Dark Secrets: A Paranormal Noir Anthology - Review

Title: Dark Secrets: A Paranormal Noir Anthology

Author: Anthology
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Length: 560 pages
Publisher: Indie
Release Date: September 29, 2015
Source: Author Request
Rating: 4
Heat Rating: 2
Reviewed by: Jasmyn

Six award-winning authors bring you this spellbinding collection of stories about dark desires, mysterious worlds, and danger that lurks in the shadows of the night. Where nothing is black and white; where things might not be as they seem; where magic and mayhem rule.

MARION, MISSING by Rachel Caine

Valentine is a detective with two major problems: he's been offered a kidnapping case that will probably get him killed, and his partner won't let him turn it down. He owes her that much … since his partner's a ghost, and he blames himself for her death. A dark, haunting noir mystery of love, hate and loss.

FEMME FATALE by Cynthia Eden

PI Mick Swayne has seen it all—his clients have included liars, thieves, and even killers. He thinks he can handle anything and anyone. Then she walks into his office. Savannah Moreau is beautiful, seductive, and…a vampire? The gorgeous vamp hires Mick to help her track down a killer who is hunting in Chicago, but as Mick slips deeper into Savannah’s paranormal world, he wonders if he can really trust his new client…

DANCE WITH THE DEVIL by Megan Hart

When the devil starts the music, you'd better get ready to dance. Kathleen Murphy has sold her soul to the devil. Fame, fortune, success...everything she's ever dreamed of is hers, and all she has to do is the devil's bidding. When love comes knocking, the last thing in the world she wants to do is involve Jake in her twisted world, but the devil's started up the jukebox and Kathleen has no choice but to learn the steps

THE CONSORT by Suzanne Johnson

Faulkner Hearne, the captain of the ruthless Fae Hunters, finds his duty at odds with his heart when he’s ordered to capture the consort of Faerie’s cruel Prince of Summer when she flees across the veil into modern New Orleans. Can Faulk turn Liandra over to a certain death at the hands of the prince, or will he risk a war with Faerie in order to save her?

An all-new novella set in the Sentinels of New Orleans multiverse.

HEART’S BLOOD by Jeffe Kennedy, a Twelve Kingdoms novella

A dark fairytale retelling of a princess robbed of rank, husband and even her name. Nix is nothing. The Princess Natilde—her former waiting woman—attacked her on the journey to wed Prince Cavan, stripping her of everything and taking her place. With no serving skills, Nix becomes a goose girl. Perhaps if Nix keeps her promise never to reveal who she really is, Natilde won’t carry out her vile threats. Prince Cavan entered his arranged marriage determined to have a congenial, if not loving relationship with his future queen—for the sake of both their kingdoms. But, his wife repels him more each day and he finds himself absurdly drawn to the lovely Nix.

THE DJINN IN THE MIRROR by Mina Khan, a Djinn World novella

A paranormal Cinderella story with a young witch as the heroine and a wicked, sexy djinn instead of a fairy godmother.

Dahlia, the step-daughter of a power hungry wizard, promises to free a djinn trapped in a mirror if he rescues her from impending death. But Ashmael the djinn has his own agenda: to trick & seduce his way to freedom. The only problem is he ends up falling for Dahlia. Can he win his freedom and save the girl?

This was a really great mix of stories. There is a little bit of everything here, and it all has a bit of a dark twist to it. While not all are technically romances (it doesn't claim that either) they all have an element of a love story and a few do have the HEA we all love.

Marion, Missing:
Old school noir detective story - but with a ghost. This was a good old fashioned PI that was determined to find his bad guy. Did it help that he was just a little in love with the ghost that asked him to take the case? Maybe. A really great story with very subtle paranormal elements. Even non-paranormal readers will really get into this one.

Femme Fatale:
This one was a lot of fun. A vampiress hires a PI to protect her and find out who is giving vampires a bad name by leaving bodies all over the place. This one gets a little complicated as two of the main characters have different stories to tell. You will be left guessing up until the very end to try and figure out who is really the bad guy in this one. Lots of action and intrigue.

Dance With the Devil:
What does selling your soul to the devil really mean? There's a definite twist on the tale in Dance With the Devil that I absolutely loved!!! Kathleen has been doing the devil's bidding for years - afraid that she will lose everything she has if she stops. But things aren't always what we think and be prepared for quite a surprise ending on this one.

The Consort:
While I loved the world concept in this one, the story fell a little short compared to the rest. There were a lot of dynamics that I don't think I was able to pick up on in the short novella form that I would have liked to be there. The story is definitely romantic, with Faulk willing to put his life and people on the line to save Liandra from becoming, well, basically a sex slave to a seriously creepy guy.

