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Necromancer
On her way home Jane pulled in at the same gas station where she’d stopped earlier in the week. The same kind-looking old man was behind the counter and waved to her before turning on the pump. Her heart fluttered just thinking about Luis and she dropped her keys again as she walked past the pump.
By the time she bent to pick them up Luis’s long fingered hand covered hers.
“Allow me, ma chérie,” he said softly.
“Thank you,” she said breathlessly.
He looked even better than she remembered. His long dark hair was pulled back tightly and he was wearing another pair of black leather pants. This time his shirt was the same deep blue of his eyes and his long coat also looked like leather. His perfect skin seemed to glow underneath the dim lights.
Was it normal to tremble so? She almost dropped her keys again. Jane could barely take her eyes off of him long enough to go inside and pay. When she walked back past him his sensuous lips curved into a smile. As lovely as his smile was, it unnerved her, so she quickened her pace and tried to ignore the way her stomach muscles twitched when he was close to her and the fact that her panties were already soaked through.
“Go dancing with me,” Luis said, catching her by the wrist.
Jane paused longer than she should have before answering. “I don’t even know you.”
“Yes, you do.” He sighed. Then, seeing the lack of recognition and fear in her eyes, he added playfully, “We met a few nights ago. I’m Luis, remember? The man who’s not going to mug you, but would love to take you dancing.”
She laughed, and it did Luis’s heart good. It had been a long time since he’d heard that sound.
He smiled his appreciation, and his smile warmed her in spite of the cold night wind. She ached for the feel of his hands and longed to know what pleasure his powerful body could give her. Desire for him flooded through her, filling her mind with vivid images. These images were so intense that they felt like memories. She took a deep breath and tried to think of something to say. Jane had never asked a man to go home with her, let alone a complete stranger. But she came damn close to doing just that.
“Were you just hanging around here hoping I’d show up?” she teased.
“No,” he said, laughing. “I ran out of gas just up the road, and I was returning Nelson’s can.”
By the time she bent to pick them up Luis’s long fingered hand covered hers.
“Allow me, ma chérie,” he said softly.
“Thank you,” she said breathlessly.
He looked even better than she remembered. His long dark hair was pulled back tightly and he was wearing another pair of black leather pants. This time his shirt was the same deep blue of his eyes and his long coat also looked like leather. His perfect skin seemed to glow underneath the dim lights.
Was it normal to tremble so? She almost dropped her keys again. Jane could barely take her eyes off of him long enough to go inside and pay. When she walked back past him his sensuous lips curved into a smile. As lovely as his smile was, it unnerved her, so she quickened her pace and tried to ignore the way her stomach muscles twitched when he was close to her and the fact that her panties were already soaked through.
“Go dancing with me,” Luis said, catching her by the wrist.
Jane paused longer than she should have before answering. “I don’t even know you.”
“Yes, you do.” He sighed. Then, seeing the lack of recognition and fear in her eyes, he added playfully, “We met a few nights ago. I’m Luis, remember? The man who’s not going to mug you, but would love to take you dancing.”
She laughed, and it did Luis’s heart good. It had been a long time since he’d heard that sound.
He smiled his appreciation, and his smile warmed her in spite of the cold night wind. She ached for the feel of his hands and longed to know what pleasure his powerful body could give her. Desire for him flooded through her, filling her mind with vivid images. These images were so intense that they felt like memories. She took a deep breath and tried to think of something to say. Jane had never asked a man to go home with her, let alone a complete stranger. But she came damn close to doing just that.
“Were you just hanging around here hoping I’d show up?” she teased.
“No,” he said, laughing. “I ran out of gas just up the road, and I was returning Nelson’s can.”
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First published January 1, 2008
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Tracey H. Kitts
63 books113 followersI write what I enjoy in the hopes that others will enjoy it as well. I've always been drawn to the macabre. Vampires, werewolves, you name it.
I've never written about the paranormal because it's popular. I do it because that's what I'm interested in. If the vampire fad ever passes, I'll still be sitting here in my Dracula cape, getting my fang on.
