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Book Blurb

“I need you, Ian...” Those words haunt Ian Kline, mostly because he has no idea who whispered them. Ian has been dreaming about him for weeks. Each night the dreams grow stronger, more alluring, and yet Ian can never quite see his lover's face...until someone arrives to challenge Ian for leadership of his coven.

 

Billy spent the majority of his life as the pet of a coven leader. At night, he entered a fantasy world where his mate kept him safe from the horrors of his daily life. When his master challenges Ian Kline for leadership of his coven, Billy knows his duty and attacks, but it's a death offense to interfere in a challenge and that's exactly what Billy does when he kills the man that had held him prisoner for nearly twenty years.

 

Recognizing that mating bond between them, Ian acts to bind them together and save his mate from execution. Keeping Billy out of trouble quickly becomes a full time job when someone from Billy's past tries to break that bond. With misunderstandings and a new threat around every corner, Ian and Billy have their hands full just trying to hold on to each other. Staying alive might be impossible.

 

Book Review

Some of the evil that made the lives of previous main characters in this series impossible has survived – and it is up to Billy and Ian to deal with the perpetrators once and for all. And as important as the action needed to bring justice about is, it isn’t all that happens in this exciting installment of ‘True Blood Mate’. There is a personal side to the slave ring and living it through Billy’s eyes, as he is mistreated, that made it a very personal account. Ian wakes up to reality a little late and he makes more than one mistake – which just goes to show that vampire princes can be as human as the next guy.

Billy isn’t the first man to be held prisoner and treated worse than dirt, but the length of time during which he has suffered is mind-boggling. All he has had to keep him going is a memory of Ian, a boy he used to play with when he was a young child – before his stepfather destroyed his world and his life. When he sees Ian standing in front of him, threatened by the cruel man he has to call master, something snaps in Billy and he kills the bast*rd. This has all kinds of consequences, but Billy is ready and willing to face them all, now that he knows his mate is safe. Billy’s resilience and strength are inspiring.

Ian may think he is ready to succeed his father as leader of their vampire clan, and he is about to complete the ceremony, when someone steps up to challenge him. The man Ian has dreamed about steps up and kills the guy right in front of Ian’s eyes, but all Ian cares about is that he has found his mate and that he needs to figure out how to rescue him from a certain death sentence. Ready to take on the vampire council and anyone else who wants to interfere, Ian makes his way to the council chambers, only to find out not everything is as it seems. But getting Billy back is only the beginning of a harrowing fight for their lives. It’s a good thing Ian is stubborn and protective!

If you like stories about vampires whose lives are threatened by their own kind, if you enjoy reading about two men who encounter each other in their dreams before they can bond, and if you want to know how the villains from earlier volumes are finally brought to heel, then you will probably like this novella.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Novella, 35900 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	22-April-2016
Price	$4.99 ebook
Buy Link	http://www.bookstrand.com/book/seeing-is-believing