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Crescent City Fae, Book 1
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Deanna Chase
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It's tough being a faery in New Orleans, a city fraught with vampires...especially when their very existence drains your life force.
Willow Rhoswen, owner of The Fated Cupcake and part-time vampire hunter for the Void is having a rough week. Four years after her twin brother's mysterious death, Willow's life is threatened and the director saddles her with a new partner - her ex-boyfriend, David. To her horror, he's turned vamp, which causes her physical pain whenever she touches him...and any other specimen of the undead.
In order to save Willow's life, David agrees to turn double agent against the most powerful vampire organization in New Orleans. Or so he says. And she's convinced they know something about her brother's death. Unsure where David's loyalties lie, she turns to Talisen, her childhood crush, to help her solve the mystery.
Caught between two gorgeous men and a director who'll stop at nothing to control Willow's gifts, she'll have to follow her instincts and learn who to trust. Otherwise, she risks losing more than just her life.
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All the creatures of the night gather in "the Hollows" of Cincinnati, to hide, to prowl, to party...and to feed. Vampires rule the darkness in a predator-eat-predator world rife with dangers beyond imagining - and it’s Rachel Morgan’s job to keep that world civilized. A bounty hunter and a witch with serious sex appeal and an attitude, she’ll bring ’em back alive, dead...or undead.
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Good story but main character is annoying
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Witches of Half Moon Bay Series Box Set: Books 1-3
- A Witch's Call, A Witch's Destiny, A Witch's Fate (Witches of Half Moon Box Set, Book 1)
- By: Heather Hildenbrand
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As a college student, I spend my days in class and my evenings selling sage to PTA moms who do moon rituals to manifest better parking spaces. My best friend is a cat who likes pizza, and a “night out” includes hand delivering mysterious packages to the local “coven” of small business owners who repeatedly invite me to their meetings - clothing optional. My life is weird. But it’s not magic. Magic isn’t real. At least, that’s what I believed - right up until the moment he walks into my store.
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Misleading reviews.
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The Wird sisters are content to avoid the local vampires, werebeasts, and witches of the Lake Tahoe region - until one of them blows up a vampire in self-defense. Everyone knows vampires aren't aggressive, and killing one is punishable by death. But soon more bloodlust-fueled attacks occur, and the community wonders: are the vampires of Tahoe cursed with a plague?
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One great big listening spree here I come
- By RabidReads on 12-06-15
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House of the Rising Sun
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Every vampire has heard rumor of the mythical place where their kind can daywalk. But what no vampire knows is that this City of Eternal Night actually exists. And its name is New Orleans. For centuries, the fae have protected the city from vampire infestation. But when the bloodsuckers return, the fragile peace in New Orleans begins to crumble.
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Vampires and Fae
- By Lisa B. on 11-28-17
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Denied Mate
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Rejection bites...Cal and I were destined to be mates. Until he rejected me. Even though it’s been years, it still hurts like hell. But now Cal’s returned, and he says I’m the only who can help him. He’s convinced someone in my pack was responsible for his father’s death, and they’re endangering his mother. Unfortunately, my big brother isn’t pleased with our little reunion. He’s the pack’s new Alpha after our father died and he’s willing to throw me to the wolves to hold on to his throne. And he’s not the only one who is angry about Cal’s reappearance...
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Not a typical rejected mate story
- By KHave on 09-28-21
By: Roxie Ray, and others
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Eve of Darkness
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Years ago, Evangeline Hollis spent a blistering night with a darkly seductive man she can’t forget. But that evening of addictive pleasure has become a disaster of biblical proportions: She’s been branded with the Mark of Cain. Now Eve is thrust into a world where sinners are marked and drafted to kill demons. Her former one-night stand, Cain, is now her mentor - and his equally sexy brother Abel is her new boss.
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WE'RE ON THE EVE OF A GREAT NEW SUSPENSE SERIES
- By CAROLYN 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 on 06-15-13
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My name is Jemma Blackburn, and I have a secret. I know vampires are real. I watched one murder my father eight months ago, and even though they tried to convince me it didn't happen - that I'd lost touch with reality due to the trauma, I know what I saw was real. Hollow Hills is now the place I call home. It was supposed to be my chance at a normal life. My chance to bury my secret and start over.