Heart's Blood:
This is definitely the darkest of the stories, but it was also one of my favorites. Not only does it deal in love and romance, but it tackles the concept of individual identity and what it really means to honor a vow. I loved every word - even the ones that had me sitting there with my mouth hanging open in shock at how horrible the pretend Princess is. Nix may seem like a wilting flower at first, but she is one of the most powerful female characters I've read - and she gets there in just a short novella!!! I may be buying this entire series very very soon.

The Djinn in the Mirror:
Djinns - you gotta love the tricky creatures. It helps that they seem to fall in love with human women just when she needs them the most. This was the sweetest of the stories, but still had some definite dark moments (the cellar near the ends still makes me shudder). A really great twist on Cinderella. At times I didn't realize I was in the modern world, the characters were kept so away from everything that they almost existed in a time unto themselves. I loved our little glimpse into the Djinn world and a taste of all the intrigue and politics there as well.

*This book was received in exchange for an honest review*

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Review: Wicked Firsts by: Elisabeth Naughton, Alexandra Ivy, Cybthia Eden, Laura Wright, Katie Reus, Joan Swan

Title: Wicked Firsts
Authors: Elisabeth Naughton, Alexandra Ivy, Cynthia Eden, Laura Wright, Katie Reus, Joan Swan
Source: Purchased
Genre: Erotic Romance
Reviewed by: Emi

Six New York Times and USA Today Bestselling authors bring you six all-new contemporary and super sexy suspense stories of first loves, first attractions, first temptations, first times and first obsessions. 

FIRST EXPOSURE by Elisabeth Naughton

A film that could make her career. A weekend that will change her life…

When actress Avery Scott’s assistant goes missing researching a role for Avery at an exclusive adults-only resort, Avery finds herself with only one choice: travel to the resort herself and look for clues. She hires an elite operative from Aegis Security to accompany her. She just doesn't expect to get former undercover FBI agent Cade Blackwell—the man who ripped out her teenage heart twelve years before. One weekend at the sexiest resort in the world with the only man she’s ever loved will expose her to more than just a kinky new lifestyle. It’ll expose her to numerous wicked firsts that will test every ounce of her self-control. And if she’s not careful, she could lose her heart—and her life—in the process.

FIRST RAPTURE by Alexandra Ivy

Madison Philips has only one reason to return to Las Vegas: Luc Angeli. The tall, dark bad boy took her virginity on her eighteenth birthday and then walked away, now she’s back, and ready for revenge. Luc Angeli spent his youth trying to earn the approval of his philandering father. Now he’s his own man, but there’s still something missing from his life. He doesn't know what it is until he catches sight of Madison across a balcony. Suddenly he knows this woman is what he’s been searching for, and this time he’s not walking away.

FIRST TASTE OF DARKNESS by Cynthia Eden

Hot sex. No regrets. Jess Delaney has spent her life playing the role of the good-girl. On a trip to Vegas, she decides to walk on the wild side when she meets mysterious Blake Landon. Rich, powerful, and carrying plenty of secrets, Blake is unlike any man she has ever met before. But as the passion burns between them, danger waits in the darkness…a danger that may just claim Jess’s life…

FIRST INK by Laura Wright

Rush... Women in his bed, celebs and rockers in his chair, life is pretty freaking swell. Then she walks back into it again. Not for pleasure, but for pain. For Ink. A bleeding heart to match the one she left him with five years ago.

Addison... She can’t forget him or the pain she caused him. All she has is a hope for redemption. But it’ll only work if he lets her inside his exclusive world, under his famous artist’s needle and into his bed—once again.

FIRST SURRENDER by Katie Reus

He’s dangerous, sexy, and everything she wants. And he’s about to make his claim…

Hayden, the dangerously sexy, tattooed ex-SEAL is one of the best friends Sierra has ever had—and the main star in her wildest fantasies. But he doesn't see her that way. And she’d die of embarrassment if he found out she was still a virgin.

Hayden’s struggled to keep his attraction to the beautiful, dark haired casino chef a secret. But when an attacker targets Sierra, Hayden’s protective instincts go into overdrive. With the attraction between them burning out of control, he’ll do whatever it takes to protect her and make her his.

FIRST TEMPTATION by Joan Swan

Counter terrorist agent Taft Walker is up for the challenge of posing as an adult store owner with a new female undercover partner who is also a sex-toy virgin. At least until he sees the real woman beneath her tough façade.

