Review: Amanda Carlson opens the Sin City Collectors series with a bang!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 12, 2014
Aces Wild by Amanda Carlson is the first book in the Sin City Collectors. The Sin City Collectors series is a collaboration of different authors like Kristen Painter, Shawntelle Madison, Sara Humphreys, and Angie Fox. Each of them is writing a novella, all set in the same world, but with different main characters.Nevada Hamilton is a dhampir (the child of a vampire and a human). She is a tough cookie with an attitude to spare. She loves her job as a collector and is really good at what she does, but Nevada is not happy with her latest assignment, she not only needs to bring down a vampire, but also, for this job she has been partnered with Jake Troubadour, the only other collector she can't stand.Since the night they share three years back, Jake Troubadour hasn't been able to forget Nevada. He doesn't understand her reaction to that night and her unwillingness to see him and even talk to him afterwards. Now they are forced to work together; he knows that for this job to be successful they will have to work as a team, something not easily accomplished when he cannot keep his head straight when Nevada is around.On the beginning, because of her attitude Nevada is a hard to like heroine, she feels a bit spiteful, especially with her unjustified defensiveness towards Jake. After we learn some secrets and part of her background it was easy to understand and accept her behavior and even like her.Jake is a sweetheart, he has been in love with Nevada since their hook up and wants her in his life. He doesn't understand Nevada's behavior and accusations, but he accepts what she throws at him. He's a gentleman any woman will be happy to have in her life... Did you hear me Nevada? Treat him well or send him over. I'll gladly take him.I didn't get Jake's attraction towards Nevada, but after seeing them spending some time together is was easy to feel the sparks flying between them, and let me tell you they are hot, hot, hot together.Set in Las Vegas, Aces Wild is action packed and with some unexpected secrets woven into the story that will not only make you go "wow", but will also keep you glued to the pages.Amanda Carlson opens the Sin City Collectors series with a bang! Aces Wild is a novella as satisfying as a full-length novel.If you like fun, sexy and original paranormal romance, Aces Wild is a novella you need to read.