I also found this writing style particularly bewitching when being told in Dethan's POV, this guy has suffered, is still suffering, and because of it you would think that all trace of humanity would have been literally burnt out of the guy, but given the chance of redemption and release from the Curse that holds him, by the Goddess of Conflict, he is battle ready and raring to go after being left to repent in the most abhorrent of ways for more time than can be imagined. Even though we are taken to a different time and place where Gods, Goddesses and Warriors still roam, it was not a struggle to imagine the places described or picture the people inhabiting them. For one, the author has an amazingly descriptive narrative. There were parts that made up this book that I really, really liked. The Synopsis of book one in the Immortal Brothers series grabbed me when I read it, so I thought i would give Cursed by Fire a go.Īs a first read, I will be honest it has given me cause to pause. Jacquelyn Frank as an author is new to me, I have seen her books, but never until now actually read one. As the lovers ignite a searing passion, Dethan will risk all-even the wrath of the Goddess of Conflict-for a chance to make Selinda his forever.ģ - 'I'm not sure if you are my salvation or my destruction.' Stars.

Betrothed to a cruel, calculating powermonger, Selinda needs a champion, and so Dethan enters into another bargain: If she will share her bed-and her body-with him, Dethan will save her city from destructive forces within and without. She will release him from torment- if he’ll use his power and strength as a warrior to raise an army and defeat a fierce enemy faction of gods.įree to live as a man once again, Dethan meets Selinda-heir to the throne of Hexis-and his thoughts quickly turn from the conquest of cities to the conquest of this headstrong beauty.

Condemned to have his battle-hardened body licked by flames only to regenerate and be consumed all over again, Dethan has lost all hope-until the Goddess of Conflict appears. From New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Frank comes the scorching hot first book in a thrilling new series featuring four warrior brothers who have the power-and the curse-of immortality.įor centuries, Dethan has been trapped in a fiery inferno for defying the gods and snatching the power of immortality.

Cursed by Fire by Jacquelyn Frank