Review: Unleashed by Crystal Jordan

Title:Unleashed
Author:Crystal Jordan
Release Date: September 5th  2012
Publisher: Kensington
Genre: Erotic Romance
Rating: 3.5 Hoots
Reviewer: Lydia
Buy From: Amazon/ Barnes and Noble

Sum It Up! Unleashed is a well written pair of novellas with interesting plot lines and engaging characters, well worth the time for those interested in explicit erotica romance.
 

Hunting Temptation:  Fox-shifter Gea Crevan is a PI working a case deep in the underbelly of New Chicago. She relies on ruthless businessman and leopard-shifter Quilliam North for good Intel and even better sex, but resists taking him as her mate. Until she witnesses his carnal lust for another, and suddenly, all her feral instincts are unleashed…

 

Reclaiming Temptation: Grifter Felicia Tamryn is half cheetah and all woman who always gets what she wants. Until the day she tries to con Constantine Breckenridge and instead finds her heart held tight in the talons of an eagle-shifter. Felicia tries to run but her past and her body betray her, catching her in a sexual trap of her own making… (Back cover)

 

Review:

 

In the post-apocalyptic world of the late 21^st century, biological warfare has turned mankind into predatory shape-shifters. Sexual interaction is almost as important a commodity as information. “Jadehouses” are not for the weak; essentially a reincarnation of brothels and a necessary part of societal structure.

 

In Hunting Temptation, Jordan expertly balances three protagonists, who all deal in information and are undeniably, inextricably intertwined. Kienan is a retired government agent who seeks his cousin, his last living relative, who owns London’s premiere Jadehouse with his two mates. When Kienan finds his two mates, Quilliam, a businessman, and Gea, a private investigator, he discovers the importance of love. When he is required to overcome the obstacles posed not only by forces outside himself, but also those by his mates, Kienan decides he must risk all. For him, it is win all or lose all.

 

Reclaiming Temptation follows an intricate plot involving Tamryn, the subject of Gea’s investigation in the prior novella. Gea’s client, Breck, knows Tam is his mate, although she does not. When Breck discovers where Tam is, he must go to her, despite the fact she is being held by another man, Stefan. Only then does Breck discover the relationship between Tam, Stefan, and a child named Sophie.

 

Jordan is an established author in erotic romance and this particular combination exhibits her expertise in the genre. The first novella exhibits her strength in writing erotica. In the world she has created, sexual contact always involves animalistic qualities. Yet, even in this world, certain concepts, such as mating and marriage hold an element of sanctity. In the second novella, Jordan shows her exceptional ability to plot, drawing readers into a tangled web of secrecy and intrigue.

 

Unleashed is a well written pair of novellas with interesting plot lines and engaging characters, well worth the time for those interested in explicit erotica romance.