Dangerous Games (Riley Jensen, Guardian, Book 4)

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In Melbourne’s urban underworld, there’s a nightclub for every fantasy and desire. But for Riley Jenson, one such club has become an obsession. Riley, a rare hybrid of vampire and werewolf, hasn’t come in pursuit of pleasure but of an unknown killer who’s been using the steamy nightspot as his hunting grounds.

Leave it to Riley to find the only ticket into the heavily guarded club: Jin, a deliciously hot-bodied bartender who might just provide the key to unmasking a killer unlike any other in the Directorate’s experience. Taunted by a former colleague turned rogue, distracted by an ex-lover’s attentions, Riley follows Jin into a realm of pleasure she could never have imagined. And as danger and passion ignite, a shocking mystery begins to unravel—one where Riley herself becomes the ultimate object of desire....

Customer Reviews:

Dangerous Games.......2007-06-21

I think this is her best book yet. She did tone down the sex.Book one had alot more sex. now if this upsets you don't read.It is about werewolfs
and their desires with every full moon.The only thing that i don't like
is Riley seems to fogot that she is only half werewolf.So All the things she wish for are things that werewolfs would desire.I think if she look into her vampire side she could be very happy.Also what ever Quinn might have done to her. I don't think he meet any harm.I do think he is maddy in love with her and was thinking she might get hurt.I don't think Kellen is her soulmate.I think he will show his ture colors when she tells him her job.But as we wait for Riley&Quinn together again. I think it would be fun to see her with cole.

Site Rating: 4 1/2 - Ms. Arthur Has Penned Another Smart and Sassy Paramornal!.......2007-06-10

I am soaking wet, and then I run into Gautier, smelly vampire. It is time to take that creep out, but damn he is one scary dude. Later, Quinn takes me out to dinner and we are followed by something I have never seen before. Well, to be honest, we could not see them at all, like in nothing there. Quinn and I block-in the car, running up to it and it is empty. Then I find out: Yes, Virginia, there is a hell and there are demons... That should have been my first clue that my life was going straight to hell in a hand basket and naturally I would be right in the middle of said basket.

DANGEROUS GAMES is by authoress Keri Arthur. In the fourth book of the Riley Jenson Guardian series, Riley is once again knee deep in Guardian business fighting, killing, and sexing her way through a multitude of characters. Snappy dialogues, descriptive language and a brilliant premise makes this a must read book. Ms. Arthur is the ultimate storyteller with a bite!

Riley finds herself embroiled in a mage of trouble, literally. She finds herself in a VIP type club and meets a sexy bartender that totally turns her sexual crank. But there is more to him and she knows it. It is Riley's job to find out how demons have been brought into her world, and heaven knows, a Guardian's job is never done. She will find out more than she ever wanted to know about magic and spells. Who is behind all these evil doings? She has a feeling Gautier might be tied into all this, but is he?

Are you a fan of Ms. Arthur's? If not, you will be when you get your hands on this series. Riley is a heroine that we all want to be: tough, sexy, and smart as a whip. This reviewer highly recommends DANGEROUS GAMES!

Reviewed by Janalee Ruschhaupt, 2007
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Good, but not as good.......2007-06-07

I rated the first 3 books in this series with 5 stars and had high hopes for this one as well. It sounds strange to say I was disappointed in a book that was "only 4 stars," but I was.

The ongoing saga of the clone labs through the first 3 books kept the action going. The interactions between Riley and the other main characters added to the story and really gives a feel for the characters, beyond being just words on a page. Plus, the sex in those books was HOT!

This one seems to drift a little, like the author had to come up with a plot and just threw a bunch of ideas in a bowl, mixed it up, and looked at what fell out. The only secondary character who plays much of a role is Quinn, and he's a total (fill-in-word-here) in this book. (Riley finally gives him the boot.) The story came from nowhere and when it was over, it hadn't gone anywhere. Riley's verbal sparring with Jack's new secretary were stupid. And finally, with the exception of Riley's one scene will Kellan, the sex scenes were all filled with pain and darkness.

I will buy book 5 when it comes out. I just hope that one gets back to what made the first 3 so good...

Loved It !!!.......2007-05-14

So far i've read all four of Keri Arthur's "Riley Jensen series" and loved them all. Each is packed with action, romance and intrigue. I would highly recommend this series to anyone who is interested in paranormal romances.

Dangerous Games.......2007-05-13

I enjoy the Riley Jenson series and find her an interesting mix of a traditional and modern woman. Am hoping that she and the vampire love in her life are able to sort their differences. Looking forward to her next adventure and learning more of her 'tribe'. It is always good to find new authors as I read very quickly and prolifically.

Kissing Sin (Riley Jensen, Guardian, Book 2)

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Exciting, action packed!
Book #2
Action Packed -- Sexy -- Not Overdone
A Murder and Mayhem Bookclub review
Hopeful.

Kissing Sin (Riley Jensen, Guardian, Book 2)
Keri Arthur
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ASIN: 055358846X
Release Date: 2007-01-30

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From Melbourne’s gleaming skyscrapers to its throbbing nightclubs, Riley Jenson’s world is raging with danger and desire. A drop-dead-gorgeous werewolf–with a touch of vamp coursing in her blood–Riley works for an organization created to police the supernatural races. But when she wakes up naked and bruised in a barren alley, she knows only that she must run for her life.

Within moments Riley collides with the sexiest man she’s ever seen: steely, seductive Kade, who is fighting a life-and-death battle of his own. With old lovers and enemies gathering around her, Riley knows she is being pursued by a new kind of criminal. Because in Riley’s blood is a secret that could create the ultimate warrior–if only she can survive her own dangerous desires….

Customer Reviews:

Exciting, action packed!.......2007-08-19

I loved this book, i brought book 1 and 2 on a whim and wasn't expecting much out of them but boy did i get my money's worth! Heaps of action, fast paced with a bit of romance (ok, more than a bit), did i say it has heaps of action? What can i say about the main character Rielly? She is a really loveable character with a strong head, i can't get enough of her or her world, i can't put these books down! A really good read, i highly recommend this series.

