When she gets a job at the Woo Woo Inn, a location infamous
for the large groups of nonhumans who vacation there, harpy
Daria is surprised. Harpies rarely get callbacks. Their jobs
are to kidnap evil beings and give take them to Tartarus as
a present for Hades. Considering that her harpy test is
coming up, Daria sees this as the perfect opportunity to
snatch someone great to gain Hades's attention and prove
that she does have great harpy potential despite her
semi-good looks (harpies are supposed to be hideous) and
sweet nature (harpies are supposed to be vicious creatures
without emotion). With the help of her twin brother, Daria
arrives at the Inn determined to scout out the perfect prey
for a trip to Tartarus, but finds herself becoming involved
in the other drama going on at the Inn instead. One guest in
particular, Declan MacKenzie, grabs Daria's attention and
doesn't let it go....
Vampire Declan MacKenzie arrives at the Woo Woo Inn to
discover what has happened to two other members of the
MacKenzie vampire council who have stayed there recently.
The men disappeared with nothing left behind but the fingers
that bore their council rings. When he begins to
investigate, Declan discovers an ancient evil on the Woo Woo
Inn's property—one that is determined to use Declan to free
itself from its imprisonment and to use his power to
engender a new era of evil. Though he vows not to let that
happen, and decides to focus on getting rid of the evil,
Declan finds himself distracted by a certain harpy who
traipses around the Inn, getting involved in his business,
and making it very hard for him to focus on his work...
ONE BITE STAND is a different kind of paranormal romance and
is the fourth book in Nina Bangs's MacKenzie vampire series.
There are all sorts of supernatural beings staying at the
Woo Woo Inn, including cosmic troublemakers, werelions and
wererabbits, and the aforementioned harpies. I've never read
a book that contained such an interesting melange of
paranormal elements. This is the first book I've read that
had a harpy as a main character, and I have to say that I'd
never heard of the creatures before. Daria was sort of the
anti-harpy with her good looks and kind nature, but she was
still determined to make a name for herself in Tartarus. I
always appreciate a heroine who kicks butt, and Daria could
more than hold her own in a fight, as she proved several
times in this story. Likewise, Declan MacKenzie was a hero
very focused on duty. He arrived at the Inn to check on his
brothers and make sure that they were okay, and along the
way he made room in his plan for love. ONE BITE STAND was
humorous and entertaining. It would be a fun book to read on
a night in when you're in the mood for a few laughs.
Harpies don't get callbacks. That's why Daria's job as night
manager of the Woo Woo Inn is the opportunity of several
lifetimes. Where better to prove that in the
snatch-and-dispatch business she has CEO potential? So what
if she doesn't really fit the corporate image. So what if
she has to nurture her inner bitch to compete. And triple so
what if she'd rather take Declan MacKenzie to bed than on a
one-way all-expense-paid trip to Tartarus. His sexy blue
eyes and hard male body lure her into deep and dangerous
erotic waters. With a monster eating guests for its midnight
snack, cosmic troublemakers cooking up chaos and Declan
making serious moves on her, this looks like a lot more than
a... One Bite Stand.
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