Blog Tour – Luscious Bite by Sara Ohlin

Luscious Bite: An Enchanted Mates Romance by Sara Ohlin is now live!

Dr. Nikolav Sarkozy has had centuries to perfect his arrogance, but his cold vampire soul is no match for the beautifully joyful ER doctor, Francesca Banetti.

Cursed never to drink blood or enjoy pleasure from a human again until he finds his mate, Niko has lived an extremely lonely vampire life. When he walks into Mercy General Hospital and meets Francesca, his penance crashes down around him.

Francesca is a healer, but with her haunted past, she keeps her witch status hidden. While she excels at saving lives, she flourishes when infusing her magic into food, doting on her niece and nephew, and teasing Niko, of course.

Niko is everything bleak and miserable. Francesca is laughter, light, and love. He craves her but denies the ancient instinct whispering she belongs to him. But when a sinister demon threatens her and her family, he steps up and vows to protect them. He had no idea she would tear down the chains around his soul.

Seven hundred years is an awfully long time to be alone. Perhaps the time has come to find his enchanted mate.

Talk of death and killing. Past death of parents and grief. Death of patients in hospital, including child. Demon targeting women. Talk of gruesome attacks by demon.

Why you will love this book:

Contemporary Paranormal Romance

Steamy Romance

Vampire Romance

Witch Romance

Tortured Hero

Grumpy Sunshine

Caretaking

Fated Mates

Suspense

Food as an Act of Love

Hero with a Dark Past

Doctors

Download today on Amazon!

Amazon: https://amzn.to/LB

Add to Goodreads: https://bit.ly/211LB

Read Kay’s Review: Luscious Bite

About Sara Ohlin

Puget Sound based writer, Sara Ohlin is a mom, wannabe photographer, obsessive reader, ridiculous foodie, and the author of ten romance novels with Totally Bound Publishing.

She has over twenty years of creative non-fiction and memoir writing experience, and you can find her essays at Anderbo.com, Feminine Collective, Mothers Always Write, Her View from Home, and in anthologies such as Are We Feeling Better Yet? Women Speak about Healthcare in America, Take Care: Tales, Tips, & Love from Women Caregivers, and Chicken Soup for the Soul.

Although she’s the author of many essays about life, grief, motherhood and the connections we make through delicious food and shared meals, Sara loves creating imaginary worlds with tight-knit communities in her romance novels. She credits her mother, Mary, Nora Roberts and Rosamunde Pilcher for her love of romance.

If she’s not reading or writing, you will most likely find her in the kitchen creating scrumptious meals with her two kids and amazing husband, or perhaps cooking up her next love story.

She once met a person who both “didn’t read books” and wasn’t “that into food” and it nearly broke her heart.

AUTHOR LINKS

Website: https://saraohlin.com

New Release – Luscious Bite by Sara Ohlin

Luscious Bite: An Enchanted Mates Romance by Sara Ohlin is now live!

Dr. Nikolav Sarkozy has had centuries to perfect his arrogance, but his cold vampire soul is no match for the beautifully joyful ER doctor, Francesca Banetti.

Cursed never to drink blood or enjoy pleasure from a human again until he finds his mate, Niko has lived an extremely lonely vampire life. When he walks into Mercy General Hospital and meets Francesca, his penance crashes down around him.

Francesca is a healer, but with her haunted past, she keeps her witch status hidden. While she excels at saving lives, she flourishes when infusing her magic into food, doting on her niece and nephew, and teasing Niko, of course.

Niko is everything bleak and miserable. Francesca is laughter, light, and love. He craves her but denies the ancient instinct whispering she belongs to him. But when a sinister demon threatens her and her family, he steps up and vows to protect them. He had no idea she would tear down the chains around his soul.

Seven hundred years is an awfully long time to be alone. Perhaps the time has come to find his enchanted mate.

Talk of death and killing. Past death of parents and grief. Death of patients in hospital, including child. Demon targeting women. Talk of gruesome attacks by demon.

Why you will love this book:

Contemporary Paranormal Romance

Steamy Romance

Vampire Romance

Witch Romance

Tortured Hero

Grumpy Sunshine

Caretaking

Fated Mates

Suspense

Food as an Act of Love

Hero with a Dark Past

Doctors

Download today on Amazon!

