Sarah's Reviews: Fangs, Fur and Mistletoe (Mystic Isle #1) by Selena Blake

Vampiress Coco Jeffres has lost her mojo. She plans to use her solstice trip to Mystic Isle, the pleasure playground for paranormals, to get it back. For once she’s looking for lust, not love. What she hadn’t planned on was coming face to face with an old obsession.
Tall, dark, and oh-so-handsome werewolf Grayson West is well versed in the arts of war and women. He’s got one week to blow off steam before he heads out on his next mission and he’s more than willing to help a lady find her inner vixen.
Especially when she’s the same beautiful blue eyed vamp he met one hundred years ago and has never been able to forget. They were once sworn enemies, pulled apart by war. Now they’re lovers. But history has a way of rearing its ugly head and their new relationship will have to stand up to the test of loyalty, friendship and even time itself.

Release Date: December 4th 2012
Publisher: Smashwords
Author Website

A love story between vampires and werewolves? I'm in. Add the sexy stuff and I'm reading quicker to get to those bits. This is a great start by Selena Blake to the Mystic Isle series. I definitely want to meet Grayson!

This isn't just a love/sexy story between vampires and werewolves but also it is funny in places, the characters are very intriguing and you'll want more.

My only slight criticism is that it is a bit too short (a bit like this review). But I can't wait for Book #2!

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Getting Over The Past

Don't you envy fictional characters?

I do. They're usually beautiful (in their own way), loved (by their fellow characters and fans alike) and they always seem to overcome the challenges the author sets for them. At least...that's the way it's supposed to go.

My latest heroine, Isadora "Izzy" Lukin, has a past. We all do, of course. But hers is a little harsher than...well, most peoples'.

As an author, it's my job to throw tough circumstances at my characters. Some say to drop your character into an ocean of great white sharks and watch them swim to safety. Another old adage is put your character up a tree and shoot at them.

Izzy's past is darker than going to prom with a jerk or marrying a lazy bum. Izzy has an impulsive side that's gotten her into trouble before. But two years ago she was attacked, left for dead and saved by vampiress Valencia Fabelle. It was only when Valencia turned Izzy that Izzy got a second chance, the opportunity to put her past behind her and start fresh.

This is the toughest part of my job. Torturing my characters. Creating conflict. Finessing the drama that is their lives. I don't like torture, conflict or drama. (Unless it's drama on the dance floor. Hello new season of Dancing With The

Stars!)

So when Izzy popped into my brain and told me her story I was alarmed. The girl's had a tough life. And as I dug deeper I started to wonder just how I was going to be able to get her over her past.

How does anyone get over their past?

How do we move on when we lose a loved one?

How do we overcome betrayal?

How do we learn to trust again?

What does it take for us to open our heart and believe in love and second

chances?

What I discovered through writing Izzy's book is it's all about your attitude and the people you surround yourself with. It would have been so easy for Izzy to become a shell of the vivacious woman she'd once been, but she doesn't. A large part of that saving grace is the women in her coven of vampires (her friends.)

But Izzy also has tenacity and determination. She made herself get back in the game, rejoin the living...er… the undead? It couldn't have been easy. But the best things in life usually aren't a cakewalk. That's what makes them worthwhile.

Izzy's new life as a vampire might have given her a clean break from her old life, but I think she would have turned things around all by herself. She's just that kind of girl.

Do you have your own coven of girlfriends who are there for you through thick and thin? Have you had to get over something from your past? Are you still a work in progress? What helps you move forward in life? What books or authors give you hope and make you believe in happily ever after?