Book #2.......2007-08-13

I was expecting this book to pick up where book #1 left off, but it didn't.

Quinn has moved on, leaving Riley back to dealing with the "moon heat."

Frankly, I thought this book was trashy. I will not be reading any further from this author.

Action Packed -- Sexy -- Not Overdone.......2007-05-29

I've read the Anita Blake series and love the books -- except the fact that sex scenes will go on for pages and pages. I think that is unnecessary. This heroine has a lot of sex, but the sex scenes don't make up the whole entire book -- like the LKH's Princess Meredith books. I do like the story line -- that the heroine is half vampire and half werewolf and that she was given drugs that seem to have enhanced her abilities. I am curious which man is going to be her mate -- is it going to be the vampire (since she is going to be converting more to her vampire side) or the new alpha werewolf, Kellen? I do like the fact that these books touch on a female's sexuality and that it isn't necessary for them to conform to the double standard in society.

A Murder and Mayhem Bookclub review.......2007-05-17

It's always hard for a werewolf to back away from a fight. Riley Jenson isn't just your garden variety werewolf either; the vampire part of her is asserting itself more as she ages. It is already too late for her twin brother Rhoan to reproduce. Rhoan's vampire characteristics have always been more evident than her own, and he is now as infertile as those in the ranks of the undead. Hoping it is not too late for herself, Riley has been making some discreet inquiries into fulfilling her own private fantasy, that of having a child.

Working for the Directorate of Other Races, Riley fears for her twin Rhoan every time he is called out to run interference between the "beasts" and humans. Rhoan is a Guardian, able to walk the streets in the daylight hours, doing his part to keep the uneasy peace of beings that are only loosely governed by the same rules as the rest of the citizens of Melbourne. When one night Riley wakes up to a scene of horror in a dark alley, she isn't sure whether she was running away for her life or trying to get back into the compound behind her. With scant memory of the last few weeks Riley is afraid, and for more reasons other than the fact that she is naked and covered in someone else's blood. Her strength and unusual qualities have not gone unnoticed by those who have previously wanted to mess with her genetically. Escaping the compound with the assistance of a gorgeous male shape-shifter named Kade, Riley runs back into the arms of those know her best: her brother, her boss and her ex-lover, the gorgeous and enigmatic vampire Quinn. They all agree; whoever is trying to create a super-race of paranormal beings is not doing it for any higher purpose. The clones that have attacked them in the past were not perfect, and they all had deadly intent.

Australian author Keri Arthur has written an atmospheric book of the night world, populated with wraiths, shape-shifters and bloodsuckers, all at war with each other and with their own unnatural agendas. As with the first book in the series (FULL MOON RISING (2006), the "rules" of this fantasy world are largely her own, whilst observing inviolate agreements about vampires frying in the sun and such like. It's refreshing that Arthur has created a character that isn't constantly beating herself up over what she is and moralizing about the depravities of her kind; Riley Jenson gets on with her life and does not apologize for whatever means and methods have been required. Tagging these novels as "paranormal romances" puts too rosy a light on them as there isn't a scrap of romance to be seen to detract from the seething sense of hidden menace. Good attention to detail with the hand to paw (or claw, or fangs) fight scenes rackets up the action component in the read.

As with all novels in this booming genre of urban fantasy, KISSING SIN is another of those guilty little pleasures. A bit of sauce is good, sauce is all part of the fictional vampire and werewolf scene, but the amount of gratuitous sex indulged in by Riley Jenson here is very off-putting. Not for its content, graphic or otherwise but more for its frequency and irrelevance. Another trap; too many hot and willing male characters popping up all over the place with whom Riley supposedly has a true connection. Less is going to more here, as with the reader's attention being dragged about all over the place (too many future plot threads perhaps); the emphasis is taken away from the developing storyline. All the ingredients for success are here and were laid out well with the first novel of the series, but the freer hand given with KISSING SIN detracts greatly from the read.

Hopeful........2007-05-10

I really enjoyed her first book better, Rising Moon. This book was kind of slow for me. It was really action based and not enough love for me. I'm hoping the next book will be better. The sex scenes were alot better in the first book too.

Tempting Evil (Riley Jensen, Guardian, Book 3)

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A can't-put-down read!
It was okay
A true page turner..
Riley Jenson Rocks!
The Most Original Paranormal Series In Years!

Tempting Evil (Riley Jensen, Guardian, Book 3)
Keri Arthur
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ASIN: 0553588478
Release Date: 2007-02-27

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In a world of sorcery and seduction, the nights bring out the beautiful, the damned, and the desired. Here, Riley Jenson is on her own–half werewolf, half vampire, working for an organization created to police the supernatural races. Trusting her superiors and lovers barely more than she trusts her worst enemies, Riley plays by her own set of rules. Her latest mission: to enter the heavily guarded pleasure palace of a criminal named Deshon Starr–a madman-scientist who’s been messing around in the gene pool for decades.

With two sexy men–a cool, seductive vampire and an irresistibly hot wolf–vying for her attention, Riley must keep focused. Because saving the world from Deshon Starr will mean saving herself–from the trap that’s closing in around her. . . .

Customer Reviews:

A can't-put-down read!.......2007-08-19

I'm in the middle of reading this book and loving every second of it. Its better than book 2 and about the same as book 1. I recommend this book, especially to those who have already read books 1 and 2. It's preferable if you read these books in order as you will have the back story and know who everyone is and how they met etc. Its like 1 continuous story split into a couple of books. A must read!

It was okay.......2007-07-19

Riley is sucked into a job she never wanted...from the paper pool to deep undercover. She finally finds the inlet she needs to enter into the crime bosses home of business, only to discover that she may have bitten off more than she can chew. I gotta give it to Arthur when it comes to action, but her dialogue and plot bite.

