Review: Yum, yum, yum!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 25, 2011
I'm not sure who writes sexy captor/captive stuff better than J.C. Owens, and this book was no exception.  Gorgeous winged men, hot love scenes, angst, mid-air fights...who could go wrong?  My favorite J.C. Owens so far isThe Emperor's Wolf, but this is a close second.  Sexy, yummy (is that redundant?), well-written.  J.C.'s stories are my low-cal ice-cream sundaes...MILD SPOILERS FOLLOW:Anyar is a young Melanian soldier, assigned to a unit that meets with the enemy Nazarians.  He catches the eye (and the lust) of the Nazarian Envoy, Vanyae, who is also the Nazarian prince.  Vanyae has plans to capture the powerful Melanian commander and decides to take along another hostage, to ensure the commander's cooperation.  Who does he pick?  You got it.  Anyar is beautiful, strong, and open-minded, and Vanyae desires him to the exclusion of everything else.Vanyae takes Anyar as his slave, and a dub-con relationship ensues - Anyar agreeing to submit to Vanyae to protect his commander.  As expected from the genre, Anyar falls for his captor, and Vanyae falls for his slave.  But what future is there in a life lived as a slave?  And how can Anyar justify his submission, to the detriment of his own people?  Yes, without spoiling it, we have a HEA, after war nearly breaks out.J.C. Owen's books are well-written and very sexy.  That said, this book isn't groundbreaking, but it was so much fun to read, I didn't care at all.  Wonderful, yummy, fluffiness at its best.Shira AnthonyAuthor of "From the Depths"