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Kiss at Your Own Risk (Soulfire #1)

by Stephanie Rowe (Goodreads Author)

3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 · rating details · 605 ratings · 115 reviews

He needed a killer woman...

Blaine Underhill is one lucky man after having recently escaped a century and a half of imprisonment at the hands of an evil witch. Now he's determined to save his still-enslaved friend, but in order to do so, he'll need the help of one of the world's most lethal women.

She was drop dead gorgeous, literally...

Trinity Harpswell is sick and tired of...more

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Published January 1st 2011 by Sourcebooks Casablanca (first published November 22nd 2010)

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Jul 21, 2012 Rachel rated it 1 of 5 stars

While I appreciate the basics of this book the lead villain just pissed me off. I mean really, who in their right mind (yes, I get that she's not in her right mind) thinks that torturing men and then making them do girly things thus disempowering them would make ANY man worthy of love BUT wait she doesn't want love to exist at all. I was so annoyed and distracted by her stupidity that I couldn't count her as an actual villain or even stand to read her character. Everything else in the book was f...more

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Dec 22, 2011 Wendy Mitchell rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: new-2-me-author, hilarious, kick-ass-heroine

Blaine Underhill III and his three comrades, Christian, Jarvis and Nigel had all been kidnapped or sold by their parents to the evil black witch, Angelica. Try to envision if Pam Anderson and Hannibal Lecter had a daughter who had spliced in DNA of a psychotic Martha Stewart. That would be Angelica. After hundreds of years of humiliation and torture in the Den of Womanly Pursuits, they finally escape, only to have Christian dragged back by his traitorous girlfriend and protégé of Angelica, Mari....more Blaine Underhill III and his three comrades, Christian, Jarvis and Nigel had all been kidnapped or sold by their parents to the evil black witch, Angelica. Try to envision if Pam Anderson and Hannibal Lecter had a daughter who had spliced in DNA of a psychotic Martha Stewart. That would be Angelica. After hundreds of years of humiliation and torture in the Den of Womanly Pursuits, they finally escape, only to have Christian dragged back by his traitorous girlfriend and protégé of Angelica, Mari. The only way to get Christian back is to kill Angelica, something they have never been able to do, but they know who can……the Black Widow. Trinity had been cursed as a child to kill any male she fell in love with. So far her total was four, and luckily they were no big losses, she always fell for the psychos. If she can stay pat until she turns 25, the curse is nullified, so simple right. Stay away from good looking, sweet, generous men. Fortunately Blaine is not sweet or kind and intends to kill her, so no problem right.

This book was so off the wall smart, sassy and funny that it completely had me fooled into thinking it was a pretty erotic read. There is some sexual content, but not nearly as much as you think there is while you're reading. Ms. Rowe does such a brilliant job with the illusion of sex, you never notice until you're done. I mean the guys are walking sacks of testosterone. They just ooze sex. Seventy five percent of the dialogue has sexual content. Angelica even teaches the arts of pleasure to her captives. Her grandson Death has a horde of Honey Pots on call for scheduled hand jobs. You would think that the story would just connect the sexual escapades, but that is indeed not the case. The fascinating characters are the case. Blaine is an expert at cross stitch and can dissect a perfume to the most minute of essences. He also has a skull and crossbones tattoo on his chest that catches fire and sets off explosions. Trinity's BFF, Reina is an apprentice to Death. The whole crew is beyond bizarre and endlessly entertaining. It's simply amazing at how all the characters wind up strangely connected, and the seemingly random twists that the story takes lead to a vastly enjoyable book. The only problem I had was the only true deaths in the book happened on the good guys side. I need a balanced score sheet, and heinous crimes call for equal or greater punishment and suffering. I would love to see a little more justice in the next book.
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Apr 16, 2013 Megan rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Aug 30, 2011 Proserpine rated it 5 of 5 stars

Kiss at your own risk
By Stephanie Rowe
Published by Sourcebooks Casablanca
Release date: January 4th, 2011

Summary

Trinity Harpswell is a cursed Black Widow-death and mayhem are all part of the job description. If she can manage to go just one more week without accidentally killing someone, she'll break this killer curse and put her Black Widow days behind her. When sexy Blaine Underhill III shows up at her door and asks for her help rescuing his friend from the clutches of Death's evil grandma, Tri...more

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Aug 01, 2011 Lyuba rated it 5 of 5 stars

I don't remember laughing like this at a romance book in a LONG time! And needless to say, I'm loved it.