Sorry guys, but I definitely had a few chuckles reading all those rave reviews. It makes me wonder if any one of you bother to read literature. You know, those things with hard covers and pages in-between where somebody actually has to have a gift, a talent, to create a work of art? Yea, yea, I know about 70% (probably even more) of the books out there would sooo not be considered good literature, but still, I expect my writer to be able to write plausible dialogue. (i.e. "I want you" . . . then Riley says, "As I you.") Huh. How many people you know out there use those words. "As I you." Hmmm. I don't know about you but I can't think of one person. This is only one example of many within the book. Then there is the "whispering wind." I don't know about you, but I was beginning to think this "whispering wind," was another character in the book, being that it was mentioned so often.

Lastly, and most obviously, PLEEEEESE, PLEEESE, give me a break, Arthur. Really now. How realistic is it for a character to miraculously develop all these numerous and untrained talents and be able to use them and defeat EVERYBODY she comes across. In the previous novel, the bad guy had such unbelievable mind control over everyone (i.e. Misha and all the clones) that he could control them and read them from large distances, but she somehow manages to keep him out of her mind at close range? Duh! Do we look that stupid? Well, according the other 10 reviewers, apparently some of us do, but I don't, and I don't think others would be impressed. Sorry, but I'll take a pass on this series.

A true page turner.........2007-05-14

If you like paranormal books, then this series by Keri Arthur is one you shouldn't miss. Riley Jensen is back (Full Moon Rising-Book 1, and Kissing Sin-Book 2) and stronger than ever, discovering new side-effects of an experimental fertility drug that was injected in her (Book 1) and how they enhance her already questionable powers (because of her vampire/werewolf blood).
I personally love this whole series, it is one of my favorite reads and I always anticipate the next one being released. One piece of advice though is to make sure to pick up the first two before reading the third one, that way you'll be caught up on Riley's storyline.

Riley Jenson Rocks!.......2007-05-14

It's not often that you see the better side to werewolves when thier compared to vampires. Many authors prefer to give the view of the wolves just being the hired muscle. This is NOT true of Riley Jenson. Don't get me wrong, she is quite tough, but she is also depicted as powerful, seductive, and intelligent. The sex clubs of the werewolves is a place I think that humanity craves, but gets hung up on it's victorian era mentality of chastity and sex with strings attached. The fact that they show a little of her relaxing moments in with the adventure allows the mind time to recouperate and catch a breather. In sets a tango's tempo to the story and enchants you. The only thing that I will complain on is that at the end I want to keep reading. Maybe the next book will alow a little after-glow to the story.

The Most Original Paranormal Series In Years!.......2007-05-13

My name is Riley Jenson. First off let's get something straight between us. I was born a bitch, so don't push it. Yeah, that's right. My mother was a werewolf and my father was a vampire, and I play by my own rule, well somewhat. I do work for an organization that keeps an eye on the unlawful activities of the supernatural races and they can really cramp my style sometimes. Now, my latest mission is to infiltrate the heavy guarded pleasure den of Deshon Starr. This is one crazy guy that likes to mix up his creatures, if you get my drift. And in more ways than one, you will find out after you read my story. So let's get cracking we have a lot of ground to cover.

TEMPTING EVIL is by authoress Keri Arthur. In a sharp-tongued first person voice, Ms. Arthur lashes out with the accuracy of a master swordsman, penning one of the best new series this reviewer has read in years. TEMPTING EVIL is a combination of fantasy, paranormal, thriller and futuristic. All tightly woven to give the ultimate reading experience from a spellbinding storyteller. And sexy--white-hot sexy from the word go.

Riley is one tough cookie. Along with being a kick-butt woman, she also is one sexually hungry creature that likes her men served up hot and hard, and frequently at that. She is a wolf, and they have no problem being promiscuous. If it looks good, do it.

At this time of her life, she has three different men vying for her attention, and she loves it. But right now, things are hairy with her new assignment and all the dangers at every corner she encounters. She will be tested, over and over again. Pushing her strength, intelligence, and creatively to their limits, but this is one woman that is more than up to the challenge.

TEMPTING EVIL is amazingly creative, and it was so good, this reviewer went out and personally bought the first two books in the series to live in the heated moonlight along with Riley. Ms. Arthur is sure to be a household name in her genre, mark this reviewer's words. If you are hungering for a new author, with loads of talent, then run...don't walk to pickup a copy of TEMPTING EVIL.

Reviewed by Janalee Ruschhaupt, 2007
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Dark Guardian (The Carpathians (Dark) Series, Book 8)

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Book #8
Sick of the silly women in these stories
Good story
Lucian rocks and so does his lifemate!!
Enjoyable book but not her best

Dark Guardian (The Carpathians (Dark) Series, Book 8)
Christine Feehan
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ASIN: 0843949945

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For centuries, Lucian Daratrazanoff has been the dark guardian of his people, living a bleak existence of violence and horror. But now his kind, the Carpathians, are dying out or falling prey to the souless life of vampires. Only by finding and claiming his destined life mate can Lucian stave off the ever present lure of the soulless evil. Part man, part predator, Lucian will stop at nothing in order to find his mate. Jaxon Montgomery is anything but ordinary. She is stubborn, independent, but a damn good cop with an unerring sense of impending danger. Honed by a traumatic childhood and years of training in Special Forces, she is determined to sacrifice everything to protect others. But now the monster from her childhood has returned, and anyone who befriends her is in mortal danger. The last thing she needs is to become involved with a man, even one as mesmerizing and bewitching as Lucian Daratrazanoff. But Lucian will not be rebuffed, and is determined to possess her, to guard her for all time, to make her his life mate...and save his soul. Read by Juanita Parker. 12 CD's 13 Hrs.

Customer Reviews:

Book #8.......2007-08-14

This was one of my favorites.

Lucian--twin brother to Gabriel--the two OLDEST carpathian's so close to turning into vampires they have put themselves in the ground for a very long time.

Lucian meets his mate, Jax, a police officer on the run from her abusive (and psychotic) stepfather who killed her family.

I really liked this book.

Jax gives Lucian a run for his money. He doesn't know what to think (or do) with a girl worried with protecting... HIM. He has always been "the protector." Now, Jax wants him to be "the protectee." LOL

I'm not going to give away the rest, but this was a great read.

