Series ~ Night, #1
Author ~ Crystal Jordan
Publisher ~ Aphrodisia
Published ~ 1 June 2011
Genres ~ Paranormal/Romance/Suspense/Erotica
My Rating ~ 4 bites out of 5
Chloe
Standish is a doctor and a biochemist. She’s also a witch. When she discovers
her vampire boyfriend is cheating on her she heads to the supernatural friendly
bar Sanguine to look for a hot
one-night stand to occupy her mind and body.
Merek
Kingston is a loner, a cop and a warlock with powerful abilities. He’s not just
clairvoyant. He’s clairvoyant³ where he sees all the way into the past, all
possibilities in the present and to the end of days in the future. He struggles
constantly to keep his seeing under a tight rein. He stops at Sanguine to drown the near-future vision
of his partner lying dead on the ground when he meets Chloe and can’t see anything about her. In
her presence his abilities are quiet and while he knows it’s not a good sign he
can’t prevent himself from taking her home with him.
Two
months after that night and Chloe’s sneaky dash away the morning after the two
meet again when Chloe’s life and werewolf research are threatened by a werewolf
terrorist. They have to go on the run to give the FBI time to catch the bad
guy, but this means being in close proximity to each other and the
out-of-control lust they feel. Will they be able to overcome their painful
pasts and trust their hearts to each other? Will they stay a step ahead of the
bad guys? Will Chloe finish her research that could prevent werewolves from
dying during their monthly Change? You know what they say…where there’s a will
there’s a way.
This
was a great story. The plot was tight with plenty of twists to keep it
interesting. The characters, including secondary ones, were well-developed and
appealing. The pace is where it fell a tad short for me. The suspense would
build and then there’d be a sex scene. The sex scenes were detailed and hot,
but there were too many of them and the imagery was a tad repetitious. I felt
as if I was running with the characters trying to stay ahead of the bad guy and
the suspense would just begin to get to me when Chloe and Merek just couldn’t
keep their hands off each other. I was trying to ride the suspense wave to the
conclusion, but instead I sat there twiddling my thumbs waiting while they got
it on yet again.
I
did enjoy the characters and the world in which they live though, so I will be
checking out Book 2, Night Games.
O.o I like that the plot was tights and that even the secondary characters were appealing, awesome review!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kimba! I just finished Night Games and the pacing was better. Review will be up soon. :)
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