Beyond the Poison Chalice is a short paranormal story by Helena Maeve, first published in the Wild After Dark anthology from Totally Bound Publishing, then released as a standalone story. It tells the tale of Claudia Salizar, a woman charged with keeping peace between vampires, werewolves and humans in the streets of St. Louis. She’s tough and determined, and is doing a great job, until two intruders turn up in the city that could derail everything she’s worked for.
Despite her eagerness to get the two intruders – human Silver and werewolf Lucan – out of the vampire quarter as quickly as possible, she ends up sheltering them at her place temporarily, until it’s safe to move them. But once the three of them are in close proximity, it soon becomes apparent there’s more to Silver than meets the eye, and his companion is equally intriguing. Can Claudia resist the temptation for the sake of peace in her city?
This is an engaging and intriguing read. In this instance, the story focused on the three characters and there here and now, which was very enjoyable, but I also found myself wondering about their back stories. If the author were to write more tales about these characters, I’d definitely like to read them. Overall, an intriguing and sexy read, one I’d recommend to fans of short paranormal books.
Available from:
Amazon UK
Amazon US
Totally Bound Publishing
Nope, not a grammatical error, but rather a clever play on words. The main character is called Rose, and this story contains spanking. I’ll leave you to fill in the blanks.
This is the first of Em Taylor’s books that I’ve read, and based on this, I’ll definitely be checking out more. The Little Sex Shop Around the Corner is a short erotic romance story, but packs quite a bit in nonetheless. It tells the tale of sex shop owner Cassidy Moore – a woman who’s just trying to make an honest living, but is being given a hard time over it. A local member of government and the business association don’t approve of what she does, but she’s determined not to let them bring her down.
Regular readers of my reviews will know that I’m a big fan of Keira Andrews’ Amish books, so I was very happy to check out this short story featuring the two main characters from the series, David and Isaac. It won’t make an awful lot of sense unless you’ve read the other books, to be honest, so if you’re looking for some gay romance (with hot sex scenes) that’s very different, then you should definitely check them out.
A book from Lily Harlem, who writes super-hot stories, called X-Rated? Well, it certainly got my attention! It tells the tale of a married couple – Polly and Lucan – who have gotten into a rut with their sex life – so much so that Polly has taken to using sex toys and watching porn to get off while her husband’s not around.
Having read the third and final book in the Men at Work series by Tiffany Reisz, I’m sad to see it end. I’ve really enjoyed all three books and would love to see more in this vein. One Hot December tells the tale of Veronica “Flash” Redding, a welder who’s having a hard time of it since sleeping with her boss, Ian Asher, who then cruelly dumped her. However, much to Flash’s surprise, Ian admits he wants more, and confesses only their work situation held him back. Things have changed – but is he too late to win Flash back?