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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nI’ve been lucky to be part of several anthologies produced by Black Velvet Seductions<\/a>. They’ve all been excellent, really. But having just finished reading the newest, Dark Desire<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, I have to admit that I think this one might be my favorite. The stories are all very different. Even the ones with similar themes (shifters or ghosts) handle them in unique ways. Often in an anthology I might find one I’m not thrilled with. In Dark Desires, I enjoyed every single story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dark Desire<\/em><\/strong> has 12 stories written by: Alice Renaud, Alan Souter, Nancy Golinsky, Anne Krist, S.K. White, Virginia Wallace (two stories), F. Burn, Deborah Kelsey, Gibby Campbell, Zia Westfield, and Estelle Pettersen–all wonderful writers. If you don’t have a favorite among them now, you will when you read the book!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here’s my review of the stories. I give all of them 5 stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Blood of the Ocean\u2014Alice Renaud<\/strong> Wonder Town Station\u2014Alan Souter<\/strong> Grow Where You\u2019re Planted\u2014Nancy Golinsky<\/strong> Seen and Unseen\u2014Anne Krist<\/strong> Linked\u2014S.K. White<\/strong> The Ritual\u2014Virginia Wallace<\/strong> The Substitute\u2014F. Burn<\/strong> Stille Nacht\u2014Deborah Kelsey<\/strong> Electrifying\u2014Gibby Campbell<\/strong> Beginning Forever\u2014Virginia Wallace<\/strong> Ryker\u2019s Destiny\u2014Zia Westfield<\/strong> The Wolf of Varg Island\u2014Estelle Pettersen<\/strong> I know you are going to enjoy Dark Desire<\/a><\/em><\/strong> as much as I did! I’d love it if you would leave a review to let BVS know what you thought!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wow! Wonderful stories and superb writing. Black Velvet Seductions’ usual great job! I’ve been lucky to be part of several anthologies produced by Black Velvet Seductions. They’ve all been excellent, really. But having just finished reading the newest, Dark Desire, I have to admit that I think this one might be my favorite. The stories … Continue reading “Wow! Best Black Velvet Seductions anthology yet”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,6,1377,1],"tags":[1773,314,11,490,2036,1450,2035,761,603,1774,22,7,2034,166,1620,477],"class_list":["post-3735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-topics","category-explicit-for-adults","category-new","category-uncategorized","tag-alan-souter","tag-alice-renaud","tag-anne-krist","tag-anthology","tag-deborah-kelsey","tag-estelle-pettersen","tag-f-burn","tag-ghosts","tag-gibby-campbell","tag-nancy-golinski","tag-paranormal","tag-romance","tag-s-k-white","tag-shifters","tag-virginia-wallace","tag-zia-westfield"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9wA33-Yf","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3735"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3739,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3735\/revisions\/3739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
I love Renaud\u2019s mer stories but this one is slightly different in that the heroine is a mermaid criminal and exiled from her home islands. Without choice and in fear of betrayal, she teams up with a vampire to steal a precious, magical stone, the Blood of the Ocean. She didn\u2019t expect her feelings for her new partner to be as strong and potent as her distaste for the task she had before her. The ending to this tale was a real surprise!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I so enjoyed this tale of the west as it changed from bare prairie and harsh winds to towns like Wonder, finally\u2014maybe?\u2014coming into its own. Bob Cramer and Chelsea Pickle wait for the train on a clod station platform to take them away from Wonder, which had not lived up to its name or promise. In the course of the night, they might find wonder in each other\u2026or they might end up dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I love good ghost stories! Nancy Golinsjy\u2019s story is one that combines ghosts with psychics who see them. The way Gina and Mike work together to get past the fear if seeing the dead and learn to use their powers for good is so good! Grow where you\u2019re planted is great advice for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some people only believe in what they can see when sometimes the unseen is what saves you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Linked will keep you guessing the whole way through. Lily and Colin are in an accident when his truck hydroplanes into her car and rolls them both over an embankment. It\u2019s a miracle that he\u2019s able to carry her to an abandoned house a short way down the road. But that\u2019s when strange things start happening\u2014it seems they just need to wish for things they need and they appear. But eventually, questions have to be answered. Are they dead or caught in some hallucination? Something is not right. Read on and you shall see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
OMG! I loved this story, a romance unlike any other you\u2019ll read. It feels weird to think of it as sweet, but it is. Kinda. Bert and Romy are two pieces of work who found each other, for better or (probably) for worse. It takes an exceptional writer to make readers like two such unlikeable characters, but Wallace has done it. I enjoyed Wallace\u2019s story very much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Seth is hired as a supplement teacher in grade 6, both Michael and Natasha are instantly stunned by his good looks. But it\u2019s Tasha who captures the new man\u2019s attention. They come so close to admitting their feelings\u2014Tasha is ready\u2014but then Seth retreats. What could he be hiding? Slowly, Tasha uncovers his secret, and it\u2019s a big one. When is true love eternal? She finds out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This particular Christmas nacht <\/em> wasn\u2019t so stille <\/em>dring one of the darkest periods of world history when the Nazis occupied Paris. I wondered what the final outcome would be between Dieter and Faber in their duel of sexual superiority. Faber is obviously the Dom in the pair, but his desire for Dieter leads them on a dark battle nonetheless. Who will win? Or will the answer be both?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Alex, an ER doctor, lost her job and her sub al in the same day, she was faced with life-changing decisions. The move to Boulder, Colorado brought more advantages than she expected, though, when she boarded her horse with rodeo cowboy Josh. Not only easy on the eyes, Josh intrigued her. She sensed he might make a good sub, and she proved to be right. With Josh, she explored dark ideas she never dared before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWerewolves and serial killers have one thing in common: seclusion is ever their ally.\u201d This line described Jillian as her wolf. She\u2019s found him, David, and is ready to go in for the kill That\u2019s before she sees her him\u2026and he sees her. Of course, she doesn\u2019t kill him but that\u2019s because they have a past. One he doesn\u2019t remember. He\u2019s also not aware of what she is. Their attraction grows until Jillian just can\u2019t keep her secrets any longer. And then what will they become? I\u2019m a real fan of Wallace\u2019s writing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I loved this story! Fantasy, with shifters, fae, and war between the clans. Ryker is a bear shifter who takes his injured brother to a great healer. She agrees to heal his brother if Ryker agrees to save her granddaughter. He does agree, and at their first meeting realizes that she is his fated mate. This is a story that could be read in segments to middle schoolers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another wonderful story of wolf shifting. Harper has been plagued by dreams of chasing a wolf. No, the shadow<\/em> of a wolf. Only the shadow. She is with an abusive boyfriend and needs time to recharge her batteries and evaluate her life, so she takes a cabin on Varg Island for a week. There she meets Chris Varg. Soon, she discovers his secret. And then she discovers her own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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