Sherri L. King

“Female warrior fighting demon hunters and outstanding sex”

Cady Swann is an ordinary 30 year-old woman with many hidden talents. She owns a cat, works in a bookstore and owns a home. But at sixteen she lost both her parents and watched her baby brother be tortured by demons. So by day it’s the bookstore and at night she stalks these Daemon hordes to protect her town of Lula, Georgia. Her dedication is strong but she is beginning to feel that she is losing the fight.

Onto the scene, show more appears Obsidian, who is sent to convince Cady to join forces with the Shikars, a race that has been fighting the Daemon for centuries. As their strongest warrior, the Shikar Alliance believes Obsidian can forge the affiliation with Cady. Their first meeting ends in a heated battle with Obsidian healing Cady’s injuries without her knowledge.

Against all odds, Cady is attracted to the immortal Obsidian and he to the human woman. Together they form an alliance and work to close the demon’s gateway before the Daemon Horde overtakes Earth.

The action and steamy and passionate sex are more than enough for me to recommend this book. I love to see a competent woman who can lead. The relationship between Cady and Obsidian is very well written, combining the strong personalities and the intense sexual attraction. Story has some very inventive sensual situations that will keep you on the edge of your seats.

Looking forward to the next adventures of the Shikar race if Obsidian is any example of the “hero” we can expect. show less

Mischa is running her trimaran through a series of tests before she races with her. She is caught in a storm and travels back to the past where she lands on a pirate ship. She and Captain Jareth butt heads on her place. I loved Mischa's feistiness. She will not allow Jareth to tell her what to do. She does what she wants and earns his admiration. This is a fun read!

“Vampire Romance at a New Level

Marriage in Moonlust by Kate Hill

Historical. When the acting Vampire ruler, Kornel Debray demands a human sacrifice from the village, Leona is poisoned by her family and carried away. His returning brother, Narcisse Debray, rescues her from Kornel’s horrible attention. He is very dismayed to learn of his brother’s behavior in his absence. Even though she is dying, Leona fights Narcisse when he wants to use his blood to save her life. With seductive show more persuasion, he skillfully draws Leona under his spell and prevents her demise. Their mutual attraction causes jealousy from Kornel. He wants what he wants.

Strange to say, this is a touching story of love between two interesting characters. The graphic erotic scenes are woven into the story line with ease, making them believable and very sensuous. Readers of vampire romance will love this sizzling tale.

Icarus by Sherri L. King

Contemporary. As Morrigan Mederos flees her stressful life in New York City, she travels to a small Scottish village to find some peace and happiness from her terrifying dreams. Buying a house, sight unseen, she is drawn to it for unexplainable reasons. As her dreams become more frequent and more intense, she begins to have them even during the daylight hours. She awakes one morning with fang marks. Azure, her dream man has large gossamer wings and dwells under water, is from the world of Icaria. He wants desperately to appease her fears and keep her with him. Just how can he accomplish his goal?

ICARUS is an intriguing story. An alien from another world, who drinks blood, was an enticing being. I enjoyed the way the writer moved the characters through this very different story. You are drawn into the relationship that seems unlikely but becomes believable at the tale’s conclusion.

These narratives are well written and I found them worthwhile reading. Both authors give a distinct slant on the vampire romance genre. show less

I’m not embarrassed that I bought a bad anthology - it had 2 authors I liked and I like anthologies. I'm embarrassed that I kept it in my reread pile. So once upon a time one of these 3 unreadable trite weird stories must have resonated sufficiently for me to think I would want to reread it. I bought it in 2004 and am now going through a rigorous reread of my keepers, (basically because I've got too many of them!) to see if they truly merit the title. And some have. But this definitely show more doesn't.

The first story didn't work for me at all. The second story by Lora Leigh, you think would work for me, because I've read a lot of Lora Leigh and generally like her earlier stuff better than what she is churning out now. But it's so annoying. The hero is totally unreasonable (furious that she may have slept with another man, when she thought he died years ago, wait, that was a theme in a later book too! Leigh must think that crazy stuff works) and the heroine has no spine at all (she's human, no some wereworm or anything, though that might be a more interesting spin on it!) The third is just weird, with the heroine falling into some time warp and being captured on another planet and finding true love with a gargoyle. I think it's why I kept it initially, but it does not shine on reread. So happy to return this to the paperbackswap pile, where there were 132 folk waiting on it. I hope it moves on quickly! show less