Teasing Danger

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Summary: Timeless Tales review
Review: By TT reviewer Patricia McGrew

Jasmine and her search and rescue dog, Lemming, are following the trail of her best friend Wiley. Wiley loves to disappear into the Alaskan wilderness for solitude. But she always leaves a map and never deviates from her plans. So when Jasmine finds her camp empty and Wiley no where to be found, she's not sure which way to turn. Trying not to panic, but going over in her mind all the worse case scenarios, Jasmine never suspects that danger is closer than she thinks. As it gets dark, Lemming begins to bark. As she looks around their camp, several pairs of fiery yellow wolf eyes are staring intensely at them. Then a man steps out of the shadows and, with a few words, controls the wolves.

The stranger says she can either follow him or become wolf bait. So Jasmine follows him into the dark forest into a world suddenly alien, where three moons shine in the night sky. Jasmine is shocked to discover that the stranger claims to be her friend Wiley's cousin. Wiley is now called Rihlia, and she had been missing since she was very small. Jasmine and Wiley had grown up in a children's home. They had been inseparable ever since, could this be true. It didn't matter to Jasmine that the stranger, who called himself Keilor, was great to look at, he was between her and getting Wiley and getting back home.

Get Wiley and escaping turns out to be not as easy as Jasmine hopes. Wiley is part of the royal family and has been promised in marriage since birth. When Jasmine and Wiley are united, it soon becomes clear that Jasmine will not be allowed to leave. It turns out that she is a sylph, a human who emits a pheromone irresistible to unmated haunts. That includes Keilor, who just happens to be the king's cousin and the master of the hunt. The more Jasmine and Keilor try to avoid each other, the more they are pulled towards each other.

Teasing Danger is a fantastic blend of romance, suspense and science fiction. The hero is an alpha male to the max, but he needs to be for the story. This is a very tightly woven story that left me wanting more. I would love to read more books by Autumn Dawn. She has a magical way of pulling you right into the story, so that it becomes your world as well as Jasmine's and Keilor's. Oh yes, not to be left out, the sex scenes are hot. If you are interested in creatures that can change form or just a great paranormal book in general, this is the one for you.

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Summary: Great Fantasy Romance!
Review: Jasmine and Wiley grew up in an orphanage together and were like sisters. Jasmine knew that Wiley would never leave without telling Wiley where she was going so she was concerned when she couldn't find her. Jasmine found Wiley's campsite, but no Wiley. What she did find was the most handsome man she had ever seen - too bad he had such an attitude! Still, he claimed to know where Wiley was and that she wanted to see Jasmine so Jasmine risked going with him. They crossed through some sort of portal and Jasmine immediately regretted it when she was surrounded by wolves. She tried to escape, but Keilor, the sexy man, made it very clear that if she didn't stay with him, she was dead.

When Jasmine finally reached Wiley, whom everyone there called Rihila, she was astonished to discover that she was married to the king of the Haunt. Apparently Wiley was a member of the royal family and was stolen from her family when she was a child. Wiley appeared to be terrified of her husband and eager to return home so Jasmine set out to find a way to get them both out of this mess. Unfortunately, Jasmine quickly discovered that Keilor wasn't letting her go anywhere. Every time she tried to escape, he would 'punish' her by making her want him so bad and then walking away. She also found out that she was a sylph and had a pheromone that was irresistible to the men of the Haunt. Even though Jasmine found herself falling in love with Keilor and wanting to be with her friend, could she really stand to live with a race that turned into part man/part wolf?

This was a great fantasy romance with memorable characters. Jasmine was a very strong-willed heroine, sometimes too headstrong really, but she was definitely not about to let Keilor get away with anything. I loved Keilor's character though. He is an alpha male all the way and was a great example of the Haunt men. Autumn Dawn has created an intriguing world with a lot of potential. If you liked this book, check out Something Wild This Way Comes, a sequel to this book. It is not available on Amazon.com yet, but you can buy it as an ebook from the publisher or on the author's website. Happy reading!