Trinity has a Black Widow curse on her, making her kill any guy she falls in love with. The curse will be broken if only she will go 5 years without killing anyone, and with only a week to go she is oh so close to her goal. Enter Blaine, a really tough macho warrior guy, who just escaped from 150 years of torture by an evil witch with an agenda to torture all her men into perfect mates for wo...more

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Feb 13, 2011 chanceofbooks rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Erin McCarthy, Vicki Lewis Thompson, Katie McCallister, Lyndsay Sands, or Mary Janice Davidson

Shelves: 2011-read

2.5 stars. I got this book in a RT giveaway, and I truly wanted to love it, as I love paying forward free books with rave reviews. Sadly, I just couldn't love this one. If you, however, love Erin McCarthy, Vicki Lewis Thompson, Katie McCallister, or Mary Janice Davidson, this could well be a 4 or 5 star read for you, and it is certainly a series worth adding to your TBR pile if light and funny paranormal is your favorite genre. I tend to only read this genre when it is very, very well-done, and...more

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Jan 25, 2011 April rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance

KISS AT YOUR OWN RISK by Stephanie Rowe is a exciting,interesting paranormal romance set in present day America.It is the first in a new series "Soulfire Series".
It is well written with details,depth,twists,turns,action packed and fast paced. It has secrets,magic,an evil witch,death,sexy warriors,mayhem,a Black Widow,survival,
friendship, high stakes adventure, underworld assassins, quirky characters, witty banter,
a daring rescue,sensuality,passion,and finding true love. The hero, Blaine, is han...more

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Jan 10, 2011 Cheryl rated it 4 of 5 stars

Blaine Underhill has been Angelica, the Black Witch’s prisoner for one hundred and fifty years. There is only so much womanly domination that Blaine can take. I mean Angelica has forced Blaine and his friends to take on women tasks. This is her way of taming the men. Blaine and his friends have been plotting to escape for a long time. They will only get one chance at trying to gain their freedom again. Almost everyone escapes. Blaine’s friend, Christian is left behind. Blaine vows to find a way...more

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Dec 19, 2010 Bookaholics rated it 4 of 5 stars

Kiss at You Own Risk by Stephanie Rowe
Paranormal Romance –Jan. 1st, 2011
4 stars

Stephanie Rowe has created another crazy and wild paranormal romance. Readers who enjoy Katie MacAlister and Kerrelyn Sparks will find her this book entertaining. Even the villains are funny and sympathetic if somewhat corny.

Trinity was cursed when she was young. She is a black widow and knows how to kill anything. The problem is when she falls in love, the man of her dreams dies. In her case, love does kill. But she...more Kiss at You Own Risk by Stephanie Rowe
Paranormal Romance –Jan. 1st, 2011
4 stars

Stephanie Rowe has created another crazy and wild paranormal romance. Readers who enjoy Katie MacAlister and Kerrelyn Sparks will find her this book entertaining. Even the villains are funny and sympathetic if somewhat corny.

Trinity was cursed when she was young. She is a black widow and knows how to kill anything. The problem is when she falls in love, the man of her dreams dies. In her case, love does kill. But she can break the curse if she doesn't kill anyone for 5 years. And this is the last week before the 5 years is up! Then she will be able to love and have a normal life again.

Meanwhile, Blaine and the rest of his buddies are staging a break out. He and his friends were all sold when they were young to a villain named Angelica. Angelica hates all men after her husband left her for younger women. She is determined to 'make' men good guys. But her treatments are tortuous for the men who she has been teaching and many have died under her ‘tutoring.’ All they want to do is escape and kill her. They realize the only way to kill her is to find a black widow that can kill Angelica.

