Review: Wonderful Author Partnership !!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 5, 2013
I have been addicted to this series from the onset when the teaser Altered States was released and entered my path. It whet my appetite and tempted me to begin *another new series* (hear me groan). But I am not groaning now....just needing my next fix of this wonderful drug *gasp did I say that? *LE Harner and TA Webb have started something really good here and their team work in this project that they have undertaken is seamless. It all began in Altered States in New Orleans, always a great place to have a vampire story. We meet Sam Garrett, Cop, Black and Gay, a detective with the NOPD, who is the 6th or 7th officer to be partnered with Travis Boudreaux. They set up a sting, using Sam as the bait and are caught in their own trap with Travis lying in an alley bleeding to death.In Book 2, Deep Blues Goodbye we see what happens after Book 1 faded to black.All the feelings and plans Sam thought might happen in a personal relationship with Travis have been shattered. The country has accepted vampires and other paranormals as real. They live openly amongst the humans, but something dark is invading the Big Easy. The NOPD has put together the Odd Squad, police officers directing their daily lives to the paranormal criminals and to protect the innocent. Danny Burkette is part of that team. He was the understanding and empathetic one while Sam was closed minded.We have met Master Vampire Henri Du Champ and `know' deep in our bones we will be hearing about him more. We see the struggle Sam has in accepting the paranormals, alienating himself from the one he cares about most Travis. We meet other characters in the Were community. Russ the Were Alpha and Jet his Beta are two hott steamy men and are something to see.Deadly Shades of Gold now takes us deeper into the lives of these wonderful characters. Sam now sees finally that Travis didn't have a choice. He has learned it first hand. Russ and Travis had to make a quick decision and Sam's fate was cast. It will now take him time to deal with the outcome. Travis is slowly coming out of his self imposed hiding as he realizes Sam was attacked coming to him with an apology on his lips.Again we see deeper into Henri and his lifestyle, into scenes that give us a spine chilling sense of what the under carriage of his estate resembles and where some of the missing are. His plans for the future are chilling and involve Travis Boudreaux in a big way. Sam almost died from the vampire who attacked him and now we learn she was sent by Henri. What a web this will be.The intrigue and mystery is enticing enough with an under current of sensual heat and some intense sexual scenery. Russ, and Jet sandwiching Danny and Sam on the dance floor of Fangs was steamy, not to mention the `Sam sandwich' at the Were compound with Russ and Jet. I cannot wait to see how Sam and Trav can do that mind communication thingy.....Needless to say I think this series is FABULOUS and feel every reader who loves a mystery which includes hot men having hot sex with each other, should read it as soon as they can, and be as invested in this story as I am. I cannot wait for the next in the series, Free Falling Crimson, due out soon.Review by Gloria LakritzSr Reviewer and Review Chair for the Paranormal Romance Guild