I have seen Kathy Love's "Fangs" books around for awhile but, I must admit, I avoided them because of the silly titles. The other day I picked up Fangs for the Memories off our book swap shelf at work and I was hooked from the first page. (Which is saying something because though I love paranormal romance, I'm usually not a big fan of the vamp/chick lit hook.)

This story starts out with Jane, our shy but determined heroine stopping at a seedy little bar in NYC after a rough first day in the big city. While there she encounters some dubious characters, including our hero- Rhys, a vampire who naturally is tired of drain of being a vampire. (pun intended). But rather than picking up on him to soothe her battered nerves, she turns to another and finds herself attacked in a dark ally after they leave the bar together.

Rhys knows he should leave the attractive but decidedly innocent girl alone to her own foolishness, but his character demands he step in. He rescues her and walks her home safe and sound and that, as they say, is the end of that. (Oh he wants her, but he knows he can't have such a pure soul as this fetching young lady.) So he goes back to find the creep who attacked her to finish him off- and perhaps get alittle feeding in too.

But Jane has realized she's lost a precious memento during her struggle with the creep and when she returns to the scene of the crime she finds someone other than the creep has overcome Rhys.

The stranger, who is in fact NOT a stranger but Rhys's embittered brother Christian, puts her under a spell too. They awaken later to find his other brother Sebastian standing over them. Rhys also has some serious holes in his memory, chief among them- he thinks it's the time before his turning, the 1800's, and has no memory of being a Vamp.

Sebastian knows something isn't jiving and he senses there is something more to Jane being there, so he brings them back to their home and promptly convinces Jane to stay til his brother's memories return.

You can guess what happens in the meantime. Rhys and Jane fall for each other ... hard ... and she quickly finds herself hopelessly entangled in the web of these three brothers' lives.

Jane is, of course, exactly where she should be, but letting herself remain becomes more difficult when she realizes she is in more danger of a broken heart then the very real physical harm lurking around the corner.

A steamy, sensual read as well as quirky I'm giving this one a 4 out of 5 and I'll be looking for Christian and Sebastian's story as well!!