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Hotter Than Hell by Kim Harrison

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Oct 22, 10

bookshelves: enhanced-human, fantasy, fantasy-other-world, short-stories, sensuous, vampire, werewolf-shapeshifter, wizard-witch
Read from October 19 to 22, 2010

Music Hath Charms... Tanya Huff... twins with a Siren mother... their music 'speaks' to the libido... two music companies after them... Alysha vs Michael... Alysha wants to manage them, Michael wants to rule them... Michael arranges for a small concert, with his guests in ear plugs, which will put them under his power when they don't respond... Alysha manages to get her ear plugs out in time to respond, & to allow them their freedom... and her competition disappears, as the twins take him over instead...

Minotaur In Stone... Marjorie Liu... The minotaur is alone, with a mirror of a window to the world... and after centuries he comes across her (I didn't find her name), a homeless woman who has made a nest for herself in the basement labryinth of the library... he watches her, she feels him... he calls her to him... she gives herself to him... she loves him... and breaks his enchantment, and they live... happily... ever... after...

Demon Lover ... Cheyenne McCray... an incubus, Aeden, and a good woman, Ericka... his last mission is to take her soul... he does it by coming to her dreams, making love to her but stopping before she climaxes... but he cannot ask her for her soul.. he goes to hell instead, but she(a writer) researches, and sees she can offer half her soul to save him... and she does, and ... they... live... happily... ever... after...

Equinox... L.A. Banks... Artemis, greek goddess of the wilderness, awakens with her nymphs to our time... and is saddened and outraged... she hunts and captures the CEOs of companies that are destroying the wilderness, changing them into stags... and Vincent, special ops, is asked to hunt and rescue the CEOs, with five men... they track them to the wilderness of Canada, they are captured, their guns having no effect on Artemis and her nymphs... all forgo their vow of virginity and ravish the men... Vincent is of a tribe of nature, and Artemis responds to him... and all leave the wilderness changed, the men all retired and doing good in their own way... Vincent returns to his village to honor his ancestors, and calls on Artemis in the meadow...

Ride a Dark Horse ... Susan Krinard... Catalina, of a line of Mexican Indians... Andres/Trueno, conquistador?... he loved, but when his group attacked the village, he stood by... and Catalina's ancestor cursed them to be horses during the day and men at night, until one of her scion's forgave him... And Catalina comes to the ranch, tired, broken, divorced of a man who deceived her... and the horse comes to her by day, and Andres by night... and she dreams of the past, and finally puts it all together, and loves him & offers him forgiveness...

To Die For... Keri Arthur... Preturnatural Investigations... Ethan, were wolf; Grace, wolf shifter (what's the difference? besides her not being ruled by the moon?) and psychic... Finder of lost persons... they work well together, but Grace keeps her personal distance, fearing she'd want more than Ethan could give... but it's time... they give in, he seems emotionally sincere, they're giving it a whirl... and they find the duel vampires who are taking teenage boys...

Curse of the Dragons' Tears... Heidi Betts... Scotland... Dougal, son of the lord, cursed 100 years earlier by a gypsy when he tried to throw them off his land... cursed to be half beast (dragon) and half man... with scales, slitted eyes, and fire breathing... Laura, great granddaughter of the gypsy, from America, has dreamed of Dougal her whole life... as an adult, he makes love to her in her dreams... they meet, have sex, fall in love, and when he steps in front of a bullet, the curse is broken (an unselfish act)... and he is restored, with a dragon tattoo on his back...

Brother's Keeper - Lilith Saintcrow... unsatisifactory story, just a bit of one without resolution... Selene is a sexwitch, her need fed by fear, anger, etc... Nikolai is the Prime Vampire, whose feelings for Selene seem to be more than what she believes... her brother is killed by something paranormal, Selene is going to discover who... Nikolai gives her sexual relief, and promises to help her... but then the story ends... and unfortunately the book Selene is not in the library...


(Like) A Virgin of the Spring ... Susan Sizemore and Denise Little...
Time travel... Virginia / Ginger went back to the 6th century England... and her team was scattered... she is psychic, and Priestess of the Spring for the local Lord, using her seer capabilities... and one day she sees Bern... He was sent from the future to find her and her team... and they play out the King Arthur legend for the land, stave off the Saxons for a while longer, allowing the past to play out correctly... and return to their own time...

Life is the Teacher... Carrie Vaughn... Emma, of a family of vampires, turned though she did not want to be... and it is time to take blood herself... a very traditional vampiress, sex for blood, and no memory left for the one she took it from... a virgin vampire's first time... touching...

Moonlight Becomes You... Linda Winstead Jones... Claire, average... is sure her neighbor, Simon, is a vampire and begins to stalk him to get proof... and as their relationship develops, and the sex is great, and he is into her... he reveals that he is a werewolf, and that he is lonely, and wants her to be his immortal mate... and she cannot imagine life without him... title should have given it away.


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