Product Description

This is the second book in the urban fantasy-thriller series starring sexy bounty hunter and witch, Rachel Morgan. During the last few months, former bounty-hunter Rachel Morgan has been rather busy. Having escaped relatively unscathed from her corrupt former employers, she's not only acquired a vampiric room-mate called Ivy, faced werewolf assassins and battled shape-shifting demons, but has also found the time to pick up a boyfriend (even if he is only human) and open her very own runner agency. But, cohabiting with a vampire, however reformed, has its dangers. Ivy's evil vampire ex-boyfriend has decided that he wants her back, and views Rachel as a tasty side-dish. To make matters worse, Rachel's demon mark is the ultimate vamp-aphrodisiac; one that works both ways. The stakes are high, and if Rachel is to save herself and her room mate she must challenge the master vampire and confront the dark secrets she's kept hidden even from herself.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10248 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback

Review
'Discovering a new series like this is like finding buried treasure' Diana Gabaldon 'A spellbinding blend of sharp wit and vivid imagination.' Kelly Armstrong

About the Author
The only girl in a large family of boys, former tomboy Kim Harrison invented the first Brigadier General Barbie in self-defence. She shoots a very bad game of pool and rolls a very good game of dice. When not at her keyboard, she enjoys lounging on the couch with a bowl of popcorn watching action movies with The-Guy-In-The-Leather-Jacket. She plays her Ashiko drum when no one is listening, and is hard to find when the moon is new.

Customer Reviews

Really liked this.
I'm thoroughly enjoying these books. Ms Harrison writes in a similar vein to Laurell K. Hamilton before her books turned into bonk fests. There's a great story line that's easy to get into, characters that keep you interested, what with all their various foibles and problems, and you find yourself looking forwards to seeing what Rachel Morgan's going to get up to next. She's a heroine who loves to get her hands dirty. What's a little blood between friends anyway? I would definitely recommend this book (it's book 2, so you may want to start with the first book so you don't miss anything.)

As good as the first
this book is as good if not better than dead witch walking. all the charecters are in there with many more.

An Ending That's Worth It!
Having loved the ideas presented in the first book, I was a little disappointed at the rather plodding, unexplained pace of this second book's opening. Then it became appropriately gory, sarky and demony. The demon's moments are by far the highlights of the book, and while the character of Kist flickers between potential and cliche, all those who see Spike from Buffy written down on paper, raise your hand now....

...Or that could just be me.

Visually, this book presents some very strong scenes, obviously depending on the quality of the readers imagination. The humour in the anti-tomato attitude of the humans also verges on the irritating, but if you can kind of skim over those parts and focus on the bits that are actually good, then this book is a faithful second part of the series, giving you a climatic ending that leaves you desperate to know what comes next.