AURORA'S TRIANGLE - Titania Ladley
Samhain Publishing – www.samhainpublishing.com
ISBN: 1-59998-374-5
December 2006
Erotic Paranormal Romance – Ménage - Short Story
Rated: Red Hot!

Svalvik Island, Greenland – the Present

Aurora can't stay away from the basement at her job, despite her boss's fervent warnings.  She is not prepared for the sight that meets her: two gorgeous men lying frozen in blocks of ice.  Despite her growing urge to run for dear life, Aurora walks toward the blocks and can't refrain from touching one of the frozen mounds.  As the strangest sensations arrest her body, she realizes that the ice is beginning to melt.  The otherwise still man grabs her arm before she can move away.  After what feels like a small pinch to her arm, the man is totally revived and shakes away the remnants of ice on his body.  He tells her that her precious blood is needed to awaken the other frozen vampire.

Aurora is later whisked away to a remote island with Endre and Tabor, the vampires she unwittingly rescued from certain death.  Aurora protests about being taken by them, but she is given little choice in the matter since they both claim her as their eternal human mate.

The premise of AURORA'S TRIANGLE is quite intriguing and the story starts off with a bang.  I was just as excited and agitated as Aurora when she spotted the frozen men.  Like Aurora, I was also mesmerized and entranced when a little drop of her blood was taken by each of the men.  Unfortunately, the power of the story slips when the 'enspelling' is enacted.  Apparently, the vampires have the power to enspell their victims and show them their memories and life stories in just a few minutes.  This may be needed in some instances to move the story along, but in this case, it detracted from the excitement.  AURORA'S TRIANGLE would have been a much better read if Ms. Ladley would have foregone the enspelling and allowed the reader to learn the story as the plot thickened.

Ariel Summer