Maybe she should be named MaXXXie Briscoe....

Hey, before I turn things over to our resident erudite Batman villain - I'd just like to point out that this is...

The 350th Blog Post at Let's Get Out of Here!

Yippee!! Now - back to your regularly scheduled book review!

Oh yes, kiddies! It is long since time for another trip into

Bookworm's Book Club!

This blog's very good friend Melissa Bradley brings us into the world of the lycanthrope in her spicy, spicy novel. Maxie Briscoe is a young woman who like a lot of us puts in her 40 a week at the workplace, then heads home to her own little niche of the world. But unlike a lot of us, Maxie is also a werewolf - having been bitten by a lycanthrope at the age of 15 - and her little niche contains a reinforced room with restraints to lock away the beast for a few hours each month. But forget that full moon stuff. The change is hers to make at will. Most of the time Maxie stays in control, and only lets her other side out when she chooses to - but even in the workplace, she has to keep her psychic foot on the brake, as the beast is never too far from the surface. Maxie's world turns upside down when someone in her neighborhood is murdered - and right after that two male werewolves - the first she's met since being bitten - show up and say they're hunting for the killer, who might have murdered the neighbor in error, trying to get the real target: the werewolf in the area - meaning Maxie, of course. This plunges Ms. Briscoe in to the investigation even as she begins a steamy and highly erotic relationship with both male lycanthropes; and the killer is drawing closer...


I really enjoyed this dark erotic fantasy - which combines a great lead character - Maxie is smart and sassy and does not suffer fools gladly - with a solid mystery and some of the most torrid sex scenes I've ever read. I like Maxie a lot - always important in a first person narrative, since you're going to be spending a fair amount of time inside her head. I also like that Ms. Bradley didn't make Maxie a paranormal investigator or a detective; but instead just someone working a regular, mundane job. This makes the mystery more of a challenge, and more intriguing, since these are waters Maxie's never gone swimming in. If you're looking for something that might steam up your windows while you read it - or make you run for a cold shower - and don't mind that there are bisexual characters having fun in both directions herein - this is a book you'll want to check out!
 

Melissa Bradley

While we're on the subject of Ms. Melissa Bradley - I also want to mention that her blog - Melissa's Imaginarium - is definitely a destination I recommend for anyone who likes good reading, smart and funny humor, and some great reviews, interviews and various and sundry other bits of this and that - she's good people too! Drop by often and when you do - tell her Craig sent you!
 
 







And after reading about Ms. Briscoe's adventures, I'm going to go blot my brow - until next we meet you Can Poke Me With A Fork, Cause I Am Outta Here!