"Romantic Suspense at its Best"

Following in the stunning tradition of such notable authors as Laurell K. Hamilton, Christine Feehan, and J D Robb, Melanie Jackson has created a new world, a world unlike any we've encountered before. A world populated by Goblins and Fey, by the Selkie and other Magical Creatures, she takes us into a thrilling new Romantic Suspense series.

TRAVELER takes place in Detroit, now named "Goblin City". It is the center of Goblin activity, a den of iniquity, a hive of filth and poor unfortunate humans who have nowhere else to go. Through a combination of "goblin fruit addiction" and "perfume-induced hallucination", the Goblins (whom the United States was generous enough to give sanctuary to, following a purge from Europe) are bent on world domination. It is into this dark and dismal world that we find our heroine Io Cyphre and our hero Jack Frost, struggling to prevent the takeover of the world as we know it.

Though Io is distrustful of Jack, with good reason, sparks fly between them. They must use each other's strength and talents to overcome this disturbing challenge to humanity, to the continued existence of man as we know it. The sparks become embers, the embers become a full-blown conflagration that encompasses them both, and the passion grows and engulfs their bodies, as well as their minds.

Challenges, danger, suspense, and tragedy abound in this newest world, a creation of pure genius by Ms. Jackson. One can only surmise that she intends to get us as addicted to her goblin and fey-infested world and the goblins who peddle their addictive fruit. This is a tremendous addition to the Romantic Suspense genre and is what I would call a new genre of it's own, Gothic Comedy. A tremendous thumbs-up and five stars to Ms. Jackson, and an eager audience awaits the next installment in this series.

Reviewed by Katherine Schlem
Posted August 13, 2003

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Summary

Welcome to Motor City

Detroit has been taken over by goblins and become a city-state run by an evil warlord who has ambitions of world domination. Police have failed to apprehend him. Left to thwart him and save the human world are two faerie agents provocateur; the powerful death fey, Jack Frost, and the elusive siren fey, Io Cyphre.