I really liked how "they" link to Franscesca thru (yes thru) Gabriel's twin/carpathian mental connection to perform healing.

Enjoy!

Sick of the silly women in these stories.......2007-06-25

I adore this entire series and I have just finished Dark Guardian and I'm on to the next one. I have to say that I get a little annoyed by Jaxxon and all the women like her who are all "Sex me Sex me" but then two seconds later are like "I want my freedom ya' BIG Jerk" It frustrates me to no end.
I loved Dark Legend and Aiden's story as well. I recommend these to everyone just maybe not so much Dark Guardian.

Good story.......2007-04-05

It is a good book. It follows the series well, the plot stays with the ones that come before it.
The sex scenes are too drawn out, the story line is good though. I have become accustom to skipping the 3-4 page long sex and then starting to read again.
I'll continure to buy the dark series, just because I like the stories.

Lucian rocks and so does his lifemate!!.......2007-03-09

This is the first book in the dark series since the first two (Dark Prince and Dark Desire) where I really like both the Carpathian male and his lifemate. Lucian, probably the most powerful of the Carpathians along with his twin brother Gabriel, finally finds a lifemate after keeping Gabriel alive for so many years until he'd found his. At the end of Dark Legend (which is Gabriel's story) Lucian asks Gabriel to kill him so he won't have to go on living a lonely and desolate existence. Gabriel attempts to do so but is stopped by his own lifemate who swears that Lucian will find his lifemate soon and must hold on to life until he does. Jaxon becomes the woman of Lucian's dreams but there is one big difference between Jaxon and most of the other female lifemates--she won't just sit by and let Lucian do all the fighting. He may be powerful, but Jaxon won't take any chances with his life. She will have his back or he will do no fighting at all. And Lucian allows this, because unlike most other Carpathian males, most notably Gregori, he will not quell his lifemate's aspirations. He accepts Jaxon as his equal which is one of the reasons that this book really worked for me. I also absolutely loved the ending and I love that Gabriel shows up often as a voice in Lucian's head and vice versa. Another very interesting point in this novel is that Lucian met Jesus Christ some two thousand years earlier and desribes him as a truly beautiful and guileless mind. I really loved that picture. Feehan, rock on!

Enjoyable book but not her best.......2007-02-19

I am a fan of Christine Feehan's books. I looked forward to this book but found it fell a little flat. Jaxxon started as a very complex character with tremendous potential but by the end of the book as flat and defined by one or two traits no where near as interesting as Destiny in Dark Destiny or Natalya in Dark Demon.

Lucian had no challenge worthy of him to really push him to grow, although how you would do that with the greatest known Carpathian is a true creative challenge for Ms. Feehan. I would enjoy to see a challenge worthy of getting the twins back together. Seeing the interchange between the brothers shows a side you rarely get to see of the Carpathians. I would like to be a fly on the wall for a Daranatoff family reunion.

Enjoyable read but she has not yet begun her major story arc with the mages and the Morrison institute. It is a stand alone work. Helpful to read Dark Legend first but not essential.

Return of the Guardian-King (Legends of the Guardian-King)

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I loved this series!
A Tour de Force!
Finale not to be missed
Good Conclusion
The Review Unwritten

Return of the Guardian-King (Legends of the Guardian-King)
Karen Hancock
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ASIN: 0764227971
Release Date: 2007-04-01

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The powerful finale to the Christy Award-winning novels in the LEGENDS OF THE GUARDIAN-KING series Believed dead by all but the handful of supporters who rescued him from his Mataian enemies, Abramm Kalladorne has fled his homeland to the high mountains of northern Chesedh. Traveling under a new name with a group of bitter and increasingly desperate fellow exiles, Abramm hopes to reunite with his wife in Chesedh, where he will offer his services to her father in fighting the invading armies of the Black Moon. But with every step he is hindered, delayed, and diverted from the direction he desires to go, and it soon becomes clear Eidon has other plans for him. In the royal city of Fannath Rill, Maddie alone believes Abramm still lives. But since she has no proof, her friends, family, and public opinion press her to remarry. With its neighboring realms now under enemy control, Chesedh has become the last bastion of Eidon’s Light. Desperately overmatched, it cannot survive on its own. Yet the rich, handsome eastern warlord who is openly courting Maddie has a vast fleet of galley ships that could turn the tide in Chesedh’s favor....

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I loved this series!.......2007-09-19

This is a great ending to a wonderful story. Karen Hancock has my vote for Great Modern Writer of Christian Allegory.

A Tour de Force!.......2007-07-08

I have loved Karen Hancock's books ever since discovering The Light of Eidon. Except for The Lord of the Rings, I rarely if ever read sci/fi or fantasy, but once I opened the first page of the first of her 4-part series, I was enthralled with Abramm Kalladorne and his spiritual journey. Each book in the series has been a wonderful tale of adventure, friendship, spiritual growth and maturity, with all the things that make for good storytelling--heroism, valor, sacrifice, great secondary characters, wonderful edge-of-your-seat cliffhanger chapter endings, against-all-odds battles, romance, you name it, Hancock knows how to deliver!
But the best part of all is her underlying spiritual themes. It's the 'pilgrim's progress' of an individual's coming to know the Truth and then learning how to walk in truth. I was brought to tears in so many places during her narratives as her characters went through testings and then received great rewards.

Finale not to be missed.......2007-06-04

Karen Hancock's final book is spellbinding and a fitting end to this wonderful fantasy/allegorical series. The faith and love of Abramm, Maddie and Trap are tested more than ever before and their responses are genuine and heartfelt. The reader has little difficulty imagining the land, the people and the intricate politics of the warring countries as Karen's writing is of the highest calibre. The characters' individual struggles are portrayed so well that I was fully invested in the outcomes of their choices. The tension between Trap and Carissa and their languishing marriage was excellent and juxtaposed beautifully with Abramm and Maddie's seemingly unfounded commitment to each other despite their physical separation. Staffids, shapeshifters and the purging of physical evil by the cleansing light of Eidon are vivid allegorical descriptions of our own lives.

