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Breathtaker book cover
Breathtaker
2012
First Published
3.22
Average Rating
168
Number of Pages

Enter a seductive life of immortality, whirlwind romance, family secrets, and mansion passages... Seventeen-year-old Breya has been seventeen a long time. Ever since her first love, Ash Donovan, kissed her and dropped dead at her feet, she hasn't aged a day. Her only sign of ailing manifests in the shortness of breath that comes every so many decades, when the instinct to seduce another victim comes knocking. Only when she meets the mysterious Calecko and is kidnapped into a cult-like family of wealthy comrades who claim to be like her do the secrets of her heritage start to come to light. The part of herself she has been running from is dangerously at home amongst these people, but another part of her still questions and struggles with the moral transgressions of what she is, and what her kind do. After finally finding a place of belonging in this world, will the right choice prove to be denying herself and the best chance she has of a normal life with these people? Or will her immortal instincts and the allure of affection that does not kill win out over any moral obligations? It is more than her own affairs that are stirred up, however, upon her instatement into the family. Before she can make any lasting decisions, she is caught up in a web of jealousy, lust, discrimination and treachery that will not soon let her off the hook with so simple a decision, and a love triangle that beats all and demands an even greater sacrifice - one that will rock the world as she knows it to its bones.

Avg Rating
3.22
Number of Ratings
32
5 STARS
9%
4 STARS
22%
3 STARS
56%
2 STARS
6%
1 STARS
6%
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Author

Harper Alexander
Harper Alexander
Author · 3 books
Harper Alexander is a writer of young adult, fantasy, paranormal romance and dystopian novels, as well as the occasional short story when there isn't time to make everything into a full-fledged book or series. She lives in paradise (Southern California) with her husband Chad and their feline companions Moo, Charlie, and Wolf, and the more questionable voices that whisper to her on a daily basis. In another life, she would have loved to pursue a career as a horse-back stunt double, supported by a past as a competitive gymnast and her lifelong love affair with horses. She danced as a Spanish Dancer in “Ramona” (California's longest-running, official outdoor state play) for 8 years. Some of her favorite authors include Laini Taylor, Dawn Cook, Patrick Rothfuss, Tamora Pierce, Kristen Britain, and Cornelia Funke. She is currently hard at work on half a dozen sequels and half a million new ideas. Some of her favorite obsessions aside from books include peacocks, dandelion seeds, gargoyles, watercolor tattoos, and thrift store shopping. Visit her on the web at www.hubofharper.wordpress.com, or follow her on Twitter: @harperpages
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