Title: Stealing Darkness
Series: N/A
Author: Caitlin Ricci, Tabatha Heart
Genre: Paranormal/ Shapeshifter
Length: Novel (186 pages)
Publisher: Extasy Books (May 15, 2015)
Heat Level: Explicit
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥3Hearts
Blurb: Stealing a unicorn, the most potent source of magic in the world, was not part of Dante’s plan. But neither was falling in love.
As a poor farmer, Dante can’t afford the cures that would bring his brother back from the death-like sleep that has claimed him, but when his sister finds a healer in town, one who promises to help, his family is overjoyed. Naturally cautious, Dante hopes they don’t put too much faith in a stranger, but he is unwilling to turn his back on the chance for his brother to be well again either.
The healer requires very little from them, a family heirloom and as much nightshade as Dante can carry. Though he questions why a healer would need such a poisonous plant, he is far more concerned with saving his brother. When he brings them to the healer’s home, he finds a black unicorn that has been enslaved by the healer.
Aleon is distrustful of people, and with good reason. As the dark mage’s captive, he has endured only torture and pain since he was a child. The mage uses shavings of his horn to heal others, and it is a brutal experience for Aleon. When Dante offers him a way of escape, Aleon is wary, but trusting someone new, or staying a slave until he is killed, isn’t a choice he can afford to let slip away.
With Dante, Aleon begins to understand that he is safe, and possibly even loved, but when the dark mage realizes his unicorn has been stolen, their lives are ripped apart in his rage to get Aleon back.
Staying together, and keeping his family safe, is all Dante wants, but it might be a hopeless dream when a world of magic and darkness rises up against him and he’s forced to make a choice between the man he loves and the family he wants to save.
ISBN: 978-1-4874-0344-7
Reviewer: Shorty
Product Link: http://www.extasybooks.com/Stealing-Darkness/?keyword=stealing%20darkness
Review: A magical world of fantasy, magic, deceit and love. I did not like Sethos, a magic user, from the start. He struck me as arrogant, cruel, and sinister and someone who only cared about what he wanted. The way he treated Aleon, the unicorn shifter, when he was a child turned my stomach. I can see why no one liked him. Especially when he takes Aleon for his own gain and keeps him as a slave.
It broke my heart at the way Aleon had been treated until Dante came along. I was very happy that Dante helped him get away from Sethos even though it put them in danger. Dante has a lot going on and sometimes I wondered if he was making the right decisions in some of his dealings. I loved the chemistry between Dante and Aleon once Dante gained his trust.
This book was full of a man intent on finding someone to help his brother, someone out for his own gain no matter the cost and two people stuck in dangerous situations because of someone who in my opinion was evil. Though it was an o.k. read it was a little disturbing as I don’t care for stories where they hurt a child in any way shape or form. So this story kind of turned me against it from the beginning.
It was an o.k. read.
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