By: J. K. Beck
Genres: Fantasy Urban | Thriller Paranormal - Supernatural | Romance Paranormal
Posted: September 9, 2010
Gunnolf, a werewolf, and Tiberius, a vampire, both want to rule L.A., but both appear to be concerned about a sudden rash of human deaths that appear to be vampire-created, but the DNA evidence is inconclusive and strange. Sara Constantine and Agent Ryan Doyle have been charged by Tiberius to unearth the mystery behind the deaths in 10 days. Both gifted with various abilities and intellect, they need help from someone else with a unique gift: Lissa.
Succubi are reborn and retain some of their skills and memories. Lissa has worked hard to rescue enough other abused succubi to start her own club for soul-sucking. Division 6 needs to coerce her to use her ability to gather information for them. However, Lissa has been having a bad day: she's lusting after someone, a former employer/master is trying to blackmail her by turning the tables on her own blackmail, and the man who wants to represent her legally has his own axe to grind...one from a previous life.
In a tale filled with intricate character relationships, WHEN PLEASURE RULES continues to explore the idea of how many double-dealings could occur when some of the participants are near-immortal. An excellent read, but starting from the first book, WHEN BLOOD CALLS, is recommended.
Book Summary
Seven innocents have been brutally murdered in Los Angeles, yet the Shadow Alliance has no suspects and no leads. As the body count mounts, the age-old feud between vampires and werewolves threatens to explode.
Lissa Monroe—a strong-willed, ravishing succubus who entices men to surrender their souls—agrees to go undercover for the Alliance. Her mission: infiltrate the mind of werewolf leader Vincent Rand, a ferociously alluring enemy who exerts a powerful hold over her. As the City of Angels teeters on the brink of apocalypse, these two adversaries must join together in order to survive an even more lethal enemy hidden in plain sight.
by: J. K. Beck
Shadow Keepers #2 Dell
October 1, 2010
On Sale: September 28, 2010
Featuring: Rand; Lissa
448 pages
ISBN: 0440245788
EAN: 9780440245780
Mass Market Paperback