Jan Springer

Reveiwed by Patti
ebook provided by Ellora's Cave

This was a very fun read. I found it had a few interesting twists on the vampire theme. I was pleased that the characters seem to genuinely care for each other. The passionate descriptions had me enjoying the ride.

I am reviewing this without having read any of the other books in the series. That can sometimes be confusing but this book seems to stand alone fairly well. I am intrigued enough to want to read books one and two and maybe future show more books in the series as well. There were characters mentioned that may return in the future and I would love to know their stories as well.

Quote: "Mati inhaled the succulent scent of the ciclamini mimosa flowers as it drifted in erotic waves past her nostrils." show less

Jan Springer's "A Hero's Kiss" is a super hot story full of steamy sex on a tropical planet. Piper Hero is on a mission to find her missing brothers on planet Paradise when she crash lands. She wakes up under the sensual spell of Jarod (quite literally) a former sex slave that has sworn off women. Piper wants to find her brothers with or without Jarod's help. Neither can deny their passion for each other. Jan Springer created an interesting world for Paradise, and also the culture of these show more sex slaves. I'll have to back up and read others in this series. Deservedly so, "A Hero's Kiss" was chosen as a finalist in the Romance Writers of America's Passionate Ink chapter's Passionate Plume contest in the Futuristic/Fantasy/Sci-fi category. show less

"A Hero Betrayed" is an erotic science fiction romance by Jan Springer. It's apparently part of a series of books about a world in the future. A world where society has changed beyond all recognition and women rule. Babies are taken from their mothers after birth and separated by sex. Males are raised uneducated and kept only for their seed and women are educated by 'nurturers'. It's illegal to educate or befriend males as they are considered dangerous beasts. Women are punished by being show more forced to bear male children after being impregnated by machine and once any woman enters menopause, she is sentenced to death. Into this world, three brothers enter via a spaceship crash. The different books in the series tell the story of each of the brothers as they try to survive.

Buck is unlucky enough to be captured by a group of virgins on a 'male hunt'. Tradition requires the virgins to capture, have sex with, then kill the male in order to become an adult. The virgins are excited that they have captured one of the 'speaking males', but as Buck is uncooperative, they drug him with passion poison to send him into a sexual frenzy after which he will die. Buck is rescued by a woman called Virgin. She administers the antidote...24 hours of sex! But it's apparent to Buck that Virgin wants something else...

Interesting premise. Lots of hot sex. Bit of violence. I'd read another in the series, but it won't be at the top of my wishlist. show less

Good story! Really glad I got it, it adds a lot to the series. I felt the ending was a little abrupt, I would have liked a little more info. And the thing at the end with her father was odd. Overall, the story was well done, and if you are a fan of the series, definitely worth the read. 4.5 stars.