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Bitten and Bound: A spicy fated mates romantasy with a brooding vampire who doesn’t share (The Night Movers Vampire Series Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Helen Bright (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 out of 5 stars 363 ratings

He’s not human, but he’s always felt like home.

Alex

They say we know our mates the moment we see them. I knew she was mine the night we danced. One moment—then I let her go. Too young. Too human. Too innocent for a Born Immortal vampire like me.
But now she’s back: older, shattered, and still the only thing I crave.
I let her walk away once. Never again.

Julia
Fifteen years ago, I thought Alex Staithes was just a man. Handsome, sexy, but way too old for me.
Now I’m grieving, divorced, and carrying pain no mother should know. The last thing I expected was him—watching, waiting, caring for me in my hour of need.
When I take a job at his company, I find out what he really is.
Vampire. Monster. Mine.
His touch burns. His bite ruins. And I’m not sure I want to be saved.

Bitten and Bound is book one in the Night Movers Vampire Series—perfect for fans of brooding immortals, fated mates, spicy paranormal romance, small-town tension, and second-chance love that bites.

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Praise for The Night Movers Vampire Series:

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A vampire love story that sinks its teeth into your heart.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Vampires, fated mates, and second chances—this book has it all.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Heart-warming, sizzling, and impossible to put down.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Twilight meets Fifty Shades.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Steamy vampire romance with a twist—can’t wait to read more.

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    The Night Movers Vampire Series
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    317 pages
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  5. Publication date
    May 6, 2015
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00X8XJIF4
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vinci Books
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 6, 2015
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 3rd
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4.7 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 317 pages
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  • Book 1 of 4 ‏ : ‎ The Night Movers Vampire Series
  • Best Sellers Rank: #97,205 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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    4.3 out of 5 stars 363 ratings

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Helen Bright was born and raised in Yorkshire, UK, and often bases her novels in and around the county. Whether writing paranormal or contemporary romance, she frequently includes dark subject matters within her deep and meaningful love stories.

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Customers enjoy the book's intriguing plot and multiple points of view, with one review noting it's refreshing to hear from multiple characters. The writing style receives mixed reactions - while some love it, others find it hard to read with grammatical errors. Customers appreciate the pacing, with one describing how it flows effortlessly, and they find it a sweet read.

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24 customers mention "Story quality"22 positive2 negative

Customers enjoy the story of the book, praising its intriguing plot and great love story, with one customer noting its depth.

"This book is a great beginning of paranormal series, ...love the characters development and chemistry...." Read more

"...gives us all the sexiness of Vamps, but it is primarily a touching love story, and I loved that about this book. Don’t be mistaken...." Read more

"...Interesting supporting characters and loved the sense of family they have created and work hard to foster. Many steamy scenes...." Read more

"...It was a sexy read which helped a lot...." Read more

19 customers mention "Character development"17 positive2 negative

Customers love the character development in the book, with one customer particularly appreciating how human Alex appears in his life, while another finds it refreshing to hear from multiple perspectives.

"...The author pulls this off flawlessly with her excellent character development...." Read more

"...Interesting supporting characters and loved the sense of family they have created and work hard to foster. Many steamy scenes...." Read more

"...I really enjoyed this book. The characters are awesome. I look forward to reading more from the series." Read more

"...It gave me in-depth insight to the characters, and I was totally vested in the outcome. I can’t wait to read book 2." Read more

18 customers mention "Readability"18 positive0 negative

Customers find the book to be a sweet and well-done read, with one customer particularly appreciating the point of view.

"...A good read." Read more

"...I’ll list the things I did like. I liked the POV. It helped me keep reading. Even though Alex was a vampire I liked him and his feelings for Julia...." Read more

"...I really enjoyed this book. The characters are awesome. I look forward to reading more from the series." Read more

"...This was such a wonderful and sweet read, not at all what I expected, making me I fall in love with Alex and Julia’s story." Read more

4 customers mention "Perspective"4 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the multiple perspectives in the book.

"...I like reading first person POV, and in this story, the point of view alternated...." Read more

"...There are a lot of different perspectives in this book, and I quite liked it...." Read more

"...In fact, there are several points of view. They are separated out by chapter but it still occasionally threw me...." Read more

"...The multiple pov's are great!..." Read more

3 customers mention "Pace"3 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's pacing, with one noting how it flows effortlessly.

