Tied With a Bow

Lora Leigh · Virginia Kantra · Eileen Wilks · Kimberly Frost

Nov 2011 · A Novel of the Breeds Book 25 · Penguin

About this ebook

#1 New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh headlines a paranormal romance anthology that turns up the holiday heat.

Come, as these four bestselling authors invite you to savor the sweet anticipation of unwrapping these novellas of searing sexuality, rapturous romance, and paranormal pairings....

Experience the feral fire of #1 New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh’s novella of the Breeds. Feel the incendiary passion that cannot be extinguished in New York Times bestselling author Virginia Kantra’s tale of the Children of the Air. Explore the outer limits of carnal craving in USA Today bestselling author Eileen Wilks’s World of the Lupi, and enter national bestselling author Kimberly Frost’s delicious world of desire and devotion.

As intimate as they are imaginative, these unique holiday stories reveal the flush of surprise and joy when the most unexpected package turns out to be just what you always craved.

Ratings and reviews

The Stories Virginia Kantra's Upon a Midnight Clear is an historical romance some years after the French Revolution. A decision made by an angel to rescue a girl from Madame Guillotine results in his becoming Fallen although he later finds Aimée surviving as an unpaid drudge in her cousin's house when Lucien arrives to court the daughter of the house for her dowry. A cute romance that could have stood more work. That or it needed to become a full-length story as Kantra simply dropped us into situations without developing them. It's all just too easy. Kimberly Frost's First Light was a rather unique perspective on angels with this time traveling angel attempting to resolve an centuries-old feud Definitely an interesting romantic conflict with both parties thinking they knew the other but had no idea how or where. Frost did a nice job in creating an alternate world with few words and creating tension although the ending seemed too abrupt. I'd like to see if this is a series. Eileen Wilks' Human Error occurs less than two months after the events in Death Magic (World of the Lupi, Book 8) with Benedict going to spend the Yule holidays with Arjenie's Wiccan family. It's a bit of an uphill row for Benedict as they can't explain about the mate bond and various members of the family are angry at him; they believe he has used some sort of juju to enthrall Arjenie into doing as he wants. All it takes is a short battle with Coyote and a humongous bear to bring the family 'round. I like that Benedict is concerned about what his clothes will say culturally to Arjenie's family. Arjenie Delacroix's family consists of the aunt and uncle who raised her after her parents were killed in a car accident (the one that resulted in her limp), Robin, a large animal vet, and Clay, a blacksmith and sculptor and two of their three kids, the twins, Siri and Sammy; Uncle Hershey and his partner Gary; Uncle Ambrose and Aunt Carmen with their kids; Uncle Nathan with his wife Sheila with their three kids; Stephen; and, I'm not sure who Malik, Danny, and Amy belong to as Wilks did a lovely job of creating a sense of boisterous family; and, Havoc the terrier who plays a very important role. Lora Leigh's An Inconvenient Mate focuses on Isabelle Martinez and a Coyote Breed, Malachi. It's an inconvenient time to find his mate. Rule and his men are trying to find some Breed survivors on the Navajo reservation and they can't come right out and tell the tribal Elders this. The primary theme is the man stalking Isabelle. Holden. He doesn't understand no. Doesn't care about no. But now he has Malachi to explain the definition. This story takes place during Lawe's Justice (Breeds, 25). The Cover The cover is a red and white icicle-strewn background of Christmas with a partially wrapped present of a dew-bedecked, muscled male torso. I do like the positioning of that bow! My guess is that the title reflects that each story is wrapped up all pretty and tidy at the end.

About the author

Lora Leigh is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Nauti Boys series and the Nauti Girls series, as well as the Breed novels. She dreams in bright, vivid images of the characters intent on taking over her writing life, and fights a constant battle to put them on the hard drive of her computer before they can disappear as fast as they appeared.

New York Times bestselling author of the Dare Island novels and the Children of the Sea series, Virginia Kantra has won numerous industry awards, including Romance Writers of America’s RITA Award and two National Readers’ Choice Awards.

Eileen Wilks is the New York Times bestselling author of the Novels of the Lupi. She is also a three-time RITA Award finalist and the recipient of a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times.

Kimberly Frost is currently at home in a small town known as Houston where she is taking dictation from her characters and working on the next book in the Southern Witch series.