Review: Vampires, Ghosts, Werewolves, Gargoyles and a Wicked Witch, Oh My
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 18, 2013
When Sam Enderson inherits his Uncle Hanson's detective agency he decides to leave his life as a bookseller, get his PI license and move in. Even though The End Street Detective Agency sits on the border of human/paranormal territory, Sam vows to work only for humans, no things that go bump in the night for him.Before he knows exactly how it happened, Sam has a sexy vampire tenant, a resident ghost, a testy gargoyle sitting on his desk and has not one but two paranormal clients - a werewolf alpha who has a missing daughter and twin fae who are missing the third in their triad, oh and he's been cursed by a witch. Some days it just doesn't pay to make vows.Authors Kell and Scott have given us a cute little novella full of every kind of paranormal creature one can think of, all mixed up with a great deal of humor, lust, mystery and danger. I knew I was in for a good story from the very first with Sam's meeting with a witch when he doesn't realize she's a witch and she tells him "Of course I'm a witch. I've got the wrinkled skin, the hunch, the cane, and even rheumy eyes." O.k. I thought, I am going to have a good time with this one, and I did.All the characters are full of humor; the vampire's name is Bob for goodness sakes. And Bob is one sexy, determined vampire, Sam doesn't have a chance. Throw in resident ghost Teddy (Theodore McCurray Constantine, III) who happens to be the file keeper, a grumpy gargoyle who resides on Sam's desk and a half vampire/half siren who is along for the ride and you have a recipe for a darn good story.There are a couple of good mysteries. Sam has to try to find alpha werewolf Hartman Hunter's missing four year old daughter which is not going to be easy since the shifter community aren't known for cooperation, and figure out what happened to the missing third member of the fae triad. Another little hidden mystery crops up every once in a while when everyone who meets Sam asks him "what are you?" Evidently no one believes the answer Sam gives, human. There are also a few good moments of hot, hot, hot bedroom action (or office) which are a little explicit, so reader be warned.I wavered on the star rating for this novella. It was a good story and I enjoyed it but it has the horrid stop in mid-thought ending that I absolutely hate. Normally that is going to knock my rating down, but the story was such a good one I didn't want to punish it with 3 stars. If you like a good little story that will make you laugh and gives you a little mystery to solve, you can't go wrong with this one.Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Dual Review Team