Border Patrol Agent Zoe Brooks is ready to get off the front lines. She’s willing to tolerate a swaggering partner like Taft for a new opportunity. But she’s not prepared for the way he understands her deepest, sexiest desires.

Overall Rating 

Awesome!! All of the stories in this series were great. A few of them full of action and hot sex and a couple with just hot a** sex. I swear I think my Kindle may have short circuited a few times. Some of the scenes where just O.M.G. just sooooooooooooo hot! My favorites were the club scene with Cade & Avery and the  scene with Taft & Zoe after she does her dance demo. I'll admit that First Temptation was my favorite, but I did love them all. Taft was just too delicious and hot. I'll also admit that i'll have to research some of the items mentioned in First Temptation, lol. 

I HIGHLY recommend this collection!!  

Review Angel Betrayed by Cynthia Eden

Title:Angel Betrayed (The Fallen #2)

Author: Cynthia Eden 

Source: Netgalley 

Genre: Paranormal romance

Length: Novel

Reviewed by Laurie

A LITTLE BIT OF ANGEL LUST.

Sammael – call him Sam – was an angel once. An angel of death. But the dispassionate, watch-from-above thing just wasn’t working for him when it meant watching evil torture innocent souls day in and day out. It might have cost him his wings, but these days, he gets to apply the direct method on the bad guys. Problem is, what’s making his life difficult is a bad girl…

Seline O’Shaw needs protection, and with the hounds of hell on her tail, she’s not going to quibble too hard about where she gets it. Sam’s virtue is questionable, but he’s smoking hot, massively powerful, and owes her a favor. So what if she’s getting a little case of angel lust? There are some damn deadly sins after her hide…(

October's Paranormal romance characterfest with Cynthia Eden and giveaway !

Welcome to Characterfest

Characterfest is a month long event where you’ll find a different character interviews written by the author each day. Each interview has a giveaway(s) make sure the giveaway is open to you and if so add a comment or question along with your email. I will close all giveaways at the end of the week and add the winners to the winners post on that Tuesday. Odds are if you won you’ll be hearing from me.

One thing I will ask is if you could please twitter or hit the facebook likes button on the post so that others can see the interview. I want to get these authors out to as much as I can and you’re my go between in this event.

I hope you enjoy each interview and please try to make it here each day to find out whom or what’s next. If this goes as planned I will be hosting this next year. 

List of attending authors here 

Please welcome Cynthia Eden and her demon character Zane!

It’s Demon Time, baby!

Hi, everyone! It’s great to be at the Character Fest event (thanks so much to Laurie for inviting me over)! Today, I thought I’d turn the spotlight on one of my demon heroes. I’ve written about lots of paranormal characters—wolf shifters, vampires, and I’ve even got some angels coming up in a few months. But demons…well, those heroes can give a whole new meaning to the term, “Bad Boy.” So it’s time for me to turn the spotlight onto one of my bad boys, demon hybrid Zane Wynter from ETERNAL FLAME.

Cynthia: Zane, thanks for joining us!  Can you tell me, in one word, what’s it like to be a demon?

Zane: Freaking awesome. Hell, I’m feared by everyone and everything. What do you think it’s like?  

Cynthia: Um, yes, right. Next question. (By the way, Zane, your response contained way more than one word. Just sayin’…”) Ahem. You work for the Night Watch Agency, a bounty hunting group that tracks paranormal criminals. Do you find it odd that you spend your nights hunting your own kind?

Zane: Not really.  Someone has to kick-ass.

Cynthia: Someone does—true.  Demons have lots of powers. They can control fire, manipulate minds, use glamour…what’s your favorite power?

Zane:  I’m not exactly your average demon.  So my favorite skill? Yeah, that would be my ability to level a city block…when the mood hits.

Cynthia: I hope that mood doesn’t hit too often.

Zane: You’d be surprised.

Cynthia: Back to the questions.  In ETERNAL FLAME, you hook up with an Ignitor named Jana—

Zane: Define “hook up”—cause, you know, I’m not exactly in high school here.

Cynthia: Okay, fine. You and Jana get hot and heavy fast.

Zane: We kind of have to. She’s an Ignitor—that means she burns things, a lot of things.  If I’m not there to help her control the fire, then she’d be accidentally killing humans.  Can’t have that, can we?

Cynthia: No, we can’t.  But back to Jana…the woman’s a wanted criminal.  You catch criminals. Why did you decide to run off with her?

Zane: What can I say? The woman was hot. I like hot. It’s a demon thing.

Cynthia: Seriously?

Zane: Yep.

Cynthia: Sigh. Anything else you want to add?

Zane:   Yeah, my kind gets a bad rap.  We’re not all murdering jerks. Some of us—some—can actually be heroes. 

