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Consumed (Dark Protectors Book 4) Kindle Edition

by Rebecca Zanetti (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 3,083 ratings
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Dark Protectors - Book 4

Sometimes You Mate For Life

Katie Smith is the best of her class, part of an elite hunting force trained to eliminate werewolves from the hills of Western Virginia. She's good at it because she has the kind of focus and drive that won't back down no matter how steep the odds. Call it southern sass. Whatever it is, there's no denying her willingness to risk everything for the only man she's ever cared about--a man on the verge of losing his very humanity. . .

Sometimes You Mate To Stay Alive

For the past ten years Jordan Pride has dedicated his life to protecting his people from a deadly shifter virus. But in a rare moment of distraction, Jordan's guard drops just long enough for his fate to take an irreversible twist. Unless the woman he loves surrenders everything to him, again and again, under a full moon rising. . .

"Hot and fast from beginning to end." --Kate Douglas on Fated

"Paranormal romance at its best!" --Cynthia Eden
86,000 Words.
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E-Book Obsessed: Five Star Review: I have been waiting for Jordan and Katie's story since I read Fated last year and was soooo happy with this story! It was incredible: action-packed, exciting, intriguing, sexy, sweet... *FREAKIN' AWESOME!*

Paranormal Cravings: Five Star Review - Consumed is fast-paced, explosive with full force action & hot love scenes! I will be looking forward to book 5 of the Dark Protectors series, Provoked--this one will be released November 1st 2012.

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Hi!  Thanks for checking out Consumed, which is Book 4 in the Dark Protector Series. 
Here's a one of my favorite blurbs from the book:


Irritation curled Jordan's lip. "Open the door and go underground, Kate. Now."

"No." Part one of the plan formulating in her head included keeping him occupied as the moon rose to full height.

Fire flashed in his eyes. "At this moment, I'm still Alpha of this pride, and you'll damn well obey me."

Interesting that he played the Alpha card and not the mate card.

"I'm also your mate. Get your butt downstairs."

Ah. There it was. Katie allowed a small smile to scream challenge across her face. "Make me."

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0083JCF3K
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ eOriginals (July 1, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 1, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1417 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 343 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1601831420
  • Customer Reviews:
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New York Times, USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly and #1 Amazon bestselling author Rebecca Zanetti has published more than sixty novels, which have been translated into several languages, with millions of copies sold world-wide. Her books have received Publisher’s Weekly and Kirkus starred reviews and also have been featured in Entertainment Weekly, Woman’s World, and Women’s Day Magazines. Her novels have been included in Amazon best books of the year and have been favorably reviewed in both the Washington Post and the New York Times Book Reviews.

Rebecca has ridden in a locked Chevy trunk, has asked the unfortunate delivery guy to release her from a set of handcuffs, and has discovered the best silver mine shafts in which to bury a body…all in the name of research. Honest. Find Rebecca at: www.RebeccaZanetti.com

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Yomari Suarez-Rivera
5.0 out of 5 stars Shifters!!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2023
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Katie and Jordan have been in the center of it all since book one. Their story certainly doesn’t disappoint, it just adds a new level of complexity, passion and entertainment to this series, my favorite so far. Jordan, the lone feline leader, has always had a soft spot for Katie, a cub he rescued when she was just four years old. He’d tried to stay away but the woman she developed in is like a siren call. He’d tried to stay away but between the external and internal wars, they’ve been drawn in together. From book one I’ve loved the different POVs and how every characters is included throughout the plot. The build up every book is creating is awesome and I can’t wait to read the next story.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This book is awesome!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2023
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This book grows and morphs in so
many ways it's hard to try and figure out what will happen next. Love this series and this author.
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Shauni
4.0 out of 5 stars Consumed, A Review for the Blog Tea and Book
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2012
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Book 4 in Rebecca Zanetti's Dark Protectors Series, leaps 10 years. It's not in the future just in the way of PNR, Fantasy and such it's just in the future of the books but still in the here and now.

Rebecca Zanetti started this series on the ground running.. Talen and Cara were charismatic, energetic, kick ass characters and each book since has been powerful.. each couple helping to shoulder the burden of the war between the Realm and the Kurjans. Jordan and Katie are no different. Of course I fell in love with Jordan and Katie way back in Fated. Waiting for such a couple to share their story can sometimes be anticlimactic.. *grins* I am happy to say this was SOOOOO Not the case.

