"erotic supernatural police procedural romance"
Vice Squad detective Brendan Wallace is working undercover
trying to bust up the Exotic Jewels' prostitute ring. He
calls the company and they send him sexy Liadan Niamh, as
his lady of the night. However, instead of busting her,
she somehow outs him as a cop before leaving him in
knots. Recently divorced Brendan cannot forget the sultry
siren and tries to set up a second tryst with her. He soon learns how Liadan got the better of him when he
realizes she truly is a lady of the night. She is a
vampire. However, in spite of her attraction to the cop,
she knows for his safety she needs to forget him; but she
cannot and he will not let her; besides his desire for her
there are dead females all over town with all the clues
pointing towards Liadan. Concentrating on his love for
her while thinking how his sister for years insisted there
is magic in their blood; Brendan tries to help free his
beloved from malevolent Auguste, who he believes is the
serial killer. This erotic supernatural police procedural romance hooks
the sub-genre audience from the opening scene when Liadan
leaves Brendan tied to a chair with the message to see her
on his time not cop time and never unties the bonds of the
reader until the climax. That opening encounter sets the
relationship between two likable full blooded (even when
she has not dined) protagonists falling into a taboo love
for one another. The elements from the police procedural,
romance and fantasy blend nicely together so that fans
will appreciate the ties between the FLESH AND THE DEVIL. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted May 27, 2007
SummaryVice cop Brenden Wallace has walked on the dark side for too
many years. Now, newly divorced, he's smoking too much and
sleeping too little, and the empty darkness in his soul is
the blackest part of any night—until he's assigned to
investigate an escort service called Exotic Jewels and meets
Líadán Niamh. Lushly beautiful, she is the embodiment of
seduction and thrilling control. She arouses Brenden's most
feral desires—fierce, bone-deep needs they explore together,
mouth to mouth and skin to skin. But Líadán's hungry kiss is
more dangerous than Brenden could have imagined. Women are
turning up dead, and every clue leads Brenden back to
Líadán—and a raw, brutal passion that could cost him his life...
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