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Anthology
Authors:: Sherrilyn Kenyon, Amanda Ashley, L. A. Banks , Lori Handeland
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
In an unseen world that lurks in the shadows, they roam the night-feral, passionate, and dangerous. And when their world touches ours, a primitive desire takes hold, leaving mere mortals powerless in its wake...
Four of romance's most intriguing authors have come together to create a mesmerizing anthology-unforgettable tales of vampires, shapeshifters, and were-wolves. At the heart of these deeply sensual tales are everyday people facing extraordinary events-men and women thrown together by fate and an irresistible desire. In this world, your eyes can betray you as myth becomes reality, curses are vanquished, and love is the only weapon that can stand in the face of evil. In this world, there is a moment when passion and forbidden desire collide at the...
Winter Born by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Two enemy Were-Panthers discover that fate has destined they become lovers. Pandora must learn to trust Dante's foreign nature. But as she slowly succumbs to the truest passion she has ever known, dark forces have already set out to reclaim her...
Born of the Night by Amanda Ashley
When Lady Shanara Montiori is taken hostage, she learns that the rumors about her captor are true. Lord Reyes is afflicted with the dark curse of the werewolf. Still, Shanara can't fight the attraction they both feel. Will their love break the curse-or feed its powerful hold?
Make It Last Forever by L. A. Banks
An innocent mistake forces the beautiful Tara onto a mission to save herself from the dark fate that awaits her. Salvation comes in the form of a seductive biker with a heart of gold. But will surrendering to their ripe attraction unleash a danger even she cannot control?
Red Moon Rising by Lori Handeland
Novelist Maya Alexander's peace is shattered when she is stalked by a Navaho skinwalker who has taken on the guise of a wolf. Her only hope is the mysterious Clay Philips. In his arms, she seeks protection-but as the red moon rises, no one is safe from the danger that lurks nearby...
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Re: Stroke of Midnight by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Amanda Ashl...
這是一篇沒什麼好挑剔的小短篇,沒有特別讓人驚豔或感動到痛哭流涕的情節,也沒什麼吞都吞不下去的故事情節,這本書就是嘟嘟好的那種好 看了會心情愉快就是了
但書中的確有很多情節挺好笑的,Dante的兩個蠢弟弟和帶著烤肉醬的Simi都出場了,而且更別提這段姻緣可是阿克倫牽的紅線唷
Dante,卡塔葛利的變身豹人,煉獄俱樂部老闆,惡名遠播,殺了背叛自己的弟弟還把他的皮掛在牆上,更重要的是,他一點都不想要一個Mate
但是他卻遇見了一個阿卡迪亞族的人豹Pandora,而且她正在逃離一個大麻煩,更不巧的是,她正好在經歷她第一次的發情期,接下來,就是乾柴遇上烈火了......
Pandora的族人與某支卡塔葛利的豹人簽有一份協議 :挑選族中在冬季發情的少女上貢以換取和平,Pandora就是這一季不幸被挑選上的一個,在姊姊的幫助下,Pandora逃跑了,她迫切地想尋求阿克倫的協助,但是她甚至連他長什麼樣子都不知道
在一個科幻小說大展(實際上是cosplay嘉年華),Dante與他的哥哥Romeo和一對雙胞胎弟弟來赴阿克倫的約,因為阿克倫告訴Dante這時候這裡會有最好的樂團,而Dante迫切地想為煉獄俱樂部增加一些新節目
他們馬上就發現了散發強烈氣味的發情期的Pandora,於是Dante的雙胞胎弟弟Leo和Mike精蟲衝腦,Romeo性趣缺缺(畢竟已經被配對了),Dante雖然蠢蠢欲動但是並不想給自己找麻煩,只想離麻煩越遠越好
而已經mated的Romeo抱持著「吾家有女初長成」的心態,想幫Pandora盡可能地熬過這次的發情期,但卻越幫越忙,到最後讓Dante完全克制不住地衝到Pandora門前
而對Pandora來說,眼前最好的下場就是接受Dante了,起碼大她幾百歲的Dante還能夠溫柔一點,更重要的是,Dante只會獨吞,絕對不會與其他人分享她
沒想到兩人過了火辣辣的一夜後(豹族真是體力驚人),竟然發現他們被配對了,但他們兩人對這個結果可是一點都不感到開心
對於Dante來說,他們一系的母豹只把男人當作洩慾工具跟奶媽,其他時候連想碰她們一根手指都不行,更別提他的某個死去的哥哥就是死在跟配偶太過激烈的床上運動上,這讓他對於配對實在是興趣缺缺,他一點都不想要有一個死在床上的壞名聲
至於Pandora,她一點都不想跟「卡」族有任何關係,因為從她過往所聽到的,以及她姊姊的遭遇中,她所認知的「卡」族只會將她們這些不凶狠的「阿」族母豹當作性奴隸、僕人、傳宗接代、帶孩子的工具,而她沒想到她才從另一個地獄裡逃出來馬上又跳進了另一個
但是Dante以及他們的族群的規則可不是這樣的,在Dante的族群裡,誰敢不尊敬大嫂的就等著家法處置吧,更別提這群男人個個可都是個帶孩子的好手呢
而且Dante已經習慣了他們族群的母豹在發情期過後就會跟她們的姐妹會一起結伴雲遊四海,而Dante甚至已經打算如果她要出去旅遊,他要幫她組團甚至提供路費,如果一旦她懷孕了,大可把孩子丟給他帶沒關係(世紀好男人啊)
Pandora沒想過Dante竟然這麼的開明,而且Dante對她的體貼,對家人的關愛,比她以往所看到的「阿」族人豹還要更仁慈;他不但願意教她法術,還為了怕她迷路,送了她一個可以讓她在想要時可以回到她身邊的戒指,只要她需要,他就可以隨時為她提供他的庇護
但是在兩人完成mate的宣言後,原先抓走Pandora的豹群也找上門來了,Dante以一對八,在緊張時刻還把Pandora送走,不想讓她涉入危險,但是Pandora充分地運用了那枚戒指回到他身邊與他一同奮戰
最後Dante到了對方地頭撂狠話,輕輕鬆鬆地就讓他們把所有的「阿」族母豹交出來,還把Pandora的那些姊姊們送進了渡假村,她們想住多久就住多久,Dante把費用全包了(Dante不愧是卡塔葛利裡排名第二的大富豪啊)
Dante在這小短篇中幾乎沒有缺點,多金、大方、溫柔體貼、給Pandora完全的自由以及尊重,Pandora怎麼可能不愛上他呢
讓我很可惜他的故事只有這麼短而已,不過這對老夫少妻的配對還是讓我很滿意
關於他們的後續發展,在《暗夜危情》裡有提到
看得出來,兩人還是打得很火熱啊