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Night Fire
Aspiring jeweler Hayley McKeon, while attending a gem show, becomes mesmerized by Mazati, the owner of rare black opals, who, with one touch, makes her body tremble with desire. Original.
280 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2007
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About the author
Vonna Harper
151 books142 followersUnder her "real" name, Vonna Harper has published more fiction than she can keep track of . These include category romances for the major players as well as the 'juicy' stuff. She also penned a series of well-received Native American historicals. One earned her finalist status in both the Women Writing the West Willa award and Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association. Before discovering romances, both erotic and otherwise, Vonna 'confessed' all kinds of nonsense for the confession magazines.
When asked about erotica research, she insists, "Of course I've time-traveled to the ancient Everglades, infiltrated bondage strongholds, done wilderness search and rescue, and spent a night trapped in a workout gym with Mr. Universe. How can I possibly write about something I haven't experienced?"
As for day jobs, "I've been a commercial pilot, brain surgeon, worked as a white-water river guide, bee keeper, snake charmer, and garbage collector."
When asked about erotica research, she insists, "Of course I've time-traveled to the ancient Everglades, infiltrated bondage strongholds, done wilderness search and rescue, and spent a night trapped in a workout gym with Mr. Universe. How can I possibly write about something I haven't experienced?"
As for day jobs, "I've been a commercial pilot, brain surgeon, worked as a white-water river guide, bee keeper, snake charmer, and garbage collector."
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September 26, 2010
Mostly bondage sex scenes. Plot was too vague with parts never explained.
This plot was odd and hard to understand. Mazati was a warrior in the ancient Mexican Aztec civilization before the Aztecs were destroyed by Cortez. A god gave him immortality for the purpose of spreading the truth about the Aztecs to people in the future. It is now current day. Hayley creates jewelry using gemstones. She goes to a gemstone fair to buy stones and meets Mazati. He transports the two of them back in time to an Aztec pyramid. He ties her, puts a collar on her, and tells her she is the only one who can help him, but he won’t tell her why or what he needs. He only tells her she must be his sex slave, willing to be bound and submit to both pain and pleasure. They have several encounters like this where he takes her back in time, and then returns her to the present. It seemed like most of the book consisted of these bondage scenes. More often than not, he arouses her sexually but doesn’t let her finish which leaves her frustrated. By the end of the book I was still confused as to why he had to use bondage to accomplish whatever goal it was he needed to do. He also claimed she must submit her soul to him, but I didn’t see how that part came into the story, if it did. He showed her some scenes of people in his past. I would have liked more explanation of what they were doing and why. This book may appeal to readers interested in the bondage scenes, but I wanted more plot and character development and emotional connection.
Minor but annoying point: the cover picture does not match content. Hayley’s fingernails are short due to her work. The cover picture shows long painted nails. Mazati uses ropes and leather to tie Hayley. The picture shows modern day metal chains with fur cuffs. Hayley made a line of jewelry using black opal stones with red colors inside. Night Fire is the name she gave to this jewelry line. It would have been nice to see some of this jewelry on the cover or at least one of the stones. Instead the cover showed flames coming from an actual fire.
DATA:
Story length: 267 pages. Swearing language: strong. Sexual language: strong/erotic. Quantity of sex scenes: more than half of the book. Includes rear door activity, sex toys and spanking. Setting: present day possibly U.S. and ancient Aztec locations. Copyright: 2007. Genre: erotic time travel romance.
This plot was odd and hard to understand. Mazati was a warrior in the ancient Mexican Aztec civilization before the Aztecs were destroyed by Cortez. A god gave him immortality for the purpose of spreading the truth about the Aztecs to people in the future. It is now current day. Hayley creates jewelry using gemstones. She goes to a gemstone fair to buy stones and meets Mazati. He transports the two of them back in time to an Aztec pyramid. He ties her, puts a collar on her, and tells her she is the only one who can help him, but he won’t tell her why or what he needs. He only tells her she must be his sex slave, willing to be bound and submit to both pain and pleasure. They have several encounters like this where he takes her back in time, and then returns her to the present. It seemed like most of the book consisted of these bondage scenes. More often than not, he arouses her sexually but doesn’t let her finish which leaves her frustrated. By the end of the book I was still confused as to why he had to use bondage to accomplish whatever goal it was he needed to do. He also claimed she must submit her soul to him, but I didn’t see how that part came into the story, if it did. He showed her some scenes of people in his past. I would have liked more explanation of what they were doing and why. This book may appeal to readers interested in the bondage scenes, but I wanted more plot and character development and emotional connection.
Minor but annoying point: the cover picture does not match content. Hayley’s fingernails are short due to her work. The cover picture shows long painted nails. Mazati uses ropes and leather to tie Hayley. The picture shows modern day metal chains with fur cuffs. Hayley made a line of jewelry using black opal stones with red colors inside. Night Fire is the name she gave to this jewelry line. It would have been nice to see some of this jewelry on the cover or at least one of the stones. Instead the cover showed flames coming from an actual fire.
DATA:
Story length: 267 pages. Swearing language: strong. Sexual language: strong/erotic. Quantity of sex scenes: more than half of the book. Includes rear door activity, sex toys and spanking. Setting: present day possibly U.S. and ancient Aztec locations. Copyright: 2007. Genre: erotic time travel romance.
May 3, 2009
Strange book, hard to categorize. Perhaps you could call it a paranormal/time travel/bondage book? Ancient Aztec warrior who semi-survived the final battles with the Spanish has spent several centuries in the Aztec equivalent of limbo sees our heroine and thinks she's the one that can connect him and his culture to the future. To do this he keeps dragging her [mentally, or maybe not:] into his past. He keeps tying her up and dominating her because that's the way he related to his slave/wife - she has bondage fantasies but wants more of him than just 'master'.
I liked the resolution, but it took a long time to get there. A read-once.
I liked the resolution, but it took a long time to get there. A read-once.
July 15, 2011
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