I've never written about the paranormal because it's popular. I do it because that's what I'm interested in. If the vampire fad ever passes, I'll still be sitting here in my Dracula cape, getting my fang on.
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July 16, 2017This one isn't for me. Jane was an idiot with no self respect or back bone. The side characters were all creeps except Micheal maybe and the vamps. I found myself skipping paragraphs due to my loathing of what I was reading.
January 15, 2016
This is the second story I've read by this author, since the stories I have are part of an anthology by this author. So I've one more to go. Jane is working at a University and has fantasies of having sex with two vampires. So when she meets Luis, he is her dream guy and she feels like she already knows him. They bond and get much closer and he finally reveals that she is his reincarnated lover and that he and their friend Henri had sought out a necromancer in order to keep her spirit alive. And this explains Jane's sudden necromancy powers. It also explains her connection to Henri, who it turns out and unbeknownst to Luis, also was her lover in her previous life, but she fell in love with Luis after believing Henri dead and he stepped back so they could be together. But he suffers without her and they work out a way to be together. In the meantime they're dealing with zombies and killers and some sleazoid people in their lives.
I can't say that this is poorly written, but I wasn't terribly impressed. So much of it seemed rather cookie cutter, especially in characterization. I saw almost no difference between Henri and Luis as per their personalities and it is some kind of wonder that Jane's only romantic prospect before this was a creepy married guy who lied to her since EVERY guy in this book who met her lusted after her. Except for her best friend Michael who she forgot about for large parts of the book...I mean, he did hide a body for her and she never gave him a second thought. I knew this was a menage going in, but given her propensity to attract guys, I seriously wondered if she wasn't going to have an orgy instead (Erik, Nicholas, Burt, Marcel, Henri and Luis - yikes).
I also couldn't help but feel like this was way too similar to the previous story I read, what with the characters jetting off to Miami to go to a vampire club and the way the relationship worked out. I think I prefer a menage story where the heroine falls in love with her heroes simultaneously, because then it feels more even. But here it felt like she kind of loved one more than the other and was rather unfaithful in wanting the other one... I'm not articulating it well, but it felt off (just like the last one). I also had an issue with the sheer amount of sleazoid characters in this story. I get that there are going to be a few and the aim is realism (although I hope that's not real life) but all these married guys sleeping around, wife beaters and skanky women. Made me feel sleazy just reading about them.
I can't say that this is poorly written, but I wasn't terribly impressed. So much of it seemed rather cookie cutter, especially in characterization. I saw almost no difference between Henri and Luis as per their personalities and it is some kind of wonder that Jane's only romantic prospect before this was a creepy married guy who lied to her since EVERY guy in this book who met her lusted after her. Except for her best friend Michael who she forgot about for large parts of the book...I mean, he did hide a body for her and she never gave him a second thought. I knew this was a menage going in, but given her propensity to attract guys, I seriously wondered if she wasn't going to have an orgy instead (Erik, Nicholas, Burt, Marcel, Henri and Luis - yikes).
I also couldn't help but feel like this was way too similar to the previous story I read, what with the characters jetting off to Miami to go to a vampire club and the way the relationship worked out. I think I prefer a menage story where the heroine falls in love with her heroes simultaneously, because then it feels more even. But here it felt like she kind of loved one more than the other and was rather unfaithful in wanting the other one... I'm not articulating it well, but it felt off (just like the last one). I also had an issue with the sheer amount of sleazoid characters in this story. I get that there are going to be a few and the aim is realism (although I hope that's not real life) but all these married guys sleeping around, wife beaters and skanky women. Made me feel sleazy just reading about them.
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February 20, 2014
I received this book as a set along with her book Bitten. These books were just a little too like Laurell K Hamilton's Anita Blake series, but with less violence. Some of the characters reminded me a LOT of the characters in that series and the terminology was almost exactly the same. I also noticed that there was a sex scene in each book that was almost entirely word for word. I may not have noticed this if I had not read them back to back,but as a reader I like my authors to be a little more imaginative and original.
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