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Summary: Great
Review: I first read this as the short story, and the full-length novel is excellent. It's got a touch-sensitive, werewolves, gnomes, sorcerors, witches, banshees, precognitives (people who can see the future), telepaths, demons, and at least another were-animal. Similar to the Charlaine Harris and Laurell K. Hamilton books, a non-human race fought a case in the courts, and the court held that they had some sort of legitimate status, and so the non-human race came out of the closet. In this case, it was the lupi who came out of hiding. A werewolf prince falls for a touch-sensitive Chinese cop, they fight some bad guys, rescue a prisoner, etc. It's part police procedural, romance, paranormal thriller, and mystery. Enjoyed it greatly. The only things I found lacking was that compared to the short story, the author cut out several things: the explanation for why there were no female werewolves, detail on the women in the clans, and the fact that the cop's grandma likes cats (this is relevant later). However, I did like the expanded extra-human cast and the FBI slant. I look forward to the rest of this series.
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Summary: Quick Romance/Suspence read to scratch an itch!
Review: I have been waiting for this book since her novella in Cravings and I have to say for the most part, I am happy about the results. That novella was my favorite of the originals in Cravings.
It is definitely a fast paced read. I think the story line, the romance, the soul mates aspect (which was a favorite of mine), the mixture of preternatural; all of it was a good mix. I do however think she could have spent more time flushing it all out. I felt she left some details that would have been nice to see out. It almost made it feel incomplete.
Will I continue the series? I can't wait, so yes. Rule and Lily you can't help but love not to mention the array of others involved. Are they rereadable to me? No. I will only read Tempting danger one time, maybe skim through it when Mortal Danger come out, but other than that, I am trough with it.
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: I have never cared much for novels that involve "alternate realities". By alternate reality, I mean that the book involves the paranormal/supernatural in everyday life. The characters are fully aware that creatures such as werewolves and magic exist; the world in the novel now excepts such oddities as being normal. However, once I began to read this book, I couldn't put it down. It drew me into a fantasy world, which the author has flawlessly created. The novel is filled with suspense and romance. I can not wait until the sequel.
I won't explain the plot of the novel, since others on here have. But, if you enjoy suspense, romance (especially the concept of "soulmates"), and the supernatural, then this book is for you. I promise that you will love it!
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Summary: A Promising New Series
Review: I was drawn to this novel by Wilks' novella ""Originally Human," published in the paranormal romance anthology "Cravings." Hers was my favorite of those stories, and I am pleased to find that she fulfilled the promise of that foray here. I suspect Wilks will prove an excellent world-builder and that her creation will only grow richer with subsequent works.
"Tempting Danger" is in itself a solidly satisfying read. The premise may not be unique--psychically gifted female joins forces with paranormal man in unraveling a gruesome crime--but the handling of the premise is superb. Wilks blends just the right amounts of mystery and romance, and she has a deft hand with character. Not only are Lily and Rule believable and three-dimensional, but I found myself becoming emotionally involved with several of the minor characters as well. For all its unnatural creatures and energies, by the end of the novel her world felt like home.
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Summary: Excellent Paranormal Romance
Review: Lily Yu is a Detective in the SanDiego PD Homicide Bureau. She is assigned a case in which the victim has been killed by a lupus or werewolf. One of the main suspects is the heir to the leader of the local clan, Rule Turner. Lily finds herself strangely attracted to Rule, even though she finds him in a sleazy club with women hanging all over him, including one from a bad period in her past. Lily is also a sensitive, meaning that she can sense and identify different kinds of magic. The killings are more than just a werewolf gone mad, the problem is much much bigger.
This book was inspired by a short story in the Lover Beware anthology, but the story line is completely different. The characters are very real and the descriptions of the settings very good, very much needed in these alternate reality type books. I waited a long time for this book and was not disappointed. This is the start of a very good series and I can't wait for the next one.
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Summary: Paranormal-Romantic Suspense Read!
Review: Ms. Wilks has penned a very entertaining book that combines suspense, romance, and the sub genre of the paranormal into a fast paced read that many fans of this genre will enjoy.
Lily Yu is a cop that has taken on the task of finding who is murdering local citizens in a most gruesome fashion, and why. This would not be such an unusual thing for a homicide detective except for the fact that it looks as though werewolves may be the problem. Especially when the killer looks as though he is the prince of the clan Nokolai, Rule Turner. If that is not enough, Lily now finds herself drawn to the dark good-looking Rule, this cannot be a good thing. Little does she know she has been the chosen mate for Rule and there is nothing she can do about it...unless she wants to turn her back on her heart.
Together Rule and Lily investigate the killings and through investigating, finds that the killer may just be a cop and one that Lily is working with. Why is the killer trying to make the murders look as if a werewolf committed them and why? Now it's a race against time and a killer who may just be magical in it's own way.
