Susan Squires never disappoints me. Her writer’s voice is still like dark chocolate to my brain and I always devour her works as if they were that very substance. Her latest in the Companion series, One with the Darkness (6/2008), is a sinfully delicious treat indeed and an infinitely satisfying read with, again, some of the most erotic lovemaking scenes I’ve ever read. She should seriously include some sort of “cold shower warning” disclaimer.
Amidst all the romance and steamy sex, though, lies a story of power and politics, which is always a hotbed of intrigue and danger, and very fertile ground from which love and loyalty may rise up and bloom into a passionate romance for the ages — literally when it comes to vampires.
One with the Darkness reintroduces us to a character …
The year is 1926. Prohibition is in full swing. The Great Depression is only a few short years away. Oh, and vampire clans in The Big Apple are locked in a battle for underworld supremacy. Bet you missed that last part in American History 101, huh?
Lucky for us then that Susan Krinard has put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard, if you prefer) and spun an intelligent tale of love and romance, passion and peril in her enthralling Dark of the Moon.
The story surrounds Gwen Murphy, an aspiring investigative reporter pursuing the mystery of a rumored “blood cult” in New York City, a mystery her father had been investigating prior to his death. Gwen’s probe is a dangerous one, more dangerous than she can imagine, but not for the dark and deadly Dorian Black, …
A.J. Hampton’s Bending to Break is a full-throttle read with some seriously hot sex and a solid story.
It tells the tale of Kayden Gray, a half-vampire, who nightly goes out to slay the evil creatures of the night — demons, unruly vamps … you know, the usual suspects. Though slight of frame, Kayden is big on attitude and kicking butt. Oh, and engaging in verbal sparring matches with the tall and sexy vampire hunter Micah. Between their urges to strangle one another, the duo fights a serious case of the hots for each another. Their attraction accelerates into overdrive when out on a hunt one night their path crosses with a succubus with a plan. Then, before you can say condom, the couple is sexually engaged to the nth degree.
With a quest to become human and gain a mortal soul, the …
For those of you who are artistically inclined and fans of Colleen Gleason's Gardella Vampire Chronicles, I've just been informed that Kailana's Written World is running a cool contest you may be interested in.
The object is to do something in homage to Ms. Gleason's books, whether writing a bit of fan fiction, drawing a picture, or taking a photograph. Whatever you choose to do, it has to relate to the Gardella Vampire Chronicles books, The Rest Falls Away, Rises the Night and the upcoming The Bleeding Dusk.
Head on over to Kailana's Written World to find out more.
