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Lord of the Deep
Accused of witchcraft and banished to the Isle of Mists, Meg is utterly alone, until the night the selkies appear for a moonlight orgy, glistening wet, proudly naked. As beautiful bodies entwine and shapes shift within the sea, a man comes forth from the waves--and what a man he is...
Strong and masterful, the Lord of the Deep enchants her...and Meg must surrender. Only he can satisfy her virgin longings--and her darkest desires...
Strong and masterful, the Lord of the Deep enchants her...and Meg must surrender. Only he can satisfy her virgin longings--and her darkest desires...
315 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 1, 2007
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Dawn Thompson
47 books62 followersDawn Thompson was a regular columnist featured in women’s special interest publications world and nationwide for over thirty years, one of which CROCHET WORLD, published by House of White Birches, since its inception over twenty-five years ago. She was an award-winning poet, artist, and needlework designer and illustrator, specializing in vintage concepts for today’s woman.
Dawn wrote historical fiction under her own name and that of penname Dawn MacTavish. She primarily wrote Regency Romance, writing both traditional Regencies, and Regency-set historicals and paranormals. She also wrote paranormal romances for both Kensington Books and Dorchester Publishing. Some of her other works include historical paranormals, and Celtic and Norse Medievals, incorporating the history, theology, legend, and lore of her heritage, which was the ongoing focus of her research over the past thirty-five years.
Dawn lived on Long Island, New York until her death, with her double-coated Tuxedo cat, Shadowfax (alias, Miss Fuzz), and Espirit, her scandalous Senegal parrot, an incurable flirt. Since her death, Miss Fuzz resides with author Deborah Macgillivray.
Her favorite books was "Green Darkness" by Anya Seton, and as a tribute, Dawn's books always contained the phrase "green darkness" in some passage of the book.
Dawn wrote historical fiction under her own name and that of penname Dawn MacTavish. She primarily wrote Regency Romance, writing both traditional Regencies, and Regency-set historicals and paranormals. She also wrote paranormal romances for both Kensington Books and Dorchester Publishing. Some of her other works include historical paranormals, and Celtic and Norse Medievals, incorporating the history, theology, legend, and lore of her heritage, which was the ongoing focus of her research over the past thirty-five years.
Dawn lived on Long Island, New York until her death, with her double-coated Tuxedo cat, Shadowfax (alias, Miss Fuzz), and Espirit, her scandalous Senegal parrot, an incurable flirt. Since her death, Miss Fuzz resides with author Deborah Macgillivray.
Her favorite books was "Green Darkness" by Anya Seton, and as a tribute, Dawn's books always contained the phrase "green darkness" in some passage of the book.
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June 8, 2011
warning: Adult Situations and Language ahead:
young Megaleen, future witch, gazes from her window and witnesses a magical midnight event: selkies coming from the sea, to strip off their sealskins and engage in an apparently typical selkie beachside orgy. they are led by a selkie prince - Simeon, Lord of the Deep - who immediately captures Megaleen's heart, and more... her eyes remain rapt upon his gigantic, "savagely engorged" selkie-shaft during his various exertions. from that point on, Megaleen moans and quivers and gushes just when thinking of Simeon - the girl literally can't keep her hands off of herself throughout the novel. Megaleen has fallen head over heels in love; fortunately, Simeon feels likewise. how exactly they fall in love without having even the slightest clue about each other's personality, without even conversing, without any kind of anything really... i suppose this must be that "love at first sight" thing that i hear about so often. Simeon, noting Megaleen's excited voyeurism, soon returns and pulls her to his underwater lair, where he quickly and forcefully takes it to the next level. this probably comes as no surprise to readers of the pornier side of PNR/fantasy romance; still, i am a relative newbie, so it all happpened extremely fast to my innocent eyes. well, Simeon is what PNR and romance readers would call an "alpha male", and that's what alpha males do, i suppose. why this obsession with alpha and beta males in the first place? the demarcation seems both silly and unrealistic. but i guess i can see why there would be a wish fulfillment type of enjoyment in that as well.
