Review: Deliciously Hot!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 1, 2012
Claimed, the first book in Evangeline Anderson's series Brides of the Kindred, is sizzling hot. So hot, in fact, that I am now the proud owner of all seven deliciously,scorching hot books in this series which I've placed at the top of my "To Read Again" list. Waiting for the next book, after Exiled, to be released is agonizing.A little background info. Earth was attacked five years earlier by a group of aliens known as the Scourge. The Kindred, a race of alien warriors, stepped in and saved the day. Since the Kindred race is nearly all male, an all female draft was set up on Earth as a way to pay back the Kindred for their help. Every unmarried female between the ages of 19-35 was required to register. A kindred warrior and bride are usually drawn together through dream sharing, as with Baird and Olivia, before they ever meet. However, something as simple as an unexplainable gut feeling can bring them together. A  Claiming Ceremony takes place when a Kindred warrior claims his bride. A type of engagement party where he declares his intentions toward her and where she must vow to 'obey' the laws of the Claiming Period. Needless to say, most brides aren't to happy about any of this.During the claiming period a Kindred warrior attempts to seduce his bride. If he fails, the bride is allowed to return to Earth and resume her normal life. If she gives in, as I would without hesitation, they are mated for life. The problem? Kindred warriors have extremely large and muscular body structures. Much larger than human males. There are three different types of Kindred Warriors. Baird, our hero, is a Beast/Rager Kindred with dark hair, golden eyes and a mating fist that swells during bonding sex-the step a Kindred warrior takes to bind his bride to him forever. Sounds pretty good, huh?Olivia, Baird's human bride, doesn't think so. Besides not wanting to be claimed in the first place, Baird's large, muscular size is enough to send her screaming in the opposite direction. But when she learns 'everything' about him and what must take place in order for them to be bound, she's ready to jump from the mother ship where Baird has taken her to complete their bonding.Claimed grabs your attention and keeps it from beginning to end. Baird a Kindred Warrior and Olivia, his claimed human bride, will have you laughing one minute, breathing hard the next and cheering them on as they move through the the timeless Kindred claiming period which last for four weeks. This book is definitely a must read. Kudos to Ms. Anderson. What a wonderful, succulent imagination.