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Vigilante Of Shadows (Scarlet Rain Series, Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Miranda Stork (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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SUSPENSE/HORROR SEMI-FINALIST IN The Kindle Book Review’s 2013 Best Indie Book Awards! Indie Book of the Day 26th June, 2014 **** "For readers who like to lose themselves in a darker, more complex world than the one we live in, Vigilante of Shadows is a Paranormal Thriller dream come true!" --Trish Marie Dawson, Author of 'The Station' Series, 5 Stars "I was forcefully grabbed from the get-go, and shoved into a story so fast, I could have gotten whiplash." --Tara S. Wood, Author of Redemption in Blood, 5 Stars ************************************ Aodhan clutched uselessly at his head, groaning. He knew it was useless, because the voice was not inside his head. It followed him, skimming across buildings and land. It had followed him since he was sixteen, and it still followed him today, like a memory too horrific to be forgotten… Aodhan is a shadow-demon, hardened and cold after years of being alone, after his love, his Entwined, was cruelly taken away from him. He has closed his heart to the world, and now spends his life ridding the world of men like those who took his beloved away, an immortal hit-man… Arianwen Harris is a young DCI, working for York City Police. When a known criminal is found viciously killed, she finds herself trailing a hit-man who has seemed to escape clutches again and again…but she begins to find herself drawn to his dark charms and roguish good looks… As their two worlds collide, Aodhan and Arianwen find themselves coming together to escape a far greater enemy, one that threatens to create a world far worse than the one they live in. As they battle to hold back the oncoming forces, fate has another plan; one to draw them together and heal their broken pasts together… *Please note, this book is in UK English, and contains swearing, some violence, and sex scenes.

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I was born in Guisborough, North Yorkshire in 1987 and have lived in various places around Britain, including Newcastle and Glasgow. My writing is inspired by various writers, including the vivid characters of Charles Dickens, the imagination of Stephen King, and the gothic imagery of Anne Rice. My love of horror began at an early age, when I was only three or four. I could read proficiently at the age of three, and devoured fairy-stories, but I always had a bent towards the darker stories, such as the Brother's Grimm's tales...Red Riding Hood was always a firm favourite, although I always felt sorry for the wolf, despite him having tried to eat everyone!

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AFHIO06
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Isara Press (November 28, 2012)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 28, 2012
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3353 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 322 pages

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I'm Miranda Stork, and I'm addicted. Addicted to writing and reading books, anyway. And chocolate, but that's another issue - no interventions, please.

I live in the middle of a forest in North Yorkshire, spending my spare time as the wild woman of the woods, scaring small children and upsetting the sheep. On the days that I feel like being civilized, or I haven't got any unicorns to ride, I sit down and pour the tumbling thoughts in my head out onto digital paper. Mainly the thoughts and characters come out in paranormal form, with a good smattering of romance, because everyone likes a good cuddle. But you can also find strong elements of thrillers, myths, and even dystopia amongst the pages of all my novels. I've wanted to write books ever since I first realised that fairytales were not the newspapers of the fairy kingdom, but the imaginings of actual people who wanted to tell fancy made-up stories to other people. From that moment, I was hooked.

Why do I write? Good question. It might be easier to just keep the stories in my head, or even just to write them for myself. But I want to share them. There is no greater delight for a writer than when a reader devours your book, and declares, "Something in that novel resonated with me. And I want MORE." So grab your lucky clover and a baseball bat (there's some nasty paranormal creatures where we're going), eat the cookie with 'eat me' tagged on it, and enter through the tiny door into the world of Miranda Stork...

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Dorothy

Unusual story and a great read!

Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2014

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I confess that I almost stopped reading this book. So glad I didn't.

This is a paranormal romance thriller that will knock your socks off. t has more The story has you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. The last 30% or so is the culmination of a fantastic story line You like books about demons, we have them here. You like books about banshees, vampires, sirens, and more, we have them all here.

The story is well written and laid out in such a fashion that, despite being a bit involved, you will have no problems following it. The author also tries to include facts as to what each character has as a talent.

The characters are well written and defined. Hopefully you will never meet them, or ones like them, in real life, but you never know, now do you?

DCI Arianwen Harris is working a case of a 'serial killer', or is she. Aodhan is an avenger of sorts. He kills those who have killed innocents. When Aerianwen finds, and jails, Aodhan who she believes did this, he escapes in a highly unusual fashion and takes her hostage, or is she a hostage? He takes her to a castle in Scotland. And so the story continues.

I won't reveal to much more as it would ruin the book for you. Just know that this is a great read for 18 on up.

For those of you who don't like sex, there are a few sex scenes in this book. I personally do not think the book could be written without them though. Choice is yours.

Enjoy your read.

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Great Story, Strange Grammer

Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2016

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This was an enjoyable paranormal story with some of the most consistently strange grammar I have ever read. The author was faithfully consistent in what I found to be very distracting use of the English language. It did not appear that it was an attempt at a Scottish accent, which would have made sense, since the bulk of the story took place in Scotland. Were it not for the distraction I would have given it 5 stars. While the ending was temporarily resolved for the hero and heroine, the story was nowhere near over and will pick up again in the sequel.

