PLEASURES OF THE NIGHT - Sylvia Day

Dream Guardians, Book 1

Avon Red (Trade Paperback)

ISBN: 978-0-06-123098-1

May 2007

Erotic Paranormal Romance

Present Day

"In the twilight between sleep and consciousness, a battle rages. The Dream Guardians harness the energy created by slumber, fueling sexual fantasies. The Nightmares, however, feed on fear and distress, and it is up to the Guardians to protect their charges..."

Captain of the Elite Warriors, Dream Guardian Aidan Cross protects the women who are his charges through erotic dreams. Though he never touches their bodies in reality, in their dreams he's whoever they wish him to be. Just once Aidan would like for a woman to want him for himself. He just might get his chance when the Elders send him to talk to Lyssa Bates and persuade her to let other Guardians and Elders talk to her. See, Lyssa can keep them out and they are curious as to how she does this. Their suspicions are that Lyssa is the Key and if she is, then Aidan's job is to kill her. She mustn't live or she will open the Gate and release the Nightmares that the Guardians are trying so hard to keep contained. When Aidan meets Lyssa everything changes. Something about her fascinates him. He finds himself wishing she could see his true form and not the one she sees in her dreams.

Veterinarian Lyssa Bates is so tired and the doctors can't seem to find a thing wrong with her. Part of her problem is the incessant knocking on her door whenever she dreams. Why can't those crazy idiots just leave her in the dark in peace? Then his voice calls out to her from the other side of the door, and Lyssa lets him in. His name is Aidan and his voice soothes and excites her all at the same time. If she could only see him, just once. Lyssa gets her wish and more when Aidan makes love to her. Of course, it's only in her dreams but man, oh, man is he good. She agrees to allow the others to come and talk to her but she misses Aidan greatly. He doesn't come around anymore and she doesn't understand why. The next thing Lyssa knows there's a drop dead gorgeous hunk standing in her vet office and he claims they know each other. Well, she can't recall him but his kisses and caresses seem all too familiar. Does she know him? And if so, from where?

Wow! Sylvia Day's PLEASURES OF THE NIGHT is a wildly erotic and sizzling romance that this reader gobbled up. In the first book in the Dream Guardians, readers meet some powerful men and women who protect the human race without our knowledge. Aidan is a strong, alpha male who questions the Elders claims of a Key and that it might be a Dreamer. He never had a problem stepping into the erotic dreams of a woman and taking her into a climax so hard that she falls into unconsciousness, thus saving her from the Nightmares, until Lyssa. After he's with Lyssa, he can't bring himself to do his job. Lyssa is an intelligent but lonely woman who just wants to sleep without any problems. One night of blissful sleep would be wonderful to this lady. After a round of steamy and naughty sex with dream Aidan, Lyssa sleeps like the dead. Mmm...my kind of sleeping pill. <g> However, when he comes around in real life, the sex is so much better. Yummy! Secondary characters include fellow Dream Guardians, Connor Bruce and Phillip Wager, and a couple of guys I hope to read more about; Elder Sheron, Aidan's mentor and a man with a few secrets he's hiding, and Stacey, a friend and co-worker of Lyssa's who's very protective of her.

With her newest release, PLEASURES OF THE NIGHT, Sylvia Day pens an action-packed adventure with captivating characters and scorching sex scenes. I can't wait for the second book in this enthralling series.

Sinclair Reid