Dark Taste of Rapture (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Hector Dean: "Agent Mean" - AIR Agent and instructor at the AIR camp; A tall, sexy and powerful man with broad shoulders; He is quiet and deadly; Dallas' best friend; Has a glossy, shaved head, intense gold eyes and tattooed arms; When he allows his hair to grow, it is dark brown, nearly jet, with hints of gold.
• Noelle Tremain: "Elle" - "Noelle Jade Tremain" - AIR trainee; 23 years old; Ava's best friend; Jaxon Tremain's cousin; Is tall and slender, with straight brown hair and light silvery-gray eyes; Born to a life of luxury and wealth
• Ava Sans: Noelle's best friend; AIR trainee; 23 years old; Is petite with a slightly rounded face and golden-skin; Has big chocolate brown eyes, an up-tilted nose and heart shaped lips framed by a tumble of brown curls
• Victor McKell: Vampire warrior able to stop time in short bursts; Former leader of the entire vampire army; Has hair a luscious shade of indigo, pale skin and vivid violet eyes with green flecks; A beautiful man, strong, muscled and toweringly tall
• Dallas Gutierrez: "Dal" - "Dally" - AIR's second in command; Hector's closest friend; Devyn's best friend; Has dark hair, electric blue eyes and deeply bronzed skin; A little more than human since he was given Arcadian blood earlier on in the series and is now experiencing some side effects; Has visions of the future but the images are not set in stone.
• Jaxon Tremain: "Jaxy" - Noelle's cousin; AIR Agent and instructor at the AIR camp; Mishka's husband; Has a scarred face
• Mishka Le'Ace: Jaxon's wife; AIR Agent; A pretty little assassin; Is part machine and part human
• Ghost: AIR Agent and instructor at the AIR camp; Is black and very gorgeous
• Phoenix Germaine: AIR Agent and instructor at the AIR camp; She is the youngest and newest member of the team; Is delicate and fragile in appearance; Has blonde hair
• Mr. Tremain: Noelle's father; Deceased; Was an intelligence agent for the government as well as a businessman
• Mrs. Tremain: "Madam Tremain" - Noelle's mother
• Corban Blue: The first, last, and only real boyfriend/relationship Noelle has ever had; A wealthy Arcadian; Professional football player; Is eerily handsome, with pale skin, white hair and violet eyes; Is tall with a leanly muscled body
• Mia Snow: Head of AIR; Has cropped black hair with blue eyes and the body of a ballerina; One of, if not the only, Arcadian half-breeds in existence; Married to Kyrin, a full-blood Arcadian
• Kyrin en Arr: Arcadian; Mia's husband; Is very wealthy; Has the ability to move faster than the speed of light, control people with his mind, and predict the future; Has long white hair, brilliant violet eyes and skin the color of a winter storm
• Johnny Deschanel: AIR trainee; Has dark hair and dark eyes; Not quite as tall and muscled as Hector
• Dean Beckham: Hector's brother; Older than Hector by two years; Deceased; Had golden eyes; Was smart, kind and generous
• Kira: Hector's one and only girlfriend ever
• Jack Pagosa: Head of AIR before Mia; Looks like Santa on steroids
• Siren: AIR Agent and instructor at the AIR camp; Is plain, average—until she opens her mouth and you hear her angelic voice
• Kitten: "Kit" - A Teran; AIR Agent and instructor at the AIR camp; Despite her feline grace, is pretty in the same hardass way as Hector; Is tattooed and intense with no apparent softness.
• Carter Tremain: Noelle's oldest brother; Runs a firm; Has brown hair and gray eyes
• Anthony Tremain: Noelle's older brother; Helps the poor in Third World countries; Has brown hair and brown eyes
• Tyler Tremain: Noelle's older brother; Loves to party at his Italian villa; Has brown hair and brown eyes
• Cherry Picking Barry: Noelle's high school boyfriend
• Bobby Marks: Human; A wealthy gambler; Is five feet eleven, one hundred and eight-five pounds; Has dark hair and dark eyes; Noelle knows him as a man usually with a woman on his arm, but it seems as if he has changed his ways after marrying a woman that he unfortunately bought from the slave trade.
• Margarete Marks: Bobby's Rakan wife; Has long golden hair, golden eyes and golden skin
• Brenda Marks: Bobby's mother; Is a wealthy snob; Has a silver bob and hazel eyes that are more green than brown
• Marsha Tolle: Reporter on "What's Happening, New Chicago"
• Devyn Targon: "Devyn de bon ci Laci" - "Dev" - Warrior king of the Targons; Dallas' best friend; Is tall and muscled with brown hair, amber eyes and shimmery skin; Was a womanizer but is ever faithful to his wife Bride; Formerly of the slave trade; Sometimes works for AIR
• Bride McKells: "Bride Targon" - "Maureen" A vampire nefreti; Devyn's wife; Victor McKell's former fiancée; Has long black hair and green eyes
• Eden Black: A Rakan; Lucius Adaire's wife; AIR Agent; Ex-government assassin; Has golden hair and skin
• Timmy: Waiter at Alfonzo's
• Kerry Jones: Socialite
• Olga: A "masseuse" at Cirque du Culotte
• Dare Snow: Mia's missing half-brother; Is part Arcadian; Is very handsome with olive toned skin, dark hair and azure eyes; Looks like a male version of Mia
• Gerard Hendrick: A promising up-and-comer in the slave trade; Has been missing
• Ruppert Gordman: Human thug; Is tall with a muscled body; Has a crooked nose, dark hair and dark eyes; 33 years old
• Xavier Phillips: A very wealthy and respected man in the import/export business; Has a hobby of finding information; Is tall and lean with coiffed blond hair and flawlessly tanned skin
• Hellina: "Hell" - Noelle's old dog; Turned into a vampire dog
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• Teran

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• New Chicago
• Alien Investigation and Removal Training Camp
• AIR High School
• AIR HQ
• Lakeshore Apartments
• The Last Stop: A small, rundown, all-night diner
• Alfonzo's: A members-only snobfest type of restaurant
• Wonderland: Hector's favorite bar
• Cirque du Culotte: "Circus of the Panties" - A massage parlor that specializes in happy endings
• Glassky Mansion

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• Alien Investigation and Removal Agency: A.I.R.
• Happy Endings: Call girl service

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• Otherworlder: Alien
• Arcadian: A race known for white hair that can't be dyed, the ability to teleport, and in some cases, the ability to use mind control.
• Teran: A very cat-like species, with pointed ears, spotted skin, and feline grace.
• Mec: Tall and thin, with skin that glows different colors with different emotions.
• Delesean: A race with six arms and azure skin that kind of resembles whale blubber.
• Rakan: A rare species that is golden from head to toe; They are often hunted, de-skinned and cut into pieces for their gold.

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Preceded by Ecstasy in Darkness.

Preceded by Ecstasy in Darkness.

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1. Gena Showalter (Author)

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• Dewey: 813

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Sexually explicit material

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• Books › Romance
• Books › Literature & Fiction

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