Sasha Trudeau knows all about working beneath the shadows, back-alley deals, and things that go bump in the night. She also knows that the world is unaware of the existence of the paranormal—and that the government would like to keep it that way.

As a highly trained Special Ops soldier, Sasha and her team are an elite group of individuals who are survivors of werewolf attacks, now trained to be loyal to only to each other and their government. But when she returns from a solo mission, she finds that her team has mysteriously gone missing. Shocking government conspiracies, double-dealing vampires, and a host of stunning revelations about who—and what—she really is are only just the beginning…

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 27 reviews)

Bad Blood

Pretty boring and slow. I started it weeks ago and keep reading it but its really easy to put it down and forget about it. Some day I might finish it.I would not recomend this book.
October 16, 2008

Good start to new series

The new werewolf series has a lot of promise. It is as good as the vampire books were back when they started.
September 26, 2008

Great way to start a new series

I have read a few books by LA Banks, from the romance to the paranormal and she is truly gifted beyond her years. I am also a huge VHL fan. Bad Blood is a great way to start a new series and I cannot wait for the next book which I have already pre ordered. If you are not familiar with her work and the way that she writes then you may not really 'get'it at first, when I first started the VHL series, I was intrigued but lost by minion, then the awakening, then when I read the hunted it all started to come together her series seems to unfold as the books go on. At first you will get that she is just saying evil is evil and good is good, but that is not so, thats more so a personal interpretation when your wanting the climax or the point to come before she gives it. In reading all of the books, you seem to see what one thing has to do with the other and why she was very detailed and giving deep backgrounds because later on, that will come in handy, if you have never read any of her other books, I'd say do that first, then start on one of the series. Otherwise you may not be in tune to her form of writing with all the explaining that does indeed become helpful later on. In the VHL series, the books gets better as they progress just as they should, Minion started off the series a little slow and almost confusing but ended interesting, like the characters, each book is a step of growth, them learning more and you the reader understanding more as time goes on....like life. I believe the Bad blood series will do the same, in the first book people are like okay, I'm a little confused, then the second book will come and the first book will make much more sense, then the third book will come and the second book will make much more sense and you'll start to understand the flow of the story. Ms. Banks is a very talented writer with a beautiful imagination, no matter the genre, across the board her books are hot. If you open your mind and have a little patience, you will be able to cross over into that other world with her characters...while your reading at least lol. I hope you all enjoy.
August 14, 2008

Not Bad At All !!!!!!

I liked this book. Sasha and Max are some bad a*s wolfs. You don't want to run in to them in the shadows. I can't wait for the next book to come out.
July 30, 2008

Great start to Banks' new Werewolf series

Combine special ops warriors and werewolves in a story sprinkled with far-ranging plots and conspiracies, then stir in a healthy dose of steamy romance and you get Bad Blood, an enjoyable action packed read and a very promising start to the new Crimson Moon series by L.A. Banks.

There is a fair amount of complexity to the plot and the world with four different kinds of wolf-shifter/werewolf species. The type that draws the government's interest is a demon infected strain. The victims of this virus eventually Turn becoming something in form that is between man and wolf but insane, powerful, vicious and deadly. The government is covertly running experiments to try and use the virus to make super soldiers and while trying to keep Turned wolves out of the hands of the various factions seeking to capitialize on the werewolf virus in some form or fashion. The heroine Sasha Trudeau and her team -- who all carry some type of werewolf virus, but are taking drugs to suppress the Turn -- are unwittingly part of the experiment.

I liked Sasha who is second in command to paranormal special ops unit tasked with hunting down Turned wolves to protect the public. Sasha is independant, capable and smart - she has always been the strategist for her unit. I also really liked the male lead 'shadow wolf' Max Hunter who is a non-demon infected kind of wolf shifter and I liked the Native American elements that his wolf clans' culture brings to the story. Sasha and Max have great chemistry and Max is an appealing mixture of wise, strong and vulnerable. They make a good team but the story is more urban fantasy than paranormal romance in that there is no happily ever after ending for the pair in this book.

I am not familiar with Banks writing or her vampire huntress series, so I can't speak to the comments about this being a repackaging of Banks' same old stuff - though it did reminded me a bit of Christine Feehan's Shadowalker books. I personally found it quite entertaining, and look forward to learning more about the werewolves and the wolf familiars and watching Sasha to continue to explore her shadow wolf heritage as the story continues in Bite the Bullet: A Crimson Moon novel (Crimson Moon Novels).

July 21, 2008

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