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The Blood King Mass Market Paperback – Aug. 25 2020

by Abigail Owen (Author)

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Book 2 of 4: Inferno Rising

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Ruthless dragon king Ladon Ormarr must keep his throne―and his people―safe from the cruel High King at all costs. With war on the horizon, he’ll need a miracle to protect his clan. Luckily, the fates have dropped the irresistible Skylar Amon right into his lap.

Or so he thought. Because the last thing this phoenix wants is him.

A phoenix mate is the ticket to securing his throne, but this fiery Amon sister detests Ladon, doesn’t stick to protocols, and regularly offends his warriors and advisers.

Skylar also has no intention of sticking around, nor does she believe in the whole destined-mates thing. But if it means taking out the High King who murdered her parents, she'll put up with the too-sexy-for-her-sanity Ladon...temporarily.

Their mating bond may make them want to tear off their clothes, but outside the bedroom...well, Ladon is positive the fates hate him. Just as he starts to win over the mercurial phoenix, everything goes to hell when the High King makes his final move. And Ladon will burn down the world to keep the mate he is unwilling to live without.

Each book in the Inferno Rising series is STANDALONE:
* The Rogue King
* The Blood King
* The Warrior King
* The Cursed King

Book 2 of 4

Inferno Rising
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416 pages
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English
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Entangled: Amara
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Aug. 25 2020
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10.82 x 2.92 x 18.85 cm
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1640639101
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978-1640639102
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About the Author

Paranormal romance author Abigail Owen grew up consuming books and exploring the world through her writing. No matter the genre, she loves to write feisty heroines, sexy heroes who deserve them, and a cast of lovable characters to surround them. Several of Abigail’s books have won, placed, or finaled in multiple contests. She is also the owner/operator of Authors On A Dime, a company which provides a la carte services to help authors like herself. Abigail loves every part of the publishing journey and considers herself lucky to be living out her dream every day. Visit her online at abigailowen.com.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Entangled: Amara (Aug. 25 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1640639101
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1640639102
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 181 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.82 x 2.92 x 18.85 cm

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- #1,498 in Werewolves and Shifters Paranormal Romance
- #65,120 in Fantasy (Books)

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Bestselling and award-winning author, Abigail Owen, writes adult paranormal romance & upper YA fantasy romance. She loves plots that move hot and fast, feisty heroines with sass, heroes with heart, a dash of snark, and oodles of HEAs! Other titles include wife, mother, Star Wars geek, ex-competitive skydiver, spreadsheet lover, eMBA, organizational guru, Texan, Aggie, and chocoholic.

Abigail attempted to find a practical career related to her favorite pastime by earning a degree in English Rhetoric (Technical Writing) and an MBA. However, she swiftly discovered that writing without imagination is not nearly as fun as writing with it.

Abigail currently resides in Austin, Texas, with her own swoon-worthy hero, their angelic teenagers, and two adorable fur babies.

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The Blood King

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 11, 2022

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This book is an insanely wild ride! Skylar is the warrior sister of the Phoenixes and is the Blood King's need. If action is your jam then this is the book!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 5, 2021

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I love these stories and I hope you write more. Read them they are greatly I love dragons and I read all books about them

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 12, 2020

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Love the stories ... I bought the first as a fluke and had to have this which is the second... can’t wait for the third!!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 25, 2020

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Good story and great Characters.

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Heather

Books like this are the reason I love to read

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on August 26, 2020

Books like this are the reason I love to read. There are some authors who are so adept at worldbuilding that opening their books and beginning to read transports you (back) into this magical place they have created. A world that sparks your imagination and allows you to see and feel the book come alive as you devour the pages. This author, with the Inferno Rising and Fire’s Edge series’, has created a world like this. A world where dragons (and bears and wolves) are real. Where they live and work alongside humans without us ever knowing, unless we are destined to become important to them. Where something as enchanting as mythical as a Phoenix can hide in plain sight, never revealing themselves for fear of losing their freedom or worse, their life. Where the strings of Fate wind between so many lives and bring surprises at every turn.

