Tempted

Eternal Guardians, Book 3

By: Elisabeth Naughton

Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley

Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

Demetrius - He's the hulking, brooding warrior even his fellow Guardians avoid. Too dark. Too damaged. And given his heritage, he knows it's best to keep everyone at arm's length.Isadora is missing. The words pound through his head like a frantic drumbeat. For her own protection, Demetrius did all he could to avoid the fragile princess, his soul mate. And now she's gone-kidnapped. To get her back, he'll have to go to the black place in his soul he's always shunned. As daemons ravage the human realm and his loyalty to the Guardians is put to the ultimate test, Demetrius realizes that Isadora is stronger than anyone thought.

And finally letting her into his heart may be the only way to save them both.

©2011 Elizabeth Naughton (P)2013 Tantor

Superb and Spectacular !!

Any additional comments?

I just have to get the next book in this Superb series, it's that good i can't wait to continue on the journey. This book is about Demetrius (half Demon Worrier Guardian) one of the protectors for Isadora (Queen to be) his soul mate. Full of action and Huge Hot gorgeous Worriers this book is definitely not one to miss. :)

Tempted

I am greatly enjoying this series! Can't wait for the next set of soulmates. I love strong female characters who tame their cranky men

the war continues

The secrets Demetrius has kept comes to a head and Isadora finds the strength to become who she is meant to be. The action and adventures continue for the argonauts as another finds answers to his life

Book 3 was even better

This third book featured the “mean” guardian Demetrius, the one who relished every opportunity to torment Princess Isadora for reasons unbeknownst to all. In fact, his disrespect was so appalling in the last book when the King had ordered him to marry Isadora that he said he would rather be put to death.

After Isadora went missing with her hand maiden right before her binding ceremony to Zander, the guardians began looking for her. Demetrius was able to find her and rescue her from his mother, but not really since his mother banished them to the island of Pandora. Demetrius’ mother was hoping to find a way to get her son and Isadora to become involved so they can have a baby. She would use this infant and it’s power to reclaim her rightful place as an Argolean ruler.
I am really intrigued with this series because of it’s potential, not the execution. In fact, this story has more holes than the last one.

My 2.5 Major Issues:
1) Hera’s curse: Theron hated female humans—thus his mate Casey was a human. Zander---well, I don’t exact understand why Callia was his mate as I don’t know what he hated about her. But I know he hated an action that he thought she did. Demetrius hated pathetic, weaklings, thus why he seemed to hate Isadora.
But this novel implied that Demetrius was aware that Isadora was probably his mate for a really long time. So why did he continue to treat her so reprehensibly? He went out of his way to terrorize her, yet he has a shrine in his place. I don’t get it. If he suspected she was his “curse”, isn’t it inevitable that they will fall in love anyway? Also, why did it take so long for their feelings to kick it because Theron and Zander seemed attracted to their mates from the beginning?

2) Background check: I don’t know about being an Argonaut, but my job performs background and reference checks before an offer of employment is extended. How is it that no one knew anything about Demetrius’ lineage before they appointed him one of a handful of eternal guardians to protect humans and Argolean’s from the Daemons? In fact, they didn’t know he was part witch, only that he was of Jason’s line. How is it that Theron didn’t even know where Demetrius lived, when this is the guy whom you trust to save the world with you?

Minor Issue) Their government set up reminds me of the power struggle that ancient Rome had with the dictators always fighting with the Senate for control. The political scheming etc. Why didn’t Lucian face some kind of backlash for remaining quiet about his son’s involvement with Callia’s son and the deal with Atlanta. I need more answers and better answers. I am not getting them so far but I am not frustrated yet. I am still open.

Ultimately, I am giving this book a four because it makes me want to keep going and neglect the other books that I planned to read because I like Gryphon and Orpheus. So despite the issues, I am still invested in the story, that’s why I bumped it up from a 3.5star to 4-stars

Each Book Gets Better...Great Series!!

I am hoping that books 1 and 2 will be coming to Audible soon, but if not, I would recommend reading them first and then buying this audio book. I am a huge fan of paranormal romance and these books are great. This is a continuation from book 2, so it is not really a stand alone story.

I was not prepared to love Demetrius as much as I did by the end. He has been a pain in the neck in the past 2 books, and I was not sure how sympathetic and forgiving I was going to be. But he had his reasons and this book really made me his fan.

I loved Isadora from book 1 and 2 and it was good to see her get a soul mate.

This book has great characters, a good plot line that arcs multiple books and is well written and well paces. I highly recommend the audio book if you can read book 1 and 2 first.

Gotta love the bad boy!

This is book 3 in a really good series set in modern times but with a tie to the Greek Myths..we even get to see Hades! This is Princess Isadora meets her match with the ultimate bad boy Demetrius. From reading book 2 I NEVER saw these two getting together, but now I understand why it all happened that way.

I don't want to give anything away, let's just say I'm liking the series...it's in my top 5 series.

excited, cant wait

I absolutely love this series. I am lookin forward to knowing what is going to happen next who is going to be with who next so exciting; )

Love this series!!!

If you could sum up Tempted in three words, what would they be?

I want more!!

What did you like best about this story?

This is my favorite book in the series. There is something about the perceived "bad guy" of the group I just love.

What three words best describe Elizabeth Wiley’s voice?

Not very good.

Any additional comments?

I loved the whole Eternal Guardian series. I love listening to books while driving and at work but the narrator for these books made me glad I also bought the kindle books. The way she performed the women's voices made my skin crawl. It was way to high pitched.

Wow! Hot, Steamy, and Sexy!

This book was just as good as the first two. I love these Eternal Greek Guardians. The story and plot is wonderful. Demetrius hot and sexy and the now Queen Isadora has some back bone thanks to him. All the characters the main and the secondary are so interesting you just cant wait to start the next book in the series. Hot and steamy sex is a plenty too. So be warned if your looking for rated G book this is not it. The Greek mythology the author is incorporated in these stories is fantastic.

The narrator is doing a fantastic job so far. Glad she changed up some of the voices for the main characters as the books progressed from the first book except for Theron. I really wish she would have kept his sexy accent throughout the series, but its still all good. This is a wonderful series that will keep you moving on the the next book.
Definitely credit worthy! I am on to book 4! Can't wait to get started.

Favorite one so far.

Each book keeps getting better and better. I was excited for Demetri and Isadora's story and it lived up to my expectation. We find out why each had such a dislike for each other and how it a ruse to hide how they truly feel for each other. The book was hot and I loved the whole stranded on a deserted island with all the mythological monsters aspect. I liked how both characters grew in their strengths because of each other. I recommend reading this series in order to get the full benefits of the storyline. I did manage to get this book with the Whispersync program for less than the required credit. So worth it and I will be getting more books from this series. Narrator is good.