Blood Wicked by Sharon Page
Erotic paranormal romance
Feb. 22, 2011
Paperback
Aphrodisia/Kensington
Today Chelsea from Vampire Book Club is guest reviewing! Take it away Chelsea.
Blood Wicked is a dirty, dirty historical paranormal romance. It’s also remarkably engaging with characters worth caring about.
It’s also a book I kept close to my chest lest my husband catch a paragraph or two over my shoulder and I’d be forced to explain why I was engrossed in a passage featuring Regency-era sex toys. (OK, the heat level is so intense there’d be no question as to why I was wrapped up, then spent after that detailed scene.)
A former courtesan, Vivienne just wants to take care of her sick daughter. Only one apothecary will make her the medicine for her teen, but the owner makes her pay by seducing men. Not long afterward those men die. Heath is sent by the vampire council to find the succubus killing his kind. Though, he’s dividing his time searching for his brother.
Heath has an instant attraction to Vivienne, but a curse keeps him from being able to make love to the same woman more than once. She doesn’t know she’s a succubus or that she’s been stealing the life force of these men, but as Heath provokes her into needing he has to give in to sating her.
Vivienne, while a strong woman, feels inadequate. She worries her daughter’s chances for finding a good husband are hindered simply because she’s a courtesan’s daughter. Heath does everything he can think of to show Vivienne he sees her as a beautiful woman of worth with more class than most noblewomen. She’s never thought about sex as something that could be about her enjoyment, and he uses that as the gateway to illustrating his intentions to put her first.
As the two fall for one another, Heath’s goal to improve Vivienne’s view of herself is the plot vehicle for Blood Wicked’s more inventive sex scenes. (Remember, these two can’t have sex more than once in a conventional manner, and her succubus requirements have her clawing at the walls.)
Heath isn’t the only one interested in Vivienne. As one vampire after another comes at her to steal power, another darker player works to provoke Heath into unleashing the curse.
In addition to toe-curling sex scenes, Blood Wicked has strong character development and a good life-or-death mystery subplot.
Plus, you know, sexy vampires.
Rating: B
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I LOVE Sharon Page. So far Sin has been my favorite. I’m definitely adding this one to my to-read stack!
You had me at “dirty, dirty historical” – I have to check this out…LOL
Wowza, sounds smokin’ hot! Glad it had a good mystery as well.
Sounds yummy!! Great review C.
@Amanda – Sharon Page definitely has a talent for making erotica very character-driven. Big plus in my book.
@Lizzielvr – LOL. I really would have thought it’d be “Regency-era sex toys” that would pull everyone in. ;)
@Sophia – Yes, blush-worthy smex fills those pages.
@Tori – Thanks!
I’ve read Sharon Page’s other vamp books in the Blood series and really enjoyed them. Definitely hot, dirty books ;) I need to look for this one the next time I’m at the bookstore.
Thank you Chelsea.
LOL I can only imagine having to hide this one from PK… he already wonders about me with the titles I allow him to see. :)
Regency-era sex toys, huh? I might actually be a little afraid of them considering the crazy contraptions I’ve seen in doing research for a friend, but still… sounds interesting. The books sounds really good, especially the part about the curse where he can’t sleep with a woman more than once. Kind of puts a damper on any budding relationship, doesn’t it?
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