'Cliff was the last stop on the bus to nowhere. She much preferred to blend into the background. Unlike her flamboyant family, she hated to stand out. But then, Amanda had always preferred to dress in an understated way. Her sister's strange outfit was quite a contrast to Amanda's faded jeans, pink cable-knit sweater, and tan ski jacket. Madam Selene, the Moon Mistress, as Selena was known, sat behind it wearing a flowing green suede skirt, purple knit sweater, and a large black and silver overcoat. The cheap card table was disguised by a thick purple cloth their mother had sewn with 'special' incantations known only to their family. Most of the Jackson Square peddlers didn't bother setting up booths during the winter season, but her sister Selena considered her psychic stand as much a New Orleans treasure as the St. The clouds and the sky were an eerie gray that matched Amanda's dour mood. The smell of warm chicory coffee and beignets floated from the Cafe Du Monde across the street, while cars zoomed past a few feet away. Still smiling at the thought of a million ants biting Cliff's pasty, dough-boy body, Amanda glanced around at the tourists who were thronging the New Orleans landmark even on this drab November day. Which was exactly what had her sitting at Selena's tarot card and palm-reading table in Jackson Square on a cold Sunday afternoon, instead of lying in bed with the covers pulled over her head.

Leave it to her big sister to make her laugh, no matter the tragedy. Not really an in-line-with-internal-logic of the series explanation of the villain, though.As much as I enjoyed this one, the preview of Talon's story at back of the ebook I read makes the next book sound way more interesting.'I say we should stake him to an anthill and throw little pickles at him.' Amanda Devereaux laughed at Selena's suggestion.

Without being too spoiler-y, I really liked that the conclusion didn't require one of them to act totally out of character. Fairly explicit (maybe even skim-worthy explicit sex), but no dubious consent or some supernatural whatsit compulsion factor. In this one, it was immortal-centuries-old-Kyrian-Greek-Prince-during-Roman-invasions-turned-DarkHunter andsomewhat-innocent-new-to-powers-sorceress-Amanda-modern-accountant.I liked Kyrian and Amanda. Just that it is fairly typical of the genre that each book centers on a couple, pretty much if not completely outright fated mates. More depth, maybe not that this series or book is more deep than the usual PNR books.Which isn't a criticism. It probably changed my reaction to his appearances and the whole origins of the Dark Hunters thing. I'm glad I read Ash's book prior this one.

Night pleasures by sherrilyn kenyon