When Jes informs him of her pregnancy Dex flips out. He never wanted to be a father, never wanted to subject his child to the abuse he endured because he's a half-breed. But now it's too late, Jes is pregnant and there is nothing he can do about it. He could never leave her knowing that he was the cause of her loosing the baby, so he decides to stick around for awhile. In doing so, he starts to realize that he may be able to let these two in. That maybe he is capable of loving someone else. I cannot get over how much I loved this book.
I loved the pairing of Jes and Dex.
Dex is such a alpha male, but there is so much more to him. He really is one of the most caring and loving characters in this series, it just takes him awhile to get there and he might not even want to admit it himself. I loved being able to see the growth of his character as the chapters went on. There were a few times, especially towards the end that I found myself tearing up. Especially when he was in bed with Jes.
I really loved these two together and I hope that we get to see more of them as the series progresses. These two had such chemistry together that it felt as if it jumped off the page. I found that Jes was such a perfect fit for Dex. She is strong, smart, independent and completely in love with Dex and isn't afraid to let him know.
I loved this about this book. Once someone felt something for another they let them know. Not only does Jes care about Dex, but she cares about her Draci family. Jes like Dex, has had a very hard life. She has had to watch the ones she's loved die over and over. I don't even know how she has the strength to keep going. I love that she's a fighter and I love that she is willing to fight for Dex. I can honestly go on and on about why I love this book so much and how it's so good.
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Seriously people, this book is amazing and you definitely need to read it. In my opinion the best in the series. I can't wait to read the next installment in this series. It just keeps getting better and better. Jan 21, Among The Muses rated it it was amazing Shelves: Werebeast Dex has been the hero with the story that I've been highly anticipating since he was first introduced back in book one. Broken, troubled, flawed, utterly alpha, sexy, emotionally distant and vulnerable; he's everything I enjoy in a hero who just needs some lovin', and Virna did a fantastic job at showi Rated: Broken, troubled, flawed, utterly alpha, sexy, emotionally distant and vulnerable; he's everything I enjoy in a hero who just needs some lovin', and Virna did a fantastic job at showing the different sides of his character.
Dex's character undergoes a lot of growth in this story, and a moment at the end of the book really touched me emotionally. I can't tell you what it is though without spoiling it. His heroine is vampire Jesmina, a doctor hell bent on finding a cure for the dying species she calls family: The Draci, who adopted her as a young child. In all her years of research, she's knows that the answer has to lie in Dex's blood.
The problem is, she's not the only one causing "problems" for Dex. For a group of rogue shifters are on the cusp of unleashing demons on the world in order to to take a stand against their own oppression and prejudice. While the members of the Para-Ops team are all finding their love interests and HEA's along the way, DePaul is still going strong with introducing new characters and even new paranormal species.
A race of dragon shifters on the brink of extinction; with their exceptionally short life spans and their inability to successfully keep the race growing. Another fun aspect to this installment was the change in setting.
DePaul whisks us from Washington D. I'm always captivated by DePaul's strength of, and ability to sustain, such interesting and real-life paralleled themes throughout the course of this series. In this third installment, the paranormal species and human race still harbor fear, prejudice, and apprehension of one another — following the second Civil War between humans and Otherborn — which continues to allow for some great conflict outside of the personal conflicts of the characters. Add in some new species and hot, intense passion, and you've got one helluva paranormal romance for adult readers.
Having followed this series from the beginning, I think I can safely state that DePaul ups the stakes with new paranormal species introductions, a little more sexiness than in previous books, some new twist and turns with characters that I was definitely not expecting, and even gives us a little edgier feel to the overall dynamics. DePaul continues to deliver sexy, paranormal romance with great characters and even more powerful theme and plot lines in the Para-Ops series.
As a reader, you can't help but compare real life trials, obstacles and political dynamics to the themes presented and unraveled in the series -- all brought to life in the context of paranormal romance. I'm already chomping-at-the-bit for the fourth book!! This series is addicting and never fails to present something "new" in each installment. Once you start, I'm sure you'll have trouble stopping. I know I did!! Jan 27, Melindeeloo rated it really liked it Shelves: Since it's not main stream pubbed like her previous two book Chosen By Blood and Chosen by Desire which were Berkely releases, I only clued into to it by seeing Chosen By Sin mentioned in Goodreads member's status update.