Cynthia: Just not the perfect white knight heroes.

Zane: Who wants those guys? BORING. With me, I promise non-stop excitement.

***

Zane is big into promises.  But he does pull off being a hero (or anti-hero) in my novel, ETERNAL FLAME.  If you’ve got a question for Zane (or me!), ask away.  One commenter will win a copy of ETERNAL FLAME (or, if the winner has already read that book—then any Cynthia Eden book of his/her choice).  Thanks for checking out the interview! Please make sure you leave your email!!

Cynthia Eden

www.cynthiaeden.com

ANGEL OF DARKNESS—Available 11/29/11 from Kensington Brava

When angels fall, all hell breaks loose…

Review Bound In Darkness by Cynthia Eden

Title: Bound In Darkness (A Vampire/Werewolf Romance)

Author: Cynthia Eden

Source: Requested review

Genre: Paranormal romance

Length: Novella 

Hunter…

When it comes to killing vampires, werewolf Cade Thain is the best slayer in the Northwest. So when a witch hires him to take out a pureblood vamp, the assassin thinks it will be just business as usual. One less vicious vamp on the streets…one more undead parasite gone from the earth. Then he meets her.

Protector…

Allison Gray isn’t the prey that Cade expects. Beautiful, innocent, she stirs a dark desire within him. Allison hasn’t transformed fully into a vampire, not yet, and it’s Cade’s job to make sure that she never does. Allison thinks that he’s at her side to keep her safe, but Cade is supposed to pick the right moment—and kill her.

Lover…

Killing Allison is soon the last thing that Cade plans. As she begins the transformation that will turn her into a vampire, her bloodlust and their desire merge in an explosion of need that neither can control. But Allison’s enemies are closing in, and the coming battle will take Cade and Allison beyond life, beyond love…and into a deadly darkness that waits to claim them both.

Bound in Darkness.

Warning: This novella is a sexy paranormal romance. As such, it contains blood, sex, vampires, and a hot alpha werewolf. Violence and adult language? Yes, those are included, too.

While this is a good book it just didn’t hit my happy spot as Cynthia’s Bound by Blood did. I did enjoy the characters, the story and I found the werewolf and vampire coupling good. I don’t know what really happened. I read it and the next day I totally forgot what I read.. I hate that when it happens but it does happen. All in all for the price it’s still a nice quick read.

Review Entangled by Edie Ramer, et al.

Title: Entangled
Author: Edie Ramer, Misty Evans, Cynthia Eden, et.al
Source: Requested Review
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Format: eBook, 335 pgs
Release Date: September 12, 2011


Ghosts, vampires, demons, and more! Entangled includes ten paranormal short stories from authors Cynthia Eden, Jennifer Estep, Edie Ramer, Lori Brighton, Michelle Diener, Misty Evans, Nancy Haddock, Liz Kreger, Dale Mayer, and Michelle Miles, plus a Seven Deadly Sins novella by Allison Brennan.

Stacia Kane contributed the foreword. All proceeds go to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.




My Review:

This is a Halloween anthology of short stories in the paranormal romance and urban fantasy genres with a single young adult urban fantasy short and an urban fantasy novella. I'll rate each individually.

I'm going to make a confession, I don't usually read Forewords {gasp! I know!}, acknowledgements, dedications, yes. Forewords, no. Kudos to Stacia Kane for a writing a Foreword that pulled me in, hook, line and sinker from the word go. "The other day I got involved in an online conversation with some other writers about condoms. Specifically about condoms and their use in books, as in whether or not the characters we write use them." I couldn't not read after an opening like that. She goes on to talk about the hope of eradicating breast cancer. Condoms to breast cancer? Yep and does a fine job of it. When you purchase this book I hope you'll read Stacia's Foreword.

A Bit of Bite by Cynthia Eden Rating: 5, Sexual: Hot!
A paranormal liaison, vampires, werewolves and a hot romance take over in this paranormal romance. The supernaturals came out of the closet 10 years ago. Sheriff Ava Dushaine had a one night stand with the Julian, Alpha of the local werewolf pack. He's never forgotten her and still wants her. Great line: "Is this the part where I say…'My, Julian, what very big teeth you have…'?" The lust between them simmers all the time.

The Fat Cat by Edie Ramer Rating: 3.5
A witch, a talking cat and a warlock who is really an energy vampire take center stage in this paranormal romance. Tory is replacing her ex-boyfriend with a cat, a female cat because she has designated "her condo [as] a No Penis Zone". Ends up with male talking cat. Great line: "She‘d faked orgasms, she could fake confidence." This has a great surprise ending.

