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Ariel Dantes is running out of time. Her brother Armand has disappeared while investigating a secretive cult professing to be a coven of witches and warlocks. When the police won't agree to open a case, Ariel must track down the last man to see her brother--self-professed warlock Lucien Morgret. Bar owner and banished warlock, Lucien will do anything to protect his former coven. His doubts about the coven's safety have been building, and now a journalist is missing. He'll help Ariel . . . as long as she obeys his rules. If Lucien and Ariel want to save Armand and the coven, they need to work fast. With time against them, and a rogue warlock practicing the forbidden Old Ways, they're running out of options. Lucien realizes he will need to meld with Ariel's mind - and body -in order to fight the darkness. But will mating with this mortal woman save him or damn him? Will they lose themselves, and the ones they love, forever? No library descriptions found. |
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Lucien Morgret turns out to be a man who makes her feel vaguely uncomfortable and even more so when he uses his warlock powers to prod her mind and send her scurrying off home again,
She is surprised and a bit alarmed when Lucien suddenly appears at her home and offers her a deal -so he still wont tell her where her brother is but he will show her and she has to follow his instructions all the way or their agreement is off.
Ariel thinking this is her only chance of figuring out where her brother is accepts.
But what she doesnt know is he is using her to infiltrate his old coven lands from wich he was cast out.
What can I say about this book?
Starting out I had a good feeling about it but about the same time Lucien arrives at Ariels home I started to have my doubts wich turned out to be wellfounded. From then on any promise it had vanished like Ariels inhibitions does while engaging in mystical dream sex with Lucien.
Not to mention the the thing with her bedroom...ugh I mean you can be sensual underneath a prim exterior without going overboard and turning your bedroom into a gaudy brothel boudoir. Did I mention that she is a Virgin?
And Ariel made me frustrated in other ways too.
She hates Lucien! No she loves, him she distrusts she loves him etc
Inconsistency thy name is Ariel.
Same with her belief in magic..she thinks its true,magic cant possibly exist bla bla This happens even after she witnesses magic happening right in front of her eyes
And then every once suddenly she will get an attack of Christianity. Oh noes Satanism!
Lucien never says he believes in satan and none of the other characters wear placards declaring that they do either. True they are witches and warlocks but no one actually commits to being a devil-worshipper. She just jumps to that conclusion herself.
This was very odd and I couldnt help but wonder if there was a lot of media attention at the time this was written to satanic cults.
This book was written in the 80s before so it feels very dated with no cellphones or things like that,but if a book engages you can usually forget these things.
But what really got to me was how the ending feel like its turned into a Q and A session as if only by then did the author have the heroine ask the hero alot of things that could have just been brought up more naturally if she had asked him during the course of the book.
And then theres the too tidy wrapping up of loose ends wich made me think the author just remembered she ran out of time to write them in but wanted to include some other things just BECAUSE
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