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Taste the Dark: Vampire Paranormal Romance (Elwood Legacy Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Nicola Rose (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 111 ratings
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Rule 1: Don't fall for a vampire. Rule 2: Don't also fall for his evil twin brother.

My name is Jess. I don't know what I am, with my random magical outbursts, but I do know that getting tangled up with the deliciously deadly Elwoods is going to get me in trouble.

There’s Zac — brooding and mesmerizing. Tormented by an ancient legacy he refuses to fulfill. Fighting the darkness within, balancing on the line between light and dark, living in the grey of morality. Drawn to my blood with ravenous need thanks to a fated sanguine bond.

Then there’s Alex —disarmingly playful, evil wrapped up in a pretty package. Zero boundaries. Takes what he wants, when he wants. Crawling under my skin like an unwelcome itch that I need to scratch.

Never one to shy from adventure, I find myself right in the middle of their century-long feud. Zac’s touch feels like the very thing I’ve spent my life chasing. But if he’s so right for me, what is this haunting desire that burns inside for Alex?

With everyone against us, from the ruthless vampire government, vampire hunters, and even our own friends — will I even come out of this alive? Just how far will my insatiable appetite for all things dark and dangerous take me?

Fans of The Vampire Diaries and True Blood are loving this dark paranormal romance trilogy — from scorching-hot, slow-burn love triangle to vampires bringing humanity to its knees.

Authors Note: For a full list of TWs/CWs, check the author’s website. Things get progressively darker throughout the trilogy — leave your morals at the door, these villainous anti-heroes DO NOT play nice!
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One taste… and they all fall.
Vampires, magic, and dark desires… because romance isn't always sweet.
Buckle up for a wild ride as the Elwood twins take Jess from hot mess to wicked queen.

Editorial Reviews

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★ This Author just blows me away... Perfect mix of danger, hotness, and groundwork laid for what will be a must read PNR series! -- BookHavenBookBlog


★ Zac stole my heart, the brooding, rugged & dangerous personality... -- Bookish Affair


★ Effortless writing style, steamy and dark scenes, and captivating narrative... -- Writerly Bookish Stuff


★ Nicola Rose blew me away... Zac was just everything a mere mortal could want to read about. His dominance was written perfection... -- Bookin It Hard


★ If you're looking for a sweet supernatural romance, this not the book for you. It's dark, twisted, violent and very steamy. -- On The Shelf Reviews


★ I love how they're not the usual vampires we come to know... -- thestarslisten


★ As soon as Jess (and I ) set eyes on (Alex) I was like "NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!" He is a bad boy with no excuses and that's why I love him... Taste The Dark is the novel that everyone should be looking to if they want to read a really good vampire novel. -- Best Book Reviews


★Two sexy, dangerous vampires and one beautiful, sassy girl makes for one-hell-of-a time. This book is full of suspense, action, lust and danger. Nicola Rose did an excellent job bringing these characters to life. -- The Bad Girl's Book Review


★...as it goes on you cannot - CANNOT - put it down... The slow burn had me drooling over my kindle. -- Robin Reviews/LC's BookShelf

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B079J4DL3C
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (April 30, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 30, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3942 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 484 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1977062989
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 111 ratings

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Nicola Rose

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Wicked Desires & Twisted Passions - dark, spicy romance with a heavy dose of villainous anti-hero.

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Nicola Rose is from the UK, where she lives with her husband and two boys. When she's not writing or reading, she can probably be found on family days out hiking and mountain-biking in the countryside, messing in Photoshop, and playing board games in her pjs!

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ladycolor7
5.0 out of 5 stars Taste the Dark 1
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2019
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First let me state that I received an Advance Reader Copy, (ARC), but this in no way influences my review. I always leave an honest review. Also this author is new to me, and I hope it won't be my last.