A Night of Forever by Lori Brighton Rating: 5, Sexual: Hot!
In this steamy historical paranormal romance short, vampires, werewolves, an underground fight club and a reluctant romance lure us in. Mary Ellen doesn't want to be interested in Aidan. She wants a cheerful, rich husband. Not a serious, boring and quiet man like Aiden. So why couldn't she keep from watching him? Aiden has been silently mooning over Mary Ellen for the two months he's been visiting. It has been many years since he's been interested in any female, much less a human.

Medium Rare by Nancy Haddock Rating: 4
Ghosts, a psychotherapist to the haunted, a ghost hunting team, a ghostly battle and an unlikely attraction that turns into a romance haunt this story set in one of my favorite places -- St. Augustine, FL.

Sweet Demon by Misty Evans Rating: 4
A vengeance demon with her own investigations biz, a vampire king, the Goddess of Love and a rekindled romance. A great line: "[she had] fear of commitment, and men came and went like a boyfriend version of Netflix"

Sian’s Solution by Dale Mayer Rating: 3
Vampires, a blood farm and a love that is stronger than the obstacles they'll face.

Sinfully Sweet by Michelle Miles Rating: 4, Sexual: Steamy
A magical healer, magically enhanced baked goods, a sexy stranger who is half-Elemental witch, half-incubus and a steamy chemistry between the main characters are featured in this story. This reminds me of two stories I've read this past year both of which I thoroughly enjoyed.

Feel the Magic by Liz Kreger Rating: 3
What an inventive story line! It features a witch and a cat trapped in a woman's body urging the witch to transform her into the cat. She'd heard of transgendered, but trans-specied? This was a new one.

Breaking Out by Michelle Diener Rating: 5
A prison of sorts for 'special' people, a telekinetic, a mind reader, a healer, a breakout, a paranormal (not supernatural) special ops team. Hot chemistry between two of the escapees. Reminds me a little of Christine Feehan's Ghost Walkers series. Welcome to the contemporary paranormal romance genre, Ms. Diener! Great job!

Halloween Frost, A Mythos Academy short story by Jennifer Estep Rating: 3
A Valkyrie, a Gypsy, a Spartan, prowlers (oversized black cougars with lots of teeth and claws), a talking sword and high school warriors take the lead in this YA urban fantasy short. The warriors, champions of the gods and goddesses, battle with a prowler on Halloween.

Ghostly Justice, A Seven Deadly Sins Novella by Allison Brennan Rating: 3.75, Sexual: Steamy
An emotionally bruised cop, demon hunters, incarnate demons, a dying woman's request, human vampires (not the supernatural kind) practicing dark magic, human sacrifices and a somewhat steamy romance clash in this urban fantasy novella. The Moira character is very intense in a very 'everything is black or white, no gray allow' kind of way but this may be due to the manipulations of her trainer. Rafe has been getting more powers since being in a coma and it has him a little worried.

Don't forget -- all proceeds go to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Authors' Websites:
Edie Ramer, Cynthia Eden, Jennifer Estep
Lori Brighton, Michelle Diener, Misty Evans
Nancy Haddock, Liz Kreger, Dale Mayer
Michelle Miles, Allison Brennan

Review Deadly Lies by Cynthia Eden

Title:Deadly Lies (Deadly #3)
Author: Cynthia Eden
Source: I purchased
Genre: Romantic suspense
Format:  Mass paperback
authors website 

She wants to hide the pastFBI Special Agent Samantha Kennedy is haunted by memories of the serial killer who abducted her. To keep the darkness at bay, she pretends to be a different, more confident woman. This Samantha doesn't fear every unknown face. So she throws caution to the wind and shares a night of unbridled passion with a handsome stranger.

He needs to uncover the truth
One night isn't enough for successful entrepreneur Max Ridgeway. He wants more of the sexy, smart, mysterious woman who slipped away before dawn. When they meet again, their attraction is undeniable-until his stepbrother goes missing, and Max realizes that Samantha isn't who she seems. But they must trust each other to trap a ring of bloodthirsty kidnappers before the nightmares that terrorize Sam become irrevocably real.

As a merciless criminal spins a web of . . . 

My review
Rating-

Sexual-

Cynthia Eden tells a delicious tale of lies, deceit and danger in Deadly lies and let me tell you she sure didn’t skip out on the blazing hot sex in this book *still fanning self*. I sure hope Cynthia will keep writing more books for this series, because not only is this my favorite suspense series, but this book left me wanting to read more. The best part of Cynthia writing suspense romance is I’m getting to read a terrific romance along with the suspense, where most suspense writers skip out on the romance and just writes a good suspense. For those who haven’t tried this series all I can say is you’re missing out on a very talented author and one of the hottest series I have read in a while.