"...The plot is well developed and flows effortlessly. The dialogue was great, and never caused confusion...." Read more

"Good pacing, well developed. No tension or friction in the workplace, which is wildly unrealistic, but what the hey...." Read more

"...not just the main ones, the storyline is well written and moves at a consistent pace. Eager to get into book 2!!" Read more

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Customers find the pacing of the book engaging, with one mentioning they were hooked from the beginning.

"...I was drawn in and hooked from the beginning...." Read more

"...The characters and storyline develop at a good pace and easily draws you in. Consistent storyline and characters interact as each book progresses...." Read more

"Good and Adictive..." Read more

12 customers mention "Writing style"5 positive7 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the writing style of the book, with some loving it while others find it very hard to read and full of grammatical errors.

"...The dialogue is very stiff and unnatural, causing the characters to sound like emotionless robots, and also killing any hint of chemistry between..." Read more

"Well written. The characters and storyline develop at a good pace and easily draws you in...." Read more

"...bothered me, and made this 4 stars, is the grammatical errors that consistently appear throughout...." Read more

"...This book is written is first person with multiple POVs. I loved the writing. You get a variety of POVs but only with the primary characters...." Read more

3 customers mention "Dialogue quality"0 positive3 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the dialogue in the book, with some finding it engaging while others describe it as boring with run-ons and monologues that bother them.

"...Overall, it wasn’t a bad book, a little annoying at time, I couldn’t really feel the dialogue between the characters but again, it could just be me...." Read more

"...It breaks momentum. The monologues also bothered me because they were just blocks of text...." Read more

"...I found it boring with run ons and unnecessary scenes/ conversations. I found it badly written and hard to read...." Read more

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  • Kathy~ JustLetMeRead
    5.0 out of 5 stars 5 plus stars
    Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2016
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    I love Paranormal Romance. It was my introduction back into the Romance genre. My favorite was, and still is, Vampires. Then something happened with this sub-genre and it just got carried away and it started sounding the same so I moved on to other sub-genres. Fast forward several years and a friend told me about this series, ‘The Night Movers’ by Helen Bright. She told me that it was different and that I should try it. I missed my sexy vamps so I picked up this first book, ‘My Love Forever.’ It was instant love for me. It is different. Ms. Bright gives us all the sexiness of Vamps, but it is primarily a touching love story, and I loved that about this book. Don’t be mistaken. It is not an easy love story, with hearts and flowers and pink unicorns. I’m not a fluffy Romance reader. This one has some angst, and twists and turns, and I am a sucker for surprises, especially if the author can fool me, and Helen Bright did just that. She got me good.

    This book revolves around a group of people, both vampires and humans, living and working together, and, when it happens, falling in love. Neither race is trying to exterminate the others. They live and work in harmony together. The humans help the vamps, and in return, they take care of the humans by keeping them from aging or getting sick. These vamps are not cold and heartless, pun intended. They are caring and generous and HOT! The vampire traits provide a very steamy eroticism when they ‘get together.’ I loved the dynamic of involving the entire group. The author pulls this off flawlessly with her excellent character development. The focus is not just on one couple, but two couples that work together and know each other.

    This book is written is first person with multiple POVs. I loved the writing. You get a variety of POVs but only with the primary characters. The primary characters are well developed, The secondary characters are developed well, to the point that leaves you wanting more from them. The plot is well developed and flows effortlessly. The dialogue was great, and never caused confusion. You have to take in account that the author is British, so you can expect a few cultural difference, both in language and dialogue, but it never affects the flow. The writing is such that the reader is put in the story, making you feel everything. There is love, steamy scenes, humor that had me laughing hysterically, and angst.

    This is the first book of the series, and as such, it does go back in time a few times to give us some history. I found it interesting and it’s done in a way that does not affect the flow. It is also necessary as part of the plot development for not only this series in general, but for this book specifically. I REALLY wish I could explain more, but I never give out content or spoilers, so you will have to one-click now. I really recommend that you one-click this book now. It is part of a series of stand alones where the characters are related in a variety of ways. There is a HFN, and you will see these characters again. There is no cliffy. You can trust me on that because I hate them.