Return of the Guardian King is engrossing, entertaining and challenging. The message at it's heart is powerful and not to be missed. This is a landmark series to be enjoyed more than once.

Good Conclusion.......2007-05-27

An enjoyable end to the Legends series. Lots of action, romance and well done Christian allegory. The writing could have been a bit crisper and i missed the political intrigue of the earlier books. It is always hard to read a final book because you know the hero wins its just a question of how and who dies along the way.

The Review Unwritten.......2007-05-23

I finished reading it late last week and I cannot get it out of my head. I envision shadowspawn in my laundry basket, I see dragons in my dreams. I have so much to write, but my hands are bound. I can't spoil it for you! That would just be wrong. So, I'll say nothing. Nothing at all.

Well, okay. Just a little.

You will never forget the simply delicious new character, Draek Tiris. Handsome, eloquent, rich, and set to win Maddie. And to think he's - Uh oh! There I go. I can't tell you or it will ruin everything.

Okay then, here's something. There are so many emotionally poignant moments. I broke down and cried when Maddie discovers her sons are - Oh! I can't tell you that either! Never mind.

But I can tell you about Abramm, of course. Abramm and the importance of the dragon insignia on his coat of arms, and the same emblem tattooed on his arm. Remember that? From the first book? It is all woven together so beautifully and comes to a magnificent climax when - No!

Gillard! You'll be blown away, truly blown away by Gillard's - Sigh. Not even that.

I can't tell you anything, except read it. Read. It. And if you haven't read the previous books, you should, but you don't necessarily have to, to enjoy this one, but why wouldn't you? Just read them all.

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Cute book for anyone who has lost a pet
good for kids or parents of their 'forever dog'
Children's Book

For Every Dog an Angel
Christine Davis
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For Every Dog An angel is a light, magical little book that honors the timeless connection between people and their canine companions. Written from the heart after the unexpected loss of her "forever dog" Martha, this charming book will bring comfort to anyone who has ever had to say goodbye to their best four-legged friend. For Every Dog An Angel is also a heart-felt way to welcome a new puppy or to celebrate a much-loved doggie friend.

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GREAT BOOK! .......2007-09-26

This book was great. It made me cry, it was a very refreshing look at the life and death of a dog. Great. I highly recommend this book to anyone who believes the love remeans. People who do not have any animals or have every really loved an animal can not relate to how we feel when one dies, but this book hit the nail on the head. It can not bring my dog back but it helped my move on and open my heart for a new little friend. LOVED IT.....

Great little book.......2007-08-25

I ordered this book shortly after losing our beloved dog, of twelve years. It warmed my heart and made me cry . After reading it both my husband and I realized that even though our forever dog was gone. She would always live in our hearts. I also gave this sweet little book to a close friend that lost her dog soon after I did. She loved it too. Also it's a great little book for a new dog owner as well.

Cute book for anyone who has lost a pet.......2007-08-23

I recently lost my pet and I knew someone who went through this also. After I read this little book I knew they would love it.

good for kids or parents of their 'forever dog'.......2007-08-16

I am a 30 year old pet mother, and I bought this book when Marley, our 13 year old lab mutt died, I bought it for my daugter, whose 5. She liked it, but it really lovely for anyone who truly loves their animal of any age, it made me bawl and bawl with happiness. A truely lovely book, and out of all the dog grief books I bought, this one was the best!

Children's Book.......2007-08-11

I was disappointed. This is a children's book and should be classified as such.

Full Moon Rising (Riley Jensen, Guardian, Book 1)

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Dreadful
A howlingly good read
Book #1 in this series
First of a series about a half werewolf, half vampire woman
Full Moon Rising

Full Moon Rising (Riley Jensen, Guardian, Book 1)
Keri Arthur
Manufacturer: Dell
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ASIN: 0553588451
Release Date: 2006-12-26

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In this exciting debut, author Keri Arthur explodes onto the supernatural scene with a sexy, sensuous tale of intrigue and suspense set in a world where legends walk and the shady paths of the underworld are far more sinister than anyone envisioned.

A rare hybrid of vampire and werewolf, Riley Jenson and her twin brother, Rhoan, work for Melbourne’s Directorate of Other Races, an organization created to police the supernatural races–and protect humans from their depredations. While Rhoan is an exalted guardian, a.k.a. assassin, Riley is merely an office worker–until her brother goes missing on one of his missions. The timing couldn’t be worse. More werewolf than vampire, Riley is vulnerable to the moon heat, the weeklong period before the full moon, when her need to mate becomes all-consuming.…

Luckily Riley has two willing partners to satisfy her every need. But she will have to control her urges if she’s going to find her brother….Easier said than done as the city pulses with frenzied desire, and Riley is confronted with a very powerful–and delectably naked–vamp who raises her temperature like never before.

In matters carnal, Riley has met her match. But in matters criminal, she must follow her instincts not only to find her brother but to stop an unholy harvest. For someone is doing some shifty cloning in an attempt to produce the ultimate warrior–by tapping into the genome of nonhumans like Rhoan. Now Riley knows just how dangerous the world is for her kind–and just how much it needs her.

From the Hardcover edition.

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Keri Arthur received a “perfect 10” from Romance Reviews Today and was nominated for Best Shapeshifter in PNR’s PEARL Awards and in the Best Contemporary Paranormal category of the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Awards. She lives with her husband and daughter in Melbourne, Australia.

From the Hardcover edition.

Customer Reviews:

Dreadful.......2007-08-22

The story could be interesting, but the writing is very disappointing. The sex scenes are just *awful*, and the pacing is off. Save your money - this is another author trying to cash in on the sex-and-supernatural trend.