Ladon is a King who took his throne in blood. He fought someone he considered a friend for most of his life until he learned of his soul deep, life-altering betrayal. He struggles every day to be the man he knows his clan needs him to be. He had hoped to mate The Phoenix and use her legend and legendary powers to destroy the corrupt and insane High King, but that didn’t quite go according to plan! Now, amazingly, he has somehow been given a second chance when Fate delivers to him a Second Phoenix and he is determined that this one will be his. Forever.

Skylar is a woman who has spent her life hiding everything she is. From the human world even as she lived within it, and especially from dragons. When she learns that her sister has been mated to a dragon, she cannot stand by and watch her be used by the creatures she has been taught to fear their whole lives. So being the impetuous, risk-taking, go-getter she’s knows for, she sneaks into the Blue Dragon stronghold to rescue her sister and reveals that there is more than one Phoenix! And even though she uses her brash, no-holds barred, snarky personality that usually keeps everyone at a safe distance, she ends up becoming a part of the dragon’s fight against the High King – mostly because he killed her parents!

Ladon needs to defeat the High King and his minions in the other dragon Clans in order to keep himself, his clan and the people he cares about safe. Skylar needs to protect herself and her sister from the machinations of the High King and avenge her parent’s murders. Fate has brought these two together so they can achieve their goals but she also knows that they are stronger together than they ever would be apart.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book through Netgalley and Entangled Publishing. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Elizabeth

Can’t stop reading this book

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 23, 2021

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Loved the continuous flow from book 1 into book 2 with both sisters and mates
Looking forward to read the others

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Book Worm

Brilliant!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 10, 2021

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I enjoyed this probably even more than book 1. Can't wait to read more in the series!

books.with.heartbeat

Schöne Lesestunden.

Reviewed in Germany 🇩🇪 on August 22, 2021

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Bei diesem Buch bin ich etwas zwiegespalten. Einerseits haben mir die Fantasy-Elemente unglaublich gut gefallen, die Kampfszenen waren mal wieder herausragend gut geschrieben und die Geschichte war sehr spannend.
Andererseits konnte ich leider Skylar und Ladon die Liebesgeschichte nicht ganz abkaufen. Ich hatte nie das Gefühl, dass es ein ›Wir‹ bei den Protagonisten gibt, da beide im Prinzip von Anfang bis Ende ihre eigenen Pläne durchziehen und auch oft getrennt voneinander sind – zu oft, um eine richtige Beziehung aufzubauen, meiner persönlichen Meinung nach.
Obwohl Skylar und Ladon sehr starke Charaktere sind, die in diesem Buch tiefgründiger erscheinen als die Protagonisten in Band 1, hat mir die Abwechslung zum Vorgänger-Paar gefehlt. Offenbar verleugnen alle Hauptcharaktere dieser Reihe, dass sie "fated mates" sind. Diese Ignoranz fand ich in Band 1 noch ganz interessant, doch in Band 2 hatte es mich leider zunehmend genervt. Laut dem Klappetext zu Band 3 werden die Protagonisten dort erneut verleugnen, dass sie füreinander bestimmt sind. Daher werde ich erst einmal andere Bücher lesen, ehe ich mich an den vorletzten Teil dieser Reihe wage.
Nichtsdestotrotz habe ich mir Band 3 bereits gekauft und möchte unbedingt wissen, wie es mit den Drachenkönigen und dem Krieg zwischen diesen weitergeht.

Wer Geschichten mag, in denen Seelenverwandte jeglichem Instinkt trotzen und das Schicksal herausfordern, wird mit dieser Buchreihe schöne Lesestunden verbringen.

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Leyns

Enjoyed it.

Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on November 12, 2021

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This book didn’t have as many dramatic elements of book one in my opinion, but it didn’t need it. I enjoyed the read. I like how the hero and heroine were fated but not Insta-love. Looking forward to the next one.

