-than. I’m glad Guthrie gets some happiness; I feel so bad for him through a lot of this series. Vonnie was not my favorite, but she was okay.
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Slow burn, low smut but great adventure. I've read earlier books from this series before, so it was fun to revisit the world (even if I did find myself wishing they would get down and dirty a lot more - what they did was hot, there just wasn't enough of it for my tastes!)