the book is fun at times. there is a lot of racing around various underwater and island locales. the mythology is simple but rather resonant. there is a faithful and loveable swordfish sidekick. there is a sneering, horndog priest and a shapeshifting water-witch who are the main villains. there are a bunch of coincidences and quick getaways and shouted oaths. and of course there are guilt-free sex scenes in every single chapter. and by "guilt-free", i mean that there is pretty much no darkness associated with the actual depictions of explicit sex: this is not one of those rapey erotic sagas. there is a sweetness, an almost old-fashioned innocence to it all, despite the extremely graphic nature of the novel. the author clearly views sex as, ideally, something that must be maintained as a pure and positive thing... so her sex scenes are not sullied, they are not 'unclean' or sordid, they are not truly violent, they are not non-consensual. well, except for that one scene when jealous lady selkies angrily take what they see as their due from a restrained Lord Simeon - but i'll give that one a pass.
just in case any of you non-erotica readers are wondering if this novel may have any literary, non-sexytime value, here is an example of the novel's prose:
young Megaleen, future witch, gazes from her window and witnesses a magical midnight event: selkies coming from the sea, to strip off their sealskins and engage in an apparently typical selkie beachside orgy. they are led by a selkie prince - Simeon, Lord of the Deep - who immediately captures Megaleen's heart, and more... her eyes remain rapt upon his gigantic, "savagely engorged" selkie-shaft during his various exertions. from that point on, Megaleen moans and quivers and gushes just when thinking of Simeon - the girl literally can't keep her hands off of herself throughout the novel. Megaleen has fallen head over heels in love; fortunately, Simeon feels likewise. how exactly they fall in love without having even the slightest clue about each other's personality, without even conversing, without any kind of anything really... i suppose this must be that "love at first sight" thing that i hear about so often. Simeon, noting Megaleen's excited voyeurism, soon returns and pulls her to his underwater lair, where he quickly and forcefully takes it to the next level. this probably comes as no surprise to readers of the pornier side of PNR/fantasy romance; still, i am a relative newbie, so it all happpened extremely fast to my innocent eyes. well, Simeon is what PNR and romance readers would call an "alpha male", and that's what alpha males do, i suppose. why this obsession with alpha and beta males in the first place? the demarcation seems both silly and unrealistic. but i guess i can see why there would be a wish fulfillment type of enjoyment in that as well.
the book is fun at times. there is a lot of racing around various underwater and island locales. the mythology is simple but rather resonant. there is a faithful and loveable swordfish sidekick. there is a sneering, horndog priest and a shapeshifting water-witch who are the main villains. there are a bunch of coincidences and quick getaways and shouted oaths. and of course there are guilt-free sex scenes in every single chapter. and by "guilt-free", i mean that there is pretty much no darkness associated with the actual depictions of explicit sex: this is not one of those rapey erotic sagas. there is a sweetness, an almost old-fashioned innocence to it all, despite the extremely graphic nature of the novel. the author clearly views sex as, ideally, something that must be maintained as a pure and positive thing... so her sex scenes are not sullied, they are not 'unclean' or sordid, they are not truly violent, they are not non-consensual. well, except for that one scene when jealous lady selkies angrily take what they see as their due from a restrained Lord Simeon - but i'll give that one a pass.
just in case any of you non-erotica readers are wondering if this novel may have any literary, non-sexytime value, here is an example of the novel's prose:
There was no use to prolong the agony, no need to hold back. He would allow himself the sheer pleasure of coming under her touch, of watching his seed spill out of him. The little sorceress would make him hard again in a heartbeat.
"Soap my balls," he murmured.
May 15, 2009
should have realized what I was getting myself into by the almost naked man on the cover of Lord of the Deep. What I found inside was a sexual odyssey I could have never foreseen. I honestly will never view seals and trees the same way ever again due to their sexual interactions with the heroine.
Meg is a simple girl who lives with her aunt and uncle on the Isle of Mists in an alternate universe called Arcus. Meg is also quite the voyeur and one night she looks out from her bedroom window as the selkies come out of the ocean and shed their skins to become sexually insatiable human males and females. As she watches, she is in awe of their sexual antics, especially that of their leader, who has excellent mating skills. Meg is incredibly turned on and ventures down to the shoreline after the orgy has finished and they return to their watery underworld. But as the virginal Meg cools off in the sea, Simeon, the Lord of the Deep, grabs Meg and takes her down to his kingdom. For the next few hours he and Meg have fun on a sea sponge.
Meg is overcome by Simeon’s sexual skills and even though Simeon has had thousands of both human and selkie women alike, he is close to falling in love with Meg because he was able to taste her “sweet nectar” and she is not like the others, or so Simeon says. But since Meg cannot live underwater, he must decide if he will live above ground as a mortal or find a way for Meg to live with him even though she could die by drowning or be killed by his jealous selkie handmaidens.
