ARC Review: Bane's Choice (Vampire Motorcycle Club #1) by Alyssa Day

 A doctor with secrets of her own is drawn to a dangerous predator in this pulse-pounding paranormal romance from New York Times bestselling author Alyssa Day.

Sons of Anarchy meets True Blood in this sexy new series from New York Times bestselling author Alyssa Day.

Bane lost his humanity ages ago. Nothing is more important than protecting his Vampire Motorcycle Club from the death magic invading his territory. The most ancient of vampires, he seeks cold, unfeeling, bloody vengeance…until a frustratingly sexy human doctor is thrust into his path. She tempts Bane to distraction. And distraction is deadly in his world.

Buttoned-up and meticulous Dr. Ryan St. Cloud never thought she’d find herself in the mix of a motorcycle club, let alone one full of terrifyingly badass vampires. Or how intrigued she is by their dark and enigmatic leader, who seems balanced on the knife’s edge of killing her…or claiming her.

But Bane’s choice is harder than it seems, because when that danger hits too close to home, he’s forced to choose between her life and everyone else’s…

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What I thought about Bane's Choice

 

Okay, gotta admit it. This cover is hot, hot, hot and is what attracted me to read this story, and I wasn't disappointed.  Bane is a three hundred year old vampire who controls the action in Savannah.  He's tough and gorgeous.  He's got a few close friends who he calls family and tries to keep his territory his own through serious force

His whole life is upended when he meets Dr. Ryan St. Cloud, and immediately wants her. Mine -- as the vampires say. Curiously enough, Ryan feels a definite attraction to Bane, and when he reveals what he is, she's intrigued rather than afraid.  I liked her gutsy attitude. And these two are really hot together.  There's some nice "yearning" going on here.

There's really great banter between the characters in this book, especially coming from Dr. St. Cloud. The relationships between Bane and Ryan and Ryan with the other vampires keep things snappy and I just found myself drawn into this story very quickly. Bane's territory is in danger of being taken over by some other nasty paranormals and the story centers around that, and Bane's new obsession with Ryan.

I really enjoyed this.  The banter is awesome, and the love story between Bane and Ryan was satisfying.  I did think the ending was very rushed, and there are many reveals in these final pages and lots of action.

Overall, this was a very romantic and heated paranormal romance.  I would like to read more about these characters, especially Meara, Bane's sister, so it's a good setup for future stories.

An ARC was provided by the publisher. This is my honest review.

 

About the Author

 

 Alyssa Day is the pen name (and dark and tortured alter ego) of author Alesia Holliday. As Alyssa, she is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author with more than a million books sold, and she writes the Warriors of Poseidon and Cardinal Witches paranormal romance series and the Tiger’s Eye Mysteries, a paranormal mystery series.  As Alesia, she writes comedies that make readers snort things out of their noses, and is the author of the award-winning memoir about military families during war-time deployments: Email to the Front. She has won many awards for her writing, including Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA award for outstanding romance fiction and the RT Book Reviews Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Paranormal Romance novel of 2012.

Alyssa is a diehard Buckeye who graduated summa cum laude from Capital University Law School and practiced as a trial lawyer in multi-million dollar litigation for several years before coming to her senses and letting the voices in her head loose on paper. She has lived all over the country, including Florida, Mississippi, Washington state, Ohio, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Colorado, Illinois, Texas, Alaska, Michigan, Virginia—and she has lived all over the world: the Philippines, Turkey, and Japan. She loves to travel, and just got back from trips to St. Pete Beach, Florida, New York City, Atlanta, and Savannah, and is heading to Houston soon. She currently lives in Florida with her Navy Guy husband, two kids, and any number of rescue dogs.

 

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