    And surprise! This is a brand new author. ‘My Love Forever’ is her debut novel, but I would have never guessed it. She is very talented, as you will soon discover, as soon as you hit that one-click button. If I could give more than 5 stars, I would. Did I mention that this is a brand new author? We all love finding new authors and reading new and different perspectives on topics, so, yeah, you should totally one-click.
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  • Denise Van Plew
    4.0 out of 5 stars like that name
    Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2019
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    I keep telling myself I am not going to start another series but go and do it again. This one was so tempting I could not resist. This one went down a path that was least expected so it picked my curiosity. Alex wants Julia but it seems it will not be until something happens. When things really start to change this author grabs your attention. When the paths change and she does go to work for the Night Movers whom by the way have a cool name, which really has some interesting workers. Followed them to see what way they were going to go and if this truly could be lasting. Thank goodness you do get some answers in this one but really would like to see the others.
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  • LCC
    5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting characters - great read now that editing issues are fixed!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2016
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    A slightly new and different take on vampire romance, but hindered with a lot or historic background information. Set in England and written by an English author, which usually is not a problem for me. However long portions of the book are very hard to read due to an archaic tone and sentence structure. Maybe that was on purpose but it considerably slowed things down for me. At times, Alex, this passionate vampire who has been waiting 15 years for his love, seems detached as he describes his history to Julia.

    Interesting supporting characters and loved the sense of family they have created and work hard to foster. Many steamy scenes. I’ll read the next one because I like the characters so much. Now that Alex explaining his history to Julia covers the world building, I’m sure the rest of the series will be compelling.

    Warning, deals with the serious issue of miscarriage.

    Edited after reviewing latest version of the book: Great news! All the editing issues are fixed! The wonderful story now shines. Warning, each book in the series gets better & better! The amazing characters and their stories will hook you and have you anxiously awaiting the next book!
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  • Jessica
    3.0 out of 5 stars 3 stars
    Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2019
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    I’m not a huge vampire romance reader and while I really tried to love this one it wasn’t totally my cup of tea. That’s all me though, and shouldn’t reflect in the book it’s self. I’ll list the things I did like. I liked the POV. It helped me keep reading. Even though Alex was a vampire I liked him and his feelings for Julia. It was a sexy read which helped a lot. Overall, it wasn’t a bad book, a little annoying at time, I couldn’t really feel the dialogue between the characters but again, it could just be me. 3 stars #2OCCJD
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  • Dr. Nicole
    5.0 out of 5 stars Alex and Julia’s love is eternal
    Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2020
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    On the night that Alex first saw Julia, he knew that she was the one. But she was only 18 and going off to university, so he wanted to give her time. He lost his chance because she met and fell in love with someone. Fourteen years later, his chance arises again, and he will not let this chance go by.

    Julia felt something on that first night when she first met Alex. But she didn’t think that he was interested because she never said anything. Now the opportunity presents itself, and she is going to grab it with both hands and never let go.

    I really enjoyed this book. The characters are awesome. I look forward to reading more from the series.
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  • Kim Sowards
    4.0 out of 5 stars Love the night movers
    Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2016
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    A different spin on the vampire love story. Alex has been in love with Julia for a very long time. But when he first meet her he felt she was too young and she need to have some life experience. She falls in love and marry another man. A tragic event happens and it cause her marriage to fall apart and for a while Julia. She had a interview with Alex to work for his company. She gets the job and Alex tells her the truth about himself and his partners. You learn his life story and you feel Julia fall him more and more. While these two are discovering each other you have Nik trying to convince the love of his life that Gina that he loves her and tries to get her loveless marriage. As these couples are falling in love there is a threat out to cause trouble. I enjoy the story and will read the next book in the series. I do think it was a tad too long.
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  • Karen Lea
    5.0 out of 5 stars I want more!
    Reviewed in Australia on February 6, 2019
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    I’ll admit it I love a good vampire series and I’ve read a few – The Black Dagger Brotherhood, The Sookie Stackhouse series, The Vampire Diaries, even the Twilight series), but I’ve also been disappointed by other series when authors jumped on the vampire bandwagon. Helen Bright has renewed by love of this genre.
    My Love Forever, the first book in The Night Movers Vampire Series was published in 2015, but I didn’t start reading it until a few days ago even though I purchased it last year. My only regret is that I waited so long to read it.
    As soon as I started reading My Love Forever I was transported to my happy place. No, it was not all flowers and candy, but it was populated by characters, both vampire and human, who I fell in love with or disliked intensely. How they interacted fascinated me. The story of the two main characters, Julie and Alex, captured my heart and I wanted them to have a HEA. Their journey, and it wasn’t a smooth ride, kept me awake when I should have been doing housework or sleeping.
    When I finished this book, I immediately bought the next book in the series, Blood & Secrets.
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  • Paula Acton
    5.0 out of 5 stars Loved It
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 4, 2017
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    , I love the Anne Rice and Brom Stoker style of classic vampire, so I was a little worried how I would fair with this story right from the beginning but actually I really enjoyed this, the author creates a mythology for her vampires backgrounds, while not exactly an origin tale for the species she begins intertwining a historical element I hope will be revisited and explored later at a further time within the series.

