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Black Jag #1
Black Seduction
Raul VicMoran and Angela Kalucian will not tolerate what Colony is doing to their kind, the jaguars. One of the leaders in the community is making arrangements with the humans to sell their services as mercenaries. Hired killers. To hunt, capture and eliminate someone else’s prey. The level of humiliation is too strong to endure.
After fleeing Colony, Raul and his two male littermates travel through the mountains, south into the desert and finally the jungle as they work their way to Central America, where the only other known colony of jaguars live. Raul and Angela’s love for each other blossoms during their trials and ordeals while traveling. Angela also comes to respect all three VicMoran males to the point where she feels protective of them. Raul knows in his heart, without any doubt, Angela is his female. No one will ever challenge him for her. But for one night, in the complete blackness of the heart of the jungle, all three VicMoran males will share Angela, truly bonding the four of them together for life.
Reader Advisory: These cat-shifters aren’t your everyday cuddly tabbies. The males are wild and feral; the females are strong and won’t roll over to have their tummies rubbed. They make leopards seem domesticated. If you want your loving untamed and fierce, then come take a ride on the wild side…if you can stand the heat.
After fleeing Colony, Raul and his two male littermates travel through the mountains, south into the desert and finally the jungle as they work their way to Central America, where the only other known colony of jaguars live. Raul and Angela’s love for each other blossoms during their trials and ordeals while traveling. Angela also comes to respect all three VicMoran males to the point where she feels protective of them. Raul knows in his heart, without any doubt, Angela is his female. No one will ever challenge him for her. But for one night, in the complete blackness of the heart of the jungle, all three VicMoran males will share Angela, truly bonding the four of them together for life.
Reader Advisory: These cat-shifters aren’t your everyday cuddly tabbies. The males are wild and feral; the females are strong and won’t roll over to have their tummies rubbed. They make leopards seem domesticated. If you want your loving untamed and fierce, then come take a ride on the wild side…if you can stand the heat.
82 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 7, 2010
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About the author
Lorie O'Clare
92 books257 followersLorie O'Clare is an American author of erotic romance, romantic suspense and paranormal romance novels.
The anthology Men of Danger, which featured her story “Love Me 'til Death,” was a New York Times bestseller.
Also writes under the pen name Laurie Fitzgerald.
The anthology Men of Danger, which featured her story “Love Me 'til Death,” was a New York Times bestseller.
Also writes under the pen name Laurie Fitzgerald.
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January 15, 2020
Sexy beasts! The three brothers are a triple threat and Angela gets to travel with them as they run back to their place of origin. The eldest, Raul, has claimed her as his mate.
This will be an interesting shifter series.
This will be an interesting shifter series.
June 4, 2018
Very repetitive dialogue about honor, the flow seemed jumpy. Hoping future stories in this series will be better.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 15, 2014
Well this is a very non-objective review, but I'm ok with that. I have had trouble with the paranormal erotica before, and was completely let down by my first 3 reads. It seemed Vampires were not my style, but I can't stand the hairiness of the Werewolves either. So Jaguars felt like a good compromise. And having read Black Seduction, I am glad I didn't give up.
Plot wise... well, bear with me, because for such a short book, there's a lot of plot (most of which isn't even sufficiently explained, elaborated or even properly presented. Sad times)
Angela and Natasha are belong to the same litter (which is apparently what Jaguars call their separate groups). For centuries their species has lived away from the humans, but Natasha wants to change that. She wants to make her species rich by pitching them as hired assassins for the humans, carrying out their dirty work. Some agree with her. Some really, really don't.
While Angela runs away for a bit to clear her head from their argument, she is tackled by Raul, the leader of another litter, yet part of the same Colony. Raul is a known playboy in her area, but has kept an eye on her, letting her grow and experience the world, knowing one day he will make her his. Fighting and fucking ensues, and she is now his mate, whether she wants it or not (she does). He brings her back to his own litter, where...