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Change Narration Speed to 1.25x
- By Nicole on 01-29-17
By: Bianca Scardoni
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One Bite With a Stranger
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- By: Christine Warren
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
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When Regina's friends insist on setting her up a "Fantasy Fix" to help her get over her cheating ex, she dreams up some kinky out-of-this-world encounters that they could never possibly bring to life. But the next thing Regina knows, her friends have got her laced into a shiny black corset, tight leather pants, and a sexy pair of stilettos. It's time for some downtown vampire-fantasy fun...
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Don't judge the entire Others series by Book 1
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Darkness Dawns
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Once, Sarah Bingham's biggest challenge was making her students pay attention in class. Now, after rescuing a wounded stranger, she's landed in the middle of a battle between corrupt vampires and powerful immortals who also need blood to survive. Roland Warbrook is the most compelling man Sarah has ever laid hands on. But his desire for her is mingled with a hunger he can barely control...
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Luscious, Enthralling & Sensual w/o being porn
- By Linda on 08-16-11
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Playing with Fire
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Twenty-four-year-old barista Belle Jamison dreams of a better job and a decent love life - until a crazy scientist spikes her mocha latte! Suddenly, Belle can wield the four elements - earth, wind, fire and water - with only a thought. Coffee too hot? No problem. Hair in need of a blow-dry? Done. Gorgeous government agent Rome Masters has been sent to neutralize Belle. There's just one problem: the sparks Belle and Rome generate are even hotter than the ones flying from her eyes!
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Don't do it.
- By Leanna on 08-05-10
By: Gena Showalter
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The Lost Savior
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Tori King is a normal senior in high school. Head over heels in love with her childhood sweetheart, she is busy making plans for college when a chance encounter with an alien bounty hunter turns her world upside down. Now she's experiencing terrifying changes and developing supernatural abilities that leave her questioning her entire existence.
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DO IT!
- By Rebecca L. on 04-10-19
By: Siobhan Davis™
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City in Embers
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- By: Stacey Marie Brown
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Zoey Daniels has been tossed from foster home to foster home, where she grows up fast and tough. When she is placed in her "last chance" home, she finds a reason to stay and turn her life around: her foster sister, Lexie, who is paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. After high school, Zoey is hired by a special government agency, the Department of Molecular Genetics (DMG), where she meets the other reason to remain: Daniel, her coworker. The man she loves. But there is something unique about Zoey.
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a totally enthralling budding romance
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- AunTee
- 11-04-20
Love this book!
Love the romance triangle of the lifelong BFF vs the newly met bf.
Deanna Chase is one of my favorite authors and gabra zackman one of my favorite narrators
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- Aaron Shahin
- 09-02-20
great story telling!
although it was a little slow to start the story is incredibly compelling and makes you want to keep reading late into the evening. definitely recommend!
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- Leiah
- 02-27-14
A potential new favorite on my UF shelf
I first came across Deanna Chase in 2012 with her book Haunted on Bourbon Street. The book, featuring Jade Calhoun, was set in New Orleans and features Jade, an empath, and a creative and interesting group of friends, including a couple of strip club owners, a coven, and couple of ghosts with very different agendas. Since then, I happily enjoyed both Witches of Bourbon Street and Demons of Bourbon Street. There are still two more (that I know of) in the series that I have already purchased and are sitting in my TBR pile waiting for their turn. And I am very much looking forward to them.
Influential Magic is also set in New Orleans, and is the first in a series subtitled Crescent City Fae. This new series stars Willow Rhoswen, owner of The Fated Cupcake and part-time vampire hunter for the Void. Oh, and she is also a faery – complete with wings and flight capabilities. Well, when she isn’t around vampires, whose walking death drains her earth magic, and thus her life force. A very uncomfortable position to be in when your evil faery auntie, who is also the Director of the Void policing agency partners you with a vampire in order to investigate dastardly deeds by the local vampire corporation. Especially when that vampire happens to be your ‘used-to-be-human’ boyfriend. A boyfriend, who suddenly dumped you with a quick text message (jerk!), then turns up later turned – literally.
