Review and Release Day for Arctic Fire (The Fire and Ice Series Book 2) by Erica Stevens

Review:
So, in book 2 of this series, Quinn and Julian have established something of a relationship that just keeps getting deeper and definitely hotter the more you get into the book.  But Quinn is also still running from her past full tilt.  The vamp who killed her suddenly comes front and center and things start getting gritty in the little town she lives in.  People start dying and some of them aren't staying dead.  What's worse is that the vampire who killed Quinn can control minds, which can be particularly dangerous since he could get at their group through the humans hanging out with she and Julian.  The things this vampire does to get at Quinn is very brutal and gory.  And Julian can't help but be reminded of his brutal past.  A past he tries to keep from returning, but it's hard at times not to let go and just return to the carnage he could wreak.  Especially with Quinn threatened so.  Soon enough she comes face to face with this vamp and things get ugly quick like.  All I can say is that now it's officially in the open that they are mates, I have no idea how Julian held himself together walking such a razor's edge in some scenes.  But it was a fabulous read and this is one great series!
A 5 our of 5 stars!

Blurb:
For the past six years, Quinn has looked forward to the day when she would finally have her revenge against the vampire who slaughtered her family. What she never expected is for that vampire to walk into Clint’s bar and unleash terror and death on her small desert town. With more people dying every day, Quinn realizes she must delve deeper into her power than she’s ever wanted or dared to before in order to save her loved ones. 
As new enemies and allies arise and good friends are lost, Julian will do whatever it takes to keep Quinn from the clutches of the vampire who stalks and torments her. Even if it means becoming the vampire he once was and swore he’d never be again. 
***The Fire and Ice series is a spinoff based on characters from The Kindred Series. You do not have to read The Kindred Series in order to enjoy this book or its successors. The maturity level of this series will grow with each book and is recommended for readers 17+***

Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Fire-Ice-Book-ebook/dp/B019UIZGA6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1455512726&sr=8-4&keywords=erica+stevens

Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28091440-arctic-fire?ac=1&from_search=1

Get Frost Burn by Erica Stevens FREE!

Frost Burn by Erica Stevens is now FREE for a limited time only!  You can find the synopsis and the links below!

Synopsis:
After years of running, Quinn has finally found a town to settle down in while she searches for the man who tore her life apart. Despite her every intention not to, she’s started to put down some roots and make friends. However, the small bit of solace she’s found is quickly shattered when a group of vampires walk into the bar where she works and turn her life upside down. 

Looking only to stop for a few nights and have a good time, Julian never expected to stumble across someone like Quinn. Determined to keep her free from the vampires looking to use her as a weapon, Julian is stunned to discover himself starting to care for the mysterious woman with a dark past she’s unwilling to reveal. It doesn’t take him long to realize that the vampires after her are only a part of the problem. This quiet little town is hiding a violent secret of its own; a secret that not only threatens the town, but Quinn in particular. 

***The Fire and Ice series is a spinoff based on characters from The Kindred Series. You do not have to read The Kindred Series in order to enjoy this book or its successors. The maturity level of this series will grow with each book and is recommended for readers 17+***

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Frost Burn (Fire and Ice Series Book 1) by Erica Stevens

THIS BOOK IS DUE TO RELEASE JUNE 17th!

   For those of you who have read the Kindred Series, Julian now has his own series!!  I haven't read every single book in that series and I remember not being terribly attached to this character from what I did read, however, things have definitely changed.  I read this book, which happens after the Kindred Series timeline-wise., and Julian has really grown on me.  In fact, this was a great book!  Even if you haven't read any of Erica Stevens's books, pick this one up.  If you like the vampire and paranormal genre, try it out!
   Julian is a complicated, cranky vampire who is hanging out with a bunch of Hunters and Guardians in Frost Burn.  Now most vampires would avoid them, but Julian has changed and decided to help the world instead of doing what many others have by going out and bleeding people dry.  While he is out and about with his friends, he meets Quinn.  She has been trying to survive as a vampire for the past 6 years and avoid as many other vampires as much as possible, but she will do what she must to keep the town she lives in safe.  After becoming a vampire when the rest of her family was decimated, she doesn't trust vampires much, and that includes Julian.  Even though the two are very attracted to each other, there are threats looming on the horizon.  Quinn has some real power to her and there are those who are going to come looking for her.


