MacAlister's latest Beloved novel a winner
Meet Paen Scott of "Even Vampires Get the Blues" by Katie MacAlister ($6.99,Signet Eclipse). Paen is a Dark One, a vampire born without a soul. He's damned unless he can find his Beloved and his three younger brothers (vampires all, but with a soul thank you very much)want to help him, sending every available female they can find to Paen's door.
Well, Paen is sick of it. He doesn't need a woman to save him because for the last 25 years he's been searching for the "Simia Gestor Coda." The "Coda" is an ancient manuscript that supposedly explains the origins of Dark Ones and a way to undo the curse binding a Dark One.
Well, Paen's search for the "Coda" is interrupted by one Caspar Green who appears, literally, in Paen's library to tell him that Paen must fulfill a debt to the demon lord Oriens that Paen's father incurred during the search for his Beloved (Paen's mum). Paen, as the oldest son, must locate the statue of a monkey god called the Jilin God -- if Paen doesn't do this, then Oriens will call in the collateral used to secure his services. The collateral just happens to be Paen's mother's soul and, oh yeah, the debt comes due in five days.
Caspar Green forbids the other Scott brothers to help in the search so one of Paen's brothers recommends a Diviner he heard about who is just opening up a private detective business.
Only half-elf Samantha Cosse is not exactly a Diviner since the Order asked her, politely, to leave. However, Sam is still very good a finding things so she agrees to take the case.
Looks like Paen might need a woman in his life after all, at least to help him save his mother.
If you like your paranormal romances with a dash of wit and a large pinch of humor, check out "Even Vampires Get the Blues." You'll be glad you did.
Well, Paen is sick of it. He doesn't need a woman to save him because for the last 25 years he's been searching for the "Simia Gestor Coda." The "Coda" is an ancient manuscript that supposedly explains the origins of Dark Ones and a way to undo the curse binding a Dark One.
Well, Paen's search for the "Coda" is interrupted by one Caspar Green who appears, literally, in Paen's library to tell him that Paen must fulfill a debt to the demon lord Oriens that Paen's father incurred during the search for his Beloved (Paen's mum). Paen, as the oldest son, must locate the statue of a monkey god called the Jilin God -- if Paen doesn't do this, then Oriens will call in the collateral used to secure his services. The collateral just happens to be Paen's mother's soul and, oh yeah, the debt comes due in five days.
Caspar Green forbids the other Scott brothers to help in the search so one of Paen's brothers recommends a Diviner he heard about who is just opening up a private detective business.
Only half-elf Samantha Cosse is not exactly a Diviner since the Order asked her, politely, to leave. However, Sam is still very good a finding things so she agrees to take the case.
Looks like Paen might need a woman in his life after all, at least to help him save his mother.
If you like your paranormal romances with a dash of wit and a large pinch of humor, check out "Even Vampires Get the Blues." You'll be glad you did.
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