A howlingly good read.......2007-08-20

I'm not a real fan of what I call "white" Australian writing though some authors do have merit but not many (could change my mind here!), but I have to confess I have really enjoyed Keri Arthur's series of books with Riley Jensen as the reluctant Vampire/Warewolf Hybrid who finds herself in a whole heap of trouble when her twin brother goes missing (he's a Guardian and works for an organisation that helps keep the peace between humans and other world creatures) and bodies start piling up, an amnesiac hunky Vampire appears at her apartment, and she is reluctantly dragged into the murky world of the Guardians in order to find her brother and work out why someone is trying to kill her new Vampire friend.

Riley is a likable protagonist with surprising human failings (despite being a non-human) such as compassion and kindness, hence the reason she refuses to become a Guardian and would rather work for them as an Administrator but her boss Jack knows she is perfectly capable of being as ruthless as her brother, something she has been avoiding since coming to the big city to live.

All in all a good fun and easy read which I can highly recommend.

Book #1 in this series.......2007-08-13

I read this book shortly after it was released, but failed to post a review at Amazon. Since I recently got dogged about this failure I'm digging out my trusty index box where I keep my personal reviews of all the books I have read--ranked and alphabetized by author.

I liked this book. It does not end, but continues on... Riley and her brother are 1/2 werewolf and 1/2 vampire.

Riley searches for her brother with help of Quinn (vampire).

This book was VERY different. Riley was...uh...promiscuous, so this book may not be for everyone! She "suffered" from the "moon heat" and had multiple...uh...helpers...to alleviate the....suffering???

Yeah, well...at the time this book was so different, it was good.

First of a series about a half werewolf, half vampire woman.......2007-08-05

Werewolf novels and vampire novels are both hugely popular in the urban fantasy genre - and Keri Arthur, in "Full Moon Rising", has combined the two in her heroine, Riley Jensen, a hybrid of a werewolf and a vampire. Riley's Werewolf side seems mostly to the fore - she changes into a wolf, she doesn't need to drink blood, can go out in the daytime, but does have a few vampire tricks up her sleeve such as the ability to sense things in a psychic way and to resist glamour.

Riley's twin brother Rhoan works for Melbourne's Directorate of Other Races as a Guardian - this means he is sent to dispose of any of the supernatural race that commit crimes (and the disposal is usually permanent). However when Rhoan goes missing Riley begins to worry, especially as ten other Guardians have gone missing and been found dead recently. Riley tries to persuade Rhoan's boss Jack to hunt for him, but Jack wants Riley to become a Guardian and seems to be using Rhoan's disappearance as a lever to persuade her to join. Just to add to the complication, Riley discovers a naked vampire camped outside her front door - Quinn, the vampire, can't remember what happened to him but knows he wants to talk to Rhoan and he gets dragged into the plot when it becomes clear he has a significant interest in what's been happening.

What follows is the hunt for Rhoan alongside the discovery of a plot to clone humans and supernatural creatures. Riley finds herself working with the now-clothed Quinn who turns out to be a billionaire who's over a thousand years old, with Rhoan and his lover and with the mysterious Jack, boss of the Guardians. Her time is also spent with her two lovers, Talon and Misha, both werewolves.

Although there's a well structured plot in this story it is interspersed with a lot of sex. Apparently werewolves have the mating urge for the week before the full moon and it's evidently very strong - Riley has two mates, has had up to four, and this polyandry is the norm. I wondered how, in this society, the werewolves had ever been able to integrate if one week per month they were raving sex maniacs. Anyway, Riley's making do with her mates until she finds her soulmate - but what happens if she does find him but he refuses to get into a relationship with a werewolf? Riley finds her problems compound as the plot continues as she doesn't know who to trust and who to believe and people that she thought were unconnected to the disappearance of Rhoan appear no longer to be innocent.

This is an interesting new twist on the werewolf and vampire story, although I wasn't very comfortable with the weeklong mating urge thing as I felt it rather derailed the plot and the pacing at times. Still it was an interesting enough read, it was fun that the setting was Australia rather than America, and Riley was an enjoyably feisty heroine. Quinn was an interesting character too, although I felt too much was made of his financial status (and also of Talon's) - are there that many millionaires/billionaires out there and would they hang out with people such as Riley?

This book is the first of a series and it was very clear at the end that the reader is encouraged to buy the next in the series. Although the story reached some sort of a resolution there were many significant loose ends which I imagine are to be addressed, at least in part, in the next book. Although I did enjoy reading this one I don't think I found the overall premise and the writing style gripped me enough to cause me to search out the next in the series.

Full Moon Rising.......2007-06-30

I've been meaning to read this book for the longest time, but it took me a while to get around to it because it was only recently released in Australia and it was an amazing read. Keri has managed to find a whole new spin to the paranormal genre featuring vampire/werewolf characters. The story has an undercurrent of sensuality and eroticism that is unselfconscious.

Full Moon Rising was a page-turner and I loved Riley and her world. Can't wait to dip more into this universe and thankfully Keri is such a prolific writer that there are four more Riley books waiting for me to jump into. Best of all Full Moon Rising is set in Melbourne and as a fellow Melbournian this fact made this book even closer to my heart.

Light My Fire (Aisling Grey, Guardian, Book 3)

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Light My Fire- Hillarious
Brilliant Fun!!
Silly Fun Series
I love the series
getting there....

Light My Fire (Aisling Grey, Guardian, Book 3)
Katie MacAlister
Manufacturer: Signet
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ASIN: 0451219821

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Aisling Grey is juggling being a demon lord, a Guardian, and a wyvern's mate, even though she's keeping her distance from said wyvern, Drake, these days. But her presence is still required at a meeting of the green dragons. Since several attempts have been made on her life, Drake is sure to get protective of her. Which might not be a bad thing when war breaks out and all hell breaks loose-literally.

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Light My Fire- Hillarious.......2007-08-24

I loved this one just as much as the other books in this series! I laughed out loud at the comedy scenes and can't wait for the next one.

Brilliant Fun!!.......2007-07-21

I adore Katie Macalister and this series. I'm a native New Yorker, and ride the subway to work every day. Even though the subway is overcrowded and there are usually some less than savory characters, my commute just flies by with Katie's books (the entire Aisling Grey series, as well as her other books, including her vampire series!). I am beyond excited when I find out she's written another book. Serious, deep literary stuff it is not, but if you're looking for a FUN read for travel, before bed, or to even give you some new ideas with your love life, buy her books. I'm so glad I did!!