Holy shiznet!!! This story grabbed me from the first page and held me within it's grasp until the end. Jess is one messed up woman. But I like her. She's a snarky adrenaline junky. Zac & Alex are hot, sexy vampires. This is a rollercoaster ride. I recommend this read. 5 Thumbs up
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Momadon
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun read will be getting the next one
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2021
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The characters are interesting I had a hard time deciding if I liked the main character as she’s like a roller coaster.
She’s definitely not a whiner and the guys are hot
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Jet
5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn’t put it down
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2021
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I learned about this book through following the author on TikTok. It was a fantastic read with a great balance between love, romance, action and horror. I couldn’t put it down! Finished the book in less than a day!
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ILikeBigBooks(AndICannotLie)
3.0 out of 5 stars NOT a romance. Horror/Gothic with NO HEA in any book in the series.
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2020
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First off: this is not a romance. YES, the author and reviews promise steamy love scenes. But these are not the steamy scenes you would expect. There is not drawn out detail or dirty talk or "feeling" at all. What there IS, is a lot of orgies with vampires raping and slaughtering humans, rolling around in the blood. There are plenty of scenes of our main characters cheating on each other, f-bombing random strangers, ripping their throats out, passing near corpses back and forth to f-bomb, and watching human females get raped and enjoying it while waiting their turn.

The first book tricks you. It the "nice" vampire, Zac, and the heroine falling in love (supposedly). The heroine is a dumpster fire from the moment she is introduced. In a constant state of mania, she loves heroin and being perpetually drunk, swearing obnoxiously and racing her motorcycle and doing all kinds of risky things. I think this is supposed to make us like her as a quirky kinda anti-hero, but you won't. She's annoying AF, and this never changes.

The second book takes a DEEP nosedive into literal garbage. Our heroine becomes a vampire herself and gorges herself on human suffering, from raping men while ripping their hearts out, watching her new BF, Alex, rape women while ripping their throats out, and then enjoying doing this together in vast quantities for weeks. She loves the dark, and apparently so does the author, because it is during the second book that what you thought was depraved before becomes seriously nasty, gross, and repetitive. It is also during the second book that all the human characters you knew and love get slaughtered, and the heroine is like, oh well.

Book 3 takes it up another notch. We now have massive orgies of slaughter and sex, and our characters have no idea at all what love is or faithfulness. This is NOT a love story. You will not be rooting for any character, except maybe poor Zac who the author seems to have forgotten about and who has been long gone from the narrative. Everything is book 3 is bizarre, from our female lead becoming President (wtf?!) to the bad guys breeding werewolves from vampires. (How? Why?) At this point ALL our main characters are dead and destroyed besides Alex and Annoying AF Heroine. At the very end of the book poor Zac finally makes an appearance but then he is gone too.

This series was a straight up burning train wreck. I hated beyond hate every character except for Zac. And don't get me wrong, I enjoy explicit sex scenes and even violence. But this book was beyond that. Straight up horror porn. These vampires are disgusting with no redeeming qualities. These books had no story and no character development. I would never recommend them to anyone.
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Daya Daniels
5.0 out of 5 stars Elwood Legacy Book 1 - A must-read!
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2018
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Nicola Rose has stolen my breath away with this fantastic start to a new vamp/PNR romance series!

Sexy. Dark. Dark. Dark. Hot. Dangerous. Fabulously well-written. I was hooked from the first chapter and the altar scene was just mwah!

I can't wait for Book 2!

Need more answers asap! :)
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Nicolette E
5.0 out of 5 stars Vampire Heaven
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2019
Taste the Dark
by Nicola Rose

Hello Vampire book! How else do I start this review?
Nicola Rose blew me away with her debut novel and I cannot wait for more!

Zac was just everything a mere mortal could want to read about. His dominance was written perfection. The mystery that surrounded him in this story always had me on the edge of my seat. You couldn’t figure out what was coming next for majority of the book.

Jess was like every woman’s alter ego- in a sense. I mean, we all want what she was searching for. It was a great addition to the book- Longing for the excitement and attraction of what Zac could bring.
The senses that were given off of the vampires around her felt like a living breathing thing. I too, longed for Zac and Alex (maybe even Leon. I mean he sounded dreamy #amiwright).

Alex is an addition that I adored! Zac doesn’t trust him for reasons we are not even acquainted with yet. Something in me wants to trust him though. Is it the want for him to be a bit compassionate or is he really as evil as Zac claims he is? (I need book two Nicola).

