BOOK REVIEW- FATED (Dark Protectors Book 1) by Rebecca Zanetti

Marry Me

Cara Paulsen does not give up easily. A scientist and a single mother, she's used to fighting for what she wants, keeping a cool head, and doing whatever it takes to protect her daughter Janie. But "whatever it takes" has never before included a shotgun wedding to a dangerous-looking stranger with an attitude problem. . .

Or Else

Sure, the mysterious Talen says that he's there to protect Cara and Janie. He also says that he's a three-hundred-year-old vampire. Of course, the way he touches her, Cara might actually believe he's had that long to practice. . .AMAZON 4 STARS

There was a pretty good story behind all the steamy sex.  It did have good M.C.'s, good secondary people that included Cara's 4 year old daughter Janie.  Janie is someone who will play a pretty large part in stories to come.  She has a dangerous skill of being able to see much of the future and several different races see her as the one they need to make all their dreams of domination come true.  I enjoyed how Janie was shown as an innocent but also as someone whose powers were pretty strong for one so young.  She had even built a dream world that she could go into as she slept.  But you will have to read the book to hear more about that.  But it was pretty good stuff and is even more fleshed out in the books to come. 
This book is a good foundation for the series, we get to see many of the players and Talen's family is a part of that, as leaders of their vampire race. 
The different "races" are well portrayed and the culture, skills and make up of each one is pretty well drawn.  It doesn't take too long to see who the good guys are and who the evil ones are. 
There is plenty of action, danger and mysteries as the story goes on.  There is also a H.E.A. for now for the main characters.  It takes awhile for the M.C's to get on the same page. And Cara has some pretty bad memories to overcome; things that came from childhood horrors. She trusts her brain more than any man. Cara will have to use her scientist skills because of all the evil plots going on.  They are not totally destroyed yet and really it's more like the beginning and that threat will continue on as the series unfolds.