A high-octane, entertaining adventure that’s packed with sex, violence, and humor.
Fated mates join a mission to exact revenge on bad guys in this erotic SF novel.
Independent “carrier” Leslie Lunalieah “Luna” Griffith returns to her home planet of Coka Tau with bad news for her uncle Istan Slay Valurieas, the commander of a security organization known as the Northern Dimension of the Order, or “the Ord.” His son—Luna’s cousin and business partner Sparrow—has been murdered by the criminal Pong Vicious, and now it’s time for vengeance. Luna also runs into Rhone Restich, an Ord fighter who last saw Luna when she was very young. Now he sees Luna as a bedazzling, “sexy-as-fuck warrior goddess” whom he’s desperate to bed; he also wants to claim her as his soul mate, or “Mate en Fatis,” by using his fangs to inject her with a mating venom that will link him with her for life. As for Luna, she’s been in love with Rhone for as long as she can remember, and now she appreciates his highly charged sex appeal. However, they must put their immediate lust aside, somewhat, to team up with other fighters to suss out Pong’s motives and get justice for Sparrow’s murder. Danger, action, hot sex, and true love ensue as the characters unravel several mysteries. Over the course of her second novel, Morrissey employs alternating first-person chapters that let readers see the vulnerabilities lurking beneath the main players’ ultra-badass personas. Rhone may be hypermasculine, for example, but he shows a caring side and an appreciation for Luna’s subtler qualities, such as the fact that her hair smells like “fresh rain and wildflowers.” The highly explicit sex scenes are varied and well described, and the action sequences have vivid, visceral impact throughout. Morrissey's compelling, fast-paced plot keeps the blood (and venom) flowing to the end.
A high-octane, entertaining adventure that’s packed with sex, violence, and humor.Pub Date: Jan. 8, 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4874-3149-5
Page Count: 194
Publisher: eXtasy Books
Review Posted Online: Feb. 24, 2021
Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 15, 2021
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
Sink your teeth into this delightful paranormal romance with a modern twist.
A vampire and an Alpha werewolf enter into a marriage of convenience in order to ease tensions between their species.
As the only daughter of a prominent Vampyre councilman, Misery Lark has grown accustomed to playing the role that’s demanded of her—and now, her father is ordering her to be part of yet another truce agreement. In an effort to maintain goodwill between the Vampyres and their longtime nemeses the Weres, Misery must wed their Alpha, Lowe Moreland. But it turns out that Misery has her own motivations for agreeing to this political marriage, including finding answers about what happened to her best friend, who went missing after setting up a meeting in Were territory. Isolated from her kind and surrounded on all sides by the enemy after the wedding, Misery refuses to let herself forget about her real mission. It doesn’t matter that Lowe is one of the most confounding and intense people she’s ever met, or that the connection building between them doesn’t feel like one born entirely of convenience. There’s also the possibility that Lowe may already have a Were mate of his own, but in spite of their biological differences, they may turn out to be the missing piece in each other’s lives. While this is Hazelwood’s first paranormal romance, and the book does lean on some hallmark tropes of the genre, the contemporary setting lends itself to the author’s trademark humor and makes the political plot more easily digestible. Misery and Lowe’s slow-burn romance is appealing enough that readers will readily devour every moment between them and hunger to return to them whenever the story diverts from their scenes together.
Sink your teeth into this delightful paranormal romance with a modern twist.Pub Date: Feb. 6, 2024
ISBN: 9780593550403
Page Count: 416
Publisher: Berkley
Review Posted Online: Oct. 21, 2023
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 15, 2023
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Packed with riveting drama and painful truths, this book powerfully illustrates the devastation of abuse—and the strength of...
Hoover’s (November 9, 2015, etc.) latest tackles the difficult subject of domestic violence with romantic tenderness and emotional heft.
At first glance, the couple is edgy but cute: Lily Bloom runs a flower shop for people who hate flowers; Ryle Kincaid is a surgeon who says he never wants to get married or have kids. They meet on a rooftop in Boston on the night Ryle loses a patient and Lily attends her abusive father’s funeral. The provocative opening takes a dark turn when Lily receives a warning about Ryle’s intentions from his sister, who becomes Lily’s employee and close friend. Lily swears she’ll never end up in another abusive home, but when Ryle starts to show all the same warning signs that her mother ignored, Lily learns just how hard it is to say goodbye. When Ryle is not in the throes of a jealous rage, his redeeming qualities return, and Lily can justify his behavior: “I think we needed what happened on the stairwell to happen so that I would know his past and we’d be able to work on it together,” she tells herself. Lily marries Ryle hoping the good will outweigh the bad, and the mother-daughter dynamics evolve beautifully as Lily reflects on her childhood with fresh eyes. Diary entries fancifully addressed to TV host Ellen DeGeneres serve as flashbacks to Lily’s teenage years, when she met her first love, Atlas Corrigan, a homeless boy she found squatting in a neighbor’s house. When Atlas turns up in Boston, now a successful chef, he begs Lily to leave Ryle. Despite the better option right in front of her, an unexpected complication forces Lily to cut ties with Atlas, confront Ryle, and try to end the cycle of abuse before it’s too late. The relationships are portrayed with compassion and honesty, and the author’s note at the end that explains Hoover’s personal connection to the subject matter is a must-read.
Packed with riveting drama and painful truths, this book powerfully illustrates the devastation of abuse—and the strength of the survivors.Pub Date: Aug. 2, 2016
ISBN: 978-1-5011-1036-8
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Atria
Review Posted Online: May 30, 2016
Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 2016
SEEN & HEARD
SEEN & HEARD
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