"Not your ordinary run of the mill vampire book!"

I have thoroughly enjoyed each and every one of Nina Bangs' books. They all have that extra little twist to them that just drags me right in to the point where I have to keep reading. This book lives up to that reputation as well.

In this story we get to deal with Ganymede and Sparkle again. Ganymede has given up his twisted evil ways and Sparkle isn't happy with that and this time she's a white cat. Oh my the mischief she makes!

Blythe 56-2310 has traveled with Ganymede's Cosmic Time Travel Agency back to 1785 Scotland with her boss, Textron. She's on a working vacation with Ecstasy, Incorporated and is trying to get back into their good graces since she flubbed her last job. There she meets Darach MacKenzie, a vampire. She decides that it's her destiny to make Darach happy. So what if he's the most drop- dead gorgeous man she's every met. The problem is Darach thinks he is happy. So what's a girl to do?

Then some strange things start happening and people are murdered. Ganymede wants to make sure it's not Darach doing the murdering. Darach wants to get to the bottom of the mystery as well but Blythe keeps niggling at him. He's never felt for anyone like he feels for her and he doesn't like it one tiny little bit. After all he's a powerful vampire and she's just a human but she sure packs a powerful wallop on his whole being!

There was nothing about this book I didn't love. Darach and Blythe made a heck of a couple. Sparkle as a cat was simply a hoot and Ganymede was hilarious trying so hard to be good. This was not your ordinary run of the mill vampire book! I hope Nina Bangs continues to deliver these fabulous off the wall books she's so noted for because I just get a thrill from reading them!!

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted February 5, 2004

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.