One Wild Night

by Amelia James

Never piss off a gypsy with the powers of hell at his fingertips. But that’s exactly what Jake Marshall does when he wins Lucien’s girlfriend in a drunken poker game.

World War I is over and Jake wanders through Eastern Europe looking for adventure, romance or maybe just a good stiff drink. When he meets beautiful, exotic Miranda, he knows she can give him everything he wants…for tonight at least. Jake can’t decide if her magic touch scares him or turns him on. Can he trust her?

Miranda is looking for a way out. She suffered Lucien’s abuses far too long, and Jake offers the escape she craves. The cocky American is bold, brash and carries too many guns, but she likes that in a man.

But when Lucien unleashes an ancient curse, Jake and Miranda are forced to flee into the dark black forest while the minions of hell pursue them through endless hours of midnight. Jake can only fight for so long, and Miranda’s powers are pushed to the limit. She can break the curse…if they survive One Wild Night.

Genres: Paranormal, Short Stories, Paranormal Romance, Contemporary Romance, Romance, Fantasy

Kindle Edition

First published July 27, 2011

About the author

Amelia James started reading steamy romance novels in junior high, but her mom took them away from her, so she started daydreaming instead. After she got married, she wrote some of her naughtier daydreams down and sent them to Playgirl magazine. Two of them got published. She kept daydreaming and writing stories until her dirty stories turned into trashy books.

She lives in Colorado, but she’ll always be a loyal Wisconsin Cheesehead. When she’s not lusting after her next bad boy hero, she looks for inspiration in sci-fi and action movies, football players, bloodsucking lawyers, muscle cars, and kick-butt chicks.

Reviews

[Ginny Lurcock · Rating 4 out of 5]

So my PDF ARC of this title always opened with the label ���Dessert Rice���

This has no bearing on anything, it just made me go ���the heck��� every time I opened it, so I decided to share.

Let me sum things up for you.
Gypsies
Cowboy
Curse
Demon
BAM!

I give One Wild Night���

Okay, I���ve just been informed that while ���gypsy, cowboy, cursed, and demon��� might be enough for me to pick up a book, that���s not the norm. We���ll sit down and talk about key words later. For now:

Like I said, oh was it just last night, I fear gypsies. And because I���m all kinds of effed up (the best kind of effed up) I love reading about them. So.Effing.Much. I mean, that���s not why I picked up this ARC. I did so because it was written by Trashy and was a paranormal romance and I have this obsession with getting as many ARCs as possible��� But when I found gypsies were involved��� well all the better.

Can I just tell you right now that I had a serious problem with this book? It was pretty much nonstop action with a gypsy woman and a cowboy straight from the wild west being cursed by a ticked off gypsy ex to be chased through a nightmare by a demon��� and I kept yelling ���NO, SLOW DOWN, YOU���RE ONLY A NOVELLA, I���M GOING TO RUN OUT OF YOU TOO QUICKLY!���

Yes, that���s my problem with it. It was un-putdownable and now I have to wait to see what happens between the cowboy and the gypsy.

And I freaking hate waiting.

NOW! I give One Wild Night 4 stars

[Savannah · Rating 5 out of 5]

It really didn't even feel short at all, I was very impressed. Settled in Europe many decades ago, this story is loaded with everything a fan of fantasy and paranormal desires to read. Jack, an American Solider after the war on his travels, finds himself hanging around a camp of Gypsy’s one night playing cards.
To his dismay, his luck turns out not so great after all when he wins bet after bet against Lucien, a gypsy who was then foolish enough to use his woman, Miranda, as his last betting piece.
Once the cards fold, and the new lovers run off, jealousy and a gypsy curse spoken by Lucien sets the pace for the rest of the story. Miranda and Jack are off into the night, stuck in time around midnight, battling creature after creature on their way to execute the curse from their names.
It was all just too much fun to read; steamy, HOT, frightening at times, everything that provokes a reader into an array of emotions, even laughter! I am most definitely a fan of Amelia James and I cannot wait to read more of Jack and Miranda’s travels!

[T. · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one just didn't keep my interest, too much happening and thrown into one night (Yeah, I get that this is the whole idea behind the title, but the only thing missing was a kitchen sink), and I thought it was just too silly. I'm giving it 3 stars because its not badly written, and it even has a plot- I just didn't like the story, and I wasn't invested in what would happen next. I finished the book with a sense of relief that it was finally over and I could pick a different book. I've read other stuff by this author, and I feel this should not be taken as an example of the author's skill, she's actually pretty good. I just think this individual book missed the mark.

[Angel **Book Junkie** · Rating 2 out of 5]

There was something missing from this story. I can't put my hands on what it was. The writing was good but, the story did not capture me. I cannot say that it was bad enough to rank a one star but really I am not sure it even deserves two stars. I wanted the entire book to be over the entire 2 hours it took me to read it. It was short but, I could never get invested in the story much less the characters. I don't even remember the characters name and I just spent 24 hours of their time with them. Something is to be said about that.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

the title explains it all! very fast paced and HOT. not graphic but just enough to get you wanting more....and this book definitely leaves you wanting more! the chemistry between Jake and Miranda is intense and palpable. looking forward to it's sequel, One Wild Weekend. I must also add that Amelia James is an amazing author/person and that Mallory Rock did a fantastic job on the cover! can't forget Stevie Mikayne....editors need some love too :)

[Claire · Rating 1 out of 5]

When I read the book description, it sounded interesting and enjoyable. I was wrong. The book is too short to support anything. The plot was weak, the dialogue was weak, the characters were weak. The only reason I ended up finishing it was because it was so short- by the time I realized this book wouldn't redeem itself or get better I was already 60% through. It's always a hit or miss with Kindle freebies, and this was definitely a miss.

[Beth · Rating 2 out of 5]

This story was too short. I found the story concept intriguing and would have liked to see more elaboration of the events that took place during the chase scenes. There was so much time spent on the couple of hours during the card game and so little time spent on the 24 hours they were on the run because of the curse that it just felt uneven.

[Lewlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm not sure if I had the right reactions to this story! I thought Jake was a bit hapless and felt he ran through this book thinking WTF!! Not sure if that was the desired effect lol

But.....this was a very well written book, fast-paced (which you need with a short story), well edited (a must from me) and characters that you do actually care about. I would definitely read more from Ms James.

[Graham Kershaw · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jake and his new gypsy girlfriend, Miranda, find themselves cursed by Lucien, Miranda’s ex. Sparks fly as ever more powerful demons descend upon them. Can they survive until the witching hour? Contains spells based upon the Estonian vocabulary.

[Redheaded Bookworm · Rating 3 out of 5]

Review to come

[Becky Lawson · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm not really into the whole gypsy/fantasy theme, so I found this book quite boring and dull. There wasn't even much sexuality in the book for my liking.

[Tawnya · Rating 2 out of 5]

A short novella based on one Gypsy being a sore loser sfter betting his girlfriend away. The winner along with the girlfriend spend a night fighting for their lives.

[Rob · Rating 4 out of 5]

I never read the blurb on this book before I started reading it, so it was quite a surprise!! An enjoyable read, short but packed a lot in.

[Shell · Rating 1 out of 5]

too short

[Jadine · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't understand why the author threw in humor with all the dangerous stuff happening to them, a little would have been ok but it felt like too much.

[Chris · Rating 1 out of 5]

Gypsies, curses, demons. Oh my.
Didn't like the story line at all. Big waste of time.

[Genny · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it as a short story, and would love to see it extended to a full novel. :)