ABOUT SELENA BLAKE

An action movie buff with a penchant for all things supernatural and sexy, Selena Blake combines her love for adventure, travel and romance into steamy paranormal romance. Selena’s books have been called “a steamy escape” and have appeared on bestseller lists, been nominated for awards, and won contests. When she’s not writing you can find her by the pool soaking up some sun, day dreaming about new characters, and watching the cabana boy (aka her muse), Derek. Fan mail keeps her going when the diet soda wears off so write to her at Selena@selena-blake.com

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The ultra handsome beta of Novogrod pack, Maxim Ciolek is taking a much needed vacation on Mystic Isle when a beautiful but shy vampiress catches his eye. She deserves more than a one night stand and because that’s all he can offer her, he vows to leave her alone.

Ceara Blackwell is eager to leave her sheltered life behind and start knocking items off her bucket list. Item one: a first kiss. But as mysterious Maxim works his way into her heart, she wonders if she's found a forever-kind-of-love.

But love isn't easily claimed, even in paradise.

Izzy's book, Games Demons Play, comes out April 25th.

     

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A Werewolf to Call Her Own {Mystic Isle #2} by Selena Blake

  

The ultra handsome beta of Novogrod pack, Maxim Ciolek is taking a much needed vacation on Mystic Isle when a beautiful but shy vampiress catches his eye. She deserves more than a one night stand and because that’s all he can offer her, he vows to leave her alone.

Ceara Blackwell is eager to leave her sheltered life behind and start knocking items off her bucket list. Item one: a first kiss. But as mysterious Maxim works his way into her heart, she wonders if she's found a forever-kind-of-love.

But love isn't easily claimed, even in paradise.

• Publisher: Indie
• Release Date: February 28th, 2013
• My Copy: Received From the Author.
• Author's Website
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Another steamy romance in a very smexy new series!

I really enjoyed Ceara and Maxim’s story, however there were a couple things that bothered me. One was the whole confusion with the spelling of Ceara’s name. The problem wasn’t the confusion, but that for me, the reader, it was more confusing than to Maxim.

Secondly, it bothered me how much both Maxim and Ceara don’t know about their races ability to relate to each other. I understand that the Vamps and Werewolves have been enemies for a long time, but the war has been over for a century, that’s enough time to know these things.

Despite that, A Werewolf to Call Her Own, was a very short and hot read. I am definitely looking forward to more stories in the Mystic Isle series!

 

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Fangs, Fur and Mistletoe {Mystic Isle #1} by Selena Blake

  

Vampiress Coco Jeffres has lost her mojo. She plans to use her solstice trip to Mystic Isle, the pleasure playground for paranormals, to get it back. For once she’s looking for lust, not love. What she hadn’t planned on was coming face to face with an old obsession.

Tall, dark, and oh-so-handsome werewolf Grayson West is well versed in the arts of war and women. He’s got one week to blow off steam before he heads out on his next mission and he’s more than willing to help a lady find her inner vixen.

Especially when she’s the same beautiful blue eyed vamp he met one hundred years ago and has never been able to forget. They were once sworn enemies, pulled apart by war. Now they’re lovers. But history has a way of rearing its ugly head and their new relationship will have to stand up to the test of loyalty, friendship and even time itself.

• Publisher: Indie
• Release Date: December 4th, 2012
• My Copy: Received From the Author.
• Author's Website
• Buy This Book: ONLY 0.99$

*Spoiler Free

What a lovely idea... A paradise retreat for paranormals looking for adventurous sex. The concept grabbed me right away, specially since I was looking for something sexy and quick to read with a paranormal twit.

I loved the love at first sight love story that took a century to come to fruition. Grayson, a werewolf, met Coco, vampire, in the battlefield a long time ago when their two races were at war. The connection was instant, but the circumstances didn't allow them to get together.

Over one hundred years later, they meet by chance at Mystic Isle where paranormals go to find some sexy fun. However, what Grayson and Coco share seems to be much more than only fun. Even though Coco's coven mates might be against it.

I really enjoyed Fangs, Fur and Mistletoe. It was a quick read, but very sexy and entertaining. We get a good glimpse of the world Selena Blake has created and I, for one, cannot wait for more stories in the Mystic Isle!

 

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