Guarding Temptation by Chastity Bush

Guarding Temptation by Chastity Bush
Publisher: Publish America
Genre: Contemporary, Paranormal, Suspense / Mystery
Length: 196 pages



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Summary:

Tera Stone is not your typical vampire. Born without any vampire power and newly single, Tera finds herself starting her life anew?again. Able to walk in the sun and eat normal food, it seems Tera and her family have hidden her defects as a vampire well, but what they do not know is that the murderer that has been terrorizing the immortal community for months has his sights set on her.

Zack Kingston is a Guardian. It is the job of the Guardians to protect all living beings mortal and immortal alike. In his five hundred years of living he has seen it all?or so he thought. When Zack is sent to Manhattan in search of a murderer who has been draining born vampires for weeks he never imagined the mysterious woman he would rescue would be his mate.

Unable to trust Zack's motives and now her own, will Tera follow her heart and accept the love Zack has to offer? And can Zack win Tera's heart before the murderer finds her?
Donna’s Review:

Guarding Temptation is an easy to enjoy mystery and love story with vampires, werewolves, immortal guardians and a few interesting humans added to the mix.

The characters in Guarding Temptation are interesting and well-developed. Tera is half-vampire and half-human. While an extraordinarily kind and competent individual, she didn’t inherit a full slate of her father’s vampire genes and that causes her all sorts of problems. There are many qualities about Tera that I greatly appreciate. She could easily live off her father’s wealth but chooses to discover her own talents and make her own way. She has great loyalty to her family and friends. For example, even in the midst of her mother being a bit crazy Tera respects the independent spirit in her mother that makes her such a perfect partner to Tera’s father. I also appreciate that she sees herself as a work in progress and is open to making mistakes, apologizing and learning from those mistakes.

Zack is also an interesting character. An upstanding guardian and handsome immortal, he comes across as a person who wants to always do the right thing. He has an internal approach-avoidance situation going on with having found his mate. At one point he very sweetly admits that after so many years of wondering whether he would ever find his mate, the idea he might be rejected scares him. Zack has some interesting means of keeping an eye on Tera that first year, and I think Tera was right to be a tad concerned.

There is some great comedy along with the mystery of who is killing the women and the love story of will they or won’t they be mates. When right after twisting a man’s head off, the first concern that comes to mind is what the girl who is watching will think; and when werewolf and vampire females attempt to convince male immortal guardians to help dress manikins in store front windows in lacey bras and thongs, you just know the author, Chastity Bush, has a wicked sense of humor.

The author has written a fine story here but I’m concerned her proofreaders let her down in not catching grammar and punctuation errors. That has nothing to do with this author’s talents in writing a great story but be warned that the errors can interfere with smooth reading in a few places in the book.

If you enjoy paranormal romance with a kiss of mystery, you will enjoy Guarding Temptation by Chastity Bush.

Rated 4 ½ Delightful Divas by Donna!



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