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Michelle Houston

Author of Unleashing the Jaguar

15 Works 71 Members 13 Reviews

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Works by Michelle Houston

Unleashing the Jaguar (2010) 11 copies
Caging the Tiger (2010) 10 copies
Taming the Wolf (2010) 9 copies
Embracing the Leopard (2010) 9 copies
Blackout (2010) 9 copies
Blood Slave (2010) 8 copies
Her Majesty's Maiden (2010) 3 copies
Love Slave 3 copies
Broken Wings (2016) 2 copies
Her Best Man 1 copy

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I liked this (much too short) read about Kyle, a young orphaned shifter who is desperate to find out if there are others like him.

The illusionist (Mark) who Kyle has been exchanging letters with for years finally comes to his town and they meet in person. There is some miscommunication and I liked the way Kyle feels his way toward the total trust required if he really wants to become Mark's mate.
 
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SerenaYates | 1 other review | Oct 19, 2017 |
Way to short, almost like just a love scene cut out of a regular book (it is only 7 pages).
Not to bad for what it was, it could have had so much more - not just the number of pages but the scene itself seemed to be lacking something.
 
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onyx95 | Aug 22, 2011 |
I was used to the shapeshifter short stories by Michelle Houston and so I neglected this novella collecting together two vampire romances. The two stories are tightly connected and are about an interesting theory (not new heard truth be told): vampirism is a virus and the virus was genetically mutated to spread also another “damage”, blindness. Basically human are not turned as soon as they are bitten, but slowly and steadily, and while they become a vampire, they also loose their sight. But in modern society, vampires are a protected breed and they have some rights, like the one to “posses” an human to be their eyes, more or less like a blind human possesses a dog.

Where The Blind Leads: Brandon was never satisfied with being only a slave for a human Master; human have restraints and Brandon doesn’t need or want them. He volunteers to be the eyes of a vampire, a job that implies losing all his rights and being totally owned by the chosen vampire. I liked the contrast between the Master/slave relationship that was “corrected” by the blindness of the Master: in a way, the Master depends by the slave, and their bond is even more strong, since the Master can see only through his slave.

Leading The Blind: this is the story of a previous slave that went blind after years of servicing his Master. Nicholas has the right to be a vampire Master now and to have his own slave, but like Brandon, Nicholas didn’t choose to be a slave as a “convenient” job, he was born to be one, he craved to be one. And now he lost what he most desired, the feeling of being owned, the feeling of being at the same time protected but necessary.

Brandon and Nicholas are both submissive by nature, and they can be happy only with a true Dominant, and for the dominance is love, they don’t want to be a slave since they have not the strength to be independent, they want to be a slave since they feel complete only in such relationship.

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elisa.rolle | Jun 12, 2011 |
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Michael finds himself in the most awkward of situations. Trapped in his jaguar form as the newest inhabitant at a zoo, he has to figure out how to get free without anyone finding out about his people’s existence, and without getting caught.

When his ex shows up, Michael isn’t certain allowing Danny to ride to the rescue is such a good idea, especially given how things between them ended. But if he wants to have a life beyond one trapped in his animal form, he has to take the chance of his feelings rekindling.

BOOK REVIEW:
People who know my reading tastes are going to be boggled by this, but: I thought this story had too much plot and not enough sex.

Phaze's 'heat sheets' should be short, punchy, snapshots, whereas Unleashing the Jaguar seemed to be struggling to pack too much into the compact word count.

There's an action plot with a conspiracy thread, piles of relationship back story, a hidden supernatural world to explore, thematic strands about freedom and identity and choices, two main characters to introduce, peace to be made, and sex to be had. Way too many elements for this sliver of an e-book.

The net result was that the characterization suffered, which undercuts the emotional and sexual impact of what is a really neat set-up, and what should have been some really hot reunion sex.

Having the story stripped down to it's bare bones to fit into the space draws unflattering attention to the flimsy 'romantic comedy' level misunderstanding at the core of the relationship conflict, and deflects it from the genuinely impressive rescue plan.

If Houston had been able to give this story much more room to breath, it could have been great. As it stands, it's a good idea, but a frustrating read.

(Originally reviewed for Rainbow Reviews - http://www.rainbow-reviews.com/?p=1780 )
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AlexDraven | 1 other review | Dec 30, 2010 |

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