This is a crazy story because so much is going on that reader will have to pay attention. Trinity is trying not to kill and break free of the curse. But her father is kidnapped and the only way to get him back is for her to kill and then lose her soul. Now a handsome man named Blaine wants her to kill for him, too. Blaine makes a deal with Trinity. He will help save her father if she helps him kill Angelica. But time is against them and everyone seems after them. Can Trinity save her soul, find love and live a normal life?

As mentioned earlier, this book is a whirlwind of action. Sometimes I found it hard to keep up with all the twists. There are some very funny moments, and I actually found myself very sympathetic towards the villain, Angelica, especially when her husband comes back! Blaine and his crew of men are super sexy, and I wanted them to be free from Angelica’s grasp. The interesting part of this story is the complicated relationship between the characters and how the author twists the plot so you really don't know what is going to happen next. And there is so much plot that the 2 main characters doesn’t really meet for a large part of the book. The only big thing that didn't make sense to me is why Trinity does not initially try to protect herself from killing someone involuntarily when she has a week left. If it was me, I would have locked myself away for a week until the curse passed. Trinity is a mass of contradictions which make for interesting reading, but sometimes made it hard to enjoy her character. There are several areas in the plot which take a big leap of faith and believability but the storyline is memorable and outrageous.

The funny, comedic characters make for a crazy and super zany story that you just have to keep up with!

Reviewed by Steph from the Bookaholics Romance Book Club(less)

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Jul 04, 2012 ɑƨħŵɑɡ rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 220-in-2012, fantastic-couples, fantasy, romance, rrrc120-in-2012

Wow! what a roller-coaster!

The last thing I expected was to like this book so much.

The blurb do justice to summarize the story of this with holding major twists that made this book so good.

Why is it so good?
That's because of many points:
- The intriguing start. It starts with a warrior looking for a black-widow only she got to use him as much as he uses her. What more a PNR romance fan would ask for.
- The story development. which is soooooo exciting I didn't want to stop reading til I knew what w...more

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Jun 14, 2012 Dragana rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: demons, humor, magic, paranormal-romance, shifters, witches

The hint that this is not going to be the book I usually come across was right there in the first sentence I read: "he knew tonight wasn't the night he was going to get his newest cross-stitching tapestry finished..."

No, you did not understand it wrong. Alexander Blaine Underhill III, our main hero, likes to cross-stitch.
Why? There has to be some rational expalantion?
Well, of course there is. :p
He was imprisoned by the black witch in the Den of Womanly Pursuits for more than three hundred years....more

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Jan 13, 2011 Blodeuedd Finland rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance

Plot:

Trinity is cursed, and if she kills for the 5th time she will be unstoppable, every time she falls for a guy she kills him, but if she only makes it one more week she will be free. But then her dad gets into trouble, and there is a serial killer in town, on top of it all sexy Blaine shows up and offers her a deal. Now she must try to hate him for a week so she wont kill him by accident.

My thoughts:

There was sure a lot going on in this book, and I liked that. It was strange, funny and utterl...more

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Jul 13, 2011 Tammy ~NovelOpinion rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Lovers of PNR and UF

Shelves: 1st-in-series, uf, pnr

I am so excited about this book and this author. This is the first book I've read by Stephanie Rowe and I am gonna read every single one of her books until I'm done. This was mostly PNR and of all the PNR I have read this has got to be one of the more original themes.

Lets start with the book summary:
Trinity Harpswell is a cursed Black Widow-death and mayhem are all part of the job description. If she can manage to go just one more week without accidentally killing someone, she'll break this kil...more I am so excited about this book and this author. This is the first book I've read by Stephanie Rowe and I am gonna read every single one of her books until I'm done. This was mostly PNR and of all the PNR I have read this has got to be one of the more original themes.

Lets start with the book summary:
Trinity Harpswell is a cursed Black Widow-death and mayhem are all part of the job description. If she can manage to go just one more week without accidentally killing someone, she'll break this killer curse and put her Black Widow days behind her. When sexy Blaine Underhill III shows up at her door and asks for her help rescuing his friend from the clutches of Death's evil grandma, Trinity gets pulled into a daring high stakes adventure. As Blaine and Trinity join forces to take down a series of underworld assassins, they may just learn that love is the deadliest game of all.

