WICKED PLEASURE

Author: Nina Bangs ISBN: 0425203719 6/2006 PARANORMAL Publisher: BERKLEY SENSATION

Brynn McNair may seem heaven-sent to the women who hunger for his body, but he's actually a demon of desire trapped in an eternal existence of sexual enslavement. Driven by an ancient curse, he must offer to fulfill women's erotic needs. In the Castle of Dark Dreams, Brynn has found refuge playing a handsome prince in nightly fantasies. The castle, which is part of an adult theme park, is the best thing that's happened to Brynn in centuries. Kim Vaughn wants an ordinary life. Unfortunately, she's agreed to destroy demons—it's a family thing-until she finds a normal guy and marries him. But finding Mr. Right in her line of work won't be easy. Especially when the latest demon she's supposed to off is so totally tempting...

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

Nina Bangs is fast becoming my favorite paranormal writer. Her books ooze charm, wit and straight up sensuality.

Kimberly Vaughn is a demon hunter. She is not all too happy with her profession but, hey, a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do—for now. On the side and without her family's knowledge, Kim is an architect and she thinks that she is going to the Castle of Dark Dreams to help design some renovations. Little does she know how far from the truth that actually is. There are a few people in the cosmic universe who have bigger plans for how they want Kim to spend her time at the castle.

Brynn is a sex slave demon—literally. He has spent five hundred long years fulfilling whatever fantasies his bed partner's desire. Whether they are an old lady or a super model, if Brynn is in their company for one complete hour, he becomes a sex demon and starts to strip off his clothes. The only thing that can stop the compulsion is for the woman he is seducing to say that she doesn't want his body. Unfortunately—or fortunately—depending on how you look at it, Brynn is drop dead gorgeous, so no one denies him—until Kim. Now Kim has quite the job on her hands. She has to design a castle, stop an influx of demons into the town, and try to help Brynn get rid of his compulsion.

Brynn and Kim have got the kind of sexual tension that jumps right off of the page at the reader. They are powerful separately, but together as a couple they are unstoppable. Nina Bangs is such a creative writer that I found myself being sucked right into The Castle Of Dark Dreams and falling in love with these characters.

Kristal Gorman