IN A STRANGER’S ARMS – Tianna Xander

Tarot: Death

eXtasy – www.extasybooks.com

ISBN: 1-55410-805-5

August 2007

Erotic Paranormal Romance – Short

Flame Rating: 4 Flames (Inferno)

Present Day

For Callie Obermeyer, the news reports about the 'vampire' serial killer are interesting as topical dinner conversation, but they don't really impact her everyday life...until it lands at her doorstep.  Callie is shaken when her next door neighbor becomes one of his victims, but even more frightened when she learns she has become a target.
 
Gunther Andarton has spent years dispatching demons back to hell and saving their victims if he can.  When he hears the banshee cry for the latest victim, he already knows he's too late to save her, but he knows Callie's proximity to the crime site makes her an instant target.  Unfortunately, one meeting is all it takes for Gunther to know that Callie is his mate.  How can he protect her when all he can think about are the emotions she inspires in him?

A short, but not so entertaining tale, IN A STRANGER’S ARMS suffers from insignificant prose and an unlikable heroine.  Callie Obermeyer comes across as a whining idiot.  The situation is highlighted by a scene where Callie returns home from a night out to find her extra key missing and her door unlocked, and she refuses assistance in order to highlight her independence.  Seeing as how a woman was just killed next door the day before, this was just plain stupid and her choices from that point forward don’t get any better.  On top of that, there are several conversations that are random and lead nowhere, adding nothing to the story.  The romance doesn’t build, instead it’s an instant attraction that’s so strong that it must be love.

Sorry, but readers should take a pass on IN A STRANGER’S ARMS.

Phillipa Ann