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Jacqueline

Such an amazing book!

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2019

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Why aren't more people talking about this great novel? This is such a great book and I almost forgot I had it, had I not come across it by chance the other day. Reading it a second time really let me appreciate the authors writing skills, she has a wonderful imagination and everything is written with so much detail, you can definitely imagine in your mind as you read along. There's a ton of action and suspense in my opinion, romance not so much till you get almost towards 3/4 of the book where the romance and the chemistry really start to show. With that being said be patient because once you do get to the adult scenes, oh my, you'll be feeling very hot yourself lol. Character development is amazing. Give this book a chance for sure.

Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2016

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This was an interesting read. Overall a good book although there were a few parts (especially in the beginning) that sounded forced and didn't flow smoothly. Other than that the book is good.
The story is about a demon running from his past and also trying to punish those who insult humanity. Such humans don't deserve to live in his opinion but now he is on the police's most wanted list... a chase through highlands, with lost of twists and turns in the plot and the end was totally unexpected but quite epic. All in all it wasn't so bad.

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Linda Larsson

Vigilante of Shadows

Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2014

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Aodhan is a shadow demon, living under the radar and killing scum, vigilante style. When the police start to investigate him, he soon feels the snare tighten.
Arianwen is a DCI, working on the case of the serial killer, when she finds herself drawn to Aodhan, more than she should.
When Aodhan kidnaps her and takes her to Scotland, the problems start piling up. Someone is after Aodhan, and soon Arianwen is also targeted, the police is chasing them both, and Aodhan's old past is back to haunt him
Demons, PNR. A very cinematic book, you can almost see the movie before your eyes. The beginning was a bit questionable for me, how a trained police officer just forgets all her duties and goes along with him. She did voice her opinion just when i was about to snort at it all, and the ending was filled with action and progress. I feel a second book coming since there was some lose ends. A bit on the gruesome side with the killings and the blood.

Read in December 2012 - about to start #2 to get my answers =)

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jenny7

Vigilante

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2016

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Wow! I must say I was completely taken aback by this book. Firstly, I was a little apprehensive about the whole "demon" aspect, especially the Hero being a "good" sort of demon. What?! But I have to admit, Ms. Stork pulled it off. The relationship between the H and h was built well and was believable. I greatly enjoyed it. There was romance, death, suspense and a great battle at the end. The sex was rougher than I like to read about--that's not my thing, but it was fairly short and was only one scene. Overall, I would recommend if you like supernatural creatures.

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Donna Z

A delicious Demon to read about

Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2013

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Vigilante of Shadows draws a person in within the first few pages. Set in England and moves into Scotland with the action. It's well written and Aodhan Drummond is a delicious Demon who also happens to be an ancient Scottish Celtic warrior. What's not to love about this man? His struggles to live by his own standard of honor makes for an interesting situation when he meets Detective Arianwen. A threat from his past becomes an immediate problem for the both of them. A host of supernatural beings make an appearance through out the book. I'm excited to read the next chapter in their story with the next book. Would recommend this book to anyone that likes mystery, betrayal, a little gore (maybe that should be a lot of gore) and a love story that has a different twist.

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cheryl

Brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 10, 2018

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Absolutely enchanting and enticing with each hair raising chapter. It draws you in and you won't realise until you are halfway through that you HAVE TO KNOW what happens next.
You won't be disappointed

Veronica Sparrow

A very nice surprise!

Reviewed in Canada on April 12, 2014

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I downloaded this book through a recommendation in a book group I am in and to be honest I was dubious as to whether I would like it or not. I am not usually keen on romance in novels. I was drawn in very fast and was pleasantly surprised to find out that this book contains much more. It has a mix of horror, paranormal, mythology, history and the romance fit in perfectly. I have already purchased the second book in this series and am looking forward to more books in this series and other books from this author. Highly recommended.

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Flora

Great 1st book in a series!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 25, 2015

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I really enjoyed this book.

I found the writing style easy to read and the plot easy to follow; however that's not to say that I found the story predictable, although I was hoping that our 2 main characters would become romantically involved as it is a paranormal romance novel after all.

I liked all the secondary characters, feeling that they were all "believable" and could buy into the world & storyline.

This book only missed out on a 5 star rating from me because I felt that certain story plots were unnecessarily revealed in this book at the end (view spoiler) - the hints about the a "big bad" were enough for me plus the characters that we had been introduced are good enough to make me want to read the next book in this series "Keeper of Shadows".

susan tate

Brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2018

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What a brilliant book from start to finish. It kept me enthralled all the way through.. characters we likeable.A well written book.. I will be reading more from this series and this author

A-Canadian-in-Singapore

Okay but a bit contradictory

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 29, 2014

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I have mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, the plot and action are well handled. However I never really connected with the hero - I just don't like the bloke - nor believed his relationship with the heroine.

I think partly it's because he's written with lots of contradictions - I don't want to give any spoilers for plot, but there are several bits of the hero's back-story that blatantly contradict each other. Frankly, the book could do with a good edit to find and eliminate all those problems and make suspension of disbelief an easier job.