I liked Samantha from the first book, so I couldn’t wait for this book and Cynthia didn’t disappoint me a bit. If you read the second book you found Samantha going to a bar and picking up Max for sex. Well, she finds she isn’t done with him. Samantha goes and finds Max again, of course, she doesn’t plan on staying with him the rest of her life and so she lies to him about a few things and all goes as planned, until Max’s stepbrother gets kidnapped by the very kidnappers the SSD have been working on trying to find. Now her lies are laid out into the open, but Max has a few of his own. This book is so tangled with lies from Samantha, Max and his stepbrother you never catch on to who the real killer is. This is a book that has so many twisted events; it will keep you turning pages as fast as you can to see if you were guessing the killer right. So far this is my favorite book out of all three of them. Now go get the first book out of this series if you haven’t already and read.
You don't have to read this series in order, but I would suggest it if you can.

Review Deadly Heat by Cynthia Eden

Title: Deadly Heat (Deadly #2)
Author: Cynthia Eden
Source: purchased by me
Format: Mass-paperback
Genre: Romantic suspense

She wants revenge . . . Six months after her lover died in an arsonist's blaze, firefighter Lora Spade calls in the FBI's elite Serial Services Division to track the elusive killer. When Special Agent Kenton Lake is lured into a violent inferno, Lora pulls him to safety and is stunned - not by the fire, but by her own searing attraction to Kent. For the first time in months, she longs for something other than vengeance.
He wants her . . .
Kenton's interest in Lora should be purely professional. But one fleeting kiss and he can't get her out of his mind. Her combination of strength and vulnerability makes him want to protect her, and that means solving this case - and fast. For even the passion igniting between them can't hide a terrifying truth: Lora is the next target in a murderer's sadistic, fiery game.
A vicious killer wants only . . .
DEADLY HEAT

My Review
Rating-

Sexual-

Paranormal suspense author Cynthia Eden is a new voice to be reckoned with in romantic suspense world with her new Deadly suspense trilogy. Deadly Heat is an edge of your seat page-turner along with the added heat that will keep you fanning yourself. If you love mystery, romance, extreme action, and a hot agent that will do anything to protect his woman, then here is your series. It wouldn’t surprise me to find out Cynthia Eden makes the top of New York Times bestsellers list with this series.

I loved both the hero and heroine. Lora is a fierce fire fighter that will stop at nothing to save a victim(s) from a fire. She not only has this fierceness in her work she also adds it with her family and her love life. Agent Kenton gets pulled out of the fire and is put into another fire just by being around Lora. These two finds the fire gets hotter as they are together.

I have to give Cynthia a round of applause for the way she wrote the villain. He is very sick in the head and Cynthia tells his story very well almost too well.

This is a must series to be on any romance readers list!!

Review Deadly Fear by Cynthia Eden

Deadly Fear (book one in the Deadly trilogy)
Author Cynthia Eden
Mass Paper back 402 pgs
genre- romantic suspense
Authors website



Book description
TWO BRILLIANT AGENTS
FBI Special Agent Monica Davenport has made a career out of profiling serial killers. But getting inside the twisted minds of the ...more TWO BRILLIANT AGENTS
FBI Special Agent Monica Davenport has made a career out of profiling serial killers. But getting inside the twisted minds of the cruel and the sadistic has taken its toll: She's walled herself off from the world. Yet Monica can't ignore fellow agent Luke Dante, the only man who ever broke through her defenses.
ONE DREAM TEAM
Luke has the unique ability to put victims at ease . . . professionally, he and Monica made a perfect team. Now they're reunited to catch a murderer who uses his victims' deepest, darkest fears for sport - but their investigative skills aren't enough. Luke and Monica will have to face the secrets from their past, the ones that terrify them the most, if they are to have a future together.
But can they catch a killer whose weapon is . . .



My Review

Rating-
Sexual-

I found this book nothing less than a thrilling page turner, so much so I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough. I love a good suspense with out all that CSI stuff. If your looking for a book you can really sink you teeth in this would be it. I would suggest that you give yourself time to read this one its not a quick simple book to read. Cynthia delivers a punch in mystery, excitement, danger, emotions, and a enthralling cast of agent characters that I truly enjoyed reading. Plus she throws a few surprise’s along the way. I found the right amount of murder case and hot steamy romance between the hero and heroine, so I never got board with either one.

