Lucinda Betts, Moon Shadow

Moon Shadow

Lucinda Betts

Kensington Aphrodisia, Mar 2007, $12.95

ISBN: 0758214677

Sorceress Esmenet Sokaris provides love spells for her abused female clients; many of whom are rape victims. To perform her work better, she needs the right assistant, but has failed to find an apprentice who would work smoothly with her, especially in the arcane erotic rites that are the prime element to her success.

That is, she has been unsuccessful until now. She finds the perfect helper in hunk Gage Feldspar. However, he wants more than just a professional relationship with his mentor and does everything to foster more with the woman he loves. However, the reluctant Esmenet has legitimate personal reasons to keep her personal life apart from her work because she knows full well what will happen to her skills if she falls in love.

The key to this erotic, romantic fantasy is the belief that the Betts universe is plausible. Placing two likable individuals struggling between their sorcery work that requires intimacy and keeping their personal feelings inside is what makes Betts environs steamy and it also makes for a fun tale for readers. The personal issue of choice confronting the lead female protagonist adds to a fine tale as the author's fans know that this is one writer who is a sure bet to entertain with a torrid paranormal enchanting tale of love.

Harriet Klausner