Trinity has been cursed her whole life but didn't know until she fell in love as a teenager for the first time. This particular curse gives her the ability to see exactly how to kill the one she loves and the insatiable urge to do it. When she loses her virginity to her highschool love then promptly throws him off the back of the bleachers her parents explain why. Going five years straight without killing is the only way to rid herself of the curse but even though she picks the most obnoxious and mean men to date she inevitably falls in love and kills. Five kills and she loses her soul.

We meet Blaine and his friends in a place hidden from the outside world. A witch has kidnapped boys to raise them in a twisted way to make them worthy of women. She tortures them, makes them do needlework, experiments on them all to breed the tendency to betray women out of them. The clever way the author has created this witch and her environment made the story so much fun. Not only is this witch demented, she is someone you learn to sympathize with.

Stephanie Rowe's characters are layered. The plot is as well when all have to make decisions that are not easy to make. The action is great and I found no stereotypes within. Loved it!
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Feb 08, 2011 April rated it 4 of 5 stars

Devilishly divine. Kiss At Your Own Risk is brilliantly fun, fast-paced and delightful.

Stephanie Rowe is to paranormal what Janet Evanovich is to mystery; laugh-out-loud fun and a non-stop tilt-a-whirl ride of excitement. I cannot express how much enjoyment Kiss At Your Own Risk brought to me. I literally found myself laughing out loud in the nice quiet library, while I read. Yes, for me, it was that humorous. I do have to admit that when I began reading the first few pages, I was thinking to my...more Devilishly divine. Kiss At Your Own Risk is brilliantly fun, fast-paced and delightful.

Stephanie Rowe is to paranormal what Janet Evanovich is to mystery; laugh-out-loud fun and a non-stop tilt-a-whirl ride of excitement. I cannot express how much enjoyment Kiss At Your Own Risk brought to me. I literally found myself laughing out loud in the nice quiet library, while I read. Yes, for me, it was that humorous. I do have to admit that when I began reading the first few pages, I was thinking to myself "What in the world is this?!" The idea of men obsessed with cross-stitching and all things girly was a bit out there, even for me. However, once I read a bit further, I had no doubts that I was going to love this book. So, be warned, the very beginning may make you step back, but hold on, it is awesome.

Men, sex slaves, torture, the goal to make every one of the male species perfect and worthy of a woman. Yes, that is the goal of Angelica (the wicked witch, if you will). This is what Blaine Underhill and his friends have had to endure for the past century and a half. After coming together with a plan to escape, they finally find themselves free from the torture chamber of hell. However one thing went terribly wrong, Blaine's best friend did not make it out and is still left enslaved by the diva witch of all things unholy. Blaine will stop at nothing until he is able to rescue his friend and set him free.

Trinity Harpswell has had to live with a curse her entire life - if she falls in love, she has to kill the man she loves. Not such a great thing for a long term relationship. Trinity is a Black Widow and will remain so permanently after her fifth kill. However, she has managed not to kill a man for three years and if she can hang on another week, the curse will be broken and she will be free. Little did she know that final week would test every one her skills in resistance.

When Blaine realizes the the only way to kill Angelica is with the use of a Black Widow, he goes in search of Trinity. Trinity, however has problems of her own - her father has been turned into pink dust and will die if she doesn't kill the Smut Monster. However, if she kills Smutty, her soul will be lost forever. This doesn't stop her, however, and she will do anything to save her father.

Needless to say, Blaine and Trinity strike up a bargain - and what a bargain it is. These two characters are fiery, feisty and combustible. I have to say that I think they are one of my favorite character couples. Blaine is hot - literary and figuratively. Trinity is saucy and a spitfire - though very human in terms of insecurities and worries (she reminds me a lot of Stephanie Plum in the Evanovich series). The secondary characters are also great - Reina, Trinity's best friend, is delightful and it would be great to see her with a story of her own.