Where the previous book was really a team effort, the team has split up this time around with only short glimpses - or mentions - of I like Virna DePaul's Para-Ops series more with each book that I read, so I am so happy to have stumbled on Chosen By Sin completely by accident. Where the previous book was really a team effort, the team has split up this time around with only short glimpses - or mentions - of the past pairs, which is actually okay since wolf shifter Dex and his heroine vampire Jes have fairly significant back stories and their pasts really do color their interactions with each other.
Where Dex is 'abandoned' by his family, and suffers abuse in the situation in which he was placed and Jes' parents were murdered, and even though she seems luckier since she was sent to live with the dragon shifting Draci where she grew up loved, how tragic to be an immortal fostered by a race whose lifespan is thirty years tops and to loose everyone she comes to love over and over again. I liked Dex in the previous books even though he stood apart from the team and never let on that they mattered to him.
His heroine Jes, who Dex views initially as an adversary due to her actions in the previous book, despite her at times dubious choices was appealing as well. I am normally not one for getting into the smex too quickly and generally like some relationship development first, but somehow the chemistry between Dex and Jes was so combustible on their first couple brief encounters that I had no issue with them succumbing to their attraction the second that they got alone together and then taking a step back and making them work through their issues.
Other things that I liked: I really liked the Scottish Dragon shifter guy Cy, the Draci and I liked his initial attitude of making the most of the time that he has in his destined to be short life. There was one thing that stopped me dead in my tracks in the heat of the story — but which made total sense thinking on it afterward since the awful knee jerk reaction really did fit Dex's character, even if it was hard for me in the moment of the story. I really ended up liking this latest Para-Ops entry and had to email DePaul to find out whether there would be more.
DePaul's answer that she's planning on writing book 4 when her contracted commitments allow and that we will likely see Lucy or Zeph's story as another self published offering. View all 7 comments. He has conquered his torments and tormentors of the past and has taken a position on the team with the goal exact his revenge on his grandfather, Bodin Dex is also the child of prophecy, supposing to hold the ability to create immortality in others. Jesmina Jes is a natural born vampire. Orphaned at an early age, she was saved by the very man that Dex hates, his grandfather.
Raised by the Draci, dragon shifters, Jess has known lots of loss. Draci only live about 30 years while Jes is immortal. Watching her adopted family die every few decades has taken its toll. Jess is searching for a way to expand life, even if it means putting her happiness aside. In the end, she decides her only recourse is in the prophecy and Dex to help her save her family. When Dex and Jes come together, there is insta-lust which quickly turns into so much more. Secrets, over the top reactions and extremely BAD choices threaten their tentative happiness.
The characters both have troubled pasts but unless they can pull beyond their emotional issues the loss will be catastrophic. The sexual interaction was highly erotic and happens often. The main premise of the story was intriguing, rogue shifters opening and releasing the spirits from hell but I had major issues with the characters erratic decisions and actions. I really liked Cy, I kinda liked Jes, but pretty much hated Dex. There are many readers who really appreciated and enjoyed this story so if you're a Para-Ops fan you should check this story out.
Although I've really enjoyed many of Virna DePaul's hot and spicy, imaginative and action packed stories, Chosen by Sin was not for me. I received this copy of Chosen by Sin from Season Publishing in exchange for a honest review. Para-Ops Sequence in Series: January 1, ISBN Erotic Paranormal Romance Age Recommendation: Dec 25, Jess rated it liked it Shelves: Had he ever had the chance? Had he ever let someone truly love him?
It struck her then, how desperately she wanted him to be loved. How desperately she wanted to be the one to love him. However, one look at Jes and Dex is lost. Not head over heels, but instant attraction is there and he has to have her. Jes wants Dex too but for very different reasons.
Jesmina is searching for immortality. Not for herself, she already has that as a vampire, but the man who saved her and the people who raised her are dying. The were who saved her, Bodin, is at the end of his life. Years ago, he delivered a young Jes to the Draci, dragon shifters, to raise as their own. This small community of shifters accepted her immediately and she them, but the Draci life span is a mere thirty years. That is until one night with Dex results in a pregnancy that Jes is desperate for.
The orphanage he grew up in was filled with torture, abuse and neglect and he vowed revenge on Bodin for putting him in that situation. On top of all this, Mahone and the Para-Ops team are in the story, but very much in the background. Instead, it was about exploring every inch of something warm and beautiful and precious until he knew it even better than his own body.
