Heroine – think Lara Croft
New World, Book #2
Heat Factor: Ana tells Kit she’s a good girl so you *know* there’s some heat here.
Character Chemistry: The Goddess has decreed it!
Plot: Kit escaped from a lab; Ana has hunted her down and is going to return her. Time for a road trip (to pound town)!
Overall: I liked that this book surprised me.
Region Two, Book #3
Reviews of Region Two Book #1 and Book #2
Heat Factor: Two fairly detailed encounters towards the end
Character Chemistry: They really like each other, but it takes them a while to figure out how to communicate
Plot: Black ops anti-monster soldier rescues line cook from evil vampire, moves him into her home, and discovers that he’s the family she’s been searching for all along
Overall: There are some nice moments, but this book needed a better editor
Heat Factor: It’s pretty fraught and steamy
Character Chemistry: There are four pairs in this generational story, and all of them have this desperate, meant-to-be energy
Plot: This is a romance that spans centuries and revolves around the sirens of the Island of Kell. It’s very gothic and desperate and sexy.
Overall: It was a tad slow for me in the beginning but then I got really into it and ended up loving it.
A Gathering of Dragons, Book #2
Reviews of A Gathering of Dragons Prequel Novella and Book #1
Heat Factor: Lots of non-penetrative sex
Character Chemistry: “I love you so much that I will sacrifice myself to save you!” “Don’t do that, I will sacrifice myself to save you from sacrificing yourself!”
Plot: Second-chance forbidden romance plus a road trip to kill a demon
Overall: This one is capital-R Romantic.
A Gathering of Dragons, Prequel Novella
Review of A Gathering of Dragons, Book 1
Heat Factor: Oral sex on the table in a pub full of people.
Character Chemistry: Instalove, but it’s willed by a goddess, so we’ll go with it.
Plot: Mala is on a divine quest to “tame the Beast of Blackmoor.” She thinks that means destroying the demon that’s been ravaging the land. Imagine her surprise when she learns that that zombie-fighting hottie she saw is *actually* the Beast of Blackmoor…and he will *never* be tamed.
Overall: Quick, sexy, satisfying
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