The two lovers are separated when Meg’s Aunt Adelia finds her rolling naked in the surf and assumes she has given away her virginity. Now Meg is ruined and cannot become a high priestess, instead becoming a sexual plaything for the shamans who live high on the mountain. Even as Meg is taken there and “readied” by the other shamans’ handmaidens, Simeon tries to save her and find a way for them to be together.
Meg is able to escape from one Shaman who walks around with everything hanging out and becomes excited by the thrill of the chase. But Meg has friends watching out for her, including the mountain's enchanted trees. And this is where the story goes past the point of no return: Meg is forced by a tree to have sex with it. Yes, a tree. Meg becomes friendly with even more trees as the roots and branches manipulate Meg’s body through their own parodies of sex.
Sex with a tree. That one scene, a quarter into the novel, was unlike anything I have ever read. In addition to this over the top scene, Meg is being constantly chased, abused, and forced to have sex with everyone and everything. She really has no say, even with the hero, but she doesn’t mind being dominated by him because, well...he is the hero. And when Meg is captured to be used by the shamans, their women use their own talented ways to prepare her for them.
Every other page is sex, or the thought of sex, or a character’s body part hanging out. Everyone runs around naked and aroused and stops what they're doing when the need to have sex hits, at which point they engage in some sort of sexual act to give them release. I find myself at a loss for words about this story of Meg and her fun seals and plants. For some readers, Meg’s “friendship” with a tree may excite, but I found myself disturbed by the whole notion.
Simeon and Meg’s relationship is somewhat better. Simeon does become monogamous the moment he realizes Meg is the one for him, so he is at least redeemed in that sense. When the story focuses on these two lovers, I found their interactions fairly erotic, if a bit purple. But yet again, their relationship is more of a sexual (and messy) one than an emotional one.
Lord of the Deep is full of improbable characters in an improbable world performing improbable acts. There is even a character by the name of Gideon who transforms into a bird, only to become aroused when Meg mistakenly touches his wings. Perhaps that's the best metaphor for my reaction to this book: It's for the birds.
Meg is a simple girl who lives with her aunt and uncle on the Isle of Mists in an alternate universe called Arcus. Meg is also quite the voyeur and one night she looks out from her bedroom window as the selkies come out of the ocean and shed their skins to become sexually insatiable human males and females. As she watches, she is in awe of their sexual antics, especially that of their leader, who has excellent mating skills. Meg is incredibly turned on and ventures down to the shoreline after the orgy has finished and they return to their watery underworld. But as the virginal Meg cools off in the sea, Simeon, the Lord of the Deep, grabs Meg and takes her down to his kingdom. For the next few hours he and Meg have fun on a sea sponge.
Meg is overcome by Simeon’s sexual skills and even though Simeon has had thousands of both human and selkie women alike, he is close to falling in love with Meg because he was able to taste her “sweet nectar” and she is not like the others, or so Simeon says. But since Meg cannot live underwater, he must decide if he will live above ground as a mortal or find a way for Meg to live with him even though she could die by drowning or be killed by his jealous selkie handmaidens.
The two lovers are separated when Meg’s Aunt Adelia finds her rolling naked in the surf and assumes she has given away her virginity. Now Meg is ruined and cannot become a high priestess, instead becoming a sexual plaything for the shamans who live high on the mountain. Even as Meg is taken there and “readied” by the other shamans’ handmaidens, Simeon tries to save her and find a way for them to be together.
Meg is able to escape from one Shaman who walks around with everything hanging out and becomes excited by the thrill of the chase. But Meg has friends watching out for her, including the mountain's enchanted trees. And this is where the story goes past the point of no return: Meg is forced by a tree to have sex with it. Yes, a tree. Meg becomes friendly with even more trees as the roots and branches manipulate Meg’s body through their own parodies of sex.
Sex with a tree. That one scene, a quarter into the novel, was unlike anything I have ever read. In addition to this over the top scene, Meg is being constantly chased, abused, and forced to have sex with everyone and everything. She really has no say, even with the hero, but she doesn’t mind being dominated by him because, well...he is the hero. And when Meg is captured to be used by the shamans, their women use their own talented ways to prepare her for them.
Every other page is sex, or the thought of sex, or a character’s body part hanging out. Everyone runs around naked and aroused and stops what they're doing when the need to have sex hits, at which point they engage in some sort of sexual act to give them release. I find myself at a loss for words about this story of Meg and her fun seals and plants. For some readers, Meg’s “friendship” with a tree may excite, but I found myself disturbed by the whole notion.
