Hot Blooded - Softcover

Christine Feehan; Maggie Shayne; Emma Holly; Angela Knight

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0515136964 ISBN 13: 9780515136968

Publisher: Berkley Pub Group, 2004

Synopsis

When the sun goes down, four women will discover the man they desire within the beast that drives them wild in this sexy paranormal romance collection that includes an original Carpathain novella...

“Dark Hunger” by #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan
In a dark jungle, a beautiful activist liberates animals from a secret laboratory and releases an unexpected prisoner from his bonds. But in doing so, she also unleashes the Carpathian’s voracious appetite...
 
“Awaiting Moonrise” by New York Times bestselling author Maggie Shayne
A scientist enters the steamy bayou to find a new species of animal and soon finds herself tempted by a legendary creature straight out of her most sensual nightmare...
 
“The Night Owl” by USA Today bestselling author Emma Holly
Little ever seems to stir in the sleepy woods of a small Vermont town, until a new owner takes over the exclusive local inn. He has traveled far and wide to find his queen—and will stop at nothing to claim her...
 
“Seduction’s Gift” by New York Times bestselling authorAngela Knight
All’s fair in the war between desire and resistance when a lady cop pulls over a speeder—and finds an immortal lover who is determined to seduce her into accepting her own passionate destiny...

About this title

About the Author

Christine Feehan is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Carpathian series, the GhostWalker series, the Leopard series, the Shadow Riders series, and the Sea Haven novels, including the Drake Sisters series and the Sisters of the Heart series.

Maggie Shayne is the New York Times bestselling author of the Brown and De Luca Novels and the Wings in the Night Novels.

Emma Holly is the award winning, USA Today bestselling author of more than thirty romantic books, featuring billionaires, shifters, faeries and just plain extraordinary folks. She loves the hot stuff, both to read and to write!

Angela Knight is a New York Times bestselling author and former newspaper journalist. She lives with her family in South Carolina.

From Publishers Weekly

Four gorgeous nighttime predators bid farewell to bachelorhood in this uneven quartet of sensual paranormal romances. Surprisingly, Feehan's "Dark Hunger," depicting the romance between an immortal Carpathian and a spirited shape-shifter, is the weakest of the lot. Feehan struggles with the short form; she tries to cram everything she would normally put in a novel—multiple conflicts, a full cast of characters and an abundance of love scenes—into a mere 100 pages, and the result is a frenetic tale lacking emotional intensity, plausibility and focus. The stories improve progressively, however, with Shayne delivering a tightly wrought werewolf romance in "Awaiting Moonrise" and Holly offering a sexy, shockingly kinky romance ("The Night Owl") between a vampire and a smalltown baker. The most inventive of the four is "Seduction's Gift." Knight imagines a magical world where Magi, immortal champions of humankind commonly referred to as "witches" and "vampires," wield their powers to save humanity from itself. These immortal champions include the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere and the hero of this tale, Lord Lancelot du Lac, assassin and High Court seducer. All the stories suffer to some degree from an overabundance of lust and sex and a dearth of emotional connection, but fans of the genre aren't likely to mind.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley Pub Group
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0515136964
• ISBN 13: 9780515136968
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 400