Ellora's Cavemen: Tales from the Temple II

Tales from the Temple #2

by Jaid Black (Editor), Tielle St. Clare, Alicia Sparks

This special edition anthology includes six sizzling stories from Ellora's Cave Mistresses (and Master) of Romantica.

By Moon Rise by Tielle St. Clare
Dream Walker by Patrice Michelle
One Night Stand by J.C. Wilder
Tail of the Tiger by R. Casteel
Dragon's Law: Mace by Alicia Sparks
Taming Jack by Angela Knight

Genres: Anthologies, Erotica, Romance, Paranormal Romance, Erotic Romance, Paranormal, Fiction

284 pages, Trade Paperback

First published June 21, 2004

About the author

Jaid Black is the pseudonym of Tina Marie Engler—the founder/owner of the former Ellora's Cave Publishing. Engler has been featured in every major news outlet such as Forbes, Publisher's Weekly, Salon, and Time Magazine. Ms. Engler was officially recognized by Romantic Times Magazine with their first ever Trail Blazer award for being the mastermind of adult (erotic) romance as you know and love it today, as well as for the pivotal role she played in popularizing the e-book.

Writing as Jaid Black, her books have received numerous distinctions, including a nomination for the Henry Miller award for the best literary sex scene written in the English language. Most of her novels and novellas are a hybrid of sci-fi and adult romance. She is a proud member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA.)

Also writing as Jasmine LeVeaux

Reviews

[Ester · Rating 2 out of 5]

Muy cortito...

[Sara Atwood · Rating 4 out of 5]

By Moon Rise - *****
Dream Walker - ***
One Night Stand - ****
Tail of the Tiger - ***
Dragon's Law: Mace - ****
Taming Jack - ***

[Vivian]

Tielle- Didn't finish. The writing was off. Wasn't edited enough.
Patrice- DNF. Too many issues with story.
J. C. Wilder- DNF.
R. Casteel- DNF.
Alicia- DNF. Start had her in too much head space.
Last one, didn’t finish either.

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

By Moon Rise - Tielle St. Clare - 3.5 stars
I have read this one three times now and it's sequel First Moon Rise twice.
Caitlin's boss, Luc, is a werewolf. They are staying in a hotel on their way north for Luc's bonding ceremony arranged by his Alpha. The hotel has just been put into quarantine and the full moon is approaching. To stop Luc from turning into his wolf, Caitlin, who is secretly in love with her boss, will have to go above and beyond the call of duty.

Dream Walker - Patrice Michelle. 3 stars
This one is a sci-fi/time travel/shapeshifter story. It's ok.

One Night Stand - J.C. Wilder - 3 stars
Vampire/paranormal
Quick.

Tail of the Tiger - R. Casteel - 1 star
This story is not my thing.
Basically this guy inherits everything from the father he hates...the father was a wack job. Only he finds out that he's not exactly the guys son. He heads of to an island that the father used for his experiments and finds two of the "experiments" still living on the island. They are basically half sisters.
This story is weird. It basically ends up as a ménage story.

Dragon's Law: Mace by Alicia Sparks - 2 stars
This is a bit of a strange story because I think it could have been better if it were longer. As is it's hard to really be convinced of why, how, what of Mace's attitude, motivation and decisions. It's all just a bit crazy. Two dragons seemingly fight over a sacrificial maiden, the winning dragon is injured. The dragon's are actually shape-shifters. The maiden attempts to help heal the injured dragon/man but he seems to think she is trying to deceive him and is actually a spy sent by his brother. Despite this he falls for her and her for him.

Taming Jack by Angela Knight - 2.5 stars

Jack's sister is raped and murdered. He's a cop and three weeks after the murder he is angered that there has been no break on the case. His boss has him step down because he is hindering the case. He seemingly disappears and six months later his girlfriend is dreaming about him and missing him. Turns out he's taking out bad guys in a very different way and needs her help.

[Alice · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the first 3 stories - By Moon Rise, Dream Walker, and One Night Stand. I'll be looking up other novels by those authors. Tail of the Tiger was just too weird for me with the halflings. Dragon's Law: Mace was really rushed and the plot passed by too fast. Taming Jack didn't stand out and was just average. But an enjoyable read overall.

[rm2h · Rating 2 out of 5]

BY MOON RISE TIELLE ST.CLARE shp

DREAM WALKER PATRICE MICHELLE shp

ONE NIGHT STAND J.C. WILDER vamp

TAIL OF THE TIGER R. CASTEEL para - did not like not a romance 1

DRAGON’S LAW MACE ALICIA SPARKS shp - just okay 2

TAMING JACK ANGELA KNIGHT para - just okay 2

still need to read 3 more stories

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

all these stories were short, but good.

[Laurie Gold · Rating 1 out of 5]

By Moon Rise by Tielle St. Clare (B+) - none of the others are worth reading

[Midnight Sapp · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mace by Alicia Sparks

[Dany · Rating 5 out of 5]

Moon Rise By Tielle St Clare

Dragon's Law Mace By Alicia Sparks

[Ladyvixen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bof, bof, bof

[Kate Cardenas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of hot stories that are short and sweet.

[Serena]

Knight, Angela - Taming Jack ****

[melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyed the first 2 stories, but the rest of this was "meh".

I would strongly recommend skipping Tail of the Tiger unless you enjoy Island of Dr Moreau style lovin' (beastialitality).

[Fran Alsaud · Rating 3 out of 5]

Taming Jack by Angela Knight ***
One Night Stand by J.C. Wilder 02082020 **

[Goge (BARRONS) le Moning Maniac,]

Dragon's Law Mace; By Moon Rise; Tail of the Tiger; Taming Jack By Angela Knight; Dream Walker