My Favorite Book Boyfriend with Darynda Jones and Giveaway

NYTimes and USA Today Bestselling Author Darynda Jones has won numerous awards for her work, including a prestigious Golden Heart®, a Rebecca, two Hold Medallions, a RITA ®, and a Daphne du Maurier, and she has received stellar reviews from dozens of publications including starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, Booklist, and the Library Journal. As a born storyteller, Darynda grew up spinning tales of dashing damsels and heroes in distress for any unfortunate soul who happened by, annoying man and beast alike, and she is ever so grateful for the opportunity to carry on that tradition. She currently has two series with St. Martin’s Press: The Charley Davidson Series and the Darklight Trilogy. She lives in the Land of Enchantment, also known as New Mexico, with her husband of almost 30 years and two beautiful sons, the Mighty, Mighty Jones Boys.

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I fell head over heels for JR Ward’s Zsadist the moment he showed up in the first Black Dagger Brotherhood book, Dark Lover. His brooding and conflicted disposition drew me in like a moth to a blazing inferno. The fact that he was so immensely dangerous, so deliciously deadly, kept me glued to the pages wanting more of him, hoping for another glimpse. The fact that JR didn’t make us wait long (Zsadist’s book is #3 in the series) made me love her all the more. I felt like she wrote it just for me. In fact, I was certain she said to herself, “Darynda is dying for this book Mayhap I should write it. For her. To save her life. To earn her eternal devotion and slightly disturbing stalking tendencies.”

I could be wrong about that last part, of course, but that doesn’t dismiss the fact that Zsadist’s book was one of the most incredible things I’ve ever read. Not everyone gets my obsession with him, and I understand that as well, but Z is the ultimate alpha. It took Bella some time to win him over, yet that fact had nothing to do with her. It was him. His own measure of himself. His certainty that he was not worthy of her. His tortured past coming back to keep him imprisoned within his own body for centuries. And that only endeared him to me more.

But anyone who knows me knows I’m not a dark person. I’m not broody or moody or particularly dangerous except when taking a kitchen knife to a butternut squash. (Those are not as easy to filet as one might think.) So why would I pick such a very, very bad boy?

Again, it all comes back to the ultimate alpha thing. He would do anything for the woman he loves. He would give his life. Tear a town apart to find her. Kill an army to keep her safe. And he is so beautifully flawed, so hauntingly scarred, his individuality is like the crown jewels of his psyche. And yet, he was almost innocent when Bella found him. Untouched. Unloved. Unkissed. Just the way he wanted it. Or so he thought.

And Zsadist makes no excuses. Never asks for forgiveness. Or permission, for that matter. His determination and blind devotion is the sexiest thing JR could have given him, and I’m pretty sure she knew exactly what she was doing when she did it. It is his strength of character that makes him so unforgettable. Yes he is sexy, but most heroes are. He is amazing in bed (once Bella finally gets him there), but again, most heroes are. JR gave us so much more than we expected with Zsadist, and for that I will be her love slave forever. Or I would be if she’d have me. :)

In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, there’s a deadly war raging between vampires and their slayers. And there exists a secret band of brothers like no other - six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. Of these, Zsadist is the most terrifying member of the Black Dagger Brotherhood.

A former blood slave, the vampire Zsadist still bears the scars from a past filled with suffering and humiliation. Renowned for his unquenchable fury and sinister deeds, he is a savage feared by humans and vampires alike. Anger is his only companion, and terror is his only passion—until he rescues a beautiful aristocrat from the evil Lessening Society.

Bella is instantly entranced by the seething power Zsadist possesses. But even as their desire for one another begins to overtake them both, Zsadist’s thirst for vengeance against Bella’s tormentors drives him to the brink of madness. Now, Bella must help her lover overcome the wounds of his tortured past, and find a future with her…

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Sometimes being the grim reaper really is that. Grim. And since Charley’s last case went so awry, she has taken a couple months off to wallow in the wonders of self-pity. But when a woman shows up on her doorstep convinced someone is trying to kill her, Charley has to force herself to rise above. Or at least get dressed. She quickly realizes something is amiss when everyone the woman knows swears she’s insane. The more they refute the woman’s story, the more Charley believes it. In the meantime, the sexy, sultry son of Satan, Reyes Farrow, has been cleared of all charges. He is out of prison and out of Charley’s life, as per her wishes and several perfectly timed death threats. But his absence has put a serious crimp in her sex life. While there are other things to consider, like the fact that the city of Albuquerque has been taken hostage by an arsonist, Charley is having a difficult time staying away. Especially when it looks like Reyes may be involved. Just when life was returning to normal, Charley is thrust back into the world of crime, punishment, and the devil in blue jeans.

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