"She is about to enter a crazy and amazing world."
Reviewed by Annetta Sweetko
Posted August 9, 2013
Romance Paranormal | Science Fiction
Jennifer Roberts is a former cop turned Kindergarten teacher but coming out of the library one evening she is kidnapped. A crazy man grabs her and takes her to an even crazier man, this one thinks he's a vampire and he thinks she can help them find the psycho who is taking missing children. OK so Parker is more gorgeous and sexy than any man she has ever seen but ... he thinks he's a vampire. She has no way of knowing that this is the beginning of a life changing and frightening DEATH PLAY. Parker has known about Jennifer for quite awhile and had been waiting for the right time to court her. She's a Beacon and something his little colony needs desperately. Time has run out, he can wait no longer ... there are twenty- four children missing and he knows they are dead. He must convince Jennifer that he really is what he says and she is also what he says and that only she can help them. He has no way of knowing that his heart is going to be so affected by her. DEATH PLAY is an interesting and original view of the life of vampires. The vampire Parker is very intriguing and Jennifer not your typical cop turned teacher turned psychic. The other members of the colony are in turns funny and intimidating but the emotions they feel for each other comes off as warm and real. I did have a couple of problems with DEATH PLAY; I found it wordy at times due to all the detailed answers Jennifer demands with Parker and the others sometimes repeating their explanations. I also found her a bit irritating by being wishy-washy, one moment she accepts this new life and the next freaking out again. All in all I found DEATH PLAY a distinctive look into a vampire "family." SUMMARYTime is running out. If the only way to rescue children
(who may or may not still be alive) is to bind yourself to a
man claiming to be a vampire, would you? Kindergarten
teacher Jen Roberts is shocked when impossibly sexy Mark
says she's the one and only key to stopping a psychopath.
Suddenly steamy Savannah, GA gets hotter when Jen has to
rescue the children & learn she's not so ordinary after all.
EXCERPTI froze midβstep with one foot literally hanging a
few inches above the ground. A huge hand covered my mouth.
I was yanked back and up, thowmp, against a man's chest,
solid and hot.
He jostled me, grabbed me harder, knocking down almost
all of the books I was carrying and pressing the last two
into me, squashing my breasts and lifting me clear off the
ground.
A primal defense kicked in. Adrenaline surged and I
fought down panic.
"Whoa, easy." His voice was gravelly. He smelled like
cut grass and sawdust. "What have you got? Some super radar
in the back of your head? You sensed me. I thought for
sure I'd sneak up on you and you'd never even know. Dang."
He very slowly bent down so my feet were touching the floor
again. "Got a little carried away there. You surprised me."
I surprised you? I thought.
"I'm not going to hurt you," he said.
Strangely enough, I believed him. Despite what just
happened, he felt wonderful, friendly even.
"If you won't scream I'll take my hand off your mouth.
Promise?"
I nodded. Then I tried to snatch a glimpse of him.
"Uhβuhβunh, no peeking," he said. He kept
one hand on my chin and it prevented me from looking around.
"Sorry I startled you," he said.
I rammed my elbow back, slamming it hard into his ribs. I
heard a crack.
"Ugh, that wasn't necessary. I said I'm not going to
hurt you."
"You said that," I mumbled to myself.
I hugged around myself and grabbed both his arms. I
folded down hard. I used momentum, putting my whole body
into it. I whipped him over my shoulder, fast. He slammed
into the cement. Unfortunately, he didn't let go of me. I
had to roll with him. I ended up lying on top of him.
"Oomph," he said.
"Argh," I said.
The loud thowmp of his body hitting the pavement was
soooo satisfying. Over 200 pounds smacked flat on the
sidewalk; now that's gotta hurt.
We were stunned β him from the impact, me that the
move actually worked.
I recovered first. I rolled over and sat on his stomach,
straddling him. The neck ruffles on my favorite white
cotton shirt were smashed. My navy ankleβlength skirt
rode halfway up my thighs. Not exactly intimidating.
"I'm sorry," he said. "I'm. Not. Going. To. Hurt. You."
He smiled β it wasn't pretty. His six teeth were a
matching yellow to his six strands of hair. His nose was
beautifully straight.
My mind was racing. Coming up blank. This guy was
putting out some kind of pheromone β the kind that
made me stupid.
"This is not my day," I said. Of course my damn cell
phone battery was dead. Shit. I couldn't sit on him
forever.
He grinned, showing a delightful array of gum gaps and
one shiny silverβlooking amalgam filling. I was not
amused.
"I'm Billy Joe," he said. "Everyone calls me B.J."
I should run now while I have the chance. I slammed my
butt into his stomach. It didn't do anything except make me
feel better.
I considered punching him. I'd never straight out
punched someone. I gave him a sheepish, disarming smile.
Then I bashed my head into his nose.
I mean, it had been too perfect, right? It made a
horrible shattering noise. His nose started gushing blood.
Did it break? I bet it broke. Oh, dang.
"Gugh. What did you do that for? I'm bleeding, aren't
I? I am. I'm bleeding. You've ruined my Tβshirt. I
worked hard to get this shirt. It's ruined. You ruined
it."
The next thing I knew he pinned me under him and had a
cloth over my mouth and nose before I even saw him move.
SHIT! Where the hell did that come from? Damn. Damn.
Damn. Damn.
I kneed him, trying for his balls. He didn't even
flinch.
How can anyone be so heavy? I lost strength fast. I
struggled. Hard. The world went brown. The library
building seemed miles away.
Then I blacked out.
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