Silly Fun Series.......2007-07-10

I love this series. It is definitely popcorn and chocolate not fine wine. That is what makes it so great. It is silly. It is very easy to read. The dog is a great side kick. He constantly makes me laugh. This book is fun to read. It is never a chore to read.

In this edition we learn a lot more about all of the characters. We especially get a final understanding about who or what Jim is as well as who Rene is.

My only complaint is that like her previous two novels, this one is just too short. Well not really but it leaves me begging and wishing for more. I can not wait for the next one to release. I always preorder this series well in advance from Amazon to ensure its prompt arrival on my door step.

I love the series.......2007-06-03

She will get you waiting for the next book. The only thing that make me mad is that Katie MacAlister only come out with one book a year in this series.

getting there...........2007-05-11

So this is book 3- I've read all three- in order- over the past few months. There is a lot I like about these books, I've enjoyed reading them, and look forward to more.

But- and you heard that coming- It's starting to feel like the story isn't really going anywhere. Don't get me wrong- there's action, and things keep adding in to the trials and tribulations- but it's becoming circular. It seems like Aisling hasn't made any progress, she's still just reacting to things- which is mentioned in the book. As frustrating as it is for the main character, it's becoming even more so for the reader.

Hopefully the next book in the lineup will get us going in the direction I'm hoping for, and we'll get to see more answers then questions.
Again- I enjoy them, I will read the next one, I just have high hopes.

You Slay Me (Aisling Grey, Guardian, Book 1)

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the 4.5 reader rating is wrong
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You Slay Me (Aisling Grey, Guardian, Book 1)
Katie MacAlister
Manufacturer: Onyx
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0451411528
Release Date: 2004-09-07

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Aisling Grey is a courier enjoying a free, work-related trip to Paris when she learns she's a Guardian. That's a keeper of the Gates of Hell, for those who don't know. She finds this out from Drake Vireo, who's scrumptiously sexy-at least in his human form. Now Drake has stolen the package Aisling was sent to deliver, and she must track him down, get the package, and try to resist the passion boiling inside her.

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Excellent Read!.......2007-09-07

I really love Katie Macalister's books. Her heroines are not perfect Barbie dolls and the men are not all perfect alphas. I laughed out loud at several pages, I even had to put the book away because it was so funny. I was in public eating lunch.

Jim is my favorite sidekick. Remember that saying about a good friend bailing you out of jail, but a best friend will be with you in jail. That's Jim.

Can't wait for the next installment.

Super Reader.......2007-08-27

This is pretty lightweight stuff, meant to be so, I believe. Sort of somewhere between Men In Black and Midsomer Murders.

A clueless girl finds out she is a Guardian, basically supposed to keep watch over a portal to make sure not too many demons and monsters come through. She has a few super powers to help with that she starts to learn, including demon summoning, which means she has a big black demon dog to follow her around.

Seems it is tricky as she has a dragon she wants to shag, as well.

Stupid.......2007-08-05

These books slay me. How this sort of rubbish gets published I'll never know. AND why do I read them? I should have learnt from last time. **Sigh**
A Silly shallow story about Aisling Grey, a supposed Guardian who is a Wyvern's Mate. Of course not any Wyvern but the Leader of the Green Wyvern (Do Heroines EVER love the Janitor?) The Plot is thin at best and it kills me that trees died for this drivel. Very poor quality 4/10

the 4.5 reader rating is wrong.......2007-07-03

usually the reader ratings on amazon are dead on, but not this time. i am glad i checked this out at the library. i read the entire book, just because i hate not finishing a story. i was 2/3 in before the story picked up. don't understand how she could not know she was a guardian or find someone who was willing to teach her how to be a guardian, then all of a sudden she just knew how to access her magic. i did like the dog, had the best lines. i also liked how she didn't submitt to drake even though she was his mate. i have noticed that mate automaticly fall in love without know the person. i am going to read the next book in the series, maybe it gets better

Okay.......2007-06-23

I am a huge fan of the vampire books, but could not get into the guardian books at all. :(

When Darkness Comes (Guardians of Eternity, Book 1)

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Three and a Half Stars
Funny Dialogue, Enjoyable Book
Abby, the potty-mouthed nag hag heroine.
Dull, confusing and weak character development
Weak Characters

When Darkness Comes (Guardians of Eternity, Book 1)
Alexandra Ivy
Manufacturer: Zebra
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0821779354

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Three and a Half Stars.......2007-09-01

Following an incident in her employer's house, Abby Barlow has become the Chalice. She and Dante (the Chalice's vampire protector) set out to discover how this has happened and if there is any way for this process to be reversed.

I've been reading a lot of first books in a series, recently, and this (Book 1 of the Guardians of Eternity) is a definite improvement on most of them.

The book starts with a bang, and the plot doesn't let up 'til about page 180. Unfortunately because it starts at this breakneck speed it does have some uneven pacing, with the middle of the book lagging a little before picking up again.

The characters are well written and there is an undeniable chemistry between Dante and Abby. Dante has a dry sense of humour, with which he is only too happy, to provoke Abby. And the banter between the pair really brings them to life. Though I could have done without being constantly reminded how terrible Abby's early life was.

The secondary characters are well fleshed out, in particular Viper who on first meeting Abby practically oozes sex across the page. I wish we could have spent more time with him and also Troy and The Shalott. (But it isn't their book, fingers crossed we will be seeing more of them in the future). The bad guys are not two-dimensional and their motivations are well explained.

It's not perfect, as well as the above-mentioned pacing problem, there is a reliance on some coincidences to keep the plot moving and I noticed one slip in continuity.

However, it held my interest and I'm looking forward to picking up the second book in the series Embrace the Darkness which will feature Viper and The Shalott.

