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3.5stars— HUNT ON DARK WATERS is the first instalment in Katee Robert’s adult CRIMSON SAILS erotic, paranormal/ fantasy series. This is Evelyn, a witch and a thief, and pirate captain Bowen’s story line.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the storyline premise, including implied same sex, LGBTQ+ romance, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Evelyn and Bowen) HUNT ON DARK WATERS follows Evelyn as she is forced to escape the wrath of her vampire girlfriend’s family but before jumping into a portal, Evelyn takes what doesn’t belong. Landing in the realm known as Threshold, Evelyn is rescued by a group of pirates known as the Cwn Annwn, but all does not go according to plan when she is forced to swear allegiance before breaking the rules. On the run, in search of a portal home, Evelyn and Bowen find themselves the target of the Cwn Annwn, another ship full of pirates, and a vampire who is hoping for the return of what Evelyn took.

The world building introduces several supernatural and magical species, not all of whom accept our story line couple. From marauding mermaids, to Dragons caught between right and wrong, HUNT ON DARK WATERS focuses on the fine line between morality and perversion. The Cwn Annwn are hunters, taking down the monsters of the seas but the power of the chase is threatening the innocent and the uninvolved.

The relationship between Bowen and Evelyn is one of immediate attraction but Bowen knows that to protect the woman with whom he is falling in love, she must abide by the laws of the seas, laws that Evelyn is too quick to break right out of the gate. The $ex scenes are intimate and provocative without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to Evelyn’s former lover Lizzie the vampire as well as a large ensemble cast of magical and powerful pirates, sea creatures, and supernatural entities. Lizzie’s story line is next.

HUNT ON DARK WATERS is a story of power and control, magic and mayhem, betrayal and vengeance, acceptance and love. The premise is entertaining and enchanting; the romance is challenging in that I did not feel the palpable sexual attraction; the characters are desperate and powerful but Evelyn was quite unlikeable in the early stages of the relationship, placing our couple in a number of dangerous situations.

3.5 stars- COURT OF THE VAMPIRE QUEEN by Katee Robert is a contemporary, adult, reverse harem, LGBTQ, paranormal, erotic romance story line focusing on twenty-five year old dhampir Mina Lancaster, and vampires Malachi Zion, Wolf and Rylan.

WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

SOME BACKGROUND: All vampires can be traced back to one of the original seven vampires whether turned or bloodline. The bloodline vampires are slowly dying out, and in this, Mina Lancaster is a vessel for her family’s lineage.

Told from first person perspective (Mina) COURT OF THE VAMPIRE follows the building relationship between dhampir Mina Lancaster, and vampires Malachi, Wolf and Rylan. Mina Lancaster is believed to be half human/ half vampire with no discernable powers. Mina’s father, Cornelius Lancaster is a powerful vampire who is the ultimate evil Master, and has entrapped Malachi Zion behind a blood ward, a ward that will not allow Malachi his freedom to feed. Hoping for a vampire heir, Cornelius forces his daughter onto the starving Malachi never thinking that the two could eventually fall in love but Malachi’s past is about to come into the present when his former vampire lovers Wolf and Rylan, also make a claim for our story line heroine. Something about Mina’s blood is calling to the men with whom she will bond, something that proves our heroine is much more than the half human/ half vampire she has been led to believe. To free herself and Malachi from her father’s control, Mina must take down Cornelius Lancaster by first bonding with her vampires, a bond that triggers the powers hidden deep without our story line heroine. What ensues is the building and highly sexual relationship between dhampir Mina and her vampires, and the potential fall-out as Malachi, Wolf and Rylan are caught in a trap from which they may never get free.

We are introduced to Wolf’s sister Lizzie; monster hunter Grace, demon Azazel; and Mina’s father Cornelius Lancaster.

COURT OF THE VAMPIRE QUEEN is an erotic tale of lust and need, blood and $ex, more lust, more need, more blood and more $ex. Traversing a fine line between romance, erotic and erotica, the story line and world building is hyper focused on the sexual relationship between Mina and her powerful vampires. The actual story is constrained and overwhelmed by the numerous $ex scenes-I was hoping for more world building, back story, and story line conflict. Nothing is off limits; blood play and feeding is a part of the act; often times, the foursome cross the line of barely controlled need and feeding frenzy, a need that often over powers their sense of self preservation. The $ex scenes are intense, erotic, passionate and aggressive but they are vampires, pleasure and $ex are a part of their feeding.

The conflict resolution is hurried, although the build up is fast and furious. The epilogue fast forwards COURT OF THE VAMPIRE QUEEN approximately four years. There is a slight cliff hanger-I am not sure if the author has plans for some of the secondary characters but their issues and story lines need to be told.

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