Jordan Pride, leader of all the feline shifters.. Strong, powerful, and alone. Somewhere along the way Jordan decided it was better as a leader to be alone. To not allow others too close. That way they are never put in danger due to their relationship with you. A man alone has less to loose.. *shakes head* men, yes even strong men, can be so silly sometimes. Jordan is determined to save his people, to lead them into battle not from the back but from the front.. to lead by example. He commands their respect but the past 10 years of battle have been hard on him. Hard on his people.. they are dying..

Katie Smith was dosed with the virus that changes male shifters into permanent werewolves 10 long years ago. While she does not shift into a werewolf.. she does not shift at all. 10 years of missing the lion. Knowing what she has lost, grieving it. Knowing that in loosing that she is defective, no longer even an option to become the mate to the man she has loved since she was four years old. Instead she has become one of the best trackers of werewolves. Part of a team that seeks and destroys those who have turned. While she lost the ability to shift, she was given the ability to "feel" when and were a werewolf is.. where they are hiding and even to some extent what they are thinking. While it is not the life she had dreamt of, it is the life she has and she is quite good at it. UNTIL...

Katie's team is given a new shifter.. one just dosed with the virus, one who hasn't shifted.. can he be saved? And what will happen to the feline world if he can't because the person dosed is Jordan.. And he is determined to protect his people to the very end.

Werewolves have evolved they can communicate, work together, fight together. They have hierarchies.. and yet they remain evil.. As if this isn't enough, Katie is being stalked..what's a girl to do? Well if you are Katie you fight. You fight for the man you love, you fight to destroy evil, if it is coming at you, you fight.

As busy as Jordan and Katie are in this story, the subplots are equally intriguing.. Janie is 16.. can you imagine Talen? What do you mean Janie wants to date? oh yeah.. there is humor here.

The shifter female who has been doused with the virus that is known to be able to shift has been called home. The wolves want her in their hands... No longer are they willing to allow the felines and the Vampires to care for her. Maggie, too has spent ten years fighting against the werewolves, in her case it's the only ten years she can remember. She has no desire to "go home" in her mind she is home. The leader of the wolf's bane.. has come for her and oh boy do sparks fly. I am sure there will be quite the tail to be told very soon.

The Kurjans have grown in power and numbers while the Realm is suffering. Battling Demons and Kurjans and the virus is destroying them. Vampires worry about their mates.. if they find mates.. there is no cure for the virus.. they become un bonded.. Cara still remains unmated to Talen.. as long as the virus remains in her she remains unable to remain as Talen's mate.. soon if something is not done.. Cara will suffer.

We get peaks of Zane, we learn who he is... sort of.. and no he isn't what I thought he was. Well he might be, kind of.. but Ms Zanetti remains a tease.. we still are not sure of who and what he is.

This book is most definitely what I call a page turner. Each page is full of adventure, action and passion. The fight for Jordan is powerful. Jordan must learn that he has not and never will be alone. That he has powerful friends that call him family. That there are those who are not only willing to die for him but more importantly are willing to live for him. That he IS the leader of the feline nation and they stand with him. There were moments that Jordan's journey brought me to tears and others where I wanted to jump up and down and shout in sheer joy!! Of course there were also a couple of one liners that made me giggle.. I won't quote my favorite because, well it's a spoiler. But when you get to the line where Jordan comments on Katie's stalker... think of me..

This book can be read as a stand alone, but I seriously recommend that you read the books in order. We see a lot of all of the Karys Brothers as well as Max, Maggie and Janie.. it helped that I knew who and what each character was. BUT if you can't wait.. if this book has already captured you.. then it go ahead.. But definitely READ it.. another MUST READ from the world of Rebecca Zanetti.

Shauni
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JoLee
5.0 out of 5 stars sexy Alpha Male Shifter and a sexy kick butt heroine.
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2013
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I fell in love with Jordan and Katie in the beginning with Fated. Through out the series got just enough info on just knowing they are going to have their own story. Wow loved every moment of it with a sexy Alpha Male Shifter and a sexy kick butt heroine.

Consumed takes place 10 years ahead of the last novel Hunted. I enjoyed how Rebecca has skipped some years especially since now Janie, Zane and Kalin are adults.

In Hunted Rebecca gave just a little bit of info on how Jordan and Katie met. Consumed starts off with the Prologue of the back story of how they met. Loved how it started this way, sweet and a bit sad. Also got to learn how she got her nickname Kitten.

Jordan is a sworn worthy, alpha male hero who has protected and gave Katie a home since she was like 6 years old. He is the Alpha male of his pack of lion shifters but has never let anybody in. He is kind of a loner. Since Katie has grown up he has been having feelings for her, but does not think it is right because he basically helped raised her. Sometimes his actions from his broodiness leaves for some ups and downs with them.

