Warrior's Curse by Cara Bristol Published by Indie on July 8, 2019
Genres: Paranormal Romance
Pages: 183
Format: eARC
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A paranormal romance inspired by the Greek myth of the Amazon women warriors….
A powerful tribe of women warriors lives in service to the Goddess, separate from men, their sworn enemies, until mating fever strikes and they must venture into the wilderness to seek mates.
Sheltered and protected behind palace walls, Princess Reena has never even seen a man. When the mating curse compels her older, wiser cousin to seek a mate, Reena accompanies her, eager for the chance to see a man in the flesh.
Reena learns how dangerous men can be.
Embittered by a terrible wrong a woman committed against him. Garat leaves his encampment to secure the water his people need to survive. When he encounters the queen’s daughter in the wilderness, his need for vengeance consumes him, and he takes Reena hostage. But as her sweetness melts his hatred, Garat begins to suspect there is an evil behind the palace walls that wants Reena dead.
After kidnapping her, can he get his heartmate to believe the people she trusts the most want to kill her? Can he open her eyes to the evil force that threatens their love and her life?
Warrior’s Curse is a re-release of the previously published Goddess’s Curse. It has been updated with a new ending.
Warrior’s Curse is a rerelease of The Goddess’s Curse with some updates. I never read The Goddess’s Curse, so I didn’t know much about this story going in. From what I can tell, it is a stand alone Fantasy Romance.
The story takes place on a planet similar to Earth. There are two tribes, a tribe of women, the Sharona, and a tribe of men, the Lahon. The come together only for mating. If there is a male baby, it is given to Lahon and the Sharona keep the female babies. They really dislike and distrust each other, but breeding is a necessary evil.
The princess of Sharona, Reena, is very ill with an incurable disease. Her best friend and cousin, Honna, is the healer that is caring for her. However, Honna must go visit the Lahon as she must at least attempt to produce female offspring. She offers to let Renna come along, because she will likely never reach that point in her life. Things don’t turn out as they would seem.
This was another fun read by Cara Bristol. I had a great time with the characters that she created and being in the world she’s created. It is a great enemies-to-lovers story.
About Cara Bristol
Cara Bristol continues to evolve, adding new subgenres of erotic romance to her repertoire. She has written spanking romance, contemporary romance, paranormal, and science fiction romance. No matter what the genre, one thing remains constant: her emphasis on character-driven seriously hot erotic stories with sizzling chemistry between the hero and heroine. Cara has lived many places in the United States, but currently lives in Missouri with her husband. She has two grown stepkids. When she’s not writing, she enjoys reading and traveling.
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I had to skip this one b/c I was on a trip, but I will read it at some point. I do love her stories and how she develops her sci-fi worlds.
I think you’ll enjoy this one.
Melanie @ Hot Listens & Books of My Heart
One day I will go on a PNR romance or Scifi romance binge and read some of this author.
She does write some fun stories.
Melanie @ Hot Listens & Books of My Heart
I have one book of this author and I need to try it!
I hope you enjoy it.
Melanie @ Hot Listens & Books of My Heart
Hmmm… sounds promising. Glad you enjoyed it!
I’ve really enjoyed this author.
Melanie @ Hot Listens & Books of My Heart
I’m curious about this world and I’ll check it out:)
I hope you like her when you get a chance to try her.
Melanie @ Hot Listens & Books of My Heart
Enemies to lovers is always a fun trope. Glad you enjoyed this one.
I actually haven’t read many enemies to lovers, but I did enjoy this one.
Melanie @ Hot Listens & Books of My Heart
I don’t think that I have read Cara Bristol but I am always ready to try a new fantasy romance. This sounds very well done.
I really love her work. I’ve read several different books from her and enjoyed them all.
Melanie @ Hot Listens & Books of My Heart
Thanks so much for the nice review. One thing readers may not be aware of is that the story was inspired by the Greek myth of the Amazons. In mythology, the Amazons were women warriors who lived apart from men until they needed to produce offspring. According to myth, if the child turned out to be a girl, they kept her. If it was a boy, they either killed him or gave him to the men to raise. Wonder Woman was also based on the myth of the Amazons.
I know very little about the Amazons. Most of what I know, I’ve learned from the Wonder Woman movie (which didn’t go into procreation). I did have a great time with this story.
Melanie @ Hot Listens & Books of My Heart