Overflowing with dark underworldly fun, Kiss At Your Own Risk is a book that I highly recommend to readers who enjoy paranormal and just want to lose themselves in laughter, a bit of romance and a whole lot of fun. Excellent writing and storytelling, great character development; Stephanie Rowe is an author I can't wait to read more of!(less)

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Dec 10, 2010 Michelle rated it 4 of 5 stars

Kiss at Your Own Risk is the first book in the Soulfire series by Stephanie Rowe and a Paranormal Romance from SourceBooks Casablanca.

Book Blurb:

He Needed A Killer Woman...

Blaine Underhill was one lucky man. Having recently escaped a century and a half of imprisonment at the hands of an evil witch, he's determined to save his still-enslaved friend. But in order to do so, he'll need the help of one of the world's most lethal women.

She Was Drop Dead Gorgeous, Literally...

Trinity Harpswell is sick...more

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Oct 27, 2011 Sonia rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011_challenge_100books_50authors

I really don’t know how to start. This book left me with a multitude of mixed thoughts and frustration without truly knowing why.

The writing style was good and fast paced and that kept me reading until the end. I also found some humor in the dialogues and I really appreciate witty humor in a story but here it seemed it was just the one that doesn’t make you laugh, it’s instead the “just-smiling” humor and sometimes it didn’t feel natural.

Besides, there was no background in the plot. I love paran...more

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Feb 27, 2011 Kristen My Bookish Fairy Tale rated it 5 of 5 stars

Blaine Underhill has been trapped in the Den of Womanly Pursuits for over 150 years. Sold as a child by his parents to the witch in order to save themselves. Blaine has been tortured over and over again until now. He and his friends have managed to escape but at the very last moment, the only person in the world who Blaine trusts is snatched away from him at the last minute. Christian is sucked back into the Den while Blaine, Nigel and Jarvice are sent free. Determined to get Christian back, Bla...more Blaine Underhill has been trapped in the Den of Womanly Pursuits for over 150 years. Sold as a child by his parents to the witch in order to save themselves. Blaine has been tortured over and over again until now. He and his friends have managed to escape but at the very last moment, the only person in the world who Blaine trusts is snatched away from him at the last minute. Christian is sucked back into the Den while Blaine, Nigel and Jarvice are sent free. Determined to get Christian back, Blaine sets out to save his friend.

Trinity Harpswell is the world's deadliest woman. The Black Widow herself. Cursed as a child Trinity has spent her entire life running from her curse. She is forced to kill any man she loves. She has already killed four and has one left before her curse takes control and she is forced to be the Black Widow forever. One week left that is all she has to do is make it one more week without killing anyone and she will finally be free to have the life she has always wanted. She will finally be able to love without worrying about killing.

But fate and a lifetime of planning have other plans for Trinity. As her Dad sacrifices himself in order to save her soul, he is taken as collateral. Trinity is forced to kill a monster that is raging on citizens of the Otherworld. A monster that can shift his shape and is very hard to track. Trinity is the only one who can kill it. But in order to save her father she must kill this monster and if she kills the monster she will be lost to her curse forever.

Blaine needs Trinity in order to kill the witch. She is the only one who can. But is it really safe to entrust his needs to a Black Widow? Or will it just end up causing more heartbreak?

Stephanie Rowe is absolutely hilarious. Her writing style is amazing and she has amazing characters. I found myself laughing throughout the entire book. An amazing paranormal read. I loved the relationship between Blaine and Trinity. These two are thrust together under extreme circumstances in order to save the ones they love. But will they be able to find love with each other in the process or are they already doomed to fail?

Kiss At Your Own Risk is definitely a must read! If you are looking for an amazing paranormal romance with all the greatest elements of a book then this is definitely the book to pick up. It has humor, love, loss, and selflessness on the greatest levels. Stephanie Rowe is a new favorite of mine.
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Dec 27, 2011 Alexia Chantel rated it 3 of 5 stars

3.5 Stars

When a drop dead sexy man is sitting on a motorcycle telling you to submit to him and the bike, don’t think just get the hell on.

Rowe has created these tough guys that have had these feminine characteristics drilled into them. For the first bit of the book you might be confused as these warriors are preparing to battle their way out of captivity yet still think about things like cross stitching. Once the big bad of the book is introduced it will all make sense.

