"Terrific Paranormal Fantasy"

Lady Arielle Blaylock has lived a somewhat sedate protected upper class life until she wore the Egyptian cat amulet. Now during the day she remains that prim and proper Victorian lass, but at night she dreams erotic seductions that frighten her when she awakens because they seem so real.

In that dream realm where sorcery rules two men desire Lady Arielle. She wants both of them as each somehow holds a lovemaking spell that has ensorcelled her, but she also distrusts Luke and Seth not knowing what either truly desires of her. However, Arielle realizes she is in trouble in this alternate dream world where she may remain forever if she chooses the wrong man; one will help her regain the light of day while the other dooms her to eternal darkness.

This is a terrific paranormal romance that will remind the audience of Frank Stockton's classic The Lady or the Tiger placed in a fantasy realm. If Arielle selects the wrong champion she will have closed the door to her going home permanently. Arielle is a wonderful protagonist while the two males competing for her affection make the dream realm genuine. Colleen Shannon provides a fine thriller that will elate sub-genre readers.

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted January 1, 2006

First in a planned series with intrepid detective Shelly Holmes featured yet again as a prominent secondary character.

Investigatior Shelly Holmes made her debut in THE WOLF OF HASKELL HALL, Jan. 01, and reappeared in THE TRELAYNE INHERITANCE, Nov. 02. She's back in Ms. Shannon's latest paranormal romance --- Catspell!

Join her as she uses her inimitable skills as both a female of uncommon intelligence and as a werewolf of unusual control, to unite star-crossed lovers. But in the process, she'll also embark on her own greatest challenge as she meets the one man strong enough to match and mate her...

Summary

Shelley Holmes is accustomed to the bizarre. Such phenomena as werewolves and vampires hold no surprises for her. But in all her years of investigating the paranormal, she has never run across a case like this one...

Beautiful Arielle Blaylock is a proper Victorian miss by day, but a daring wanton by night. In her dreams she seems to enter another life, one where sorcery and sensuality hold sway. But how is it possible that the happenings of that shadow world are beginning to manifest themselves in reality? Of the two mystical beings who fight to seduce her, which is destined to be her lover...the creature of light or the one of darkness? Arielle now finds herself lost in a maze of danger and desire where one misstep might mean the end of love and life.