This book is a scary thriller, so if your kind of squeamish be careful this book is about a killer that gets to know his victims then he tortures and kills them and its not pretty to read

I loved the depth or intensity if you will, the author wrote between the hero and heroine its brilliant and it hooked me in the most. I really enjoyed both Luke and Monica they had relations once and now they are together again. I loved reading Luke. He knows both of them has secrets and he has to find a way to get Monica to tell all, before they can have a chance together. I loved how the author wrote Monica all tuff. She has a reason she knows the killers so well and its not pretty to read. It takes both Luke and Monica to take down the killer and in the mean time make things work between them. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a good mystery suspense

Cynthia Eden interview and giveaway of I'll be Slaying You

Paranormal and suspense writer Cynthia Eden is here today (WOOHOO!)So, Lets give her a big welcome.



Laurie-Do you have a favorite place you go to write?

Cynthia-I recently transformed a storage room in my house into an office—so now I actually have my own writing space (yay!). The new room has a great picture window that lets me stare out when I need inspiration. It’s a quiet, cozy space, and I love escaping inside to write.


Laurie-What is your favorite type of man you like to write about? My biggest reason for asking this is because most authors like to write about as you call them GQ or fantasy men, but what I really like about your books you don’t, and it makes the book more real at least to me.

Cynthia-I don’t like to write about perfect men. Don’t get me wrong, I like to write about heroes who are strong and sexy, but they’re flawed too (aren’t we all?). My goal is to get the reader to care about the hero in spite of his flaws—or maybe even *because* of them. I enjoy heroes who can kick-ass, romance a heroine, and still have a sense of humor that will peek through even the most dangerous of moments.

Laurie-Have you ever had a character that gave you a lot of trouble to write? If so who and why?

Cynthia-One of the most challenging characters for me was my demon Niol (from MIDNIGHT’S MASTER). In the previous Midnight books, I had set Niol up as a rather bad guy. Okay, he was just bad. But with MIDNIGHT’S MASTER, I needed to transform him into the hero of the book and still keep the edge he’d shown previously. Niol was never going to be a candlelight and flowers kind of guy—his life was more blood and death. So I felt like I needed to keep his darkness but show the emotion he was capable of feeling. Ah, Niol, you were a challenge!


Laurie-Do you have a favorite paranormal character in your Night Watch books? If so who and why?

Cynthia-Sandra “Dee” Daniels may be my favorite heroine (she’s in I’LL BE SLAYING YOU). Dee spends her nights hunting vampires and she spends her days—um, waiting for nightfall so that she can hunt. She’s physically very strong, but emotionally she’s fragile. I enjoyed her character so much because Dee always got to say exactly what she thought (anytime and anyplace). I want to be as bold and brave as Dee!

Laurie-Do you have any idea how many books you’re going to write in your Night Watch series?

Cynthia-I have written three books so far. ETERNAL HUNTER (01/10) Is the first book, I’LL BE SLAYING YOU (07/10) is the second, and the third book is ETERNAL FLAME (12/10) is the third. ETERNAL FLAME focuses on my hybrid demon, Zane, and that story was another very fun one to write!

There is one more couple that I’d like to write about in the Night Watch group. I can’t say anything 100% definite about that, but there was a certain cop in this series that really interested me.

Laurie-You write both suspense and paranormal, do you have a favorite between the two you like to write the best?

Cynthia-I love ‘em both. One of the things I’ve learned is that even when I’m writing my paranormals, I let suspense elements creep into the story. Switching back and forth between paranormals and suspense gives me the chance to refresh my mind a bit, and I feel very lucky to be writing in two genres that I enjoy so much.

Laurie-Cynthia, I seen on your website you have a new suspense trilogy/series coming out, can you give us some insight about this trilogy/series? And can you tell us a little on the characters that we will be reading about?


Cynthia-I’ll be happy to share! Thanks for asking! The first book in my upcoming “Deadly” series is DEADLY FEAR. DEADLY FEAR will introduce readers to the FBI agents in the SSD (the Serial Services Division). These agents track and apprehend serials—serial killers, arsonists, kidnappers, and rapists. The heroine of DEADLY FEAR is Monica Davenport. She’s a top profiler with a very dark past. When she is teamed up with her ex-lover, they are tasked with tracking a killer who turns his victims’ worst nightmares into reality.

I’ve written three Deadly books so far. In February of 2011, DEADLY HEAT will be available, and then in March of 2011, DEADLY LIES will be released. I’m hoping readers enjoy the new series!

Laurie-Do you have anything your working on now, you can share?

