THE LAST WARRIOR

Review

THE LAST WARRIOR - L.A. Day

ISBN: 1-4199-0970-2

March 2007

Erotic Paranormal Romance – Short Story

Rated E-rotic

Tehama County, California – the Present

Using a witch’s spell, Tara calls Lone Wolf to her in his time of need. Even in her dreams, she can sense that he is in pain and dying. When Lone Wolf suddenly appears wearing only a loin cloth and moccasins, she is not prepared for his raw masculinity. With his powerful body on display, Tara soon realizes that he has a terrible gun shot wound and calls on every spell she knows to help keep him alive.

Lone Wolf doesn’t recognize his surroundings when he regains consciousness. His last memory is of protecting his clan from gold-seekers and being shot in the back. The unknown red-haired white woman before him believes he can’t speak English and he decides not to tell her differently. He quickly becomes quite bewildered and extremely aroused by her words and gestures. Before long, nervousness has Tara talking a mile a minute about everything from his sexy body to his huge erection. Since he can’t understand her, there is no need to hold her tongue about what she would like to do to him, right?

As the story continues, readers realize that something is odd about this entire situation. Lone Wolf behaves a little too excited about the small things in Tara’s home. We also find that Tara is harboring a secret of her own that could possibly destroy them.

THE LAST WARRIOR is an interesting story filled with steamy sex. Author L.A. Day does such a wonderful job describing the characters that you have a clear mental picture of them. The attraction between Lone Wolf and Tara is instant, and it doesn’t take them long at all to act on their feelings, especially with Tara unknowingly seducing him with her sexy word play.

Unfortunately, THE LAST WARRIOR unfolds in an awkward manner. L.A. Day doesn’t immediately tell readers that Lone Wolf is from the past, but there are inferences all over the place. When we are finally given the whole story, there is minimal impact because readers have already figured it out by then. I would have also liked to see Tara’s power evolve and explained a little more thoroughly. Similarly, I expected to see a little more emotion from Lone Wolf when he finds out that he is in a different time. Instead, he is just a little too accepting.

If you can accept these quirks, you may enjoy THE LAST WARRIOR. It’s definitely an erotic story that has more than enough good elements dispersed to keep your attention throughout.

Ariel Summer