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The Brass Bed (2008)

by Jennifer Stevenson

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Strange book with bizarre storyline not to mention underdeveloped characters (IMHO). I was hopeful that it might get better as a I continued reading but I was doomed to disappointment. Perhaps this genre (a mixture of chick lit magic/science fiction) is simply one I'm not able to appreciate. ( )
  BookDivasReads | Mar 5, 2011 |
It's silly and confusing, but you tend to find yourself laughing your way through the book. ( )
  dragonasbreath | Dec 10, 2010 |
I found The Brass Bed clever and funny. I didn't need quite so much erotica but it didn't ruin the book either. The result is much better than pornography.

I agree with some reviewers that the early part is a bit confusing, getting the reader up to speed. I also have a hard time swallowing the thought that the "hinky" (magic) aspects of the city would be taken so much in stride and ignored (by commandment from the mayor, lol).

Hey, that pigeon just stole a cigarette from me...

The story is clearly open at the end for sequels, which I see exist but I haven't read yet. But there is enough closure of the several crisis points that the end is satisfying, like we're left on a safe ledge while climbing the cliff.

I really enjoyed some of her turns of phrase. Strong chuckle-inducing. ( )
  Penforhire | Oct 13, 2010 |
This book made me laugh a lot. The story is set in an alternate Chicago with some magic, including (as it turns out) an incubus serving out a curse. Great stuff ensues. The book moves along nicely and is really a lot of fun. And there are two more in the series, I now find. I would recommend this to anyone who likes romatic comedy with a paranormal element. ( )
  Rebreader | Sep 23, 2010 |
Pretty good book. Beginning started off VERY good and juicy!
  txeqx | May 16, 2009 |
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On a sizzling Monday afternoon in July, Jewel Heiss was serving a ticket on a convenience-store owner on Walton Street Near Michigan Avenue, watching the smog over Lake Shore Drive turn pink, and tryin to stake out the Drake Hotel across the street at the same time.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0345486684, Mass Market Paperback)

“Funny, frisky, and far out! Jennifer Stevenson’s writing is naughty and irresistible.”
–Julie Kistler, author of Scandal

THE CURSE: Satisfy one hundred women or be trapped in a brass bed forever
Lord Randall was a lousy lover in 1811, so his magician-mistress turned him into a sex demon. Lucky for him, his bed fell into Clay’s hands.

THE CON: Sex therapy for women on an antique brass “treatment bed”
Clay has the perfect scam going, until that pesky, foxy fraud investigator Jewel comes sniffing around. Lucky for him, she has a soft spot for hunky con men.

THE CHOICE: Sex demon or sex fraudster?
Jewel is Randy’s hundredth woman. Now he says he’s her personal sex slave, and her case against the con artist is dissolving in a hail of hormones. Lucky for her, she’s a tough cop with a lusty libido.

(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:33:25 -0500)

Jewel Heiss is a fraud investigator for the Chicago Department of Consumer Services. Her best friend is also her boss's wife. So when her boss tells her 'spy on my wife - I think she's having an affair', it's a problem. But little does Jewel know that her friend has actually freed a sex demon from the enchanted bed of a con-man!… (more)

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