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Very good book. Stands alone and you don't need to have read any of her others to enjoy it. Just enough backgroud without wasting too much time on it. Loved both characters and couldn't wait to find out how it ended.

Excellent read - Sizemore's Primes universe with a futuristic twist. This is a very successful science fiction romance. She fits it into the chronology of the Primes by having it be the first book the vampire ladies are reading for the newly formed Vampire Book Club.

The plot is set in a prisoner of war camp - and it is definitely NOT Hogan's Heroes. But it's also not Auschwitz. One of the reasons it is as good as it is is the hero Matthias Raven; the ranking human officer [a Brigadier General with the Marines], a doctor, and a charismatic leader. The camp is underground with very little lighting... It also houses two non-human races which are relative unknowns.

Zoe is a diplomat who was trying to negotiate an alliance with some of the alien races to aid the Byzant Empire against their foes but her she is captured when an enemy fleet appears. She is sent to the POW camp along with the others captured. She and Raven immediately clash over escape plans - she feels they should be trying to escape, he forbids it. As they begin to work together she serves as diplomatic contact with the aliens and tries to avoid entanglements. Both of them have secrets they are hiding but the lust is rising on both sides. Throw in politics [human and alien] and bigotry [again human and alien] and the path to true love will not run smooth...

Very enjoyable read for me - I hope there are more! This could be read as a stand-alone.

Primes
1. I Burn for You (2003)
2. I Thirst for You (2004)
3. I Hunger for You (2005)
4. A Touch of Harry (2004) (in The Shadows of Christmas Past)
5. Master of Darkness (2006)
6. Primal Heat (2006)
7. Primal Desires (2007)
8. Tempting Fate (2007) (in Moon Fever)
9. Primal Needs (2008)
Dark Stranger
10. Primal Instincts (2010)

Fantastic! I read this in one 5 hour sitting as well. I love sci-fi anyway and didn't realize that this would be all my faves in reading - romance, sci-fi, adventure. It is set in the far future where a princess of the realm is captured while on a secret diplomatic mission. She quickly disguises herself as a lieutenant and is dumped in a POW camp with everyone else. She is instantly drawn to the leader of the camp. Who turns out to be a vampire Prime.

I loved the main characters in this. Zoe, the "Purple Princess" is perfect; idealistic, loyal, beautiful, smart, strong. I loved her and wanted to be her. General Raven kept turning into Vin Diesel in my head (as his character from Pitch Black), bald, gravelly, stacked like a brick house, dangerous, secretly caring, and sexy as HELL!

I love the ones that make me cry! Damn, I know someone has this on her wish list, but I might have to read it again. I need to write Susan Sizemore and BEG for a sequel.

I really enjoyed this book.