Tempting Danger (The World of the Lupi, Book 1) | Eileen Wilks

Tempting Danger (The World of the Lupi, Book 1) | Eileen Wilks | Dangerously entertaining

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	Tempting Danger (The World of the Lupi, Book 1) Eileen Wilks Berkley, 2004 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 44 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The USA Today bestselling author tempts success in this stunning debut novel.

National bestselling author Eileen Wilks draws readers into a bold new world where the magical and mundane co-exist in an uneasy alliance--and a cop balanced on her own knife-edged struggle is their only hope against a cold-blooded killer.

Tempting Danger

i really liked this book. the people in it "came" alive for me.

it was all the important thing a book should have, danger, romance, family, suspense, and plot twists just to keep you guessing. in this book, expect the unexpected.

with three book in the series i found that it is necessary to read them in order (don't do as i do).

pick the up, read them and tell us what you think.

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Dangerously entertaining

This book gets right into the story, doesn't have any whining at all and has a good amount of action. I highly recommend this book.

Touching Romance with a Fantasy Twist, Icky Opening Scene

"Tempting Danger" is an alternate present-day romance, where some people have variety of magical powers. The leaing lady, L--, can sense magic in anything she touches. A police detective, she is brought in to investigate a rather icky murder case. The obvious suspect is R--, a handsome werewolf to whom L-- is immediately drawn.

This is a fast paced, fun novel with surprises and passion. R-- is masculine enough to engage your sympathy; L-- is strong without slipping into radical feminism. Background details draw you in nicely, like L--'s chinese heritage. Other details (like the nearly missing "world description") are left extremely vague, which is slightly annoying yet typically can be overlooked. My biggest problem with this novel is that the opening scene has a really yucky and explicit description of the murder victim. This may offend sensitive readers.

Overall, a fun & fast read, a pleasant story for a lazy afternoon.

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Promising...

Lilly Yu is a moral-fibered cop in the San Diego PD. She's no-nonsense and can handle the tough world of magical beings and human criminals. And she's also a sensitive, a human with the rare ability to sense magic by touching beings or objects...

Welcome, to the world where werewolves to gnomes, witches to banshees aren't just behind the scenes and 'hidden', but part of history and reality itself.

So when Lilly is put in charge of a grisly human murder, supposedly done by a werewolf, she's a bit more than alarmed when the main suspect, Rule Turner, a prince of a werewolf clan, is not only off her paranormal scanner but seems to have a powerful pull she can't bat away. Not that she isn't trying.

As evil machinations evolve and more killings occur, Lilly is forced to team with Rule himself, the FBI's Magical Creatures Division, and...her grandmother. Trying to figure it all out isn't easy. Especially when a strong-willed cop, unable to fight something more powerful than magic, just got saddled with her soulmate, Rule.

Wilks effortlessly combined practically every paranormal creature available, but delves only into creatures necessary for plot. There was little action, the focus on characterizations and (mediocre) plotting.

Discovery of this world is organic. So you learn as you read, mostly through the dialogue but even that doesn't clear any confusion, but adds more. Most of it is answered, eventually, but... well, this method is clever but tricky, which was usually confusing and frustrating at times. But, if Wilks brings it up, take note.

The romance element is a subtle twist, though unsatisfying, coming off slightly passionless and flat. It's about personalities and will rather than sexual dueling, though snappy dialogue abound. Wilks seems hesitant to `go there', so the romance is somewhat stilted, almost unexciting. To further frustrate, the emotional and psychological rendering was weak and she kept the main characters at a slight distance, untouchable and robotic.

However, this IS only Book 1, with a creative and interesting world with a well-developed female lead. Be patient, give it a chance and it might get its claws into you too. The promise of something more and greater to come is definitely there. In which case, I'm about to be tugged away to Book 2.

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