Review: Hotter on the edge 2
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 12, 2014
This exciting trio of romance novellas has a science fiction theme.  The three authors previously produced a collection 'Hotter on The Edge' and the new stories follow on but can be read separately. I felt that people who had read the first book would be at an advantage as the worlds described are very detailed and just finding your way around can reduce your sympathy for the characters.GOLD LIKE THE SUN by Erin Kellison shows two cousins at loggerheads over the lovely Earth girl whom one of them has married. Is it right to bring her to a hub in deep space, where boredom and isolation has produced some exotic temptations?  Pilar has been the target of assassination attempts and is capable of defending herself, and even though it's an arranged corporate marriage, she finds her husband Hakan extremely attractive.  This is a complex story of business, family and betrayal.TO KEEP A WIFE by KC Klein shows a battle raging for a farmhouse. Lake, inside, has a secret formula which can help healing and slow ageing. She knows her little family cannot hold off the attackers so she tells her injured husband Hudson  and young brother Vonn to hide in a secret compartment and when she has been captured, Hudson can escape. Then he can come and search for her.  Secretly she wants to stop him from being killed, and this is the only way. Lake's people are Rebels whose men would otherwise be conscripted into the brutal Elder armies.  Grudgingly she complies with Elder demands and waits, hoping against hope to be rescued... but for how long?PRINCE OF PASSION by Jessica Slade brings Icere to a water world, where he drinks and sails with the beautiful young people and rulers. Rynn, a queen and mother genetically adapted to her ocean, recognises Icere as one of the last of his planet's race. She finds him incredibly alluring, but she's got a festival to run, giant shellfish to protect and an elixir to harvest, and he's got business on his mind, not pleasure.These are adult romance stories written for the reader who counts interstellar travel and bioshocking giant anemones among their interests.  There are additional excerpts from books by these authors and details of their other works, in case you want to take it further.