Colorful Reviews - Back Again For The First Time

Dear Readers,

It’s been a long time, I shouldnt’ve left you … without a good review to step to. So here goes:

I’m a member of Rhyannon Byrd and Madison Haye’s Pure Magick newsletter (who isn’t?) and saw they’ve spotlighted author Dawn Madigan. She’s already published three books at EC, yet I’d never heard of her. Then again, I left the EC yahoogroup loop a long time ago and tend to live in my own secluded reader world. I half-assed looked around to see if the ebook buzz had her name anywhere and didn’t see much of it. Ms. Madigan was one case where I’d have to do my own research.

First stop: Ms. Madigan’s site. While it had a bit of a Delilah Devlin feel to the design, I was impressed with Ms. Madigan’s skill – a medical doctor who writes and designs her own site seems cool already. After browsing her offerings, I decided to take a safe bet and purchase her new quickie over at EC, Ryality Bites. I found the excerpt the hottest of the ones posted, and a quickie is always a great way to decide if the author is one I’d enjoy.

Adjectives I’d use to describe Ryality Bites: hot, short, and well-written. Ryal is a spunky, yet vulnerable heroine who snares her hero with her sexy sweet vibes. A seasoned vampire, Ryal just happens to pick up the most infamous vampire slayer around, an equally sexy and sweet “Norse super stud” named Hayden. I think the plot of vampire and vampire slayer always makes a hot read, don’t you? While Ryal is attempting to replenish her energy, after years of no sex and months without nourishing human blood, she’s also running from the the necessarily evil super vampire, Rubeus, who is hunting her for stealing a powerful ruby from him years ago. When Hayden saves Ryal from death, they learn that their attraction runs centuries deep. Can they find everlasting love while defeating the big bad vampire?

In about 55 pages, Ms. Madigan makes a believer out of me! The chemistry between these two is scorching and Ms. Madigan does a great job of writing both Hayden and Ryal’s sides of the story. I love to get inside the hero’s mind as well as the heroine, since I think it makes the story a bit more realistic and it endears me to both main characters. Ryality Bites is full of witty moments and steamy, believable sex scenes that will have you wondering what else Ms. Madigan can do in a full length story. I recommend Ryality Bites and for $2.99 you can’t go wrong with this quick story.

Happy Reading, Solaine

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