Nicole North, Blade of the Wolf

Title: Blade of the Wolf

Author: Nicole North

Rating: Four Siren Stones

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Keywords: Shape-Shifter, Werewolf, Immortal, Clairvoyant, Incubus

Length: Super Plus-Size Novel

ISBN E-Book: 978-1419935138

Price: $6.99

Publisher: Ellora’s Cave

Buy-Link: http://www.jasminejade.com/p-9449-blade-of-the-wolf.aspx

Reviewer: Nikki

Blurb/Summary:

Ronan, immortal werewolf and Scottish Sgian Dubh Guardian, faces his most challenging, yet enticing, mission in centuries. He must protect sexy clairvoyant medium Syrena Ellis from an evil incubus intent on stealing her powerful life force. She awakens a raging arousal in Ronan, but if he gives in to temptation, he will be punished.

Dark and edgy, Ronan captivates Syrena. He is hot, hard and in control, yet his scorching glances and sinful kisses tell her he yearns for her. Even though she’s only a job, she finds a way past his iron-willed resistance. She’s determined to explore the depths of erotic passion with him. They’re unaware that their explosive sexual encounters are providing the enemy incubus with heightened energy, making him almost impossible to defeat.

Syrena’s forbidden desire and scorching lust for Ronan could destroy them both.

Review:

A sexy hero, a strong heroine, and a paranormal twist. All wrapped up in a great book, Blade of the Wolf. The characters are captivating, the plot is full of surprises, and the pace only goes up from the beginning to end. It has its own unique appeal in the paranormal market, and readers who love reading about psychics, shape-shifters, and many things of the paranormal, this book may appeal to you.

Syrena must learn to embrace her powers. She knows she's different, but doesn't fully understand how to embrace them. Ronan, her protector, shows her a whole new world. But there's a reason Ronan is there, to keep her safe from harm, and it's hard to remember that when he's very attracted to Syrena.

This book kept me interested the entire time. This author, Nicole North, creates a captivating story with strong leading characters. If I saw another book with this writer's name on it, I would most definitely check it out.

If you love the paranormal genre and are looking for a great voice, pick up a copy of Blade of the Wolf.

Janet Elizabeth Jones, Incubus

Author: Janet Elizabeth Jones

Title: Incubus

Rating: Siren's Best Book Stone

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Print ISBN: 9780373618514 (#104)

Publisher: Harlequin Nocturne

Buy Link: http://www.eharlequin.com/storeitem.html;jsessionid=981A0AD42CD4D8124C25E98B0FAA94BA?iid=22904&cid

Reviewer: Trinity

Blurb:

To save his kind, Meical Grabian agrees to participate in a dangerous experiment. One that takes his vampire's thirst for blood and leaves him hungering for something new. An incubus can be sated only with passion—but what woman could love what he's become?

Yet when Caroline Bengal finds him abandoned in a snowy wood, she senses his emotional turmoil and brings him to her desolate cabin. Caroline's compassion and earthy beauty tempt the hunger Meical has desperately been keeping at bay. And soon Meical is visiting Caroline's dreams, seducing his prey while she sleeps.

But another predator has set his sights on Caroline, with more sinister intentions. If Meical is ever to reveal his true nature to Caroline, he'll have to earn her trust…and keep her alive.

Review:

It is no surprise that I cut my reading teeth in the realm of horror. My world had been shaped by authors such as Stephen King and Clive Barker. Though I do read outside my favorite genre quite often, it is seldom that I come across an author who is able to grip my imagination and pull me into their world the same way as those I grew up reading. Today, I now have two that I can say have done this and Janet Elizabeth Jones is one of them.

Her book, Incubus, captured my mind and pulled me into her world of thrills, passion and needs. There is so much this book has to offer a reader, other than vampires, succubae and the run-of-the-mill sadistic humans out for revenge.

Foremost, I don’t think there was one character in her story that didn’t have a life of their own. They all meshed together in the story, but as you read, you become to know each as an individual person. Janet gave just enough back-story to each that it didn’t bog down the forward progression of the book but round out each life, giving the reader a sense of intimacy with her world.

To add to all characters playing a strong role in the story, her leads were woven together like Egyptian Cotton. This isn’t one of those romances where it’s almost equal to “I’m a guy, you’re a girl, ‘nough said.” Janet’s lead characters had individual needs that each could provide for the other, but they also contained deep-seated histories that (though they seemed clearly meant for each other) forced them to keep a distance from their inner desires. Meical and Caroline complimented each other with strong differences that proves the phrase “opposites attract.” Yet, Janet also creates aspects of them that tie them together in ways that nothing could separate them. Not even themselves.

Incubus took me only three days to read. The writing, characters, story, action and romantic elements kept me locked into the world of Meical and Caroline until the very end. If you are looking for a world to escape to, one that will make you feel like you woke from a dream in the end, then I suggest you pick up a copy of Incubus.

Megan Hussey, Angel on Fire

Title: Angel on Fire

Author: Megan Hussey

Rating: Four And A Half Siren Stones

Genre: Paranormal Erotic Romance

Keywords: Vampire, Incubus, HEA Ending

Page Count: 51

ISBN E-Book: 978-1-60659-940-2

Price: $2.99

Publisher: Phaze Books

Buy-Link: http://www.king-cart.com/Phaze/product=Angel+On+Fire/exact_match=exact

Reviewer: Cia

Blurb/Summary:

Rainyn Clery is a gorgeous, kind-natured dancer at Club Nuit; a strip club/bordello where hot incubus vampires fulfill the deepest, darkest fantasies of everyday women. Despite his great passion for his work, Rainyn finds himself falling in love with Blythe, record company executive and Nuit regular.

Blythe Browning is engaged to marry Richard Billings, a city commissioner in her hometown of Clearview, Florida. Yet Richard's cruel, smug attitude drives her back to Club Nuit, a haven where she finds comfort in the arms of the sensual, exotic Rainyn.

Soon Blythe can't deny her love for Rainyn; a love he returns in the form of beautiful gifts and mind-blowing sex. Yet the man of her dreams harbors a secret that could threaten their love. It seems this gentleman of the evening is also a lord of the night.

Review:

Angel on Fire was a great story. The names of the heroine and hero originally drew me to the story. Being drawn into Blythe and Rainyn’s story really took me on a roller coaster ride. Who can’t sympathize with Blythe and her predicament with an asshole of a fiancé, who felt trapped and had no other option but to marry to satisfy her family’s standards.

I hoped she’d fight for her own choice and learn that the only standards that mattered were her own. I felt sorry for her fiancées mother in law instead of being angry at her close minded crab apple attitude.

Rainyn though showed love by acceptance when Blythe refused to see what he had to offer her that she’d be missing with her intended. From the bordello to learning about Rainyn’s past, his family and falling in love with the secondary characters of the bordello, I was a tad exhausted, but not before the story culminated into a happy ending I’d hoped for.