An erotic novella with paranormal, lesbian, bdsm and menage theme from Xcite Books, winners ETO Best Erotic Book Brand 2010, 2011 & 2012
Leah works for the Authority, a secretive Government department dedicated to managing the vampires who live in society and keeping their presence hidden from the human population. Her latest client, Skye, wants to flee the Authority’s restrictions and go off-programme – and if that means feeding from Leah in the process, so be it. As disorder sweeps the city and the ordinary rules of engagement no longer apply, how will Leah deal with all the problems Skye throws her way – not least the fact Skye is her dominant fantasy lover made undead flesh?
Some years back I wrote a short, strange and fetish-based story. It took me just one evening to get what was in my head onto a computer file, and I offered it to Erotic Review Magazine. They took it, and it sparked my interest in writing erotica - both for its own sake and as a way of exploring wider issues in society. I still sometimes write for Erotic Review, though I'm now also published by Xcite, Pink Flamingo, Renaissance Sizzler, 1001 Nights Press and others. I've never looked back. What you'll find if you read my stories and books: some strangeness, some humour, sometimes some underlying themes on social and philosophical issues, a great deal of eroticism and a large dash of fetish and bondage. It's romance, but not in any conventional sense - and very definitely for adults only. Treat that as a warning, or as an invitation! In addition to the blog listed below, check out Deliciously Deviant, a blog I co-write with my partner.
This is my first experience reading anything by Fulani, and I have to say, it was unusual, but in a good way.
Skye and Leah were interesting, in what little context we got to see them, Rosemary was a neat character also. I like that all three were not your typical generic stereotype.
Skye is a lesbian vampire Domme, turned during WWII, she's been mostly behaving and keeping from drinking human blood since the late 80's, wants to be a tattoo artist.
Leah is a goth switch with a degree in physics, and a job working as a girl friday for the governments Vampire division.
Rosemary is a PhD student specializing in sociology and philosophy. Interesting dynamics! She's also a sub.
Skye takes the girls on as her human pets. Its too bad it was so short, I'd have liked to have a full novel to get into this, but it was a good read for what it was. Interesting characters, hot vampire bondage and bloodplay and interesting world building.
Would you like to work for a secret government agency to help support vampires blend into the human society? Although the job is similar to social work combined with relocation. Worse, the office is located in a basement deep beneath a nondescript building. The plus side is the night hours for a night owl and the ability to interact with hot sexy vampires.
Leah was recruited in this "Men in Black" job and is basically a low level caseworker. She helps vampires with new identities since they don't age and need to be on the constant move. She never intended to become involved with Skye, but she couldn't help being attracted to Skye.
The more I learned about Skye, the more I was intrigued and turned on. I have to compliment Leah for her taste in women because it appears we share similar preferences. Leah's personal involvement and attraction to Skye leads to her downfall with her agency. Fortunately, Skye finds a job for Leah that she is uniquely suited to perform.
The world building with how the vampires are created is different. I liked the virus induced condition along with accompanying vampire myths explained. What I really enjoyed about this book was the hot sex. It isn't often I come across good lesbian stories. The smexy female on female scenes including a hot ménage had me dripping wet. The bondage scenes and the blood play were blazing hot for me. I especially enjoyed the scene where Leah was treated as food. I could visualize the well-described scene and desperately wished I could switch places with Leah. Ms Fulani writes great D/s lesbian scenes.
This book is a first for me with Ms Fulani. It wasn't what I expected. It exceeded my expectations in world building, hot characters and erotic sex scenes. I look forward to reading more from this talented author. I recommend this to Sapphic readers who enjoy a paranormal story dominated by a sexy female vampire.
Let me start by saying I'm kind of ambivalent about this book/short. I'm generally not drawn to books with a lesbian theme but I do like PNR, especially vampires. So, if you're a fan of f/f, pnr, menage with some BDSM then you'll probably like this.
Leah works as a sort of social worker for The Authority (an agency that relocates vampires or "post deceased animates" à la the witness protection program) & Skye is one of her clients. It's not clear as to why but there is some sort of movement that is systematically making The Authority obsolete. There are vague references to riots & a general sense of anarchy but the MCs are either disinterested in it or desensitized to it, not sure which. Anyhow, Skye requests to become a tattooist which is forbidden due to the blood contact & this seems to be the catalyst in her decision to go off the grid, as it were. Somewhere along the way Skye decides she wants Leah as a pet despite the fact that vampires don't typically develop attachments to humans; they don't think of sex or gender as humans either. Rosemary, Skye's friend/hook-up, gets thrown into the mix purely by accident, although she doesn't seem to be complaining about her "predicament". The catch is once you've been fed on so many times it's inevitable that you'll develop what's called "The Hunger" & further down that rabbit hole is becoming a vampire.
I wouldn't go so far to say the plot has holes but there's a lot left to the imagination. The plot/content isn't bad but it lacks depth. However, it is a short so perhaps that should be considered as a constraint. The writing seems a bit simplistic overall & lacking in finesse. There's also some odd vocabulary uses & distracting formatting both of which likely could've been avoided by better editing.