Simeon and Meg’s relationship is somewhat better. Simeon does become monogamous the moment he realizes Meg is the one for him, so he is at least redeemed in that sense. When the story focuses on these two lovers, I found their interactions fairly erotic, if a bit purple. But yet again, their relationship is more of a sexual (and messy) one than an emotional one.
Lord of the Deep is full of improbable characters in an improbable world performing improbable acts. There is even a character by the name of Gideon who transforms into a bird, only to become aroused when Meg mistakenly touches his wings. Perhaps that's the best metaphor for my reaction to this book: It's for the birds.
November 18, 2010
I'm really not sure how I rate this book...the plot was great...but minimal. A lot of sex, as in most erotica, but I got tired of the not between Simeon and Meg sex. For instance, the unwanted arousal of the awful shaman Seth who kept arousing her before he planned to rape her, and the seaweed and kelp that brought Meg off to orgasm. Oh and the blessing of the tree spirit in the form of twisting some roots together and getting Meg off again.
The actual parts between Simeon and Meg were great. it was unpredictable, which I liked, but the style of writing maybe? Dawn Thompson is a beautiful writer, but I'm not sure that the style worked for this novel...I don't know yet...I keep vacillating between 2 stars and 5 stars. I know it seems weird, but I firmly believe that you will either love this book or hate it...I must be the only undecided so my rating is 2.5, neutral, right in the middle. I really feel I can't do justice to my feelings. Odd.
Summary time: page 1- Sex. Meg sees selkies frolicking and watches Simeon. Goes to the sea to see if it's real (and to masturbate) but lo and behold, Simeon is there! He kidnaps her and takes her virginity and then takes her back to land, in selkie fashion. But he falls for her, and her aunt sells her to be a whore to the shaman since she's no longer a virgin. Enter Seth, a-hole extraordinaire! 3 other temple whores dose Meg with an aphrodesiac, arouse her, get her off, then Seth comes in. But she gets away. Simeon finds her, and they begin their life under the sea, oh but wait, Meg feels guilty for forcing him (in her opinion) to chose between her and the sea, so she runs off. But Seth gets her, and Simeon saves her again, but the sea hag, or waterwitch gets mad and tries to have her way with Simeon, so Meg and his brother Vega go save him, then HEA.
One thing I hated was that Meg had been exiled from her home for being a super powerful witch, and never once, NOT ONCE! did she ever use her powers! Not even to get out of rape!
For sure, READ THE OTHER REVIEWS!!! Eastofoz wrote that it's like an X-rated Little Mermaid! I love that description. But you'll see either 1 star or 5 star reviews, nothing in the middle. probably the hottest cover ever though.
The actual parts between Simeon and Meg were great. it was unpredictable, which I liked, but the style of writing maybe? Dawn Thompson is a beautiful writer, but I'm not sure that the style worked for this novel...I don't know yet...I keep vacillating between 2 stars and 5 stars. I know it seems weird, but I firmly believe that you will either love this book or hate it...I must be the only undecided so my rating is 2.5, neutral, right in the middle. I really feel I can't do justice to my feelings. Odd.
Summary time: page 1- Sex. Meg sees selkies frolicking and watches Simeon. Goes to the sea to see if it's real (and to masturbate) but lo and behold, Simeon is there! He kidnaps her and takes her virginity and then takes her back to land, in selkie fashion. But he falls for her, and her aunt sells her to be a whore to the shaman since she's no longer a virgin. Enter Seth, a-hole extraordinaire! 3 other temple whores dose Meg with an aphrodesiac, arouse her, get her off, then Seth comes in. But she gets away. Simeon finds her, and they begin their life under the sea, oh but wait, Meg feels guilty for forcing him (in her opinion) to chose between her and the sea, so she runs off. But Seth gets her, and Simeon saves her again, but the sea hag, or waterwitch gets mad and tries to have her way with Simeon, so Meg and his brother Vega go save him, then HEA.
One thing I hated was that Meg had been exiled from her home for being a super powerful witch, and never once, NOT ONCE! did she ever use her powers! Not even to get out of rape!
For sure, READ THE OTHER REVIEWS!!! Eastofoz wrote that it's like an X-rated Little Mermaid! I love that description. But you'll see either 1 star or 5 star reviews, nothing in the middle. probably the hottest cover ever though.