All in all, the book felt very original and I was enthralled in the story. There were a few times that it felt very Twilight-ish but it turned around almost as soon as I noticed it. I’m excited for this author to bring more with the next book and see how this story pans out.
The Bael is very intriguing and this series could be epic.

Happy Reading Peeps,
Nic
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One reckless girl and two vampire brothers – battling forces of love over lust, and light over dark…

Jess

I was 15 years old when our family home exploded in an atomic fashion, killing my parents. Thanks to convenient amnesia, I was left wondering what the hell happened, but without any doubt that I somehow caused it.

Cue years of flitting from one disaster to another, generally involving alcohol, drugs and bad boys. My new job on South Padre signified a turning point – time to sort myself out.

What I hadn't anticipated was the 6ft package of brooding, inked-up perfection who started stalking me. And don’t even mention the equally hot brother crawling under my skin…

They radiate danger, it flows around them like a seductive spell; and danger is my favourite word.

Zac

I was doing a pretty good job at balancing on the fine line between light and dark, blurring the edges and living in the grey. But then dead vampires started piling up around me and the Bael gave me a ticking countdown to fix it.

Now she’s arrived. Four seconds – the moment I saw her – that's how long it took to know that she’d simultaneously bring heaven and hell to my door. I don't even know what she is, but I know I crave her.

Falling for a human girl has left me teetering on the verge of collapse. This could be just the ammo my brother needs to nudge me over the edge and into oblivion.

Taste the Dark is a full-length paranormal romance, intended for adult audiences. Expect a lot of heat and a little darkness, because romance isn’t always sweet...

Book one in the Elwood Legacy series.
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Stephanie
4.0 out of 5 stars Captivating, dark and passionate.......
Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2018
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I always love a good paranormal sexy read. This book delivered. A story full of passion, darkness and danger. If you enjoy the paranormal world give this book a go :)
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Lisa O Brien
5.0 out of 5 stars Taste the Dark
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2022
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Loved the story line, I think it was just dragged out a little to much. Jess is a little different from others but doesn't know what is different about her, she has been told she has bipolar to explain why she is a little odd, Zac and Alex are Vampires who own a little island where she goes to work as a fighter. He new Chief is someone she know and had a one night stand with years ago. Zac falls for Jess but Alex keeps messing with her mind and playing with Zac hoping he will release the legacy. But now Zac is worried as the Beal are one their way and he want Jess to run. On to the next book
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Miniminx
4.0 out of 5 stars Downloading book 2 asap.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 5, 2021
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This is a new author for me, enjoyed the plot, sexy, Moody , vampires twins, sassy female main character. Fast paced read. I'll be downloading book two asap.
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Jade M
5.0 out of 5 stars A Gorgeous Must Read Debut!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 24, 2018
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I had the pleasure of reading this books arc, and, can I just say that, like Nicolas debut novella 'Breaking the Gladiator' - which you should definitely go and check out right away - it was just as beautifully and intricately crafted, you would never - ever - think that she is a self-published author!
This book made me relive my teenage years in the way that I was transported back in to the world of vampires and mysterious going ons, except, this book is meticulously crafted with adults in mind!
The main character is much more 'grown up' - if not slightly more reckless - than the likes of the nieve Elena Gilbert or Bella Swan, which brings a breath of fresh air to the genre, and, ofcourse, the men in this book have all the charms and more of the Salvator brothers and Bill Compton!
If you have a thing for vampires, a touch of magic and female leads that you love to root for, this is the book series you need in your life!
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5.0 out of 5 stars I tasted the dark and I need more!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 6, 2019
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Hot vampire twin brothers, action, lust, blood, romance, a well thought out story that pulls you in and grips you from page one. What's not to love?
I'm kicking myself that it took me so long to get to this book. Taste the Dark has been sitting in my TBR pile for ages. If it's in yours, bump it straight to the top. If it's not already on your list, get it on there. Make this your next read!
If anyone needs me I'll be buried in book two...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 18, 2018
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Not normally a genre I read but I Loved this book, cannot wait for book two. Hurry up please. 🙌
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