...you know what? This hasn't even covered the first third of the book. Best you read it yourselves and make up your own minds :P
Admittedly, this book wasn't all that great. It would rank more between the 2 and 3 star mark for an experienced paranormal reader. There are however 3 very personal reasons why I gave it 4 stars and wasn't stingy about it.
1) While I am unfamiliar with the ways of the Jaguar, I was surprised to read something not drenched in blood and uncontrolled rage (as I imagine most Werewolf stories will be),
2) The steamy quartet between Angela and the 3R (Raul, Rafe, Ran) was very nicely prepared/hinted at, and I was genuinely pleased it delivered, and
3) It is the first paranormal book I read that doesn't have me wanting to eat my own brain with an ice-cream scoop! And that, to me, is very important.
Plot wise... well, bear with me, because for such a short book, there's a lot of plot (most of which isn't even sufficiently explained, elaborated or even properly presented. Sad times)
Angela and Natasha are belong to the same litter (which is apparently what Jaguars call their separate groups). For centuries their species has lived away from the humans, but Natasha wants to change that. She wants to make her species rich by pitching them as hired assassins for the humans, carrying out their dirty work. Some agree with her. Some really, really don't.
While Angela runs away for a bit to clear her head from their argument, she is tackled by Raul, the leader of another litter, yet part of the same Colony. Raul is a known playboy in her area, but has kept an eye on her, letting her grow and experience the world, knowing one day he will make her his. Fighting and fucking ensues, and she is now his mate, whether she wants it or not (she does). He brings her back to his own litter, where...
...you know what? This hasn't even covered the first third of the book. Best you read it yourselves and make up your own minds :P
Admittedly, this book wasn't all that great. It would rank more between the 2 and 3 star mark for an experienced paranormal reader. There are however 3 very personal reasons why I gave it 4 stars and wasn't stingy about it.
1) While I am unfamiliar with the ways of the Jaguar, I was surprised to read something not drenched in blood and uncontrolled rage (as I imagine most Werewolf stories will be),
2) The steamy quartet between Angela and the 3R (Raul, Rafe, Ran) was very nicely prepared/hinted at, and I was genuinely pleased it delivered, and
3) It is the first paranormal book I read that doesn't have me wanting to eat my own brain with an ice-cream scoop! And that, to me, is very important.
February 20, 2014
I really liked the idea of this story and I still may read on with the series, but I am undecided. The low rating is because there are so many things wrong or that just don't add up, I was way too distracted. The main theme of the book does seem to be about the sex. Honestly there is no other reason for the menage to be randomly thrown in there if not. There was no point in the sharing, it was needed, it wasn't overly anticipated, and it was kind of awkward--hot but awkward.
Why don't we get to see the show down with the bear? I want to know if Angela suffered the water to kick some major butt!
There are a few grammar issues, but not too bad.
My main dislike started at the very beginning. The mistrust and disgust of the human race and how no one makes contact with them. The human race doesn't know they exist behind the mountain in the middle of nowhere. The first discussion we see about it makes it sound like the Jaguars are uncivilized animals living in a cave and surviving off the land. Then we get introduced to the "Colony" and low and behold we have houses, vehicles (so there must be gas stations), computers, internet, and all the other essentials of having a normal life! Okay...if the Jaguars never make contact with the humans how did they get all that crap! It just irked me the wrong way.
So like I said, the idea was good, but the execution was sorely lacking.
Why don't we get to see the show down with the bear? I want to know if Angela suffered the water to kick some major butt!
There are a few grammar issues, but not too bad.
My main dislike started at the very beginning. The mistrust and disgust of the human race and how no one makes contact with them. The human race doesn't know they exist behind the mountain in the middle of nowhere. The first discussion we see about it makes it sound like the Jaguars are uncivilized animals living in a cave and surviving off the land. Then we get introduced to the "Colony" and low and behold we have houses, vehicles (so there must be gas stations), computers, internet, and all the other essentials of having a normal life! Okay...if the Jaguars never make contact with the humans how did they get all that crap! It just irked me the wrong way.
