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Dangerous Games
Keri Arthur
Dell, March 2007, $6.99, 356 pp.
ISBN 0440336783
Dhampire Riley Jenson, half human, half vampire is now a guardian in the Directorate of Other Races. As a guardian she is judge, jury, and executioner when one of the non-human races breaks the laws. She is working two cases now, one in which nine people died from what looks like the bites of newly risen vampires. Her other case concerns the death of three women who has scars on their back, a missing pinkie on their left hands and their organs removed.
Riley’s personal life is in chaos because the vampire Quinn wants a monogamous relationship with her while she wants to play the field until she meets her werewolf soulmate who can give her children (vampires can’t). She also has to worry about a former guardian who has gone rogue and is determined to pull her. Quinn is involved in a personal matter concerning hunting down demons which intersects with Riley’s cases but he refuses to share information with her and as a result she almost dies by fiends not of this world.
Australian Keri Arthur is one of the best writers of paranormal romantic suspense novels. Her world building is believable and readers really like her heroic protagonists because they feel as if they know them. Riley’s vampire and werewolf want a commitment from her, which “humanizes” her while also serves as a tension reliever from the fast paced, action-packed sometimes gory storyline.
Keri Arthur
Dell, March 2007, $6.99, 356 pp.
ISBN 0440336783
Dhampire Riley Jenson, half human, half vampire is now a guardian in the Directorate of Other Races. As a guardian she is judge, jury, and executioner when one of the non-human races breaks the laws. She is working two cases now, one in which nine people died from what looks like the bites of newly risen vampires. Her other case concerns the death of three women who has scars on their back, a missing pinkie on their left hands and their organs removed.
Riley’s personal life is in chaos because the vampire Quinn wants a monogamous relationship with her while she wants to play the field until she meets her werewolf soulmate who can give her children (vampires can’t). She also has to worry about a former guardian who has gone rogue and is determined to pull her. Quinn is involved in a personal matter concerning hunting down demons which intersects with Riley’s cases but he refuses to share information with her and as a result she almost dies by fiends not of this world.
Australian Keri Arthur is one of the best writers of paranormal romantic suspense novels. Her world building is believable and readers really like her heroic protagonists because they feel as if they know them. Riley’s vampire and werewolf want a commitment from her, which “humanizes” her while also serves as a tension reliever from the fast paced, action-packed sometimes gory storyline.
