"Excellent tongue-in-cheek paranormal romance"

Ganymede provides vacation services that are a bit unique as one would expect when he runs a firm. He escorts customers on tours of the past. Currently, Ganymede and his feline pal Sparkle take a twenty-fourth century based tour group back to 1785 MacKenzie Castle in Scotland.

Vampire Darach MacKenzie is not a happy bloodsucker when the futurists arrive at his clan's castle. He realizes that the two guides are a bit more powerful than humans, but he plans to rid his family estate of them and their minions. Everything changes when he sees Ecstasy, Inc. employee Blythe amidst the "guests" because somehow she makes his blood boil. Believing he has found his soul mate, Darach wants to snack on her neck, but she has to prove to her employers that she can do more than just turn on every man's lust even if his fangs look so temptingly alluring.

Is there any author who does humor, horror and romance in one blending better than Nina Bangs does it? The key to Ms. Bangs' clever facetious novels is the cast never does what the reader expects; even a simple vampiric neck snack becomes a hilarious exchange between two attracted individuals separated by species and several centuries. MASTER OF ECSTASY combines vampires, time travel and that nutty Ganymede accompanied by as daffy Sparkle into an amusing romance that will lead the audience to read in one enchanting bite.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted November 5, 2006

Summary

MEET THE MASTER OF ECSTASY

He is everything dark, dangerous, and delicious. And for five hundred years, his sensual power has grown. He calls to all that is wild and elemental in a woman. Warrior, Highlander, vampire, he has returned to his ancestral castle in 1785 Scotland to fulfill a duty.

HAPPINESS IS HER BUSINESS

In a distant future, she works for Ecstasy Inc. to make people happy using only the most modern techniques and her own power. Sensual solutions to unhappiness are forbidden by company policy. She has traveled back to 1785 Scotland to prove that she can make anyone happy. She hasn't counted on a centuries-old vampire for a client.

He believes that sexual pleasure is the key to happiness. She thinks that Ecstasy Inc. has all the answers. Neither one considers love as part of the mix. They're about to discover how wrong they can be.