February 26, 2008
An x-rated version of Disney's The Little Mermaid! The only thing good about this book is that the author does a brilliant job describing life under the sea. The writing though is stilted purple prose with endless sex every few pages and virtually not character development. Lots of repetition too. Classic example of "don't judge a book by it's cover"--and that's one mighty fine cover ;)
October 8, 2014
This book was just... wrong on so many levels.
But damn that's a fine ass on the cover, right?
But damn that's a fine ass on the cover, right?
April 6, 2010
Definitly an Erotica! The story about the Selkies was very interesting and the romance between Meg (Human Mortal) and Simeon (Selkie immortal) wasn't really there, it was more like just plain heat/desire between the two even though they end up mates for life in the end. It was more of a f@k me till you love me kind of romance.
I was expecting more from Meg since she was acused of being a witch but through out the whole story she didn't demostrate any powers at all and I actually got irritated with her because she wasn't as tough as I wanted her to be.
Simeon, even though he was the Lord of the Deep / Sea Lord, he really didn't show any type of strength or strong powers but once when he called the storm to destory the island.
I'd have to say I give the story a 3 star rating just because of the myth about the Selkies and all the fantasy creatures in this book. I really liked the idea of the waterhorse and its myth.
The Myths:
Selkies - The legend is that they have hypnotic power of women, of their prowess in the art of seduction. The males come ashore especially during the full moon - shed their skins, and revel on the beach, fornicating and dancing their lewd dances long into the night.
They take down any willing female they find abroad, and few can resist their merizing powers. Seven tears cried into the sea will bring a selkie male.
Anyone who possesses the selkies skin possesses him as long as she holds it. Many husbands are gained thus by wily girls who long for the passion only a selkie can give. But the minute the selkie has the skin back, he will return to the sea, for it is his life force. While he is with his human mate on land, he never ceases to long for the depths that have spawned him no matter beguiled he is by her.
Waterhorse - a beautiful and memorizing creature of legend that seduced its victims to mount and be carried off to drown in the sea. Once on the horse, the victim can not get off because the horse has a hold on the individual so he can take them into the waves of death. The selkies are the only ones that have some what type of control over them and they can ride them. The waterhorse has magical powers of stretching his back as long as he wants to hold up to a dozen victims at one time. The waterhorses live to ride the waves and look for victims.
Swordfish - Pio was the Lord of the deeps messenger and I thought he was really kewl how when he got excited he would dance on top of the water.
Oh one more thing, The Lord of the Dark is introduced in this story and he sounds more interesting.
I was expecting more from Meg since she was acused of being a witch but through out the whole story she didn't demostrate any powers at all and I actually got irritated with her because she wasn't as tough as I wanted her to be.
Simeon, even though he was the Lord of the Deep / Sea Lord, he really didn't show any type of strength or strong powers but once when he called the storm to destory the island.
I'd have to say I give the story a 3 star rating just because of the myth about the Selkies and all the fantasy creatures in this book. I really liked the idea of the waterhorse and its myth.
The Myths:
Selkies - The legend is that they have hypnotic power of women, of their prowess in the art of seduction. The males come ashore especially during the full moon - shed their skins, and revel on the beach, fornicating and dancing their lewd dances long into the night.
They take down any willing female they find abroad, and few can resist their merizing powers. Seven tears cried into the sea will bring a selkie male.
Anyone who possesses the selkies skin possesses him as long as she holds it. Many husbands are gained thus by wily girls who long for the passion only a selkie can give. But the minute the selkie has the skin back, he will return to the sea, for it is his life force. While he is with his human mate on land, he never ceases to long for the depths that have spawned him no matter beguiled he is by her.
Waterhorse - a beautiful and memorizing creature of legend that seduced its victims to mount and be carried off to drown in the sea. Once on the horse, the victim can not get off because the horse has a hold on the individual so he can take them into the waves of death. The selkies are the only ones that have some what type of control over them and they can ride them. The waterhorse has magical powers of stretching his back as long as he wants to hold up to a dozen victims at one time. The waterhorses live to ride the waves and look for victims.
Swordfish - Pio was the Lord of the deeps messenger and I thought he was really kewl how when he got excited he would dance on top of the water.
Oh one more thing, The Lord of the Dark is introduced in this story and he sounds more interesting.
September 16, 2010
I was angry with the heroine doing stupid things. I do not recommend it.
