The Kiss Thief

The Royal Occult Bureau #4

by Barbara Russell

London, 1887
Portia
As a young debutante, I’m supposed to sip champagne, dance, and meet interesting gentlemen. Except that with the constant company of Scot—my brooding, handsome bodyguard who protects me from vampires and other Unnaturals—I can barely chat with my girlfriends. The fact that I try desperately to attract Scot’s attention only adds frustration to my not-so-enjoyable season. The man doesn’t seem to notice me. So I make a wish, hoping to steal a kiss a from him, but accidentally I summon a lilath, a capricious fairy with no sense of humour. And Scot and I find ourselves trapped in the lilath’s enchanted forest. The payment for our freedom is more than a kiss.
**This is a standalone novellete (13K words) of The Royal Occult Bureau Series. It contains sex scenes for adults**

109 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2020

Reviews

[Douglas Williamson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wishes are always tricky, but when a capricious fairy is involved, our heroine is in for much more than she bargained for.

This is book four of this urban fantasy series with a steampunk setting. The book actually does okay as a standalone, but you will get a lot more out of it if you read them in order.

I am a sucker for both urban fantasy stories and steampunk, so this one fits the bill nicely. The story is very well written, the setting is detailed and gritty, and the characters are deep and mysterious. Our heroine gets herself in quite the fix this time, which is really quite enjoyable from the outside reader's perspective. Overall, another fantastic story and I continue to look forward to more in this series.

Highly recommended.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout for review purposes

[Kathleen Bradbury (Bulfon) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great read, with lots of chemistry and hotness. This is a well written story and hooked me from the start. This is a quick hot read, with a interesting plot and fantastic characters, great emotion and Loads of steam!

[Ashley Shvetsova · Rating 5 out of 5]

This author always exceeds my expectations! I might love her. I also know for certain that I love these characters!! The plot was swift and inviting and kept my attention till the very end. I barely have any nails left due to the amount of mind less chewing of them I did, I do this when I’m really involved/invested in something. I wouldn’t have it any other way. The action in this book was perfectly timed with a clever mystery to be solved within these pages while providing amazing characters and character growth. As always the world she has written is immaculate! Over all the story line was perfect, the characters were complex and the world within this book was perfect! I honestly didn’t feel there was a negative point in this book, something I much appreciated and rarely have happen! I loved it so much apparently I forgot there are other forms of punctuation besides exclamation points lol.

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is listed as a standalone novelette, however I do agree with other reviewers that reading the others does add to the reading of this book. Portia should have known better about making wishes, sometimes they don't come true, but sometimes they come true and our twisting to suit the one making the wish. Now more is required of her bodyguard Scott than what she wished for and if thy don't do what they need to lilath will never let them free. This book was a great adventure and I'm hoping for more.
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[Bev · Rating 5 out of 5]

Portia, a young woman with a permanent R.O.B. guard called Scot. He is sinfully handsome of course and she would just love for him to ravish her. Then a shadowy woman, an Unnatural called a lilath appears at a ball, and her payment for not taking one of their lives is for Scot to kiss Portia. But the kiss isn't satisfactory according to the lilath. She wants more. But when they have a scorching kiss, it still isn't enough. She now wants a mating. Will they go through with it?

[Tanya · Rating 5 out of 5]

He is her bodyguard protecting her not even letting her chat to her friends but she wants kiss from him. She sets up a spell but it does not go the way she expected. What happened? How is she going to get it right again? How will he react? See how the spell goes

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[Jeanne Richardson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the 4th book I've read written by Barbara Russell; she has done a great job at writing a good book; I can’t wait to read more of her books.

The story line caught my attention at the very beginning and kept me interested throughout the entire book.

I loved the characters.

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[Sri Lakshmi · Rating 1 out of 5]

Just Don't read it waste of time, it was only like 45 pages I don't even know why this books name is the kiss thief it just makes no sense .There wasn't much of a plot to this book, gave me very Fanfiction vibes I don't even know why the fuck this book has 4.7 star rating, very disappointing read of this year for me

[Cassandra Laudermilk · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short and Sweet and Sexy

This was a nice little palate cleanser between novels. Fun and quick to read with all of the steaminess I expect from this author!

[Margaret lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

A kiss

This was a great quick read the characters were great and believable and the storyline was very romantic a well deserved 5stars

[Sara Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

First kiss

I really enjoyed this short read, it was sweet with a bit of 1888 raunch give it a go 😉🍆😍

[Brittni Kitten · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quick little Novella style read. Do not know these characters from previous books, but same concept of new Unnatural meets love and sex. Another great book in this series!