Blaine is an amazing chara...more

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Jan 11, 2011 Mary (BookHounds) rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, from-publisher-author

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. **slight spoilers** don't read after the second paragraph!

I was devastated when the Immortality series ended, but I know all good things come to an end. Luckily for me, Stephanie Rowe has returned to her hilarious paranormal tales to keep me happy. Yes, I feel that she writes just for me! So just leave me in my delusions and keep bringing me more books by Ms. Rowe. Her stories are filled with slapstick humor and witty dialogue. Oh, and the guys are usually hot. There are four hot guys (not coun...more

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Jan 20, 2011 Farrah rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: book-reviews, my-books

Interesting plot. While I admit it was quite odd at first and I wasn’t so sure how far I’d get into the book, I’m glad I kept reading. I giggled, I sighed, I scrunched my nose up in disgust, I felt like encouraging the character to stand strong, and I cheered while reading Kiss At Your Own Risk. It was fun visioning hot “bad ass warriors” fight internally between being “manly” and too girly. The warriors all had learned feminine skills such as knitting and painting and found comfort in these ski...more

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Jan 28, 2013 Andrea added it

When you've been kidnapped as a child you never expect yourself to grow up in the hands of a black witch, that makes you cross stitch and tortures you with her newest experiments. But, when Blaine Underhill's parents traded him to the witch at age four it's his fate. To change his fate Blaine, and his friends Jarvis, Nigel and Christian must defeat the witch and bring her rein over her captures male warriors down. Stephanie Rowe's Kiss at You Own Risk, is a delicious read, that takes you into se...more When you've been kidnapped as a child you never expect yourself to grow up in the hands of a black witch, that makes you cross stitch and tortures you with her newest experiments. But, when Blaine Underhill's parents traded him to the witch at age four it's his fate. To change his fate Blaine, and his friends Jarvis, Nigel and Christian must defeat the witch and bring her rein over her captures male warriors down. Stephanie Rowe's Kiss at You Own Risk, is a delicious read, that takes you into several alternative realities. The first in the Soulfire series Blaine's novel is one where the main characters are faced with challenges that they never thought they would overcome.

When Blaine, and his men escape the grasps of Angelica, the witch, one of them is not as lucky. With his best friend captured Blaine needs to come up with a plan to save him. And his cross stitching ability won't help here, only his ability to light his body on fire will. However, with Angelica practically immune to all the men's tactic, Blaine needs to take it a step further. The Black Widow, is Blaine's answer. Trinity Harpswell was a baby when she mysteriously disappeared, and then six months later returned. During this time period Trinity was transformed, she became the Black Widow, killing any of the men she loves. She has seven more days until her curse is broken, but she has to keep from killing again. But when Blaine enters the picture asking him to help her kill the witch, keeping from murdering anyone in seven days may become harder than she thought.

Stephaine Rowe wrote a interesting and intriguing paranormal / urban fantasy romance. Kiss at Your Own Risk, and between Blaine's fire and the fire of romantic sparks her characters catch the pages on fire. With two other books released and one on the way, the Soulfire series is packed with the fast pace reading you need if your in a book slump. If you have already read Kiss at Your Own Risk, check out Jarvis' book Touch if You Dare and Nigel's book Hold Me if You Can. Book number four, Seize with Your Kiss will be released at some point in 2013, and will feature Christian.(less)

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Feb 23, 2012 Tracy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-romance

~* 3.5 Stars *~
Definitely Unique
He is fire, and after a century and a half of the grimmest of tortures at the hands of a black witch with a serious jones-on for males in touch with their feminine side, his escape from her realm at the expense of one of his warrior brethren has Alexander Blaine Underhill III raging like an inferno for revenge. He is intent on returning to the thrice-damned Den of Womanly Pursuits to rescue his comrade, and he's determined to end the life of the witch-bitch who ha...more

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Jan 22, 2011 Jo rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011

Reviewed for Book Chick City

Trinity, cursed when she was young, is a Black Widow assassin and she can see how to kill anything. But the problem is that whenever she has fallen in love, the Black Widow within takes over. Trinity has found a way to break the curse and live a normal life, all she has to do is not kill anything for five years and now there is only one more week until the five years is up. She is almost free!

