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Loved "The Countess's Pleasure". Interesting world and characters and the story was intriging and HOT.Enjoyed "The Breed Next Door" so much that, although I passed up Lora Leigh's Breeds books before (the reviewers seem to agree that the stories are interesting but the female characters are idiots), I decided go ahead and try out the books.Could not get into "Falling for Anthony". Did NOT find the characters interesting and the story seemed to drag.Read only 2 chapters of "The Blood Kiss" and was done. So did not care what happened.So, 5 stars for the first 2 stories and 1-2 for the last 2 stories.
I liked this book. I especailly like the Countess Pleasure. It was like a coming of age story and I like those.
Both of these stories were set in interesting worlds, both were extremely well written, both made me want to read more by these authors. I bought this book for the Lora Leigh story, and it was good, but I was more impressed by two others - Falling for Anthony (Meljean Brook) and The Countess' Pleasure (Emma Holly). Both were stunningly creative in a genre (erotic paranormal) that is increasingly becoming dominated by stale plots. It's tough to create a unique milieu in a short story - Lora Leigh (who I love) has the benefit of a devoted following to a lengthy series, and Shiloh Walker writes a variation on the vampire myth, but the other two deftly sketch complicated, very original worlds and draw you into the characters. .And the initial, no-touch sex scene in TCP about melted the page - my toes are still curled.
This anthology was a great addition to the series of Breeds and will continue to read on. Lyra was just one unlucky neighbor who got involved with one.After an attack, a break-in on her home and many more things, Tarek took it upon himself to protect her and eventually love/mate her.
Lyra was his neighbor. At first he did things in his yard that just got on Lyra's nerves.
Hot SpellI too bought this anthology for the continuation of the Breeds.The Breed Next Door: Tarek was a breed. The council were always looking for breeds.
But he could not stay away from the fresh smell of coffee and baked goods. He didn't eat fresh things like that but loved them.
What he didn't expect was to fight her family.A lot of sex scenes makes puts a "HOT SPELL" on your body. I have not read the other anthologies but plan to.
The hero is genetically engineered with cat DNA. He's an indentured servant, working as an erotic dancer to keep his mother from prison. Too short, but then it's a novella. If it's part of a series, I'll give it back a half star.
The hero is a Yama (demon), the heroine, a widowed countess. ***** "The Countess's Pleasure" by Emma Holly. Steamy, good suspense.***½ "Falling for Anthony" by Meljean Brook. Evil vampire king imprisons the brother of the werewolf king. As expected from Holly, it's steamy and emotionally true.***** "The Breed Next Door" by Lora Leigh.
This one really needed to be longer. Werewolf king goes to get him back, is attracted and aided by vampire king's daughter, who he takes captive in retaliation. Another Yama story, like The Demon's Daughter. But there's enough going on here for a 300+ page book. Part of a series I'll probably have to check out now.
Reminds me of Dark Angel, particularly since we've been watching season 2 on DVD lately. The paranormal world of angels and nosferatu and guardians; the hero's complex relationship with his mentor; the heroine's complex relationship with her father; the complexities of their developing relationship.***** "The Blood Kiss" by Shiloh Walker. Nice intrigue, steamy.
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