Lisa Cach, Come to Me

Come to Me

Lisa Cach

Love Spell, Sep 2004, $6.99, 352 pp.

ISBN: 0505525208

For three millennia, Samira the Succubus has visited the sexual fantasies of sleeping males; her attitude is that these cretins are worthless greedy fleas who want more than they earn. However, when her actions cause a war amongst mankind, the Queen of the Night sentences Samira to spend one month as a mortal so that she can learn why her people serve humanity. If she fails to grasp the tutorial, she will die. Worse, the "teacher" will be Nicolae the Magician who suffered severely from Samira's war.

As Samira changes from a spoiled "fe-malevolent" she-devil to caring for Nicolae, the worst that could happen occurs to her; she falls in love with her host. Nicolae begins to heal through the warm tenderness of his "student" and soon they fall in love. Samira has learned her lesson too well, for when the month is up she will go back to helping men with their erotic dreams, but what about hers?

This is a fun, romantic fantasy starring a fabulous magician struggling to regain his life and an incubus-cum-mortal learning about the ups and downs of being human, to include that love hurts, yet feels good at the same time. The storyline is action-packed and often humorous as Samira struggles with her new life form. However, what makes this a superb tale is the transformation of the nasty, unlikable Samira into a caring, loving soul.

Harriet Klausner