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Dark Desires After Dusk (The Immortals After Dark, Book 5) | 
 enlarge | Author: Kresley Cole
Publisher: Pocket
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 2639
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: 1st Pocket Books Pbk. Ed
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Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 3.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 1416576754
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781416576754
ASIN: 1416576754
Publication Date: May 20, 2008
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RITA Award-winning author Kresley Cole continues her bestselling Immortals After Dark series with this electrifying tale of a ruthless demon mercenary and the lovely young halfling who enchants him.A seductive beauty he can
never have, yet can't resist... Cadeon Woede will stop at nothing to atone for the one wrong that will haunt him forever. But once he secures the key to his redemption, the halfling Holly Ashwin, Cade finds that the woman he thought he could use for his own ends and then forget haunts him as much as his past. A tormented warrior she
should fear, but can't deny... Raised as a human, Holly never knew that some frightening legends are real until she encounters a brutal demon who inexplicably guards her like a treasure. Thrust into a sensual new world of myth and power, with him as her protector, she begins to crave the demon's wicked touch. Surrender to dark desires... Yet just when he earns Holly's trust, will Cade be forced to betray the only woman who can sate his wildest needs -- and claim his heart?
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 Awesome read October 7, 2008
Cole is one of my fave authors and this latest book in the IAD series does not disappoint.
 Lives Up to the Series October 5, 2008
This is another installation in Cole's Lore series, foreshadowed in the previous title. It delivers the same intense romance blended with the looming danger of Accession and keeps you wondering until the end how the main characters are going to work things out.
So worth the time September 30, 2008
Wow, can this women write or what? This book was unbelievably good. I recommend it to everyone who likes Cole's work. There's a few parts where the pages should steam! Hot, Hot, Hot!
Lovin' Me Some Demon Horns! September 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Cadeon the Kingmaker - King Rydstrom's brother and heir to the throne of the rage demons - has made some mistakes in his 900 year existence. The foremost and by far the worst mistake was made when he was a young man, the day he cost his brother the throne. Instead of defending Tornin, the king's stronghold, Cadeon was instead racing to see to the welfare of his foster family thus allowing his brother's kingdom to be overthrown by Mort the Deathless, an evil sorcerer. And by his very namesake, Mort is deathless. No traditional Lore means of killing - beheading or fire - will ensure his death.
Cadeon, guilt ridden over his betrayal to his kingdom, vows to his brother that he will get Rydstrom's crown back. 900 years later and Cadeon is still trying to make do on his promise. As mercenary, Cadeon has crowned many a king, hence his title - the Kingmaker, but he always seems to fail with his original vow to his brother. But fate has bestowed upon the brothers of the Woede, a chance. All that Cadeon and Rydstrom must do is find the Vessel, a female of the Lore that will birth a child of either ultimate evil or good. Groot the Metallurgist, Mort's brother, requests the Vessel and in return he will forge a sword that will kill Mort the Deathless.
Unfortunately for Cade, fate can never be kind without exacting a price. The Vessel just so happens to be Cade's mate, Holly Ashwin - a human forbidden to his kind, whom he has been keeping watch over for the past year. Demons may recognize their mate but they won't know for sure until they attempt, in other words, have sex with them. During this process a demon will turn into his demonic form - which is huge; their skin color changes and their horns straighten. They also bite the female between the neck and shoulder, injecting with their fangs a stunning agent the immobilizes her. Humans by nature cannot withstand the attempt without possible death, therefore Cade must resign himself to the fact that he and Holly can never be together. Cadeon uses this resignation to force himself into accepting the job of collecting Holly and delivering her to Groot thereby retrieving the desired sword.
Holly Ashwin has issues. Suffering from acute OCD and mild agoraphobia, Holly can only feel comfortable in either her loft or the college campus where she is simultaneously completing her doctorate and teaching. In order to focus, everything around her must be organized in three or multiples of. In addition, Holly will only eat prepacked food where no human transference has taken place. Lastly, Holly has sexual issues. She's a twenty-six year old virgin but not for lack of trying. Unfortunately Holly has scared off the two males that she attempted to have sex with. Both times she became wild, uncontrollable even, to the point where the possibility of injuring the man was very real. So Holly has abstained. She does currently have a boyfriend, Tim, of two years. It is definitely a cerebral relationship as opposed to a physical one but the two do plan to get married. This plan however is officially halted when she is abducted by demons, struck by lightening, and thereby resurrecting her Valkyrie genes from dormancy.
Cadeon is just as surprised to see Holly with her signature Valkyrie silver eyes and sharp claws. But he still sticks with his original deal to take her to Groot. Holly, suspicious by nature is wary of trusting the hot demon but all she wants is to go back to her organized old life and when Cade dangles the opportunity to remain a mortal, she jumps at the chance. Cade tells her that Groot can stop the transformation (a complete lie) and since he is already on his way to meet with the sorcerer he'll take her along with him.
What follows is a steady unfolding of passion between Cadeon and Holly. Although the two couldn't be more different, their attraction is undeniable.
Although not my favorite adddition to the Immortals After Dark series, it was still a worthwhile and fun read. One thing I am looking forward to is Rydstrom's book, 'To Kiss a Demon King' which comes out in January 2009. There is a major life altering event that happens to Rydstrom in 'Dark Desires After Dusk' and he seems a totally different demon by the end. Exciting!
Dark Desires of Dissapointment September 23, 2008
Cadeon Woede is a rage demon who holds the occupation of mercenary. He is desperate to help put his brother back on the throne that rightfully belongs to him, and it's because of Cadeon that his brother doesn't have the throne to begin with. It has been 900 years of struggles for Cade to try and defeat Omort and return the throne to his brother.
A year ago Cade ran across Holly Ashwin which he realizes is his female, the one he is supposed to spend forever with, yet she is a mortal, and an immortal like himself cannot claim a mortal as their own, the initial claiming would undoubtably kill the mortal.
Holly is a professor at a local college near her home. She is obsessive with order and perfection. She is highly dependent on her medications perscribed to her for being OCD. She was adopted and all in all has led a very boring life until she is kidnapped one night in her college classroom. Her life soon becomes very complicated but none the less an excitement she never expected, and she definitely did not expect to find herself attracted to the very unusual rage demon.
Cade and Holly's story is definitely unique and different. I found it to be quite different from A Hunger Like No Other, which is Book 1 in the Immortals After Dark series, and I have to admit that I was kind of dissapointed in Dark Desires After Dusk. It is a good story but it definitely isn't one that I love or would ever consider reading again. I have not read any of the other books in the series, but in comparison to A Hunger Like No Other I found myself somewhat dissapointed. This book lacked the passion that the first in the series did not.
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