This was a fast paced read. There were at times moments when the read was not totally fluid and I felt as if I had missed something in a previous paragraph but for the most part this was few and far between. Ms. Wilks make believe world was highly entertaining and Rule and Lily are not your normal hero and heroine. As a result the reader of this book is in for a treat.
Official Reviewer for www.romancedesigns.com
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Summary: Paranormal SUSPENSE and Romance - Excellent =)
Review: Okay, just finished "Tempting Danger" by Eileen Wilks -- I give it five stars as a very intense paranormal suspense novel. It's world is very reminiscent of the Anita Blake universe with the paranormal being known, and non-humans like the Lupi (werewolves) only recently gaining equal legal protections from murder... well unless they are in wolf form, because it's not illegal to kill a lupi who isn't in their human shape, not yet. The main character is a very strong and canny Chinese American police detective, Lily Yu.
A nicely original character that makes a very realistic homicide investigator, who is also a "sensitive". Since anything magical has been suspect for a long time, Lily is in a "don't ask, don't tell" situation and uses of her gift are under the radar and not mentioned in reports. Being officially "outed" would mean her badge, but when her gift tells her the latest murders she is investigating are the result of sorcery and not a rogue werewolf she has some hard choices to make. Rule Turner is the equivalent of a werewolf prince, and he's being framed by powerful forces that have hidden agents inside the police department itself. Lily who has always been the type to 'color inside the lines' is going to have to cross the lines to do the right thing. It doesn't help that there is an incredible attraction between Lily and Rule, one deeper than mere animal attraction.
The book maintains a high level of suspense all the way through. The story unfolds slowly, revealing not only secrets of Lily's past and the exotic culture of the lupi, but a dire threat of dark gods on the brink of finding a way from their own realm into our own.
309 pages, very jam packed. Excerpt at the end shows a sequel with the same main characters of Lily and Rule.
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Summary: First great book in a new series
Review: Reading the first few paragraphs, I couldn't help but start to compare this book to another seriers out there. It reminded me a lot of the early Anita Blake books. There was mystery, suspense, romance, and a werewolf. Although these two series held a lot of similarities, there were a lot of differences too.Lily Yu is a relatively young homicide detective and the case she's currently working on has clear evidence that a werewolf committed the murder. And it's just her luck that a few blocks down the street is a club with a well known reputation for werewolf employees and customers. There she meets Rule Turner. The heir apparent to the Nikolai clan. He becomes the obvious suspect considering he's dating the dead man's wife. But from the first, Lily has some doubts on that but no clear evidence. And to make matters more difficult, something's happening to her that has a lot to do with Rule. An attraction that goes beyond her reason, no matter how hard she tries to deny it. As they dig deeper, they discover that the murder may be covering something bigger than either one of them could have imagined that involves not only them, but family and friends. This books is fast paced and leaves a lot of room for questions by the time you finish it. But the story is so good you don't mind. It'll be the waiting that kills you. The second one in the series doesn't come out till May of 2005. Just a note, this is actually a longer and slightly different version of Eileen Wilk's novella "Only Human".
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Summary: terrific paranormal romance
Review: San Diego Police Detective Lily Yu sees the mangled corpse of a big victim who seemed to know how to defend himself, but was ripped apart anyway. She realizes that this is no ordinary killer. Evidence points towards the Nokolai werewolf clan's Prince Rule Turner.
When someone viciously assaults his father, the clan leader, Rule concludes he can no longer let the officials investigate the murders that make him the prime suspect. He is fortunate that the lead police investigator is not only open-minded, but smells a frame. Lily and Rule team up to try to stop a Lupi serial killer from murdering more innocent people, but neither realized that their partner is their lifemate though both feel the attraction from the start.
Talk about living dangerously, Eileen Wilks takes her novella "Only Human" from the terrific paranormal romance anthology LOVER BEWARE and lengthens it into a fantastic full length novel. The story line contains all the excitement and more as readers gain a greater understanding of the werewolf species and insight into the lead couple. Lily and Rule are a fabulous pairing who must first weed out a rogue killer before they can explore their feelings. Ms. Wilks takes a chance and readers are the winners.
Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Tempting Danger
Review: When a murder victim is identified as being killed by one of the lupi, Lily Yu, a police detective, finds herself ordered to give primary focus to that case. To find what she needs, she must gain the wolf clan's acceptance, and Rule Turner is the key to doing that. Though it goes against police ethics regarding conflict of interest, Lily and Rule's relationship moves from business to beyond pleasure, making the case personal and doubly dangerous.
**** Suspense and passion will keep you flipping pages rapidly until the end comes too soon. Readers will be glad to know this is only the first in a series focusing on Lily and Rule. Ms Wilks has crafted a new world of urban fantasy that will appeal to Laurrell K Hamilton and Melanie Jackson fans. Combining Indian and Oriental culture with her own version of the werewolves has resulted in a series that has depth from the get go. ****
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