Friday, November 27, 2009

Feel the Fire


Title: Feel the Fire
Author: Diana DeRicci
Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Publisher URL: http://www.liquidsilverbooks.com/
ISBN: 978-1-59578-616-6
Genre: [M/F] Contemporary Paranormal
Rating: 3.5 Nymphs
Literary Nymphs Reviewer: Mystical Nymph

Rob first met Maddie when he and his sister went to Granier Falls for a wedding. Since then, they’ve burned up the phone lines getting to know each other better. On Friday, after weeks of talking long distance, Rob unexpectedly shows up on Maddie’s doorstep, ready to move their relationship to the next phase. He’s also looking for a weekend of wicked hot sex.

Maddie is all Rob ever wanted in a woman. She’s kind, caring thoughtful and stunning and for the first time in his adult life, Rob begins to believe that he’s found the woman meant for him. That is, until the curse from his past threatens to destroy his future, forcing him to reveal the-difficult-to-control-and-dangerous side of his nature. When his older sister is kidnapped and beaten, Rob must use all his inherent power, and the help of Maddie and a few new friends, to locate her before its too late. Can he find a way to save his sister and his love for Maddie or will a family curse keep him on the run?

Feel the Fire is the second release in the ongoing Granier Falls series by author Diana DeRicci and can easily stand-alone from the previous release.

The story starts at a nice pace and quickly picks up steam when Rob arrives on Maddie’s porch. From the moment these two get together the pages are lit with passion, desire and a palpable, bone-deep attraction neither can deny. Their relationship…and the sex, moves on at a good clip, at least until Maddie’s three older brothers appear on the scene, threatening Rob. I love this portion of the story and Ms. DeRicci does a nice job choreographing what almost happens. That goes double for the background information integration of why the brothers acted as they did and Maddie’s reaction.

The last portion, where the brothers, Rob and Maddie work together to locate and rescue Rob’s missing sister, is also nicely done as is the final scene with a lone ‘bad guy’ at the very end. Unfortunately, the middle left me a little flat. Gasp…there’s way too much sex. While the near continuous sex scenes were well written, it makes the story sex top-heavy and without much plot during these portions.

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