"heated erotic romantic police procedural fantasy"
In present day Bayou St. John, Nicholas Mountfaucom
worries about the damage the flood is doing to the Morel
mausoleum because inside is locked away a monster that he
fears might escape. Nicholas decides to go underwater to
inspect the damage when mage Simon arrives to assist him. Converted vampire Nicholas visits Born vampire Chessy
Tomas who he has sex with but pretends he is not concerned
about her needs. He hides how much he cares for her
because Chessy only thinks of her former police partner
Rene who vanished with Natalie the vampire INTO THE
DARKNESS. Nicholas warns Chessy about the monster's
escape before he dominates her with more sex. Soon after
Chessy meets her new partner Alex but she hopes to get rid
of him as she only wants Rene as her partner. They seek
nests of rogue vampires crossing the blood line by killing
their host. After killing a few rogues, Chessy seeks sex
from a willing partner and finds "Breadman". Alex joins
them but he insists on no biting. Meanwhile in the river lies the bodies of cops whose
hearts have been torn out. The "Devourer" has escaped
from his prison crypt. Nicholas is angry when he sees
Alex touching Chessy and smells his sex all over her.
Alex and Nicholas make it clear that they both want Chessy
even as they know the recapture of the Devourer comes
first. The Devlin mythos filled with demons and Born and Created
vampires seem genuine while the investigation and erotic
subplots are well written but be aware there are explicit
bondage scenes. Although the heroine has sex at moments
when she is in trouble slowing down the non sexual
subplots and the anticipated climax is a bit of a let
down, readers will enjoy this heated erotic romantic
police procedural fantasy. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted January 31, 2008
SummaryFor eight hundred years Nicolas Montfaucon has dedicated his
life to preventing the rebirth of an immortal evil. But now
a terrible storm has assaulted unsuspecting New
Orleans—and the beast walks the earth once more. "The
Devourer" has been awakened, and there is only one in the
besieged city who can help Nicolas defeat the foul
creature—a mysterious and beautiful enigma who haunts
the handsome Revenant's erotic waking dreams and enflames
his passionate obsessions.
Chessa Tomas is not an ordinary policewoman. A vampire, she
works only at night, patrolling a seamy and unseen
underworld of roiling chaos. Though Nicolas is sensuality
incarnate, Chessa wants no part of him or his kind—but
she cannot close her eyes to the unholy malevolence that
would consume their world. And Nicolas has uncovered the
secret lust that rules her—a steaming, uncontrollable
desire he intends to unleash, bending Chessa to his will by
making her most forbidden fantasies real.
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