Review for:
My Forbidden Desire, by Carolyn Jewel
ISBN: 9780446178242
Publisher: Forever (Hachette Book Group)
When not writing, Author Carolyn Jewel is a Database Administrator. My Wicked Enemy is her other title besides this one, which is set for release in June 2009. She resides in northern California with her son, three cats, a border collie, several chickens, and some sheep.
When Alexandrine Marit’s brother Harsh returns from the dead with a warning about an amulet she found, Alexandrine can’t help but wonder where he was all that time she thought him dead, and what could be so dangerous about a simple talisman? She’s known all along that she was a witch, but she barely had any powers, and couldn’t control the ones she did have. An evil mage craves the powerful stone that supplies her magic, and the only one who can keep her safe is her brother’s friend, a dark and dangerous fiend she thought was only a myth. Xia hates witches because they enslave a mercilessly kill his kind. He’s been ordered to protect Alexandrine from her birth father and his henchmen, and isn’t happy about it one iota. As days turn to nights, this seemingly not so ideal body guard and the witch find the fierce animosity between them dissolving and a flaming passion replacing it. It’s the passion that can unite them, and they must trust it and each other before the enemy can destroy them both.
This isn’t so much a dig on the book as it is a comment about the paranormal romance genre, but why do the majority of these books have desire, temptation, or forbidden in the title? Just a thought.
I found the book to be very captivating and intriguing. It had the perfect blend of dark paranormal with steamy romance that wasn’t over-the-top. The setting and world created was a phenomenal backdrop for the plot. The story flowed smoothly and I didn’t find any areas where I lost interest. The characters were relatable and the secondary ones moved the story along nicely. More than anything, the book was kind of a big, frustrating tease- in a good way. Just when you think you are getting somewhere, or figuring something out, or discovering yourself all hot and bothered, something comes along to throw a wrench in the mix. This made the book difficult to put down.
My Forbidden Desire, by Carolyn Jewel, is a taunting, tormenting, and sizzling tale- A must read for paranormal romance lovers.
Kelly Moran
Author and Reviewer
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