Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Hotter After Midnight by Cynthia Eden


I. Really. Liked. This. Book. It was a fantastic mix of suspense, mystery, romance, and some good old ADULT fun. That's right kiddies, you need to wait a few years for this one.

This tale follows Colin Gyth, police detective, working a very interesting murder case which he fears the perpetrator may be a shifter. The killer has a strange MO, the surveillance cameras showed a man, yet the body looked as if it were severely mutilated by a wolf, a very large wolf. Colin is also a shifer, but nothing like this crazed killer. He's also very guarded about the animal that lives within him as well. Only his leutenant on the force knows that he is of the Other, but he doesn't know for sure just what Colin is.

Dr. Emily Drake, a.k.a. Monster Doctor, is the go to lady for all those Other out there who are in need of some therapy and guidance. She's very guarded as she's not technically an Other she can most definitely sense them, and she can tell what kind of Other they are. She can't tell what kind of shifter may be standing in front of her like with Colin, but she knows if they're a shifter. Follow? Good.

Colin is sent by his leutenant to get Dr. Drake. They both suspected a shifter was the guy and they needed Dr. Drake to come look at the scene to give them more information. Colin has a significant reaction to seeing Emily for the first time and while Emily is very cautious of him because of the warnings she's had about shifters, she does feel the attraction too.

She signs on as official profiler for a serial killer they know is a shifter, but they can't seem to find out who. As Emily and Colin get more in to each other the killer starts to taunt them. Colin is faced with finding the killer and protecting the woman both he and the animal within him want to desperately protect.

Loved it! I suggest you read it! Awesomeness!

5 comments:

Mandi said...

I like Cynthia Eden - this one sounds really good!! Nice review :)

MrsMixx said...

it looks like you really liked this book. I think it has all the ingredients for a great story. I'm just not a fan of the cop/detective/PI stuff and it can get me very distracted in a book. But otherwise it's all good =)

Stories of a Phoenix said...

I remember what you said about not being a big fan of the cop thing. BUT this wasn't dark quite like Caitlin Kittredge, and it is different than the Dresden Files. It helps move the story along, and really doesn't distract from the good stuff :)

MrsMixx said...

Well i'm not crossing it from my list then ;)I do enjoy some cops/PI novels so this could work!

Stories of a Phoenix said...

goodie, you'll be happy :)