- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Hachette Little, Brown Piatkus (2 April 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 074990934X
- ISBN-13: 978-0749909345
- Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 2.7 x 18 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 46,965 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Meet Keri Arthur's Riley Jenson - half-vampire, half-werewolf, ALL trouble...
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Guardian Riley Jenson always seems to face the worst villains. And this time's no different. For it's no ordinary sorceress who can raise the dead to do her killing. But that's exactly what Riley expects to find at the end of a trail of female corpses used - and discarded - in a bizarre ritual of evil. With pressure mounting to catch the fiend, the last thing Riley needs is the heat of the upcoming full moon bringing her werewolf hormones to a boil - or the reappearance of a sexy bounty hunter, the rogue wolf Kye Murphy. Riley has threatened Murphy with arrest if he doesn't back off the investigation, but it's Riley who feels handcuffed by Kye's lupine charm. Torn between her vamp and wolf natures, between her love for Quinn and her attraction to Kye, Riley knows she's courting danger and indulging the deadliest desires. For her hunt through the supernatural underworld will bring her face-to-face with what lurks in a darkness where even monsters fear to tread.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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After reading all the previous Riley Jenson books I was looking forward to the next in the series. Deadly Desire doesn't disappoint as a good read.
The half wolf, half vampire, who can turn into a bird, really gets to grips with being a Guardian. Her detective skills are definately to the fore in this book, tracking down a pair of crazy sorceress killers, who use resurrected zombies and vampire freezing dust as weapons. The final battle is a good one, if not a bit predictable.
The emotional focus of the story is aimed at Riley and Quinn, whose relationship (when not sexual) does appear to be developing, and will probably continue into the next book with the addition of Kye!
The half wolf, half vampire, who can turn into a bird, really gets to grips with being a Guardian. Her detective skills are definately to the fore in this book, tracking down a pair of crazy sorceress killers, who use resurrected zombies and vampire freezing dust as weapons. The final battle is a good one, if not a bit predictable.
The emotional focus of the story is aimed at Riley and Quinn, whose relationship (when not sexual) does appear to be developing, and will probably continue into the next book with the addition of Kye!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Riley Jenson is a feisty, dangerous woman who works as a Guardian, a supernatural police force in Australia. We've met Riley and her colleagues in previous books but this story works reasonably as a standalone book for those unfamiliar with the previous stories. However the book as a whole didn't really hold together enough to make it a great read.
Riley is half werewolf, half vampire, and this means that she has extra skills and abilities which are still developing. Her work for the Guardians can be dangerous, often involves killing or clean-up, and as the story begins we are drawn into a case where various vampires are being killed and humans are also being savaged. Riley fairly quickly identifies sorcery as part of the cause and even finds a significant suspect. However her investigation isn't going entirely as planned when lone wolf Kye reappears in her life. She and Kye have an inconvenient attraction, especially inconvenient to Riley who is trying to be faithful to her vampire lover Quinn. When more and more people start to die Riley may need to enlist Kye's help to solve the killings but she may get a bit more than she bargained for.
There is plenty of action in this story, there's the continuation of the romance thread between Riley and Quinn, less focus on her brother Rhoan and his lover Liander but still a good cast of characters. However somehow this story didn't quite hit the spot for me; it felt too transitional, events felt unfinished at times, and it also seemed too easy for Riley to get to the bottom of the murders. Riley as a character isn't always easy to like and I could never quite understand her appeal to the various men who seem to clamour for her attention. There were some good moments in this book, the Australian setting is interesting, but overall it was a bit of a disappointment.
Originally published for Curled Up With A Good Book © Helen Hancox 2009
Riley is half werewolf, half vampire, and this means that she has extra skills and abilities which are still developing. Her work for the Guardians can be dangerous, often involves killing or clean-up, and as the story begins we are drawn into a case where various vampires are being killed and humans are also being savaged. Riley fairly quickly identifies sorcery as part of the cause and even finds a significant suspect. However her investigation isn't going entirely as planned when lone wolf Kye reappears in her life. She and Kye have an inconvenient attraction, especially inconvenient to Riley who is trying to be faithful to her vampire lover Quinn. When more and more people start to die Riley may need to enlist Kye's help to solve the killings but she may get a bit more than she bargained for.
There is plenty of action in this story, there's the continuation of the romance thread between Riley and Quinn, less focus on her brother Rhoan and his lover Liander but still a good cast of characters. However somehow this story didn't quite hit the spot for me; it felt too transitional, events felt unfinished at times, and it also seemed too easy for Riley to get to the bottom of the murders. Riley as a character isn't always easy to like and I could never quite understand her appeal to the various men who seem to clamour for her attention. There were some good moments in this book, the Australian setting is interesting, but overall it was a bit of a disappointment.
Originally published for Curled Up With A Good Book © Helen Hancox 2009
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book so much i read it within 2 days. I loved the characters but i must admit i knew what was going to happen with Riley & Kye, it was quite obvious considering with all the heat & attraction going on between the two. I can't wait for the next book "Bound to the shadows" & i can't wait to see how Riley deals with having two soul mates & if Kye comes back to take whats his.
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