So like I said, the idea was good, but the execution was sorely lacking.
February 7, 2017
Black Seduction by Lorie O’Clare is the first book in the Black Jags series. It’s a fast paced and erotic novella that captures your attention from the first page. It combines romance, erotica and action. The characters and Jaguar society are interesting and unique. The writing is skillfully executed. You can easily picture each scene as it plays out. The pace and detail of the story is very well done until we reach the last page. It feels incomplete. The ending is the reason this book didn’t get a higher rating. It ends rather abruptly with a scene that doesn’t feel completely appropriate to the story. We are left wondering what happens next. It is the first in a series so the next book may give us the sense of completion we are missing with this one.
Black Seduction is a good story that should appeal to fans of erotic shape-shifter romance.
Black Seduction is a good story that should appeal to fans of erotic shape-shifter romance.
September 13, 2016
I have a problem with the wording for the shifters this author tends to use when she writes. It's so distracting. I liked the premise of this book and since it was about jaguar shifter's I decided to try it. I refuse to read her when it comes to the wolves because she uses the word "bitch" for the females all the time. Ad nauseum. I figured that because it was cat shifters that at least she would not use that one all the time. Instead, she uses littermate over and over again. It's distracting and most readers are going to understand that these are shifters without it. I liked it better than her other books but for me, I will not be reading her again unless she can get past using trigger words for the whole book. I can not get into the story when every time I see one of these words all I can do is think...again, really, sigh.
May 14, 2011
I don't know what other people thought, but I really liked how the author created the scenes of action and conflict with the "Colony". Even the fight scenes were so realistic. I actually felt like I was there. Not to mention, the spunkiness of the female, Angela, and the quiet confidence of the male, Raul. His brothers were no slouches either.
It rates an 7/10 on my smut-meter, but the story more than makes up for it, just as a good book should be...IMHO.
I'm rating Black Seduction a 4/5. And, that's because I didn't get to learn more about the outcome of Natasha's plan for the "Colony" or how the "littermates" settle into their new lives.
It rates an 7/10 on my smut-meter, but the story more than makes up for it, just as a good book should be...IMHO.
I'm rating Black Seduction a 4/5. And, that's because I didn't get to learn more about the outcome of Natasha's plan for the "Colony" or how the "littermates" settle into their new lives.
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September 30, 2010
A very good introduction to this series complete with strong characters, good story line, lots of tension as this one family plus flees from the craziness of Angela's littermate--her evil plan to turn these shapeshifters into mercenary killers for hire. Very good use of descriptive language and insight into the family dynamic of the three males and their relationship with Angela. Hadn't read much about jaguar society and found this book very enlightening.
February 3, 2014
Besides "littermate" being done to death...Raul, Rafe and Ran...My head hurts from the mind twister. There is much talk of the "change", yet no change! We're supposed to believe jaguars are so fierce, yet we never get to experience it, instead we get a fade to black. Disappointing. This is suppose to be a shifter story. Why not describe the showdown with the bear?! Missed opportunity to save this tale.
November 17, 2015
It did not start out too bad and was pretty fast paced, but as soon as Angela fled with Raul's litter mates the book slowed down and it became weirder and weirder. The end was very abrupt. It was as if the author had an idea for a story but after a while ran out of things to tell and in the end decided to kill it fast.
November 3, 2016
Was purity good,
I really wasn't expecting it to end like it did. I don't have the next book yet. But I will definitely be reading the next one, and probably more from this author too.
I really wasn't expecting it to end like it did. I don't have the next book yet. But I will definitely be reading the next one, and probably more from this author too.
December 3, 2010
Story? what story? :)
November 3, 2016
I liked it. It was very short however, and i don't really know why the menage at the end was necessary but i still liked it. Could have been expanded into a full length though.
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August 12, 2014
Lots of sex with very little plot. What plot there was didn't make a lot of sense. Also the menage scene wasn't necessary and didn't make sense based on what was known about the main characters.
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