This is an erotic book. There seem to be more pages devoted to lengthy sex scenes than to the story. The sex scenes were somewhat repetitive.
Meg is a witch living on an island with her evil aunt and uncle. She will become a priestess as long as she is a virgin. She loses her virginity to a selkie, a seal who changes into a man. Now, she cannot be a priestess. She must be a whore for the shamans or die. Her aunt learns that she is not a virgin and sells her to the shamans to be their whore. She escapes and plans to live with her selkie. They are in love.
CAUTION SPOILERS:
Meg's evil Aunt Adelia locks Meg away. As Adelia is walking away, Meg then stupidly tells Adelia when and where she can find Simeon. This allows Adelia to steal Simeon's sealskin and tell the shamans how to kidnap Simeon. When the shamans kidnap Simeon, Meg stupidly runs toward them saying let him go, but she has no weapon. So they grab her and now have two prisoners. After she and Simeon have known each other for a couple of days and are in love, she decides she must run away from him because he is immortal and she is human. She does not want to disgust him as she ages. This is stupid. It is like saying “something could happen to separate us down the road so we better break up now so you won't be hurt later. Lets be hurt now instead.” Of course, as she runs away, she is captured again by the evil shaman. I was too angry to enjoy the story.
DATA:
Sexual language: strong. Number of sex scenes: about twenty-eight. Setting: unknown time, The Isle of Mists. Copyright: 2007. Genre: erotic paranormal romance.
This is an erotic book. There seem to be more pages devoted to lengthy sex scenes than to the story. The sex scenes were somewhat repetitive.
Meg is a witch living on an island with her evil aunt and uncle. She will become a priestess as long as she is a virgin. She loses her virginity to a selkie, a seal who changes into a man. Now, she cannot be a priestess. She must be a whore for the shamans or die. Her aunt learns that she is not a virgin and sells her to the shamans to be their whore. She escapes and plans to live with her selkie. They are in love.
CAUTION SPOILERS:
Meg's evil Aunt Adelia locks Meg away. As Adelia is walking away, Meg then stupidly tells Adelia when and where she can find Simeon. This allows Adelia to steal Simeon's sealskin and tell the shamans how to kidnap Simeon. When the shamans kidnap Simeon, Meg stupidly runs toward them saying let him go, but she has no weapon. So they grab her and now have two prisoners. After she and Simeon have known each other for a couple of days and are in love, she decides she must run away from him because he is immortal and she is human. She does not want to disgust him as she ages. This is stupid. It is like saying “something could happen to separate us down the road so we better break up now so you won't be hurt later. Lets be hurt now instead.” Of course, as she runs away, she is captured again by the evil shaman. I was too angry to enjoy the story.
DATA:
Sexual language: strong. Number of sex scenes: about twenty-eight. Setting: unknown time, The Isle of Mists. Copyright: 2007. Genre: erotic paranormal romance.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 18, 2015
DNF at pg.19. I can't keep reading. this book is just not for me. Maybe it's because the story started with a beachside orgy, or the fact that the author didn't manage to make me care about the main character, or maybe because I can't accept that this story is hanging by an incredibly loose definition of a plot. Say what you will about not judging a book until I've read the whole thing or at least half, but I've read enough books to know by now when I know I'll hate the rest of the book just by sampling the first few pages. I see no reason to continue to torture myself when there are other books out there.
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November 16, 2007This was a very erotic and hot book. But the hero was a little too irresponsible for me. He was a selkie and came to seduce a maiden. They fell in love but her Aunt tried to separate them by selling her off to the Shaman of the Village. Then the Aunt captured his seal skin (which the hero left behind!!!) and gave it to the Shaman. So the couple has to overcome the evil Shaman and also determine how they can be together since he lives in the sea and she lives on land.
June 6, 2011
This is possibly the worst book that I have ever read... it was ridiculously and impossibly stupid.
