"Warning: May cause your screen to melt"

Lois Commoner had reached the end of her rope. Everything that had any meaning in her life was gone. Her mother had died a while back. An on-the-job disability took her job away from her, and she wasn't the type of person to make many friends.

While she felt that it was something only a coward would do, she made the decision to end her own life. Taking her medications all at once, she drifted off to sleep ...

... and woke up to a giant puma licking her face?

Somehow, she had been transported to an alternate reality where the men changed into beasts at will and the sky was lavender.

Convinced at first that she was dreaming or dead, Lois enjoyed the sensation of being able to move about without pain. Then reality kicked in -- she was in a strange place, with no idea where she was, no place to stay, and no way to support herself. But her puma friend Prince Damon had other ideas. First on the list was to take Lois to his home and get her settled in. Then, somehow, convince her to stay.

Lois is the kind of woman MaryJanice Davidson is becoming known for: a kick ass, take-charge heroine who isn't afraid to get a little dirty. Lois is a very determined woman who finds herself in a situation she has no control over, and she makes the best of it.

CANIS ROYAL is a quick (60 page) read with snappy dialog, quirky secondary characters, an enjoyable feel to it, and let's not forget the sex. Damon and Lois fairly melt the monitor when they are together.

Rated Hard R.

Reviewed by Michelle Houston
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted January 28, 2003

Summary

Detective Lois Commoner has had enough. Deciding to end it all as an escape to ongoing physical agony, she overdoses one night while Star Trek blares in the background. To her amazement, instead of waking up dead, she finds herself in the Sandlands...a startlingly beautiful world whose inhabitants are shape-shifters. An ordinary woman on Earth, Lois is fought over in the Sandlands, where tough, scarred women are prized as highly desirable mates. And it seems like the entire royal family has turned their attention to Lois, including the king, his heir, and the two younger princes. Let the Bridefight begin... Sexual Content: Hard R. Genre: Fantasy.