4.6 (4,460 ratings)

Fantasy Lover: A Dark-Hunter Novel

Name: Fantasy Lover: A Dark-Hunter Novel
Rating: 4.6 (4460 reviews)
Author: Sherrilyn Kenyon
ISBN: B0024705IE

by Sherrilyn Kenyon

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About this book

For two thousand years, Julian of Macedon has endured a hellish existence. Once a legendary Spartan general, he has been stripped of his glory and trapped within the pages of an erotic book, cursed to serve as a supernatural love-slave. He knows the art of pleasure better than any mortal, yet his soul remains shackled by a past defined by betrayal and a family that redefined dysfunction. He is a warrior built for battle, now forced into a cycle of endless, hollow intimacy.

Everything changes when Grace Alexander summons him. Unlike any woman he has encountered throughout the centuries, Grace refuses to see him merely as an object of desire. She looks past his cursed exterior to the tormented man beneath, pulling him out of the bedroom and into a world he thought he had lost forever. As their connection deepens, Julian realizes that Grace is the one thing his wounded heart cannot survive without.

This gripping entry in the Dark-Hunter series is a masterclass in paranormal romance. Blending high-stakes urban fantasy with the tortured hero trope and a slow-burn journey toward redemption, it explores whether love is truly strong enough to shatter an ancient, soul-crushing curse. If you crave a story where legends bleed into reality and destiny is rewritten by passion, prepare to lose yourself in Julian’s world.

Publication Date: May 25, 2026
ASIN: B0024705IE

Reader Reviews

You think you have family problems? Julian of Macedon has the worst family in the world!

September 3, 2015

Julian of Macedon was once a great and fierce general whose exploits were legendary. But all of that is forgotten now. He's been reduced to being a love-slave, stuck for all time in an erotic book, waiting the summons of the next woman who desires him, hers to play with for exactly one month before he must return to the book. His imprisonment is due to his jealous brother, Priapus. You would think with Aphrodite as a mother, Julian would get the help he needs, but that isn't happening. Grace...

Loved it

September 19, 2013

I've been told by many people that I should read this book and I knew I should I bought it forever ago and just let it sit. I love Sherrilyn Kenyon but with so many books on my TBR pile I put this off. Lately I have been on a Paranormal Romance kick and these books/series kept coming back to my mind so I finally picked them up. Boy am I kicking myself I loved this book it was so fascinating and the depth of the the information about Greek mythology in this book was fascinating to me. I was...

4/5 by Jenn @BackOffMyBooks

September 26, 2013

So first off, yeah I am a little late to the party on this one. I was in search of a good urban fantasy when I saw some talk about the Dark Hunter series. Looking it up I saw that FANTASY LOVER is the one to read first if I am to get into that series so onto my kindle it went. This story captivated me from the start and had me grinning like a fool and fanning my face all in one. A great mix of humor and steamy that kept the pages turning. Grace is a sex therapist who is in need of getting laid,...

Fantasy Lover: Dark-Hunter Series Book 1

June 15, 2023

Sherrilyn Kenyon's Fantasy Lover was in a care package sent to me (in print form) ages ago. Along with a few other paranormal books. During a very difficult time in my life . I had been just informed I have Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis ; and I needed to learn to give myself shots every day. (When you are needle phobic . It's a toss up on which was worse. The reason I mention it is , I began reading this book as I would start this daily routine. A habit that stuck. I can't say how many...

My, My, My.....

October 19, 2012

Oh my, my my.... there are so many books and so little time. Which is the one and only excuse I have for waiting so long before picking up any of Sherrilyn Kenyon's books. Never fear though, that situation has been remedied. I am now totally on board the Dark-Hunter train, no worries It's no secret that any book that has any connection whatsoever to mythology will immediately get my interest. Fantasy Lover is loaded with mythology. It's also loaded with tortured and broken characters and loads...