February 5, 2018
Insatiable Simeon
Holy cow was this book intense! I should have known from its super hot cover boy oh boy is the stud on it gorgeous and I do love myself some beefy ass that looks good enough to bite ;) It was insanely erotic and I do mean EROTIC there was literally more than one sex scene in every single chapter. I will say if you read this story you’ll definitely have an increase in you water bill from all the cold showers you’ll need to take lol. It’s quite descriptive and the main characters fornicate like a couple of rabbits overdosed on viagra. They go at it anytime anywhere and spend most of the time naked or close to it. The story itself is about Selkie legends, men and women who live in the depths of the ocean who can transform into seals when they desire. They are VERY sexual in nature often appearing on the shore in their human forms to seduce unsuspecting mortals. In this tale we have the sexy Simeon the Lord of the deep and ruler of the Selkies with his large, muscular defined body, raven colored hair and mercury eyes. Who after spotting Megaleen watching them from her window becomes enamored with her and captivated by her beauty. It’s a forbidden love kind of story with plenty of action along the way, their wasn’t a dull moment to be had with every chapter having something going on add to that some angst, suspense, and a very sexy mystery man called Gideon which I am very looking forward to reading about. My only issue with this story were two scenes involving a tree that kinda put me off to be honest, it was a bit to much for my liking. Also the fact that Megaleen was so easily aroused, I mean just thinking about Simeon or a slight touch would get her close to climaxing it was a tad over the top. She was mortal she wasn’t a selkie yet her lust rivaled their own but I guess she’d have to have his stamina to make a relationship with him work and be believable.
Holy cow was this book intense! I should have known from its super hot cover boy oh boy is the stud on it gorgeous and I do love myself some beefy ass that looks good enough to bite ;) It was insanely erotic and I do mean EROTIC there was literally more than one sex scene in every single chapter. I will say if you read this story you’ll definitely have an increase in you water bill from all the cold showers you’ll need to take lol. It’s quite descriptive and the main characters fornicate like a couple of rabbits overdosed on viagra. They go at it anytime anywhere and spend most of the time naked or close to it. The story itself is about Selkie legends, men and women who live in the depths of the ocean who can transform into seals when they desire. They are VERY sexual in nature often appearing on the shore in their human forms to seduce unsuspecting mortals. In this tale we have the sexy Simeon the Lord of the deep and ruler of the Selkies with his large, muscular defined body, raven colored hair and mercury eyes. Who after spotting Megaleen watching them from her window becomes enamored with her and captivated by her beauty. It’s a forbidden love kind of story with plenty of action along the way, their wasn’t a dull moment to be had with every chapter having something going on add to that some angst, suspense, and a very sexy mystery man called Gideon which I am very looking forward to reading about. My only issue with this story were two scenes involving a tree that kinda put me off to be honest, it was a bit to much for my liking. Also the fact that Megaleen was so easily aroused, I mean just thinking about Simeon or a slight touch would get her close to climaxing it was a tad over the top. She was mortal she wasn’t a selkie yet her lust rivaled their own but I guess she’d have to have his stamina to make a relationship with him work and be believable.
September 26, 2025
Megaleen has been banished to the Isle of Mists for being a witch and is intended to be a priestess. Fascinated by the seals who frequent the isle, the selkies, she accidentally conjures one to her, the leader Simeon. Fiercely attracted to him, she succumbs to the Lord of the Deep--Simeon--and becomes inexorably attached. For his part, Simeon's response to Megaleen's call is simply his selkie at work, but he becomes astonished by his intense desire for this human to the exclusion of all others. When Simeon's seal skin is captured and Megaleen taken by the shaman's to fulfill her duty, both risk all to help the other. Only one obstacle remains--how to allow the two to remain together; one who is all things water and one who is all things land, one who cannot thrive on land for long periods and one who cannot thrive under the water but for brief periods.
May 8, 2018
Great story with Meg, and Simeon, sensual, and aphrodisiac story.
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August 23, 2020did not finish. not even a quarter of the book..
July 10, 2010
The best thing about this book was the cover. WOW. Yes this is absolutely erotica, and yes the sex is hot in it, but what else? Nothing. The author tries to create this entire world of undersea creatures but only partially describes things. No real character development. The story was just lacking. The hero of the book drops all of his consorts for a human he banged once. One time people. Really - would any male do that? No - there's got to be some sort of turmoil. I absolutely believe in lust at first site - some people just get you hot. I just didn't find the plot to really flow very well. Now, you find me the model for the cover of this book and I'll give it whatever rating you want!
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November 29, 2010
This book was a bit more erotic than what I normally read. It is still PNR. Not that impressed with it. Not a book that made a lasting impression on me to where I'll remember it a few years down the road....or a few months really. It was just okay. I read the book 1st (usually I buy them then read them) which I'm glad I did b/c I don't think for me it'd be worth the buy. Not a book that I'd have hung onto had I bought it (I'd have traded it off). I love the cover, the model is HOT and he has a great @$$ which is what sold me on reading it in the first place (what can I say? I like eye candy ;p )but found it to be disappointing. Others who reviewed it seemed to like it more than myself so I don't know...