Blurb:

After years of running, Quinn has finally found a town to settle down in while she searches for the man who tore her life apart. Despite her every intention not to, she’s started to put down some roots and make friends. However, the small bit of solace she’s found is quickly shattered when a group of vampires walk into the bar where she works and turn her life upside down. 
Looking only to stop for a few nights and have a good time, Julian never expected to stumble across someone like Quinn. Determined to keep her free from the vampires looking to use her as a weapon, Julian is stunned to discover himself starting to care for the mysterious woman with a dark past she’s unwilling to reveal. It doesn’t take him long to realize that the vampires after her are only a part of the problem. This quiet little town is hiding a violent secret of its own; a secret that not only threatens the town, but Quinn in particular. 
***The Fire and Ice series is a spinoff based on characters from The Kindred Series. You do not have to read The Kindred Series in order to enjoy this book or its successors. This book has more mature content than the Kindred Series and is recommended for readers 17+***

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Frost-Burn-Fire-Ice-Book-ebook/dp/B00Z1XMFY0/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1433970156&sr=8-11&keywords=erica+stevens

Prologue from Frost Burn by Erica Stevens

I have something extra special to share with all of you.....It's the prologue to Erica Stevens's new book called Frost Burn!!  It's not even out for pre-order yet, but here it is!!

PROLOGUE
Fire and ice licked over her flesh. The fire was due to the pain lancing through her body from the knives driven through the palm of her hands and her stomach. It felt like the fire was consuming her, burying her within its raging depths, devouring her very soul. The ice, well the ice was from the weakness stealing through her and dousing the fire beneath it.
The sensations were so overwhelming and contradictory to each other that they briefly doused the shrill screams of those around her. Her family. Tears slid down her cheeks. She jerked at her hands but the knives had been buried deep into the wood floor beneath her. Blood trickled down from the wound on her right temple, and the slice down the center of her chin. Pinned down, she could only lay helplessly as she listened to the dying sounds of those she loved.
Like some kind of ghoulish painter throwing paint at a canvas, blood splashed across the family pictures hanging on the wall and one of the many screams went abruptly silent. Shock wearing off, she jerked against the blades securing her to the floor. She had to get to her family, had to try and save them somehow. A scream of frustration and agony burned in her throat. The fire licked back over her body as she strained to tear her hands free of the knives. She tried to arch up in an attempt to dislodge the one in her stomach but a wave of blackness washed over her, threatening to bury her within its depths. Panting heavily, she fell back on the floor. She couldn’t pass out; it would be certain death if she did.
A tsking sound from her right caused her to turn her head in that direction. She blinked back the blood, sweat, and tears clogging her lashes and blurring her vision. “Such a shame.” She shrank away from the hand brushing over her forehead. “Such a fighter.”
A man’s face loomed over her. A face she knew she’d remember for the rest of her life, for however long that might be given her present circumstances. “Shh child,” he murmured as he continued to brush her hair back. “It will all be over soon.”
His blue green eyes swirled with malicious glee, his wide nostrils flared as he inhaled the scent of the blood pooling beneath her. The high arch of his cheekbones gave his face a rat-like appearance which she found completely appropriate for this horrible monster. A mole at the corner of his left eye had a long, creepy hair curling from it. His thin lips pulled back to reveal his lengthy, razor sharp fangs. 
A cry of protest escaped her but she could do nothing to stop him from driving his fangs into her throat. More fire lanced over her skin as she fought against the monster pulling her blood from her body, but even as the heat crept in so did the ice. Weakness slipped into her limbs, up through her belly and toward her chest. 
She wasn’t ready to die, she’d finally started to live, but just as she couldn’t escape the knives pinning her body to the floor, she couldn’t escape this monster feeding off of her in greedy, slurping pulls. The ice crept further up, dousing the fire beneath its crushing flow. She wasn’t ready to give in but she had no choice in the matter as her heart began to slow. It gave a dull beat before pausing for endless seconds then pumping again.
The monster above her pulled away and wiped the blood away from his mouth. “Delicious,” he purred before rising to his feet and walking away.
It was only after he’d gone that she realized how quiet the room had become. Her family. She felt the overwhelming need to cry but she didn’t have the energy to muster a single tear. She could only stare at the blood-coated photos across from her as her breathing became shallower and her heartbeats further apart. The distant murmur of voices drifted to her but she couldn’t make them out as the ice slid up to her neck. She heard the click of the door closing and realized the monsters had left but it didn’t matter. Nothing mattered anymore as the ice encompassed her, her heart finally stopped beating, and the world went completely black.