Out of the Darkness

by Jaci Burton, C.J. Burton

Harlee has lived as a human her entire life, working as a psychiatrist on a secret government project evaluating captured werewolves and vampires. Then one night two strangers jerk her from her bed, blindfold her and turn her world upside down. She is taken deep into the realm of lycans and vampires and told an unbelievable story—that she is the daughter of a forbidden union between a vampire and a werewolf and now possibly the future leader of both their clans. She doesn't believe them.

Vampires and werewolves are the enemies of humans. She hangs onto her humanity, her one and only goal to escape from her sexy and enigmatic captors before she loses her heart and possibly her very soul. The vampire's and the lycan's goals are entirely different—to mate with the fiery beauty and determine whether her dominant blood is vampire or werewolf. One merely desires her. One will claim her for all eternity. But dark forces turn what begins as a search for identity into a struggle for survival.

Genres: Erotica, Paranormal, Paranormal Romance, Menage, Vampires, Fantasy, Romance

202 pages, Paperback

First published October 5, 2005

About the author

Jaci Burton is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling, award-winning author of over 85 books. She lives in Oklahoma and when she isn’t on deadline (which is often), she can usually be found wrestling with her uncooperative garden, wrangling her dogs, watching an unhealthy amount of television, or completely losing track of time reading a great book. She’s a total romantic and longs for the happily ever after in every story, which you’ll find in all her books.. Visit her website at www.jaciburton.com for excerpts, book information and contests.

Reviews

[Cindy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read - action paranormal with vampires and werewolves [oh my!:]. Heroine works for the government as a psychologist interrogating captured vampires and werewolves which she has been told are horrible, marauding creatures bent on destroying humans. She wakes up from an erotic dream as she is being kidnapped by two men who eventually inform her she half vamp/half werewolf - and the daughter of the leader of the lycans who was murdered in the opening scene. She tells them they've got the wrong girl and she's human. [Caveat here, you'd think someone would have been watching carefully enough to notice that her only reaction to the idea of werewolves and vampires is that she isn't one...:] After being told about her family, which she doesn't believe a word of, she is informed she will have to have simultaneous sex with the lycan and vamp guys who kidnapped her to bring out her latent characteristics. Fortunately they're hot...

The plot continues to thicken with various additional attempted murders and ambushes; and, of course, the various sex scenes as they build up to the final menage scene. The bad guys are fairly obvious to the reader but a few things are left unresolved at the end of the book when the bad guys get their throats ripped out. Who were the humans and where did they get the weapons in the ambush? And are there more of them?

Final resolution [after she tells them about her government job:] is they plan to use her to rescue the captured lycans and vamps... Despite this setup it seems to be a stand alone title, at least for now.

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Out of the Darkness By C.J. Burton , Jaci Burton Harlee has lived as a human her entire life, working as a psychiatrist on a secret government project evaluating captured werewolves and vampires. Then one night two strangers jerk her from her bed, blindfold her and turn her world upside down. She is taken deep into the realm of lycans and vampires and told an unbelievable storythat she is the daughter of a forbidden union between a vampire and a werewolf and now possibly the future leader of both their clans. She doesn't believe them. Vampires and werewolves are the enemies of humans. She hangs onto her humanity, her one and only goal to escape from her sexy and enigmatic captors before she loses her heart and possibly her very soul. The vampire's and the lycan's goals are entirely differentto mate with the fiery beauty and determine whether her dominant blood is vampire or werewolf. One merely desires her. One will claim her for all eternity. But dark forces turn what begins as a search for identity into a struggle for survival. [br/][br/] I really loved this book.

[Sherry · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have quite a few Jaci Burton books in my to be read pile. This is the first of her books I have read and I had really high expectations for it. I was basing whether I would read her other series or not in how well I enjoyed this book. Let's just say my to read list will stay intact.

While this wasn't the greatest read of all time, it was a very enjoyable quick read that kinda left me wishing it was the start of a series so that I could look forward to more. The characters were believable and easy to like. The story was well developed and transitioned well from page to page. And, of course, the sex scenes were out if this world!!!

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of paranormal erotica looking for a quick read!!

[CraftyBirdies · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was just okay. It's a very short novel, so I felt like there should have been more...more interaction between characters, more about the world of lycans and vampires, etc....just more. What was there was fine, and the sex was hot, but it just seemed to skim the surface on the whole so I never really got hooked in. Even the 'conflict' seemed lukewarm. So I guess in a paranormal erotic book, I need depth for more feelings!

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book so much! Paranormal romances are always fun! Poor girl had to choose between a werewolf or a vampire. Such a hard decision!

Great dialogue with witty banter between the main characters, hot sexin', angst, fights - great read all around!

[Nancy]

Great literature - no. A fun, vampire and werewolf laced smut book - yup. The "good" parts were good. So yeah, 4 stars for being what it was supposed to be!

[Adriana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vampires, lycans, a special requirement to transform a unique half-breed, murder, conspiracy, sex, all put together by Jacy Burton and CJ Burton? All I can say is really great fun reading...