L'exceptionnelle J.R. Ward est de retour avec une toute nouvelle série mettant en scènes cette fois-ci des loups. Étant une grande fan de cette sublime plume, je dois vous avouer que j'avais de g randes attentes pour ce premier opus. Et sans surprise, la magie Ward a opéré de la meilleure façon qui soit...

Ce qu'il faut savoir ce que cette nouvelle saga est un spin-off de la phénoménale saga La Confrérie de la Dague Noire, plus précisément du passé de l'un des personnages. Cependant, je vous rassure de suite même si vous n'avez pas lu cette superbe série vous pouvez vous lancer les yeux fermés. Car l'histoire est principalement centrée sur un nouveau couple dans un tout nouvel univers. Lydia & Daniel.

Deux tempéraments de feu qui vont faire beaucoup d'étincelles. Et même s'ils vous prendre un malin plaisir à jouer avec vos nerfs, vous allez kiffer chaque moment passé auprès de ces deux-là. L'un comme l'autre m'ont beaucoup plu. Tant par leur détermination, leur force de caractère, leur sens du devoir et leur intégrité.

Lydia est le genre d'héroïne que j'affectionne énormément ! Une nana farouchement protectrice qui n'a pas froid aux yeux. Quand à ? Et bien il est en liste pour devenir l'un de mes nouveaux chouchous. Agaçant à souhait mais incroyablement irrésistible pour notre plus grand plaisir. Malgré les secrets, les dangers, les incertitudes ou les épreuves à affronter, ce lien spécial qu'ils partagent est puissant et profond. Et ils sont prêt à tout pour l'autre...

Parlons un peu des autres personnages. Là encore Mme Ward a fait un excellent boulot. Tous sans exception ont leur importance. Si certains vont agréablement vous surprendre et piquer à vif votre curiosité. D'autres par contre vont vous faire sortir de vos gonds. Et enfin pour ceux qui connaissent La Confrérie de la Dague Noire, comme moi vous serez plus ravis de retrouver certains personnages.

En bref... Si J.R. Ward fait partie de mes auteurs préférés ce n'est pas pour rien. Son style si particulier est une beauté absolue ! Elle possède un don inouï pour créer des mondes aussi bien complexes qu'originaux avec des personnages atypiques d'une force incroyable. Et " Claimed " ne fait pas exception à la règle ! Une intrigue brillamment ficelée riche en rebondissements et en sensations fortes. Un décor fort fascinant. Un suspens haletant. De l'action. De l'humour. Et de la sensualité. Tout ce qu'il faut pour passer un excellent moment. Un palpitant premier opus fort prometteur posant les bases solides d'une nouvelle saga Urban Fantasy avec des loups impressionnants qui est à découvrir !

In so many ways, Lydia should have known. From the moment Daniel Joseph had appeared in her office doorway, there had been something about him.
But she hadn't expected . . . this.
"Unless you tell me to go," he said in a husky voice, "I'm going to kiss you."
As Lydia stared up into his face, they both knew what she wanted. What she needed. Still, she kept them on the edge for a heartbeat or two.
"I don't want you to leave."
"Good," he growled.
When he lowered his head, there was a rumble of satisfaction in his chest-and then she wasn't hear- ing anything. Thinking anything. Worried about any- thing.
As big and strong as he was, his lips were soft against her own. Gentle, too, as if he knew she wanted to be handled with care-not because she didn't want him, but because she did. Too much. And God, there were more reasons to pull away than get close to him, except there was no denying the chemistry. The connection. The heat.
And the experience was even better than the anticipation.
Aware that she was going to stop this sooner than she wanted, but much later than she should, Lydia lifted her arms and put them on his shoulders. His heavy body was rock-hard under his windbreaker, the muscles roping up to his neck-and that was where her hands went.
She just wanted to see if his hair was as thick and lush as it looked- It was.
As she dug into the waves, he purred in response, like he was a great cat and she had found his favorite stroking place. And that was when he wrapped an arm around her waist. She did not feel trapped, though. She had the sense, as he continued to stroke her lips softly, that he would let her go immediately.
Not that she was going anywhere anytime the hell soon.
Inch by inch, their bodies came into full contact, her breasts against his chest, the front of her thighs meeting his, their hips brushing. And then the kiss deepened, his tongue licking into her-Letting out another moan, she tightened her hold on his nape, in his hair, a sense of desperation making her rougher than she should have been-she was holding him to her now, grabbing on to him. But he was going with it. One of his hands traveled from her shoulder to her waist, to her hip, and she moved against his palm, imagining what it would be like to be naked with him touching her.
With those workman hands.
Daniel eased back and stroked her hair away from her face. "You're a good kisser, you know that?"
"Am I?" She smiled like an idiot. "I could have sworn it was you."
"I guess it's us." His eyes roamed her face. And then one side of his lips tilted up. "I'm going to go now."
Lydia exhaled in surprise-but like she was going to sleep with him here on the mauve kitchen floor?
Not a bad idea, actually, she thought as she glanced down.
"Okay," she said. "I understand. We do work together-"
"That's not why I'm leaving."
"So why are you?"
He traced her cheek. Then her jawline. "If I stay, I'm not going to let you get any sleep at all." He stepped back. "You know where to find me, if you need me. And I'll see you after we're allowed to wake up at four-oh-one a.m."
She nodded. "Good night, Daniel."
Turning away, he lifted a hand over his shoulder. When he got to the door, he said, "Don't forget to lock up." And then he was gone.

About J.R. Ward
J.R. Ward is the author of over thirty novels, including those in her #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, The Black Dagger Brotherhood. There are more than 15 million copies of Ward's novels in print worldwide and they have been published in 25 different countries around the world.
After graduating from law school, Ward began working in healthcare in Boston and spent many years as Chief of Staff of one of the premier academic medical centers in the nation. She lives in the south with her incredibly supportive husband and her beloved golden retriever. Writing has always been her passion and her idea of heaven is a whole day of nothing but her computer, her dog and her coffee pot.

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