"When his mentor is killed, Lucas finds himself immersed in the paranormal"

Police officer Lucas Donnigan just wants to have a normal life. For the past fifteen years, he's managed to pretend that he doesn't have paranormal skills that could cause harm as easily as do good. When his former mentor Max Solaris is murdered, Lucas is determined to find the murderer. Max was immortal; it should have been impossible to kill him. Something magical is behind this; Lucas will root it out, and then get on with his life. First, though, he has to meet with the woman Max had urged him to see.

Amy Vaness is Max's niece, and psychic to boot. Lucas manages to rub her the wrong way from their first encounter. Too bad he's so utterly delectable; it's hard to hate the man who fuels your sexiest dreams. When the sex between them goes supernova, Amy knows what that means. She vows to fight the attraction raging between them. Lucas is not her fate, no matter what he does to her sexually. Amy has been hurt in the past; she doesn't need another arrogant male putting her down.

Evil stalks Lucas first, and then goes after Amy. It's hard to tell the good guys from the bad in this complex tale. Don't believe everything you see as 100% truth. Someone is using others as his pawns to inflict the havoc and pure evil on the populace. Amy has visions of the acts of torture, but she can't be sure that they are reality. She'll have to decide for herself if she dares to face her worst fears to stop the vicious acts and murders. Without Lucas, Amy doesn't have a chance. Can these two work together to stop a killer?

Don't expect to find the answers to Solaris' death in SONS OF SOLARIS 1: ARIES. I imagine we will go through several more stories of the Sons before we learn who is behind the murder. It will be interesting to see which son is featured next, although I have my suspicions. With more questions than answers, I'm eagerly anticipating the second book in Ms. Copeland's exciting paranormal series.

Sensuality: Rated E-rotic by the publisher. Explicit sex, public sex, rape (not by hero), anal sex, bondage and torture (not by hero); sexually explicit scenes: 16

Reviewed by Denise Powers
Courtesy Sensual Romance Reviews
Posted March 12, 2004

Summary

Lucas Donnigan has denied his supernatural powers and the emotional scars of his past for years. He values his now normal life, normal job and the occasional normal woman above all else.

Amy Vaness, psychic and the niece of Lucas' one-time mentor, loathes arrogant men who take pleasure in preying on those they believe to be weaker.

The murder of Amy's uncle and the predicted death of many others bring the two together, and it soon becomes clear that Fate wants them even closer.

Lucas is willing to work with Amy for the sake of saving lives. What he isn't willing to do is welcome the far from normal beauty into his bed or his mind. Amy believes Lucas to be the arrogant type of man she makes it a point to avoid and is just as determined to keep her distance.

But as clues to the killer unravel, tension and trust grow. Tempting Fate is no longer a matter of question but time.