Funny Dialogue, Enjoyable Book.......2007-08-17

I just finished this book. I did not have any expectations and was pleasantly suprised at how funny the dialogue was. I enjoyed Dante's character, but I loved Viper. I am looking forward to reading his story in Embrace the Darkness (book 2).

If you enjoy paranormal romance, I recommend giving this series a try.

Abby, the potty-mouthed nag hag heroine........2007-07-29

This book is unspeakably awful. The clues are there from the very first page.

First clue. The copyright is owned not by Alexandra Ivy, but by Debbie Raleigh. Which probably means Debbie who lives in Raleigh NC. A whole different ballgame from Alexandra Ivy.

Second clue. On page 13 the heroine says she's an idiot 'when it comes to choosing men.' That means she's had a lot of relationships. That many of them have gone bad. And that she's chosen to blame herself entirely. In other words...a doormat tenement ho'. Well. If you make your partner choices based entirely on looks no wonder things can go a little wrong.

The heroine says she's 'passably average' in the looks department. Passably? Does that mean she is plug-ugly? But all the handsome vampire warriors think she's lovely. Are they blind or just stupid?

Both Dante and Viper talk about the heroine Abby's 'innocence and purity.' Ha, ha, haaa. On nearly every page she's using a phrase like 'Holy hell, holy crap, freaking this, freaking that.' She's a D.O.G. (with capitals) I know some romance readers get very excited when a no-class dog has a handsome guy fall for her. I'm not one of those readers. I tend to feel sorry for the guy. Saddled with a hag as a partner. Or in Dante's case; a nag hag. Because, boy, does Abby whine and like to have the last word. Which is usually a curse. So actually, Dante ends up with a potty-mouthed nag hag.

And who on earth still eats pancakes, eggs and bacon for breakfast?? Apart from our heroine Abby that is. She will be a 20-plus size before she is 30-years old.

Just why does Abby find it so hard to get proper work? Her cultural references seem to be TV soaps, Buffy, Dawn of the Dead and shopping in malls. So obviously she's not had an education. Why is she so convinced she'll end up as a bag-lady pushing a shopping cart around? Ok, her parents were not the greatest but it's not as though either they or her six siblings are still around to weigh down her life. At one point Abby says she's afraid of becoming 'a cheap hooker servicing drunks in a sleazy motel.' But that is exactly how she talks and behaves for the whole of the novel. This is not a heroine who has any good aspirations of what she is going to do with her life. I thought Buffy was a middle-class teenager not a no-class loser.

Later there is a petty squabble between the main couple about whether he thinks she is stupid. The poor guy has to spend time stroking her horrible, shallow ego. How is that of any relevance to the plot?

There is a mystery in this story. Why did Selena, the supposed all powerful previous Chalice, die? But this question is dragged out for the whole of the book. The hero, Dante, who's mission is to protect the Chalice, hasn't a clue. Or a clue about getting a clue. He confesses that he spent his time lusting after Abby instead of carrying out his job. Jerk.

This novel has everything in it. Witches, zombies, lightning-bolt shooting wizards, onion (?) demons, and vampires who are not afraid to sink their fangs into their enemies. None of it amounts to anything like a coherent plot. Just one lightweight TV episode after another. Suddenly in chapter 12 the chief baddie, up til that point known as 'The Master' changes into someone called 'Rafael.' So he promptly loses all his charisma and mystique, becoming just another expendable bozo in the process. And around this point it also becomes clear that someone changed their mind about who was going to be the chief baddie in the story. The focus becomes the witches not the wizard.

Like I said. Awful.

Dull, confusing and weak character development.......2007-06-17

As someone already mentioned the endearment lover was used and every time I read it it felt wrong. The endearment Love would have worked much better.

I have no idea who these characters. We get a whole bunch of awful stuff from Abby about how horrible her life was, but nothing in how she acts is really influenced by her past. I have no idea how she came to work at the mansion for Selene. I have no idea why should would be attracted to Dante after initially being introduced to him as an irritant. I have no really good idea why he is an irritant. I have no idea what this world is? Does everyone know about the paranormal or is there and underground of it? What is this clan that Dante belongs to? What does it consist of? Who is the head of it and if Vampires are a solitary lot why is there a Clan? is there more than one clan?

The writing is subpar. The descriptions of scenes are usually very difficult to figure out.

In the beginning we meet Abby wondering wondering what to do about a broken Ming vase. She's on the ground getting ready to hide the pieces when Dante enters the room. She turns around and blocks the view of the broken vase. How she can block the view of the broken vase from someone who is standing, I don't understand, but she does. In that same scene there is a mention of her not backing up because she will back into the broken pieces then then a big bang and she's knocked onto her back. But she doesn't land on the broken pieces.

Another scene that I still don't know what I missed after reading 4 times, Dante is giving Abby a bath in a, I'm pretty sure, sunken bath tub. I never read that he took his clothes off or that she was taken out of the bath or the water was drained. One minute she's lifting her damp arms to pull him closer and closer he comes. After that interlude he does dry her off and lifts her and takes her to the bed, that is covered in silk sheets and puts her to bed. She asks him to stay with her and he gets into bed. This whole scene I'm wonder how he's not dripping and how he manages to not make the bed wet.

This is a poorly written and poorly edited book.

Weak Characters.......2007-06-12

I have been reading the vampire genre for quite some time now and there are many authors out there who do a remarkable job weaving their stories of these otherworldly cast of characters.

Unfortunately, this wasn't one of them. I really tried to get into this story but I found the main characters lacking in depth. Dante had the potential to be a great hero vampire but regrettably, the author didn't delve into the character enough. He was bound to the chalice for the soul purpose of protecting her. Where were those great powers that he should have been endowed with to enable him to fulfill the job. As for chemistry between Dante and Abby, there was none... Yes there were sex scenes, but I couldn't see where Dante's attraction to Abby stemmed from. There were also too many contradictions in Abby's character for me to connect with her.

The story line sounded great, but unfortunately it did not hold up to what I expected. If you truley want to read some great masters of the vampire genre, I would recommend Sherrilyn Kenyon, J.R. Ward and Kresley Cole.

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