Amazon: https://amzn.to/LB

Add to Goodreads: https://bit.ly/211LB

Read Kay’s Review: Luscious Bite

 

About Sara Ohlin

Puget Sound based writer, Sara Ohlin is a mom, wannabe photographer, obsessive reader, ridiculous foodie, and the author of ten romance novels with Totally Bound Publishing.

She has over twenty years of creative non-fiction and memoir writing experience, and you can find her essays at Anderbo.com, Feminine Collective, Mothers Always Write, Her View from Home, and in anthologies such as Are We Feeling Better Yet? Women Speak about Healthcare in America, Take Care: Tales, Tips, & Love from Women Caregivers, and Chicken Soup for the Soul.

Although she’s the author of many essays about life, grief, motherhood and the connections we make through delicious food and shared meals, Sara loves creating imaginary worlds with tight-knit communities in her romance novels. She credits her mother, Mary, Nora Roberts and Rosamunde Pilcher for her love of romance.

If she’s not reading or writing, you will most likely find her in the kitchen creating scrumptious meals with her two kids and amazing husband, or perhaps cooking up her next love story.

She once met a person who both “didn’t read books” and wasn’t “that into food” and it nearly broke her heart.

AUTHOR LINKS

Website: https://saraohlin.com

Review – Luscious Bite by Sara Ohlin

Luscious Bite; An Enchanted Mates Romance
(standalone)

Publication Date: May 21, 2024

Genre/Tropes: Paranormal/Fated Mates/Suspense Romance

Author: Sara Ohlin

Review Rating: 4.5 Gold Stars

Review/Synopsis:

Review:
I’m still not sure how I feel after finishing this book as I’ve been stewing and feel conflicted over what to write, but I need to begin somewhere, sooooo…..

I really enjoyed the beginning and the end, as for the middle…eh. I felt a bit ripped off, and I think that’s why I’m stewing in my feelings.

Niko is a vampire who was cursed centuries ago. The curse, while simple, was quite horrible. It cursed him never to fed or find carnal pleasure from a human again, that is until he found his mate. One would think imminent death, especially with the feeding part, but Niko found other sources for sustaining himself and he went without fornicating for centuries. So, I was like okay, cool, what else is attached to this curse…death to his mate once he meets her, or does anyone have to swim through a raging river of death. I mean there is usually something cataclysmic that needs to break a curse, right? And yet, this is where we sat for a large chunk of the book. I waited, and waited, and was anticipating something, instead Niko and Francesca simply fought their feelings like ordinary humans would.

Huh. 🫤

That was very anticlimactic.

Then we get to the part of fighting evil and everyone rallies around the heroes and…the end.

So, yeah. While I loved several parts of this book, it also left me feeling frustrated. Don’t get me wrong. I loved the mystery of who was causing the evil disruption. I honestly did not see it coming and was pleasantly shocked. I also enjoyed Francesca’s extended family. They were all extremely delightful additions that really added to the story. So what I’m really saying is…I guess I was just expecting something a bit more that kept Niko from accepting his mate, instead of being a man dragging his 700 year old feet.

Synopsis:
Dr. Nikolav Sarkozy has had centuries to perfect his arrogance, but his cold vampire soul is no match for the beautifully joyful ER doctor, Francesca Banetti.

Cursed never to drink blood or enjoy pleasure from a human again until he finds his mate, Niko has lived an extremely lonely vampire life. When he walks into Mercy General Hospital and meets Francesca, his penance crashes down around him.

Francesca is a healer, but with her haunted past, she keeps her witch status hidden. While she excels at saving lives, she flourishes when infusing her magic into food, doting on her niece and nephew, and teasing Niko, of course.

Niko is everything bleak and miserable. Francesca is laughter, light, and love. He craves her but denies the ancient instinct whispering she belongs to him. But when a sinister demon threatens her and her family, he steps up and vows to protect them. He had no idea she would tear down the chains around his soul.

Seven hundred years is an awfully long time to be alone. Perhaps the time has come to find his enchanted mate.

Talk of death and killing. Past death of parents and grief. Death of patients in hospital, including child. Demon targeting women. Talk of gruesome attacks by demon.

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