Cynthia-Yes! I was hoping you’d ask this question. I recently turned in a new paranormal romance to my editor at Kensington Brava. The hero of this particular book is a Fallen Angel of Death and my heroine is a vampire. A very unlikely pairing. If my hero wants redemption and to rise again, all he has to do…is kill the heroine.


Thanks! Cynthia for taking time to visit us and letting us in on some of your work.

You can find out more about Cynthia here Cynthia's website


Now time for the giveaway. Cynthia has been so kind as to giveaway one copy of I'll be Slaying You. This is open to US and Internationally.

Please leave comment or question and say you wanted to be entered and add you email. This way I know who wants to be entered. This giveaway will run for one day so please enter by 6:00am on the 21st.

Review Eternal Hunter by Cynthia Eden

Eternal Hunter book one in Night Watch
Author Cynthia Eden
Paranormal romance- Shape-shifter
Trade paperback 338 pgs



Book Description
Assistant DA Erin Jerome has a secret. Make that two. One: She's not entirely human-she's Other, desperately trying to keep her supernatural strength under wraps. Two: she's got a killer stalking her-an Other rogue set on "gifting" her bloody corpses, not to mention nights lying awake in terror. Small wonder she's been having bad luck with men.

But the bounty hunter on her new case isn't worried about any of that. Jude Donovan is a shapeshifter himself, and the new DA's midnight hair and addictive scent tell him all he thinks he needs to know: She's gorgeous, she's definitely not human, and she's bringing out the animal in him in a really good way. He might have to track a psychotic Other stalker through half of Louisiana. But he might also get the chance to watch Erin's wild side come out and play.

Laurie's reivew
Rating-

Sexual

Another great read by Eden. I just love shape shifters, especially when they are hot dangers white tigers, yummy! I really like the bounty hunter storyline, it was really refreshing to me. This one has action, fast hot sex, shape-shifter fighting, and a great mystery.

Few Spoilers
Before I start I have to say, Erin has a huge problem, she has a sick psychopath that thinks he’s is her mate and he either hurts or kills anyone who even breath wrong towards her. Erin even moved hopping he wouldn’t find her. This made for a good mystery, I never picked up on who it is was until I read the name. Needless to say I was shocked.

Erin meets Jude when he captures low life bail skipper Bobby Burrows and brings him in. With Erin being a hybrid she knows Jude is a shape shifter right off the bat and feels something toward him. That night while good old Bobby was in jail, he is slathered. So both Erin and Jude meets up again trying to find out what happened to Bobby. They both know that the only thing that could rip Bobby apart is another shifter, but either one of them smelled another shifter. Hum could it be a human? You have to read and find out I am not telling. lol. When Erin goes home that night she finds her psychopath had found her and left her a calling card in her home to let her know he was there, it was message on her wall and written in blood. Erin calls and asks Jude to come over, before the cops (so you know who is on her mind;) and form there they have to find and stop the one responsible for the killings. They both carries secrets from their past that they have to over come in order to be together.

Review: Immortal Danger by Cintha Eden

Immortal Danger
Author:Cynthia Eden
Vamprie/Dragon
Paranomral romance paperback 281 pgs
Author's website

Summary:
Once, Maya Black was a kick-ass cop patrolling the streets of L. A. She still keeps the city safe, but nowadays her bad guys of choice include demons, werewolves, and assorted nocturnal scum. Something Maya knows a thing or two about. She's a vampire--and not thrilled about it. Payback meet bitch.

Adam Brody hopes Maya is as dangerous as they say she is. He needs her to help rescue his niece Cammie from a ruthless band of vamps, and he's willing to pay--in blood. Trusting her is another matter. Adam has never met a vampire who doesn't lie. Then again, he's never met anyone like Maya, who fills him with a desperate need that ignites into explosive, no-holds-barred encounters...
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Laurie's review
Sexual- Very Hot
rating 5/5
Excellent book!! I love how this book has so much action between the vamps, shape shifters and demons. In this book you’ll find a great romance story between two creatures that are killers with a heart for the weak, action, hot sex, and betrayal. I loved how the author would throw things in the story, so while your reading your saying to yourself, I would have never guessed that one.

I loved Maya, as a vampire she calls herself a killer/monster, she does know how to kill even if they are bigger than her, but she has a heart for those that are weak. She is betrayed by her former lover and someone else, I don’t want to give this one out, it surprised me when I read it. Maya knows payback, so look out for a great ride.

I like how Brody is described, unlike most books where the male is GQ sexy Brody is not, but lets just say he is something besides human that makes up for it.

Together Maya and Brody are unstoppable in getting his niece, its an action pack ride along the way.

I’d say to all that love PNR make sure this book makes your to read pile