Danea55

Talk about hard headed! It's a 2 for!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 26, 2020

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The Blood King is book 2 in Abigail Owen's Inferno Rising series, directly following (as in the last scene of book 1 is the first of book 2) The Rogue King. Though you could slog your way through and understand the premise of the series as well as gather the events of the last book, this series really should be read in order. They would not standalone well as they are essentially telling one story from the four sisters' perspectives. Besides, Rogue King was phenomenal-you should read it.

The book is done in third person omniscient style (for those whom that matters *cough:me:cough*) and from multiple characters, though mostly the leading two. The tone of the book was very different than that of Rogue King in that our two leads' personalities were so vastly different than Brand and Kasia. It carries on the serious undercurrent of the world situation, but Ladon and Skylar are far more the doers than the dreamers; guardians and fighters more than planners and leaders.

Ladon, the Blood King himself, is a hard as nails, die hard warrior who has known nothing but fighting for his cause (freeing the blue clan and all dragon shifters from the oppression of the rotting king) in his half a millennia of life. He is dedicated and driven to a fault, and the addition of Skyler to his life throws him into a tailspin like he's never known.

Skyler, for her part, is the daredevil of the quadruplets. The 'crazy one' as she herself puts it with a heaping helping of daring and a dash of recklessness thrown in for good measure. She's a perfect match for Ladon's stubbornness and determination, that's for sure. That very similarity causes them both headaches as well as provides middle ground.

The pairing is an interesting one for me: far from opposites attract, this is a fine example of rock meeting hard place and finding a kindred spirit instead of an obstacle. Don't get me wrong, they were definitely their own obstacles and their relationship was hard won, but they did finally win. Unlike with Brand and Kasia, the bonding happens early in the book and the story is much more about the pair finding their way to making that bond whole and real and becoming a true partnership. The opposite of the first book, but well done and done in such a way that it felt right for our couple.

I enjoyed the book and found myself very happy that the two of them found each other and made their own way in the end. I don't think I loved either as much as Brand or Kasia, but we all have our favorites. ;) I am dying for the next installment (Meira's book) and will hate waiting a year or more to see it! The overarching story progresses significantly (great points to the author for managing to spread it out well and not leave a book lacking in that arena) and we find more reasons to hate the Rotting King, as well as meeting new allies and interesting persons. Also: more lovable hellhound time. Who doesn't love that?

If you're into contemporary parallel worlds (happening alongside modern times, though in secret), stubborn characters with more pride than sense sometimes, steamy romance, great sibling relationships, powerful dragons, amazing paranormal creatures, and a story that will leave you begging for the conclusion to come sooner, this is definitely a book for you.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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Élodie Nicoli

A rollercoaster ride

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 25, 2020

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Will her fear to love hinder her first grab at love ...

As my first read in this series, while the story stand alone in itself, I will recommend to read the first one before as it gives more insights about the background plot and the author’s world setting.
Why I had to get a crash course about this fantasy world.
From the four sisters, I am not certain Skylar is my favorite, her characters has some good traits but also some failings.
I thought her a coward at time for refusing to acknowledge her true feelings, hiding herself behind her past issues to excuse her backtracking.
After she is tough and stubborn, never letting circumstances impede her path. She is the kind of woman who takes no prisoner.
Ladon did not usurp his nickname, he is ruthless and cunning but he is such with his people’s welfare in mind. It is not greed or power hunger that drive him but only to assure his clan peace and rest.
He is also the first to accept the shift of his sentiments, not afraid to feel but fearing to be rejected by the one woman he needs more than air to breath.
Their journey to one another is not a smooth ride as trust is not given easily on Skylar’s side, plus her independent side does not sit well with the mating state. Up to her to see past her own preconceived ideas and get to know the real Ladon.

4.5 stars
I was granted an advance copy by the publisher Entangled, here is my true and unbiased opinion

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