Deeper Than Midnight

Lara Adrian
Dell Publishing

Story Summary:
Delivered from the darkness, a woman finds herself plunged into a passion that is DEEPER THAN MIDNIGHT . . .
At eighteen, Corinne Bishop was a beautiful, spirited young woman living a life of privilege as the adopted daughter of a wealthy family. Her world was changed in an instant when she was stolen away and held prisoner by the malevolent vampire Dragos. After many years of captivity and torment, Corinne is rescued by the Order, a cadre of vampire warriors embroiled in a war against Dragos and his followers. Her innocence taken, Corinne has lost a piece of her heart as well--the one thing that gave her hope during her imprisonment, and the only thing that matters to her now that she is free.
Assigned to safeguard Corinne on her trip home is a formidable golden-eyed Breed male called Hunter. Once Dragos's most deadly assassin, Hunter now works for the Order, and he's hell-bent on making Dragos pay for his manifold sins. Bonded to Corinne by their mutual desire, Hunter will have to decide how far he'll go to end Dragos's reign of evil--even if carrying out his mission means shattering Corinne's tender heart.

Review:
I have to say that Hunter is one of my favorites characters in the Midnight Breeds series and I have been waiting so long for him to have his HEA.  I think that this story was sort of an intermediary tale.  What I mean is that it is a great story if you like the series, but there are some big changes about to take place and this is the book that sets it all up.  I love that Hunter is willing to blood bond with Corrine to help her find the son taken from her by Dragos.  Neither Corrine nor Hunter think they are worthy of the other and their romance is a very gooey almost high school sweetheart feeling story-there were times they were so awkward with each other it was too cute (mostly because he is such a toughy!)!  The tale left at a HUGE cliff hanger and I will be impatiently waiting for next spring to roll around so that I can find out what will happen with Harvard and how the discovery of Dragos's documents can be utilized by The Order.  I have a feeling that Corrine and Hunter aren't done with finding young Gen Ones (I might be proven wrong, but that's my theory and I'm sticking with it...).  All in all, it's was a must read for me.