Sophie Durand is a nightclub (Carpe Nocturne) owner. One night a man is found murdered in her club. She then meets a mysterious dude, who turns out to be a vampire and suspected of being the murderer by the secret vampire police (no, really). We discover Sophie is an origo, meaning that she is destined to belong to two masters. Of course, the other master would be one of the secret police.

Cue trying to keep Sophie safe and alive, dealing with the whole thing of both masters being at odds, etc.

This was a very short book, but even then, not much happened. There was a lot of fluff, and a lot of "telling, not showing" which always drives me batshit insane.

I really, really hated the actual writing, and ended up skimming a lot.

It was a lot of informal, almost juvenile writing - the kind that you see on facebook or short, personal emails, except with more exclamation points:

"She was going to do the wild thing in the shower! Happy squeal!"

"Two men. One girl. So hot.
Ha, she hadn't known how hot the reality of it was! It was like a nuclear blast. Kaboom!"

I just expect more out of writing that someone is being paid to do.

Add in that I'm not a fan of S&M (patriarchal attitudes and cultural pressure issues), nor anal, and it was mostly those two things. The sex scenes had little lead up, and little pay off. They were just a lot shorter and less descriptive than I would prefer out of my erotica.

So yeah, not a fan. I give bonus cookies for the actually attempt at a plot, but I would never read this author's work again because of the actual writing. ( )

Sophie Durand is a nightclub (Carpe Nocturne) owner. One night a man is found murdered in her club. She then meets a mysterious dude, who turns out to be a vampire and suspected of being the murderer by the secret vampire police (no, really). We discover Sophie is an origo, meaning that she is destined to belong to two masters. Of course, the other master would be one of the secret police.

Cue trying to keep Sophie safe and alive, dealing with the whole thing of both masters being at odds, etc.

This was a very short book, but even then, not much happened. There was a lot of fluff, and a lot of "telling, not showing" which always drives me batshit insane.

I really, really hated the actual writing, and ended up skimming a lot.

It was a lot of informal, almost juvenile writing - the kind that you see on facebook or short, personal emails, except with more exclamation points:

"She was going to do the wild thing in the shower! Happy squeal!"

"Two men. One girl. So hot.
Ha, she hadn't known how hot the reality of it was! It was like a nuclear blast. Kaboom!"

I just expect more out of writing that someone is being paid to do.

Add in that I'm not a fan of S&M (patriarchal attitudes and cultural pressure issues), nor anal, and it was mostly those two things. The sex scenes had little lead up, and little pay off. They were just a lot shorter and less descriptive than I would prefer out of my erotica.

So yeah, not a fan. I give bonus cookies for the actually attempt at a plot, but I would never read this author's work again because of the actual writing. ( )

The story of a woman having not one but two soul mates out there in the world is thrilling. What woman doesn't want to find her one and only, but find out you have two is mind blowing. Tawney weaves a suspenseful story of a woman that finds a dead body in her bar into a page turning journey to catch a killer while opening herself up to romance with 2 vampires. The romance scenes are scorching and caused many needed water breaks. I was confused when reading other reviews posted for this book, because Amazon included reviews for another book she wrote and I was pleasantly surprised to enjoy this book after reading the negative reviews. ( )

This is erotica from a woman's point of view. The vampires are described in some detail while the woman is only described as having long blonde hair and then only in passing. As for the erotica it is mild BDSM.

The threesome of two men and one woman is well enough done and there is no homo-erotica if that matters to you. In fact, I don't think the men touch each except to fight or perhaps shake hands. And they don't fight over the woman. You may suspect that the erotica did little for me and you would be correct. Despite the enthusiasm with which the sex was described, I was not particularly turned on. But that is very probably a personal thing and no special fault of the author.

The serial killer and vampire hunt part of the story were well enough done but I thought that the wrap-up was quick and rather abrupt. But as they say, your mileage may vary. I got the impression that the author was anxious to get back to the sex.

I cannot strongly recommend this book. However if you like sex from a woman's point of view and mild BDSM you may enjoy this book. ( )