Desert Blood

By: Anna Lowe

Narrated by: Kelsey Osborne

Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's Summary

Heather Luth knows nothing about the paranormal world until one awful night changes everything. Now she's on the run - straight into the arms of forbidden love. Her mind knows better than to fall for a werewolf's sunny smile and mesmerizing voice, but her heart - and destiny - have other ideas.

On the surface, Cody Hawthorne is warm, witty, and fun, but beneath his carefree facade, Heather sees a real man struggling to break free. Day by day, Heather and Cody grow closer and closer, unable to resist their simmering passion - while day by day, a serial murderer closes in on his prey. Duty fights desire; fear wrestles trust as the human world clashes with the paranormal in a tale of forbidden love.

There's more than meets the eye on Twin Moon Ranch, home to a pack of shapeshifting wolves willing to battle for life and love.

A paranormal romance with adult content. The perfect listen for fans of strong heroines, alpha heroes, werewolves and shapeshifters, vampires, red-hot cowboys, romantic westerns, paranormal suspense, action-adventure romance, and fantasy romance!

©2015 Anna Lowe (P)2016 Anna Lowe

2nd son tries to emerge from brother's shadow

I am voluntarily submitting my honest review after receiving an ARC of the audiobook generously provided by the author.

In this enchanting sequel to Desert Moon, we return to Twin Moon Ranch as Cody comes into his own. Most of his life, considered a playboy and jokster, Cody has lived in the shadow of his brother, Alpha wolf shifter Ty. But Cody now feels ready to step up and claim a more important role in the pack and find a mate of his own. Investigating a series of murders a little too close to the Ranch is the chance he needs to prove his worth. And when Heather Luth arrives and accepts a temporary teaching job, Cody knows almost right away that she is his mate. The only problem--she's human, and she clearly is hiding secrets of her own--secrets that keep her from trusting men. As this enchanting novel unfolds and Ty and Heather rediscover themselves and each other, the author's descriptions bring the desert alive. This book is by turns uplifting and inspiring as we see Ty and Heather become the people they are meant to be, then heartbreaking and maddening when we see outside forces conspire against them. The story and well-drawn characters draw you in and you just can't help but cheer them on! I think my experience of this novel was enhanced by having previously read Desert Moon, I think you could probably still like this book just as much as a standalone novel. I listened to the audiobook version of Desert Blood, and I highly recommend experiencing the book this way. The narrator's sense of timing and pace is spot on--especially during the steamy scenes which she somehow makes even hotter! Her smooth, lyrical voice, combined with Anna Lowe's descriptive prose truly makes the desert come to life if you close your eyes while listening to certain passages of the book. This is a great series that fans of shifter fiction are sure to enjoy!

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awesome series found another good author I love

this was a surprisingly good book the first one in the series caught my interest hard to find a good shifter pack author so many out there but so few are good to me this is one I will be rereading I have 2 other series I regularly listen to now I have 3

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Good series

BOOK REVIEW.....
This book is great. I love the characters of Heather and Cody. Cody is hot, fun, sweet and loyal to those he loves. Heather strong sweet and lovable. Heather starts out clueless about werewolves but falls for Cody hard. Their romance is Hot and steamy. Add to that the danger from the serial killer into the mix and you have HOT intriguing shifter romance MUST READ book.

NARRATOR REVIEW.....
Narrator did a good job of bring voice to the characters.

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I really enjoyed this sequel!

I really enjoyed this sequel and the two main characters in this story. I loved Cody from the first book and Heather was easy to like as well. I loved Cody’s easy-going personality compared to Ty’s. I also understood why he choose to be the comedian. I disliked how negatively Ty and his father judged him. As for Heather, I absolutely loved her spirit and willingness to fight for herself. No wilting flower here. Her innate understanding of Cody was wonderful. I like how fiercely she was willing to defend him when needed.

The kids were great for the humorous aspect of the story. It was easy to fall in love with them especially the class clown, Timmy. He’s a little charmer. I was glad that Heather took a special interest in him.

Ms. Lowe did an excellent job of weaving the love story with humor, mystery and suspense. I appreciated that the characters in this story didn’t have quite as much internal dialogue as the first story. That helped the story actually flow better. I can’t wait to read the next one.

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Blood suckers

This story is about Cody, second son to the alpha. It seems he can never be good enough. Heather is running from a vampire and ends up at twin moon ranch. Turns out she is Cindy's mate, but she is human and his father will not allow it. When the vampire and his posse fond Heather Cody will have to fight for his life and his love.

More Awesomeness

Just as impressed as the last one. I never thought I would enjoy audio books, but I was so wrong. I love them and am looking forward to hearing lots and lots more.

Great!

Loved it! Cody and Heather are terrific characters. They are so in love! Wonderful narration. This story is full of action and will grab you and hold on tight!

Series Continues to Excite, Great Storyline

I am loving this series, I have to admit to having read this book way back when it was first released and I loved it. I didn't remember all of it but as I knew I had enjoyed the ebook I wanted to listen to it now that it is available as an audio version. I absolutely adored Cody and Heather's story it was so good. Cody really came into his own in this book he'd always been thought of as the unreliable sibling, but in this book Ty, his elder brother and new pack alpha, gives him the chance to prove himself by solving a series of gruesome murders committed by a band of vampires.

Heather is a lovely character, she is hired by the Twin Moon ranch as a temporary teacher in the ranch school. She is hiding out after being attacked by what she believed to be a vampire. Will he track her down to this remote location?

Cody and Heather are instantly attracted to each other when they meet, both of them feel a great connection to each other, could they be fated mates? Cody is used to the females on the ranch throwing themselves at him but he is no longer interested, he is however very interested in Heather. Heather is human and therefore forbidden to him, but their attraction is so strong that he falls in love with her anyway.

His father is old school and demands that Cody 'mate' within three months for the good of the pack but then produces a female who he demands Cody mate with now! Will Cody give up his love for Heather, will he choose to follow his father's orders or will his love for Heather win the day.

Will the vampires be caught and destroyed?

So many questions which I'm not going to answer, you will just have to listen to this book. It was so well written and really well performed by Kelsey Osborne. I highly recommend this one and I can't wait to listen to the next book in this series.

truly superb

Would you listen to Desert Blood again? Why?

of course i would.. i loved it

Who was your favorite character and why?

i think in this one it was heather.. she was strong.. she was sweet and she was amazing

What about Kelsey Osborne’s performance did you like?

the emotions and the laughter.. i love that she makes me smile and laugh.. i feel with her

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

no.. i mean i laughed a lot.. didnt cry though lol

Superb

Anna Lowe books continue to build the cast of characters. Got to love an author who writes a strong man and woman. These are no wimps. Truly a superb job. Love listening to a book when I can't read.

Completely Captivating

What did you like most about Desert Blood?

I love Anna's writing and story lines and to add a voice to it was absolutely great!

Any additional comments?

Such a beautiful and captivating voice. I would really recommend and Kelsey Osborne narrations especially if Anna wrote it!

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