"Two tasty vampire tales to savor."

Marriage in Moonlust by Kate Hill

Leona is to be sacrificed to the monsters -- the vampires, the family DeBray -- that basically own her village. However, not all the DeBrays are evil, just one, Kornel. Now Narcisse, the elder brother, has returned just in time to rescue Leona, and to be overwhelmingly attracted to her. Though Narcisse is certain of his ability to control Kornel, his overconfidence almost causes him to lose everything.

Very good vampire romance. The hero is alpha, but the heroine is a match for him. The characters are well formed with informative backgrounds and the story has substance.

Sensuality--Hard R: descriptive sex; non-monogamous sex; oral sex; consensual bondage. Sexually explicit scenes: 6.

Icarus by Sherri L. King

Morrigan Mederos, renowned poet and songwriter, is leaving the stress of her New York life behind. Her new home is outside of Meigle, Scotland, where she hopes to find peace from her frantic life and the dreams that have been haunting her. However the dreams are not gone, but become more intense -- and more real. It's not long, though, until she discovers that it's not her dream man she should fear...

This was a fascinating story, and I loved the uniqueness of the hero, but I didn't care for him personally. For some reason, I just didn't find the romance in this tale. The hero seemed cold and uncaring, the heroine, limp. All they seemed to have in common was hot sex. The fact that he is her "destiny" and she seemingly has no choice in the matter was irritating. I guess I'm just too much of a control freak to really enjoy this type story.

Sensuality--NC17: masturbation; descriptive sex; oral sex; blunt and some crude language; monogamous sex. Sexually explicit scenes: 3.

Reviewed by Flora Bell
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted April 9, 2003

Summary

Marriage in Moonlust by Kate Hill: Sacrificed to a family of vampires, Leona is rescued by handsome, powerful Narcisse Debray. In spite of her initial fear of blood drinkers, Leona is unable to control her attraction to the vampire lord. His lovemaking excites her beyond her wildest imaginings and he offers devotion such as she's never known. Unfortunately, their happiness is tainted by the wickedness of a jealous enemy. Narcisse's younger brother will stop at nothing to see the lovers destroyed.

Icarus by Sherri L. King: He comes to her in dreams, when she is most vulnerable to his stirring touches and burning kisses. He drinks her blood and binds her to him in ways no mortal lover ever could...but Morrigan doesn't want to believe that her water-dwelling blood drinker is anything more than a figment of her deprived imagination. Morrigan wants to be free of her addiction to the highly sexual creature she knows only as Az. But Az has other plans...and soon he hopes that Morrigan will be too deeply under his spell to care that he wants to take her back to his homeworld... to be his mate for all eternity.