Katie I adore her strong will character and goes after what she wants. What she wants is Jordan and makes it very clear. His life is in danger of a virus and she will do what ever it takes to save him, even make him mate with her. She knows deep in her heart that Jordan has strong feelings for her. She finds ways to get into his heart and makes him realize he needs to love and have people love him. Poor Katie my heart did break a few times because Jordan is a very stubborn hero and sometimes things he said were not what he really wanted. But for Katie to hear it from the one and only person she has loved it hurts.

The chemistry was sweet and hot. The sexual tension was the best. Just enough that I could not wait for them to get together and when they do WOW it is steamy. I enjoyed the journey of their ups and downs and how they can get their HEA. They had some heartbreaking, happy and made me giggle moments. I am happy I did not have to wait for tons of novels before to get to their story. It was just enough books before and teasers to make their story perfect.

As always Rebecca has yummy secondary characters and in Consumed we got to see more of Maggie. Loved her friendship with Katie. Got just enough teasing with Maggie and Terrent to know they will have their own story. Look forward to their novella coming out June 2013. Really wish it was full length, not complaining Rebecca, I will take what ever I can get on them. The teasing amount that was in Consumed they are for sure not done, Maggie was a bad wolf, but for good reasons.

"I'll consider myself lucky, then."

His smile almost caused another panic attack. "Oh, this is just a short reprieve, little wolf. We're nowhere near done."

Kane's book is next in Provoked and curious on how his story will be. He is the quiet of the bunch mostly fighting and in the lab. So far the series just gets better and better.

Originally posted at Wickedly Delicious Book Blog
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Nancy E. Guthery
5.0 out of 5 stars Jordan and Katie
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2023
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The main story is about Jordan and Katie but there are many offshoots. Keeping themselves from turning werewolf is paramount. I love how they save each other and start a family.

Janie, Kalin, and Zane is another story of itself. We know that Kalin wants Janie very badly and that Zane wants to save her. We don’t really know too much about Zane yet but it’s intriguing. The first storyline about these three is just beginning.

I can’t wait to read the next book! I hope everyone is as curious about what happens next as I am.
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C. Yocklovich
5.0 out of 5 stars love this series
Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2024
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I am loving every book in this series so far, and it’s great how the stories and characters stay connected. I feel like i never miss out on my favorite characters, even if the book’s main focus has changed. I’m totally invested in this series, and enjoy the character developments that have taken place. On to the next one!
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Sally
5.0 out of 5 stars All that's required is love
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 30, 2024
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Another absolutely blooming brilliant book in this series. Jordan and Katie make a brilliant couple, they helped each other find a cure for the virus. I would totally recommend it to everyone. Now going to downloaded the next one
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hold on ti your seat
Reviewed in Canada on November 13, 2016
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Seeing the characters grow and flesh out is suspenseful. The story takes twists and makes the reader really care about what happens. Love being drawn into the story
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Little M
5.0 out of 5 stars enjoyed it the whole time
Reviewed in Germany on September 13, 2015
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At first, I thought, I was reading the books in the wrong order, as 10 years have gone by between the last book (story about Conn and Moira) and this book. But Janie needs to get older - right? And it's written really great, so you don't feel like missing something.

This book is about the shifters - Jordan and Katie. Katie has been in love with Jordan since forever. But he still thinks, all she's feeling is a crush. After he's infected with the virus, too, Jordan tries to settle his accounts. Which also means, to bring Kate back to safety. If she wants to or not. But Katie doesn't want to give up trying to save Jordan and they finally accept their true feelings for each other.

I really loved the story, like I did with the previous ones. And I really enjoyed, that this time, the female wasn't trying to prevent the marking (the bond between Vampires / shifters / etc, that binds them for eternity). Sure, the male struggled this time, but it was not for the same reasons as it was in the 1 (Talen and Cara), 2 (Dage and Emma) and 3 (Conn and Moira) book, when the femals tried to make a point by not wanting to be mated because they needed to prove themselves independent.

What I thought a bit overkill was, that there was not one stalker after Kate but acutally three!! But still, great book and I cant wait to read the next books of the series.

So far, after the first five books (if you also count the novella about Max), the dark protectors series makes up one of my most most favorite series ever. If not even the best.
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JOHN HAYS
5.0 out of 5 stars Good story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 29, 2023
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I love all the difference characters in this book series.
I liked that the lion raced his true mate in the end.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Australia on June 3, 2017
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Awesome.
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