I really loved this book and I'll be reading any others that are in the series. I liked the romance, but the well written story was excellent.My only problem is that this ends in a cliffhanger. The main mystery isn't solved, and you'll have a lot of questions that aren't answered. That's a really poor way to make sure you'll sell the next book. ( )

I really loved this book and I'll be reading any others that are in the series. I liked the romance, but the well written story was excellent.My only problem is that this ends in a cliffhanger. The main mystery isn't solved, and you'll have a lot of questions that aren't answered. That's a really poor way to make sure you'll sell the next book. ( )

Eminently forgettable, unfortunately. Not bad, but it's only been a couple of months since I read it & I had to read the description to bring back any real memory of it. So the writing wasn't terrible, but the story line wasn't that interesting, either. ( )

This one shows some potential but, like others, I'm not sure if some of it couldn't have ended up cut out and a tighter story created. I am curious about what happens next and about some of the secrets that are lurking behind things but sometimes it came out as too pat.

Delia Street has moved to Vegas, finding herself on CSI as a corpse in a world a little like ours but with Vampires and Werewolves and other creatures out of myth and legend who came out of hiding in 2000. Las Vegas is under the thumb of werewolves, but the vampires don't agree. Delia searches for the truth, as an orphan she wants to find if she has relatives and this corpse may tell her something.

It's readable but somehow it's a bit confused and unsure what it really wants to be. ( )

The first bok in the Delilah Street series. I liked the book, it definetly is written to be a series. The heroine is smart, witty and feminine. I've been a fan of Carole Nelson Douglas's characters since Midnight Louie. ( )

Like a mix up at the printer accidentally combined a cheesy romance
with what might have been a good urban fantasy on its own.

The beginning of this book is slow and unnecessary. The story doesn't
really start until Delilah arrives in Vegas, and unfortunately the
reason she is drawn to Vegas and unwanted fame is pretty weak. But the
worst part is that this book could have been the start of an
interesting new urban fantasy series if it weren't for the generic,
cheesy, and totally unrelated to anything else romantic side plot with frequent sex breaks.
The romantic tension with Snow and Madrigal was much more intriguing
and promised to develop in future books.

Sexual Content:
A lot. And very lengthy, detailed descriptions each time. ( )

I felt really confused after this book, there were so many things that were skirted around and/or left un-answered. I bought this and the second at the same time, I just hope this one has a few more answer's. Not what I was expecting..... ( )

Enjoyable read ( )

I bought this novel because I thought it would be mystery/detective fiction. WRONG! It is straight out romance.

An ex-television-reporter from Kansas moves to Las Vegas to find out why her body double was featured as a corpse on CSI. Since she is an orphan, could she have had a twin sister? She meets a hot Latin corpse dowser and finds out that she also has some undefined psychic powers, too. She becomes obsessed with the intertwined bodies they discover together in Sunset Park. Although she is black Irish with dark hair, white skin and blue eyes, she acts like a stereotypical blonde -- barging into dangerous situations, charming werewolves and vampires alike. A virgin, she takes to hot, graphic outdoor sex like a nymphomaniac.

Does she find her sister? Does she find out who is the male corpse or why the lovers were killed? Does she find out why the ghoul producer of CSI rents her a cottage and pays her to investigate the couple's death? Does she find out what her inappropriate shaggy dog that she adopts on a whim really is? NO, no, a thousand times no. This is not just the start of an endless series, but not even a standalone book. The author doesn't have the decency to clear up even one mystery that she poses. She just piles on inconsistency on improbability and glues it all together with sex. Very disappointing. ( )

I think "Meh" pretty much sums it up for me. ( )

I went into this book expecting a strong female lead. From time to time, I got that. Unfortunately, there was a little too much needing-to-be-rescued, and that whole discovering-her-sensuality bit made my teeth hurt. Passive, turning with the wind, and just irritating after a while.
There are a couple of false trails laid out for us right at the beginning, but these are left lying, probably not even 'for later' as they are Kansas-local and the scene quickly switches to Las Vegas. We are left wondering, therefore, what exactly the reptilian makers of corned beef on the hoof were up to and why they got a mention in the first place. Also, the question has to be asked: if your house and everything you own is destroyed by an attack by a weather witch, do you really just sort of go 'oh, ok' and leave town? That's leaving aside the constructive dismissal and sexual harassment...
I'm somewhat underwhelmed by secretive and over-controlling love interest Ric (and if you have a dog you are assuming is as smart as that one, and he takes an apparently unreasonable dislike to somebody, why not trust his judgement there as well as everywhere else?).
Oh, and on the subject of The Dog, I'm glad that the author was kind enough to supply Delilah with somebody /else/ to do her thinking for her. I'm certain I wasn't the only one rolling their eyes every time the dog did something blatantly weird and it was passed over as if nothing unusual had happened.
It wasn't unreadable. It just didn't seem particularly well thought-out. I won't be buying the next one, as I am having trouble convincing myself this one was worth the cover price. ( )

Good start to new series, well drawn characters. A few twists to the usual urban fantasy

The main character, orphan Delilah Street, is quickly driven from her Kansas home and she heads to Las Vegas chasing after information of a woman who looks just like her, seen on a popular TV show. Once in 'Vegas, providence takes over her life and weird things begin happening-- weird things including the attention of TV moguls, werewolves, vampires, and a psychic detective (of sorts).

Many occurrences in the book were way too convenient to be believable, even (or perhaps especially) considering the genre. The initial plot lines which drove Del to Nevada were cut off shortly after she arrived. Her new-found sexuality was a bit contrived. The main storyline of Del and Ric-the-psychic-detective-love-interest working an old murder case is solved about three-quarters of the way through the book, making the rest of the read somewhat tedious. I don't feel the conclusion was worth sticking around for, either, since loose ends were left dangling all over the page, while characters simultaneously planned for an obvious sequel. For all that Del is supposedly self-sufficient, there's a lot of damsel-saving going on, too.

The book could have been written much more tightly and I feel it should have answered more of its own questions in 394 pages. I wouldn't recommend this one. ( )

I really enjoyed this new offering by Douglas. Delilah Street is an investigative reporter who moves to Las Vegas and gets involved in solving a decades old crime. Delilah reminds me somewhat of Eve Dallas from the . . . In Death series by J. D. Robb - she's not quite as hard boiled, but the characters have similar backgrounds. More than just paranormal fluff, this book includes a gripping mystery and just enough sizzle to keep things interesting. I look forward to future titles in this series. ( )