December 28, 2012
I liked the world setting and the types of characters. The plot started well enough but fell down the "WTF" spiral after Ch. 9 for me.
I think this story and these characters could have been better presented with a more high fantasy writing style incorporating more romance with a tad less smut. I that's saying something cause I love me some good old fashion smut!
I also felt that the "protagonist-a" (because she doesn't deserve to be call a heroine) was one dimensional and bland to me. I've known light sockets with more personality.
It's a harsh review but there are things I read that can't be unseen so I feel a bit obliged to be harsh.
I think this story and these characters could have been better presented with a more high fantasy writing style incorporating more romance with a tad less smut. I that's saying something cause I love me some good old fashion smut!
I also felt that the "protagonist-a" (because she doesn't deserve to be call a heroine) was one dimensional and bland to me. I've known light sockets with more personality.
It's a harsh review but there are things I read that can't be unseen so I feel a bit obliged to be harsh.
September 10, 2009
13-year-old Mikey idolizes his stepfather, Bill. He wants to be just like him, owning and operating his own deep sea fishing boat. However Bill smashes the idealistic picture Mikey has of him when he is challenged by customers Cal and Ernie, whose selfish arrogance force Bill to go against his own ethics and the law. The ending is realistic, but not idealistic, and may cause kids to challenge their own ideas of integrity. The issue, however, is real, and the dilemma is one students should talk about. The boy does stand up for his own ideals, even though his stepfather does not.
May 14, 2010
After reading author's The Bride of Time I thought I'd read this as I love fairy stories. I think I expected too much. Some lovely descriptions and world building but not enough plot and only half completed character studies, mostly because the characters are in an endless state of arousal and they need to address their needs repeatedly. This would have enhanced the story if the characters had some (any) other thoughts or interests, but not so. The result is a bit of a turn off, which is the opposite of what seems to have been intended.
December 26, 2010
You'd think with this cover with sex scenes would be steamy but except for the first scene, they were pretty ho-hum. Meg is banished to an island because she's a suspected witch but then she is forced to go there to train as a witch or else. Huh? Because she cries on the shore because the banishment was on the eve of her wedding, this is somehow a call to the Selkie king aka Lord of the Deep to have his way with her. Then there's a lot of useless self-sacrifice that didn't even have been slightly frown let alone cry. I'm not sure I'll read any of the other books in the series.
July 8, 2008
Thompson just continues to amaze me with the scoop of her talent. It seems no matter what she tries, I am amazed by her vision and the beauty of her written word. This time its literary erotica, high class erotica, that totally kept me mesmerized. A wonderful Selkie tale! Cannot wait for more in the original series.
The world-building in this book is absolutely amazing.
This is erotic writing, but its literary erotic. A class all its own.
The world-building in this book is absolutely amazing.
This is erotic writing, but its literary erotic. A class all its own.
March 12, 2011
WOW... is almost all I can say. I have read Lord of the Dark so I knew that tree spirits and most likely the seaweed would be making an erotic entrance but I just loved this.. as I did the Lord of the Dark. The characters were interesting enough.. but I am secure in myself that I can honestly say... I didnt read this book for the characters.. I read it for the smoking sex scenes..lmao... and I got out of it exactly what I thought I would..
Off to read Lord of the Forest now... teeheehee
Off to read Lord of the Forest now... teeheehee
August 7, 2011
So, I know this is aphrodisia and there's going to be a good amount of sex, but could there be just a little more plot? Seriously, every other page was either the two main characters having sex or one of them masterbating over the thought of the other. Then just to change it up a little some of the other characters might get a little turned on so then we got descriptions of that. The plot didn't have any direction until about 100 pages or so in. It was a little ridiculous.
October 18, 2010
If you love mermaids and other sea creatures, traditional fantasy, and erotica, you might like this book. I didn't. I only read the first chapter and was both annoyed and bored, so I skimmed ahead and still didn't see any reason to spend time reading it. Great cover art, though.
October 3, 2007
raunchy, fantasy.
September 5, 2009
I didn't even get to page 100....
Want to read
December 7, 2009Elementals series #1
May 11, 2010
Simeon & Meg
August 31, 2011
great cover. that's about it.
March 1, 2012
1 star rating says it all..
This just plain sucks.
This just plain sucks.
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