Just for the sheer joy it brought him Joy.
There was some nice action and fighting, but for me, what drove the story was the relationship between Dex and Jes. He wants to love and wants to feel love in return and seeing him and Jes both find that with each other was very satisfying. I want him happy. He and Lucy seem to have some friction happening at the end, but we the readers have no idea why…yet. I enjoyed seeing Dex, a rough around the edges kind of guy, and Jes, struggle but ultimately find happiness and a family in way neither one ever expected to possible.
How much longer can Zeph stomach his undercover mission? Will Lucy and Cy find happiness together, or just continue to shoot daggers at one another? Of course I've always been drawn to the emotionally damaged bad boy with the gooey middle LOL! Anyways, I couldn't wait to read his book. I wanted to know if I was right about him.
I'm pleased to say that I was! Virna DePaul did not disappoint with him or this book! Dex Hunt may be the quintessential bad boy 4. Dex Hunt may be the quintessential bad boy but he's a good soul. Sure it's not like he didn't gain anything from their agreement but that wasn't why he helped her. He did it because she was his friend. I found it excellent that Virna wrote their "key" scene in such a detached manner. We learned in earlier books that as a werebeast Dex was looked down upon - even more so than the other Otherborn.
In Chosen by Sin we also learn that he is ignorant of the fact that he was at the center of an age old prophesy. It was said that he could gift immortality. Could it be true? Jesmina would stop at nothing to find out. When we first met in Jesmina in Chosen by Fate I thought she'd be a cool addition to the team. Her knowledge about Otherborn was something that would benefit them greatly. I quickly changed my mind though. After reading Chosen By Blood I had all these notions of vampiric honor. I soon realized that though Jes carried herself with honor she was very fond of bending the rules in her favor.
I hated that she so easily justified her actions. The fact that DePaul managed to do it in such a way that it impacted no only Jesmina but also Dex and their relationship, and in such a smooth way, absolutely floors me. Chosen by Sin is chock full of good things. It's got unwavering devotion, lots of action, betrayal and good old fashioned sexual intensity.
This is one book that you will not want to miss! That subject matter is something that I truly admire about these books. The only way to beat the bigotry that's out there is to keep people aware of it. Even if it's talked about in fictitious terms. I want them all together again even if I get the reason why they're fractured. Something has to happen there. Is she still thinking that there's no one out there for her? What about her feelings on sterilization? Jan 05, Stephanie G rated it really liked it Shelves: Dex had never been good at being a team player but for some reason he found it satisfying to be part of the Para-Ops team.
Not that he would admit it but he thought of the other team members as family. Better than family since his family abandoned him. Since their last assignment he had gotten especially close to Lucy the mage-cat shifter in the group. Lucy was having double controlling her heat so Dex decided he would help her through it , this only became difficult once he met the sexy vam Dex had never been good at being a team player but for some reason he found it satisfying to be part of the Para-Ops team. Lucy was having double controlling her heat so Dex decided he would help her through it , this only became difficult once he met the sexy vampire Jess.
She aroused him in ways no one had ever done. But when she helped Lucy run away he was furious with her and intended to give her a piece of his mind instead he may have wound up giving her a piece of his heart. So when Malone told him he need to go to Europe and talk to the shifters there , he jumped at the chance knowing he could see Jess again. But once she met him things became a little more difficult. For the first time in her life, she took something for her self with out any regard for her research or for anyone else. So she let it all be put on hold and took Dex, but in the morning her duties reared there ugly head.
She would hold every minute, touch and kiss in her memory for ever. But once she returned home she found out someting so shocking she had no choice but to find Dex and bring him to her. But if he found out what she did and who she was hiding from him she just may lose him for ever. This may have been my favorite book in the Para-Ops series. At first i really wanted Lucy and Dex together, i had a hard time wrapping my head around her and Dex with no strings attached, then Dex finding some one else.
I felt it would hurt Lucy but the way Verna writes it , it is perfect i couldn't have asked for a better way for it to play out. Dex is the perfect alpha male. All tortured past, hard, stubborn and sexy. Jess and Dex are explosive together, you can feel the heat rise of the pages when these two are together. Virna out did her self on this one. I was glued to this book the entire time i only put it down to use the restroom.