What happens to Willow in this volume of the Crescent City series is a neat bit of creative urban fantasy, but it also carries an undercurrent of politics and xenophobia which reflects what is happening in this world, this reality, even now. I am, admittedly, not a ‘vampire groupie’ as so many are these days. Been there, done that, would really like for that whole ‘cold, dead, walking corpses’ to be over already. I mean, come on – have you ever felt a real corpse? Gross. I couldn’t imagine kissing cold, dead lips, much less getting down and dirty with other parts! However, in Chase’s alternate universe, her vampires are, though still cold and walking dead, much more ‘real’ people than others in the genre, with lives and families whom they love – even if they are still overwhelmingly entitled, making them both vicious and brutally efficient killers when crossed.
Overall, I really liked Willow. She takes a lot of damage, both physically and emotionally in this first book, and overall she handles it well. I did find her rather naïve at times, railing against those who would take care of issues in a vigilante fashion, while openly acknowledging that the governmental agencies are deeply corrupt. At the same time, I honestly admired her for understanding the siren song of power and how it can so easily corrupt.
The fantasy storyline is creative, well written, and believable as an alternative reality of a world which evolved under magical conditions, while still aligning closely with our own. There is a bit of a triangle aspect, between Willow and David, the vamp ex boyfriend and Talisen, her childhood friend and mentor who is another faery. The triangle seems to correct itself at the end, and I honestly hope that the concept doesn’t carry on through the other books, as I find those sorts of story lines to be crutches for poor story development. However, the Shih Tzu that turns into a wolf? Awesome! And I hope that Willow will be spending more time in her bakery, creating magically infused cupcakes, and more time with her best friend, Phoebe, a witch. There were a lot of ends left free, leaving room for a great deal of really good story development as we learn more about Willow, her skills, and her family and friends. And having listened to the Audible Edition, narrated by Gabra Zackman, one of my favorite narrators of all time, there was a whole other level of enjoyment that I was able to gain from the book. And right now, Influential Magic is only $1.99 for the Audible Edition! What's not to like? Especially when it is also text-to-speech enabled for the Kindle edition. I prefer the Audible editions, as I can download them onto my Zune and pop it into my pocket while I am doing other things, but having it in both editions means I can read it any way I wish. Cool...
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- Jill
- 09-11-18
Slow and steady wins the race
Kept plugging along with this one. It was enjoyable but unfortunately, for reasons I’m not quite sure, it wasn’t the book to keep me up ok. The night. It was enjoyable. Loved the conclusions.
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- Curly's Ramblings
- 11-28-20
Entertaining
Mystery, mayhem, death, and trouble plague the team as they struggle to know who to trust. The story is interesting and entertaining and the characters are likable. The narrator did a great job. I received a free copy of this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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- Megan
- 05-23-17
Like/hate
I really liked the plot and the story line. Not a huge fan of the main character, she was way too much of a ditz for me. The narrator was okay, but I couldn't stand how she made David sound like a robot. He is a main love interest not my google maps navigator.
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- Annette Schwartz
- 04-08-17
I absolutely loved the book!!!
This book was an awesome book and I would recommend it to everyone it's a must read. I can't wait to get the other two books in the series which I am purchasing right now to listen to I want to know how the stories end!!
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- Kimberly Sauseda
- 01-28-17
I enjoyed
I enjoyed the story. Didn't want to have to stop listening. I enjoyed the story line. I'm looking forward to the next book.
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- Carrie
- 02-04-17
Disappointing
I found the main character stupid and whiny. Example, she is locked in a cage from which she has just said there is no escape when she vows that no one will ever hurt those she loves ever again. Just exactly how is she going to pull that off? She's constantly making bad choices from which she needs rescue and bemoaning the fact that she didn't take self defense classes. She was supposed to be smart enough and old enough to run her own business but she acted like a hormone driven teen. I won't be getting the sequel.
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- Gilliansage
- 02-25-16
Not what I was expecting
Would you try another book from Deanna Chase and/or Gabra Zackman?
Have read or listened to other Deanna Chase books and loved it. This one was seriously lacking. Didn't keep my interest, felt like there should've been a book before this one to explain what was going on as it seemed normal for everyone to see fairies, vampires and witches with no one seeming to be just plain human and confused, cept me.
What didn’t you like about Gabra Zackman’s performance?
Her "David" voice was completely annoying, it just made my ears hurt, all the other voices were fine except that she sounded as if she were reading porn, quite a few times it was innocent but made me roll my eyes in just the way she spoke.
Any additional comments?
Gonna pass on the rest of the series. Not for me.
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