Warrior's Hope

Written by Rebecca Zanetti

Narrated by Gabra Zackman

This thrilling novel in the New York Times bestselling author’s popular Dark Protectors series takes readers on a wild ride as the only female vampire ever born brings a love triangle to its explosive conclusion—deciding the fate of battling factions as the forces of good and evil gather for the ultimate showdown.

As the only female vampire ever born, and the heir to two powerful immortal families, Hope Kayrs-Kyllwood has always felt the weight of fate and destiny. Now her heart is torn between two men and two different futures. It’s a choice between duty and love, peace and war, with the fate of everyone she loves hanging in the balance.

As the leader of the Kurjan nation, Drake has always known that mating Hope is the best path to avoiding war. He’s counting on her to know the same. … Paxton has been Hope’s best friend and protector since they were children. He would kill and die for her without a second thought. In fact, he’s always known that would be his path …

With deadly factions at her heels, Hope must decide whom to trust and where her loyalty lies—before the choice is taken away from her …

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Oct 3, 2023
• ISBN: 9781980061588

Rebecca Zanetti

New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon bestselling author Rebecca Zanetti has published more than fifty novels, which have been translated into several languages, with millions of copies sold world-wide. Her books have received Publisher’s Weekly starred reviews, won RT Reviewer Choice awards, and have been featured in Entertainment Weekly, Woman’s World and Women’s Day Magazines. Her novels have also been included in Amazon best books of the year, and have been favorably reviewed in both the Washington Post and the New York Times Book Reviews. Rebecca has ridden in a locked Chevy trunk, has asked the unfortunate UPS guy to release her from a set of handcuffs, and has discovered the best silver mine shafts in which to bury a body…all in the name of research. Honest. Please visit Rebecca at: http://www.rebeccazanetti.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RebeccaZanetti.Books/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rebeccazanetti/

Reviews for Warrior's Hope

[NNEAMAKA PAYNE · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

First and foremost, in the spirit of complete transparency, I am a DIEHARD Zanetti fangirl! Have been since I first discovered this series a decade ago. Secondly, while this was the series that started it all for me, I have now read six different Zanetti series. Suffice it to say that I read almost everything Zanetti puts out. I even read the novellas and anthologies that come out in between full installments. I can’t help myself; I just really enjoy her writing and storytelling and will continue to be her devoted fangirl for the rest of my life!

On that note, rather than proceed with a review of this particular installment, I feel that a review of the series thus far would do the series much more justice and who knows, it may even intrigue someone to check the series out. After 16 full installments and 11 novellas, this series has become an epic story about immortal characters and secret wars between a variety of species, all of which has been transpiring right under the eyes of the mortal world for thousands of years. It’s a world of a vast array of different species who are just so fascinating and exciting and, of course, the individual characters who are just sooo funny and sexy who live and love like their lives depend on it. It’s a story of survival of those that have been hunted throughout time and their strength to thrive in the face of extinction whether it be by the hands of fate or destiny or the machinations of evil or the grip of disease. This genre of urban-fantasy and paranormal history and romance have simply been my guilty pleasure from the get-go!

On that note, in the 12yrs since the publication of the first installment, the series timeframe has spanned several decades (30-40yrs). What started with the clan of the Kayrs brothers, a powerful vampire family that has ruled the Realm for centuries, expanded to the brothers finding their destined mates, enhanced human females, who possessed extraordinary skills and abilities. The Realm, a society of immortal beings (vampires, demons, shapeshifters, witches, etc.…), has been in a war with the Kurjans, an evil faction of vampires that, initially, didn’t possess the numbers, strength, technology, power and/or skills and abilities that the Realm vampires possesses. The series continued with several installments that included key members of many of the other species who were key players (often leaders of their species) in the Realm’s war with the Kurjans.

At this particular point in the series, the story now includes the offspring of the Kayrs brothers as well as the kids of many of the leaders of the other species, who have now joined with the Realm in their fight with the Kurjans. Additionally, starting with book 8 (plus four novellas), Zanetti started an arc in the series with the emergence of the Seven, a group of seven immortals, some of whom are absolutely ancient and believed to have been long dead with the leader being the oldest Kayrs brother. The Seven have disrupted the laws of physics and screwed up the powers of the Realm immortals, which has not endeared the Seven to the Realm, regardless of their family connections. The Seven were tasked with reinforcing the off-world imprisonment of an evil monster named Ulric, a member of an offshoot tribe of Kurjans called the Cyst. Now, they are trying to kill Ulric using three keys and a lock all of which are enhanced human females, who will be sacrificed in order to kill Ulric.

In this installment, Zanetti brings the arc of The Seven to its conclusion in an absolutely magnificent ritual that The Seven have been waiting years to perform. The absolutely gruesome and really gross end came in an explosive (literally) finale. I do feel compelled to warn that a lot of the war battles and fight scenes in this series are truly gruesome and bloody and some of them downright gross. Think of the myth that the only way to kill an immortal is to cut their head off – yeah, that kind of gross.

I love this series and I cannot wait to see what Zanetti has planned for the next installment. The final chapter was a lead-in to what the future holds for the Realm and the Dark Protectors series. It’s kind of exciting to think of what Zanetti has stored for us fans.

[Lindy Bob · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Thank you for Dark Protectors & the 7. This has been a truly amazing & wonderful series,every book riveting & clever & touching & imaginative &just so much fun to read. Best fantasy romance series so far, will be the one that everything else must live up to, & it has set the bar super high...