Product Description

Holly Carver is a witch who sometimes relies on the help of Alessandro Caravelli for her family's preternatural investigations business. Alessandro is the oldest and strongest vampire in Fairview - and he's made no secret of his desire for Holly. But while she aches to succumb to his suggestive wiles - she knows it would be an invitation to trouble.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #158641 in Books
• Published on: 2009-04-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 352 pages

Customer Reviews

Excellent new paranormal series
I really enjoyed this book. From the initial scene where heroine Holly Carver is trying to rescue some people from a haunted house, to the gradual worldbuilding as we learn about supernatural creatures and their own form of hell, to Holly's awakening to her possible role in a centuries-old battle, to her romance with a man who really won't be good for her long-term... we follow the actions of Holly and her business partner Alessandro Caravelli, a six-centuries-old vampire. Holly's magic was subdued by a spell that went wrong when she was young and she makes her living by doing minor witchy jobs to pay for her tuition at a business course at college. However she finds herself dragged into rather bigger issues when a demon uses her own home to try to step through into this world.

Caravelli is a fascinating character in this book, a man of integrity and goodness but who also knows and fears his nature as predator. He knows there isn't any future for him with Holly but wants to help her and to keep her safe. With several other men floating in and out of Holly's life, she doesn't always know who to trust, and those she loves the most may cause her harm. But if Holly and Caravelli can discover who is trying to control the demon and can stop the influx of evil into our world, they may find a whole new situation where they can rescue supernaturals condemned to an eternal punishment.

The writing style of this book was excellent with a good plot which unveiled at a comfortable pace. I always followed the story, not getting lost in complexities that one can find in this kind of book. Holly and Alessandro were great lead characters, although Holly was slightly less fully fleshed out in terms of her motivations and feelings. The threads of the story were well wrapped up in this book although there were a few minor plot events that will presumably follow in the next story. All in all this was always an enjoyable read with an appealing hero and a good take on the supernatural/paranormal world.

Originally published for Curled Up With A Good Book © Helen Hancox 2009

Boring rubbish
I thought i'd give this a go when i read the review here.

The idea of a witch who can't perform high-level (big M-magic)magic is a good one. When the heroine first uses big M-magic i was expecting...well more than i got. I felt as if part of the story had been edited out, the part that actually gave some idea of the susposed pain big M-magic causes the heroine, however there was nothing there. Also not there was any tension- between the heroine and the vampire-hero, and in the novel generally.

What a waste of time and money! It was pap, it actually made Laurell K Hamilton's latest offering look good. Please, someone tell me why authors MUST put vampires in tight leather...with fringing? I got half way through with the under-developed changelings, and just couldn't stand it any longer.

I see no point reading a book that made me cringe throughout the half that i read.