I recommended this read fully but you must read the first two first or this will not have the same meaning to you. If its who i think it is i will be soo excited. Dec 20, Christi Snow rated it it was amazing. I don't have room on my review schedule on my blog to post this until Jan. I was so looking forward to this third installment to the Para Ops series and I was not let down. At first, I was worried when I realized that Dex wasn't going to be paired up with Lucy, but I loved him and Jes together Virna DePaul has created such an incredible world within this se I don't have room on my review schedule on my blog to post this until Jan.
Virna DePaul has created such an incredible world within this series that I just love. This book belonged to Dex half-were shifter from the Para Ops team and Jes vampire doctor with another agenda. There is so much that Jes is hiding in this book and even though I knew that it would all work out in the end, it was really emotional getting to there. I just adore Dex's character. When someone enters his life that he cares for, he is completely loyal and protective of that person.
There are some horrible circumstances from his childhood which have made him become this completely protective person that is so attractive. The scenes with the little seven year old Ella that completely melted my heart. Then there is Jes, who has withstood so much loss, and as a doctor, is just trying to find a solution. I certainly did not always agree with her methods, but in her heart, her actions were for the right reasons. There are so many little details to this book, like little Ella, which made it so good. Mahone and the glimpses of the Goddess and the developing feelings between them I cannot wait to see what Virna DePaul does with that story line over the series.
Then there is Cy His attitude towards his very short life I like where that is going! In addition there was a whole new species of otherworlders added to the mix I hope that we get to see a LOT more of these dragon shifters in the future. I am assuming that Lucy's book is next, but there is talk of adding more to the team.
I cannot wait to see where this series is headed. It is such a good series! If you like paranormal, this series needs to be in your TBR pile!! Feb 11, Morgan Wyatt rated it really liked it Shelves: I consider the book a 4. It is not a sweet romantic tale of thwarted love between the species, nor does it involve sparkling vampires, what the series does have is hard hitting action, clever plot twists, and major heat.
Dex Hunt is a were bea I consider the book a 4. Dex Hunt is a were beast without family ties after being ejected from the pack as a youngster by his grandfather. This early cruelty stays with him, hounding him, begging for revenge, which he may find soon. Could it be a plot to destroy the fragile peace between the species?
Jesamina Martin knows almost percent that Dex Hunt is the one. As a specially trained doctor and vampire, she needs blood to determine if Dex is the one the prophecies mention. If so he may be able to save her adopted people the Draci, who only live thirty years. Getting close to him, and convincing him to give a blood sample might be a problem. It can only end badly, especially when he finds out that she is working for the man he hates the most. The Otherborn, as the non-human species are called are both the bad, and the good guys, but then are so are the humans.
Everyone holds secrets that they refused to share; secrets that could be fatal. The fate of earth hangs in the balance as the Para-Ops team tries to discover who is behind the shape-shifter killings and the raising of evil spirits. The Other are not comic book characters, but fully fleshed out individuals with complicated motivations, fears, and needs.
Their resistance to each is real and for all the right reasons. The characters come alive. Dec 20, Vanessa theJeepDiva rated it it was amazing Shelves: Shifters have begun killing each other. The shifters have always been the Otherborn that the world knows the least about. In an attempt to see this race have more peace and possibly become better rooted into human society Mahone and the Para-Ops team become involved.
This assignment sends Dex to France and back into the arms of the woman he had believed to be a one night stand. I picked him out as my favorite character while reading Chosen by Blood. I love shifters and charact Shifters have begun killing each other.
I love shifters and characters with pasts that have left them damaged always lure me in too. He did not disappoint. The readers finally get to know exactly who Dex wants revenge on and why. That was a very interesting part of the story. The reasons as to why Dex ended up spending his childhood in a were orphanage and not in the loving arms of his mother is very tragic. Dex goes into his newest assignment with gusto knowing that he will soon get to have his revenge.
Jes was introduced in Chosen by Fate. She is a scientist trying to help the Otherborn she has lived around her whole life. On the evening she graduated, she celebrated with some friends. Unfortunately on the way home, a pickup driven by a drunken driver hit the vehicle she was riding in. Once she woke up in the hospital, the doctor told her that she would never.
Once she woke up in the hospital, the doctor told her that she would never walk again. Merilee refused to believe him. Daily she exercised, took special vitamins, and had messages.
It was in a wheel chair that she attended college to become a lawyer. Being a lawyer was her goal and crippled or not she was going to achieve her dream. We will send you an SMS containing a verification code. Please double check your mobile number and click on "Send Verification Code".
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