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Legend of the Leopard
Geneticist Salvatore DeMartiano managed the unbelievable - he accidentally injected himself with infected leopard blood, which causes his biochemistry to alter and allows him to change into a leopard. And threatens to turn him into a white leopard...permanently. It doesn't help that he's miles into the Sudanese savannah where he cannot easily get the human blood and medicines he needs to solve the mystery of the gene-altering bacteria.
Until Julia Haverstock's plane crash-lands not far from his home. She's the only survivor. He's the only one who can speak English. She needs a way home. He needs her blood. Rather than explaining his bizarre predicament, he sets about seducing her, hoping to get close enough to convince her to help.
Julia bought the reasons she couldn't leave immediately and even became Sal's lover without much reluctance. But it frightens her when she finds notes on his computer about genetic alterations and leopard blood. What kind of mad scientist is he? When Sal is wounded, Julia must face the truth - he is the legendary white leopard. With Sal trapped in animal form, Julia faces her toughest decision yet - take the resources she's discovered and flee, or stay to help this man-beast she has grown to love.
Until Julia Haverstock's plane crash-lands not far from his home. She's the only survivor. He's the only one who can speak English. She needs a way home. He needs her blood. Rather than explaining his bizarre predicament, he sets about seducing her, hoping to get close enough to convince her to help.
Julia bought the reasons she couldn't leave immediately and even became Sal's lover without much reluctance. But it frightens her when she finds notes on his computer about genetic alterations and leopard blood. What kind of mad scientist is he? When Sal is wounded, Julia must face the truth - he is the legendary white leopard. With Sal trapped in animal form, Julia faces her toughest decision yet - take the resources she's discovered and flee, or stay to help this man-beast she has grown to love.
252 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2003
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About the author
Melani Blazer
16 books8 followersWhen not behind a keyboard, typing out the stories of the characters who dance in her head, Mel can be found behind her camera, snapping landscape or abstract photography, or in the garage up to her ears in car parts and grease. She lives in the midwest with a teenager who makes her crazy and a husband who makes her even more crazy — in a good way!
Her favorite crayon is midnight blue. She hates the sound of Styrofoam crunching, but loves her daughter's laughter. She'd rather watch a fantasy movie, like Merlin or Lord of the Rings or even Pirates of the Caribbean, than horror, and she wants to watch it from her favorite corner of the couch. She can talk cars — especially classics — with the guys and has a ridiculously amazing memory for useless music trivia. Her characters are a mix of who she is, who she knows and who she admires. Her motto: Live life, don't just exist.
Her favorite crayon is midnight blue. She hates the sound of Styrofoam crunching, but loves her daughter's laughter. She'd rather watch a fantasy movie, like Merlin or Lord of the Rings or even Pirates of the Caribbean, than horror, and she wants to watch it from her favorite corner of the couch. She can talk cars — especially classics — with the guys and has a ridiculously amazing memory for useless music trivia. Her characters are a mix of who she is, who she knows and who she admires. Her motto: Live life, don't just exist.
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April 17, 2018
Not a book I would recommend to anyone. Poor story line, more soft porno than anything else.
August 20, 2009
Good action & adventure read - I really enjoyed it. The hero is an accidental shapeshifter trying to find a cure before the change becomes permanent. The heroine is having the week from hell. She's been dragged to Africa by her sister, a place she never wanted to see outside of the Discovery Channel, then the small plane crashes and her sister and brother-in-law or both killed instantly. Then the survivors are attacked by leopards and she runs screaming [literally:] into the night - followed by a white leopard who eventually bites her. Eventually she ends up at the Big House, the home/laboratory of an Italian scientist [who seems to be the only person who speaks English:] researching the leopards.
Julia spends a lot of time being shocked, shaken, upset and distraught - and refuses to believe our hero when he tells her that he's the leopard. Later, when the truth is forced on her, she's really ticked with him for not convincing her. If Julia wasn't a victim of such horrific circumstances I would have found her annoying - as it was I'm surprised she wasn't catatonic. Salvatore is trying to find a solution - both to save himself and his nephew who has deliberately infected himself. [He's a teenager, thought it was cool.:] Both of them spend a lot time being distracted by each other...
When Sal is wounded, Julia must face the truth— he might die or be trapped in animal form, unless she can find a cure. Of course there are some major problems - all the notes are in Italian [she hasn't a clue:], the computer is passworded [and everything is in Italian:], and she simply doesn't have the background she needs. But she has to try...
Julia spends a lot of time being shocked, shaken, upset and distraught - and refuses to believe our hero when he tells her that he's the leopard. Later, when the truth is forced on her, she's really ticked with him for not convincing her. If Julia wasn't a victim of such horrific circumstances I would have found her annoying - as it was I'm surprised she wasn't catatonic. Salvatore is trying to find a solution - both to save himself and his nephew who has deliberately infected himself. [He's a teenager, thought it was cool.:] Both of them spend a lot time being distracted by each other...
When Sal is wounded, Julia must face the truth— he might die or be trapped in animal form, unless she can find a cure. Of course there are some major problems - all the notes are in Italian [she hasn't a clue:], the computer is passworded [and everything is in Italian:], and she simply doesn't have the background she needs. But she has to try...
April 13, 2009
Both the sex and the paranormal concept worked very well in this book. Too bad the story itself didn't work in any way, shape or form. Julie is a college science professor but she seems incapable of handling herself in a lab. She's stymied by Italian - which is fine - except that it has the same alphabet as English. She can't figure out how to type on a qwerty keyboard when the language is set to Italian. The hero did his undergrad work at UC Berkley but he types a letter to her parents in Italian, saying that the computer will translate it? (This turns out to be somewhat of a ruse.) But the book starts with Julie being one of a handful of survivors of a plane crash. And she comes away without a scratch. The man-to-leopard idea was the only thing in the book that didn't stretch my incredulity.
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