Jessie has gone to hell to recover her lover, Cooper Marron.
To get them back, she has broken every magical rule that
the Governing circle had put in place. She also killed a
Virtus to save Cooper. When she returns with him, she has
one hand that is a constant flame. Her familiar, Pal, has
changed from a ferret to a six foot spider with the fur of a
ferret. It all takes some getting used to.
Jessie and Cooper have a meeting with the Governing Council
to see what they plan to do about her killing of the former
head of the council. After placing some restrictions on
her, they acknowledge that she had little choice in her
actions and set up rules for the future.
As Jessie and her friends leave the meeting, the Virtii come
after them in retribution for the death of one of their
members. Pal and Jessie help Cooper and his brother,
Warlock, escape from the Virtii but they end up in a small
town in Texas which has some strong spells dampening any
magic. They are unable to escape.
They discover that there is a demon controlling the town and
all attempts to remove her have met with failure. Jessie's
father, whom she believed to be dead, has told her to look
out for her brother who disappeared after being sent to
Cuchillo. The town has been divided into two camps, those
who have given into Miko and have been turned into zombies
and those who opposed her and formed a camp at the local
college where they are overrun by cats who have the ability
to overturn the magic dampening spell. When Cooper and
Warlock are taken by Miko, Jessie must do
what she can to rescue them and save the town.
Ms. Snyder has written a fast-paced book with a snippy
heroine who plays by her own rules. Fans of paranormal
romance will really get a kick out of her writing. She has
created a unique world which meshes well with reality.
The only drawback for me was the profanity, the erotic
encounters and the gruesome aspects to the story; but then
I'm a wuss. My preference would be to have all the violence
take place where I didn't have to observe it.
BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
For Jessie Shimmer, everything changed when she went to hell
and back to save her lover, Cooper Marron. After tangling
with supernatural forces and killing an untouchable spirit
lord, Jessie finds herself gifted—or perhaps cursed—with
dark powers. And when she and Cooper make love, her pleasure
throes light the whole house on fire. What is a sorceress to do?
Jessie is about to find out. The circumstances of her birth,
the mystery of a father she never knew, and the help of a
cuddly ferret turned fearsome monster have made Jessie not
just an outlaw from mundane society, but an accidental
revolutionary in the magic realm. Encountering portals
stitched into thin air and a fiercely sexy soul harvester,
Jessie rushes headlong among enemies, horrors, wonders, and
lovers into a place of self-discovery—or destruction.
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