DARKNESS BURNING

Author: Delilah Devlin ISBN: 9780061498206 6/2009 EROTIC CONTEMPORARY Publisher: AVON RED

Beware the place where darkness rules and bloodlust is the ultimate aphrodisiac... An apocalyptic storm has transformed New Orleans into a city of lawless terror—and Mikaela Jones is standing in the center of the nightmare. A beautiful, courageous journalist with a mysterious past, she sees monsters prowling all around her. But the gravest peril of all awaits Mikaela when she is taken captive by a mesmerizing male who is not mortal—a breathtaking creature who arouses the fire in her blood, making her burn for the exquisite erotic ecstasy of total surrender. For seven centuries Alex Broussard has been waiting for the chance to free himself from the threat of the matriarchal undead society that seeks his destruction. And now, finally, that time is at hand—until the opportunity is ruined by the stunning, innocent, human interloper Alex is compelled to rescue from certain doom. Now they are joined, for good or ill, as they give in to the burning need that neither can resist—risking everything to experience the ultimate sensual release as the darkness rises all around them.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

I've just finished reading this book, and my first thoughts are: Ms. Devlin, why did you leave me hanging? Will I have to wait long to find out what happens to Gabriella? Please tell me there is a sequel in the works and maybe that will set my mind at ease and hold me over until I can get my hands on it.

Okay, now that I've got that bit out, I have to say that when I first started to read DARKNESS BURNING I thought, okay, swingers would like this book with vampire orgies going on... it was kind of weird. The Vampires would just walk by each other and the next thing you knew, they were laying horizontal having hot, steamy, passionate sex. It was intense, especially since half of them had mates or didn‘t even know each other. But a story was developing, and I had to read slowly to make sure I got what the author was trying to get across to the readers. Eventually I started to get into it and get the point that the author was trying express.

Steamy? Well, I don’t think I’ve read a book with so much loving going on. It was hot just picking up the book; a permanent hole now resides where this erotic book sat on a table, in my home. Ms. Devlin made sure that she did not disappoint her readers on that end.

I had a hard time in the beginning trying to keep up with who was who, but you catch on quick. This isn’t a book that is so confusing that you stay lost throughout. Alex and Mikaela fit well together, but again, some of that orgy stuff kind of made me mad in the beginning.

Overall, I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and I can’t wait for the next!

Sheila Smith