Tempted by a Rogue Prince

This review is from: Tempted by a Rogue Prince (Eternal Mates Paranormal Romance Series Book 3) (Kindle Edition)
Held together only by a strong sense of survival and the distant light of his brother's love, Vail battles between sanity and madness. At times I get the feeling he finds some escape through the madness as his reality of the last several thousand years has been so horrific. This deep abyss of madness was caused by a witch who had not only enslaved vail, but had him turn violently against his own kind and those he loved.

Felicity Heaton's heart breaking and mesmerizing story of Vail, the third in the Eternal Mates Series has been long awaited by many fans, including myself. The hypnotic world she has built up in this series (also a part of the Vampire Erotic Series realm), is further expanded to include the fifth realm. The king of this world is at war with Loren (elf Prince and Vail's brother) and Thorn (DemonKing), from the first two books in the series. The new king of the 5th realm seeks to use Vail against his brother and holds him hostage in his dungeon. Here Vail continues to vacillate between madness and sanity, leaving most of the other inhabitants and prisoners wanting to keep their distance.

Rosalind is a witch who we were introduced to in the previous books and is captured in Book 2. Also a prisoner of the 5th realm Rosalind is forced to use her powers as a healer for the king's warriors. She is terribly abused and tortured by her captors.
Felicity's clever plot has Rosalind sent in to heal Vail, whose very existence holds a major hatred of witches. How confusing for a mad elf Prince who finds himself recognizing the pretty witch as his "Kiera", his fated mate (I love that word).

I really love Rosalind, she has held onto her sanity and strong sense of self, as well as a bit of sassiness, despite her dire situation.
Her major fear is a prophesy that predicts she will die shortly after meeting an Elven Prince. She is an admirable and likable heroine who in book two played a major role in helping Loren and Thorne remove barriers preventing transportation in and out of the realms.

Vail and Rosalind must escape and embark on a journey that will prove to be both mentally and physically challenging.
Much of the story is told through Vail's inner dialogue as we ride his roller coaster of sanity to madness. Still a strong warrior finding a need to protect Rosalind, he has to mend his mind and soul, fight the urge to not harm her when the madness takes over, and allow her "in".
At times his bouts between clarity and madness are exasperating but I truly believe that is the effect the author was aiming for. It makes his road to healing and growing ability to love Rosalind and mend his fences with his brother, even sweeter.

This story is definitely a bit darker than the first two, but I figured that would be the case knowing Vail's past. He has been an intriguing character since the first book and brings out the let's heal this bad tortured soul in all us heroines.

I did enjoy the interaction of the many main and secondary characters in the first two books. In Rogue Prince, Vail and Rosalind make up the majority of the book. Their love and the romance takes a bit longer to come to fruition as there is so much for them to overcome, and it is all worth the build up.

So by healing Vail, of course Rosalind is also heals herself. Along with Rosalind I believe the readers also grow to love Vail and I swooned a bit every time he calls her his "Wild Rose".

As the many characters in this series have stories and timelines that interconnect and are introduced in a definite order, I highly recommend reading the books in order.

Another awesome, amazing book by Felicity Heaton that combines all the wonderful, heartbreaking, passionate, romantic, exciting, suspenseful elements that will hypnotize and capture us once again.

Love all the books in this series and this one is no exception. Felicity truly knows how to build a plot and the love scenes are super sexy!

The book doesn’t get interesting until page 400