    She quickly develops the personalities of the main characters and with the clever use of humour, she allows you to connect with them as individuals. Of course, there are characters you warm to more, and I have to say that I am looking forward to reading the rest of the series in the hope the character and plot development continues and we see each of the vampires receive their own lead role in a book. I love the setting, again I was nervous about a rural setting for this in terms of the credibility for a vampire living there long term but this is again dealt with plausibly within the plot.

    The final thing to discuss is, of course, the adult content, and although I still have a few personal reservations about vampires having sex, the scenes themselves are incredibly well written and realistically written also, the only possible worry is certain scenes are so well written that it makes you wonder if the author is writing from personal experience which is fine with an author you are never likely to meet and slightly different with one you are seeing in a few weeks.

    So I think you can tell I loved this book, despite all my reservations, the facts that counted against it before I started reading it, I thoroughly enjoyed it, I recommended it to my daughter and downloaded the rest via Kindle Unlimited. I am going to start leaving links for the books of fellow Indie Authors after the scores to make it easier for you if you want to check them out after. So I guess we need a score, I could hardly put this down so it gets the full 5 out of 5 stars and a hearty recommendation for anyone looking for a great paranormal romance to read.
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  • Julie Lord
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2015
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    Thoroughly enjoyed this book... Looking forward to the next book.. Didn't want it to end. Have recommended to family/friends ..
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  • SamMac
    5.0 out of 5 stars Well damn.... WOW what a read
    Reviewed in Australia on January 14, 2019
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    I really enjoyed this book. Great storyline mixture of vampires tragedy and what someone (vampire or human) would do for the person they love. Highly recommend.
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  • Lou
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Well Deserved 5 Stars For A Debut Novel!!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 29, 2017
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    My Love Forever is Alex & Julia's story. Alex is a centuries old vampire, Julia is the human daughter of one of Alex's employees. Alex first saw Julia when she was 14 years old. He hadn't realised how much she had grown & changed until seeing her at the Christmas party with her father, where she was 18 years old & about to head off to university. Alex has one dance with Julia then leaves the party due to the feelings that dancing with her caused & knowing that she is too young to bring into his world.

    Julia leaves for university & announces a year later that she is engaged. 14 years pass & Alex has been sneakily watching from time to time. Then something happens & Julia's world is turned upside down. Her father turns to the one person he knows can help her... Alex.

    Now that their paths have crossed again will Julia finally learn the truth about Alex & his family? Will she accept it?

    This is a debut novel & I think that it's a really good start. I loved that it is set in the UK in places that I know of. My Love Forever has set the scene for this series well. It has enough background information that you don't become lost or confused & you could feel as though you know the area it's set in even if you don't.

    The characters are easy to relate to, their emotions are so real & convincing. Alex & Julia are the main two but there's also Nik, Josh, Gina & Freya to name just a few. They all play key parts & add more to the story. Each chapter clearly states whose POV we are reading as it does change throughout, but it's never confusing.

    The book has some delicate issues as a result of certain events & I believe that the author handles these with the appropriate level of care & sensitivity, only mentioning them in as much detail as is necessary. The author's writing style works well too. She describes things clearly & in such a way that it is easy to picture where the characters are as well as what they are doing. The story has a smooth even pace that pulls you in & takes you along for the ride.

    I've thoroughly enjoyed reading book 1 of this series & I can not wait to continue with book 2 to see where the author goes next. I'm just lucky that I already have books 2 & 3 to continue with. Overall I think this is a promising start to both the series & this author's writing career. If you like paranormal romance & you haven't yet read My Love Forever I'd suggest grabbing a copy & meeting Alex & Julia for yourself. You never know you to might find yourself hooked on these vamps too! :)
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