Blaine and his friends have been prisoners to Angelina in the Den of Womanly...more

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Jan 06, 2011 Tori smexys_sidekick rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Favorite Quote: “What kind of man eats your fish when you won’t sleep with him?”

Blaine Underhill has survived centuries of torture under the control of an insane witch. He and his team has escaped but were forced to leave one man behind. Now he needs the help of a lethal woman to save his friend.
All Trinity Harpswell needs is to make it through the next 7 days without killing anyone. Easy right? Wrong. Not when your cursed as a Black W...more

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Apr 10, 2012 Heather rated it 4 of 5 stars

Starting the book, I was confused and it took a while to get what was going on, who had what powers, etc. Once I got comfortable it was great, a couple of boring spots that I would have loved to skip but too many. What made me like Kiss at Your Own Risk was how cute the story was: there was funny, unique situations and lots of teasing and jokes made throughout the story that has you laughing (or at least gives you a big smile). The characters were great. Blaine and Trinity really did make a perf...more

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Jul 31, 2011 Ally rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, ebook, paranormal-romance

Trinity Harpswell is a cursed Black Widow-death and mayhem are all part of the job description. If she can manage to go just one more week without accidentally killing someone, she'll break this killer curse and put her Black Widow days behind her. When sexy Blaine Underhill III shows up at her door and asks for her help rescuing his friend from the clutches of Death's evil grandma, Trinity gets pulled into a daring high stakes adventure. As Blaine and Trinity join forces to take down a series o...more

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Jul 03, 2012 Kimberly rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, bingo-2012

I don't like books that take 300 pages to get somewhat interesting.
I didn't connect with anything about this other than wondering what is going to happen to the rest of the characters in books 2 and 3. I already bought the 2nd and 3rd books, so I suppose I should read them. This is what I get for shopping on impulse just because it was a buy 3 get one free sale.
Okay fine, the guys are humorous because they think of creative outlets to express themselves such as cross stitching and painting, but...more

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Aug 04, 2011 Mikaela rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-fantasy

Stephanie Rowe has been on my Authors-to-check out list for years, so when Sourcebooks offered this one for free, I snagged it up.
And I am glad I did. This book starts with action, and it doesn’t slow down. But the reason I loved this book was the characters. The characters were a mix of good sides, and bad sides. Their goals were grounded in their pasts. In a way, all the goals made sense, even though their methods might be frowned upon. Both Blaine and Tracy were a bit homicidal, but they fit...more

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Aug 19, 2011 Kathy Davie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, funny, urban

First in the Soulfire paranormal romance series set in an alternate Boston about a quartet of men who have been enhanced to withstand the numerous tortures rained down upon them by a witch determined to make them into the ideal men…for women.

The Story
It's a break-out! Four hot bad boys are finally putting their escape plan into effect. After 150-some years being tortured by an angry, abandoned witch, Blaine, Nigel, Jarvis, and Christian are battling their way out of Angelica's lair, the Den of W...more

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Jan 29, 2011 Carrie rated it 4 of 5 stars

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KISS AT YOUR OWN RISK is the first book in a new series. I really enjoyed Stephenie Rowe's previous books and was excited to read this one. I wasn't disappointed at all. KISS AT YOUR OWN RISK is funny, sexy, and different. There is a lot going on in this book and I almost gave up in the beginning. It took me a while to get into the story, but once I did I couldn't put it down. KISS AT YOUR OWN RISK is different, because it isn't your usual shifters and vamps. Trinity is a Black Widow and that is...more

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Four-time RITA® Award nominee and Golden Heart® Award winner Stephanie Rowe is a nationally bestselling author of more than twenty books. A life-long reader, she began crafting stories at age ten, but didn't realize it was her dream until she was an adult.

Once the light dawned, she immediately left behind "work" as the world defines it and went to "work" as she defines it, which means getting up...more

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“What kind of man eats your fish when you won't sleep with him?” — 7 people liked it

“He remembered lesson #76.5 from Man Decorum 101: Never tell a smart, pissed-off female what to do. Ask her. Nicely. Preferably with roses in hand.” — 3 people liked it

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