"Book Three in the Crimson City series"

This book is Book Three in the Crimson City series. I hadn't read the first two when I was asked to review this book. I'm extremely happy to say that this book totally stood alone and I didn't feel as if I were lost reading it. It only made me want to hurriedly read the other books in this phenomenal series.

Crimson City was once called Los Angeles but now it is inhabited by not only humans but also vampires, werewolves and the occasional demon who are able to come through the veil from Orcus. Mika is half demon, half human. The council on Orcus has given her a mission. She has to find the prophesy that opens the veil between Orcus and Crimson City and bring it back to them so it can be destroyed. There's only one problem. The person who has the prophesy is a demon killer named Conner McCabe.

The minute Mika saw Conner's picture she suspected he was her vishtau mate. She accepts the job because she wants to meet Conner up close and personal to make sure he is her mate. She just doesn't anticipate the roller coaster ride she will get once she does find Conner. Not only is he her mate but every time they are together more than sparks fly!

This book was intense from first page to last. I enjoyed this book so much that I am eager to read the rest of the books in the series! Luckily I have three of them in my huge mountain of books. Now if I can just find the time, I'll be all set.

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted November 28, 2005

Summary

Los Angeles. Once, it was the City of Angels. Now, it's Crimson City, whose inhabitants know nothing of Heaven. The tentative peace between the species—werewolf, vampire, human—teeters on the brink of collapse. Sides are being chosen. Yet the peril is greater than any imagine. There is a power here that longs for release, an ancient darkness held captive too long. Below, beneath, beyond, it seethes. And there are those who would see it freed.

Mika herself seeks freedom. She's come to Crimson City looking for the key. But that key's keeper is a killer, an outsider, a mercenary with a poisoned past. To her kind, he has meant only death. No matter that Conor McCabe's pale green eyes hold a hint of lust, the glint of a bond never to be broken; the path ahead lies in shadow. In a city like this, death can come by fire or fang, by claw or kiss. And the moment of truth must come...

Other books in the series:
Crimson City by Liz Maverick - July 05
A Taste of Crimson by Marjorie M. Liu - August 05
A Darker Crimson by Carolyn Jewel - November 05
Seduced by Crimson by Jade Lee - March 06
Crimson Rogue by Liz Maverick - Apr 06