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"Super trio of paranormal tales!"

This has to be one of the best anthologies put out. Usually you have one strong story maybe two, and then a "helping hand" to a newer writer, the publisher hoping to get that writer a showcase. But this book is THREE VERY STRONG WRITERS with excellent novella. Julie Elizabeth Leto, Julie Kenner and Susan Kearney. All three stories are interlinked with the presences of an antique perfume bottle. The bottle is made of strange glass and has a gypsy's curse that increases the psychic abilities of the woman possessing it.

In the first tale "Wild Thing" by Julie Kenner, Cate Raine is a cop in New Orleans. On her thirtieth birthday, the job is weighing her down, so she seeks solitude to open her birthday gift from a friend overseas - strange empty perfume bottle. The solitude she seeks is in the Audubon Zoo near the panther exhibit. As she opened the bottle, she speaks to the black cat, who seems to understand her. Later she meets Luc Agassou. Luke is curse, half-man, half- panther and he is now stalking the sexy cop. It is one SUPER read.

The Second tale is from Susan Kearney "Touch Me". John Cameron was a man in secret ops. He was captured and put through extreme torture. During the torture, his mind buried so deeply the information he would later need to stop a terrorist attack. Dr. Bonnie Anders is the head shrink put in charge with opening John's locked mind with any tools she can. Armed with the antique perfume bottle, she is will to do what is necessary to make John whole again. But first, she has to get him to touch her. She is a empathy, who works by touch. Only John cannot stand to be touched after his torture. Kearny blazes with this super hot tale.

The bottle passed to Eve Baptiste, who is convinced the crystal vial is the answer to her obsession. She has sought answers to what happens a 100 years ago to Viktor Savitch, the Gypsy King. The questions surrounding the mysterious man who was involved in Black Magic has haunted her. Now with the bottle, she hopes to unlock the riddle. As she uses the bottle to reach through the veil, she makes contact with the essence of Viktor, who pulls her into erotic visions that nearly swamp her. But she is soon to discover, he fantasy lover is no fantasy and the bottle is the key to bringing Viktor back. Leto is outstanding as always! (Please note, this story is followed by Undeniable #146 Blaze by Leto.)

This is the perfect summer sizzler, the chance to see three very talented writers shine. An anthology just does not get any better than this!

Posted August 17, 2004

Reviewed by Deborah Macgillivray
Posted November 23, 2006

Embrace the Fantasy...

Wild Thing by Julie Kenner
Luc Agasson lives a half-life, a cursed life. Part feline, part human, he stays in the shadows, search for his true mate, the one woman who can save him. When he finds Caitlyn Raine, he knows she's the one. But in order to tame him, Cate will have to give in to her own primal urges—if she dares...

Touch Me by Susan Kearney
Lost in the mist of Agent John Cameron's memory is a dangerous secret—one that's buried so deep, even John can't remember it. Only the touch of Dr. Bonnie Anders breaks through the barriers he's set up in his mind. But it's John's touch that blow away Bonnie's professional reserve—and her inhibitions...

Surrender by Julie Elizabeth Leto
Anthropologist Eve Baptiste is no stranger to erotic dreams, but her nightly encounters with Gypsy kind Viktor Savitch are starting to consume her. From the moment she closes her eyes, Viktor brings her to the brink of madness, showing her pleasures of the flesh Eve has never imagined. Only, little does Eve guess that her fantasy lover is no fantasy...