Dark Enchantment

by Janine Ashbless

Dark, sexy and erotic paranormal romance...

Janine Ashbless brings you more breathtaking tales of lust and magic, dark fantasy and even darker desires.

An unearthly stranger who pursues a newlywed on her Mediterranean holiday, an opera production where emotions run out of control, and a ghost who wants one thing only from the descendant of her murderer are just three of the seductive and stylishly written stories that will...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0352345136
• ISBN13: 9780352345134
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Black Lace
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic

Fasten your metaphorical seatbelts, readers, when you pick up DARK ENCHANTMENT you are in for a bumpy ride! I am a voracious reader, but this collection of short stories by Janine Ashbless took me a couple of weeks to read. That's because I could only handle one story per night. Why? Because each is a unique, finely crafted, sexy, kinky piece that demands to be savoured. This is a collection that should not be rushed. DARK ENCHANTMENT is a collection of paranormal stories. Within the genre, Ms. Ashbless has explored the future, the past, the present, the imagined future, the mythical past, the mythical present (!) the fantastical past...well, she has truly explored the genre of `Paranormal' excepting werewolves and vampires. Imagine that, if you will. The stories: Dishonour - Raihn is third concubine to Lord General Mershen. "This is a story about Lord Mershen. I want you to hear it." Pique Dame - A ghost story that takes place at the opera, as the stars of the show fight their desire for each other. And Their Flying Machines - Futuristic tale about a female ornithopter pilot and the gruff but sexy Chief Engineer McGregor. This could be the story that gets Janine accused of writing rape fantasies, although it's only fair to add that it's actually a love story. Ruby Seeds - The retelling of a myth in all its original sexiness. More almost rape, although again it's only fair to add that in the original myth it IS rape. This one is also a love story. Cold Hands: Warm Heart - Your classic ghost story, only sexed up to the max. The Scent of Hawthorn - A Knight meets his match in the form of a Dryad. Chimaera - Honeymooners acquire a third, whether they like it or not, who demands satisfaction before he will depart. Scratch - Even God can't protect her from her past forever, nor can her husband. When her previous master visits, all hell breaks out. The Red Thread - She's the only one brave enough to face the monster in the basement, until the Prince of Athens appears. Janissaries - Eight robust warriors and one abject slave girl. Can she satisfy them all? She'd better... Darkling I Listen - A girl passes the time by telling a ghoul an X-rated fairy tale. Every one of these stories is elegantly written. This is the latest book for Janine, and it showcases her imagination and her talent as a writer. She's in top form. My favourites in the collection are: 'Chimaera', for the writing, 'Cold Hands: Warm Heart', because it was so scary it made me shudder even while it turned me on, and, again, for the writing, 'Scratch', for the filthy sex in a Godly home, 'The Red Thread', for the filthy sex and imaginative prose, and 'Janissaries', which does something I've always wanted to do but didn't know how - rivals the chapter in THE STORY OF O that deals with O's first night at Roissy. The sex in all the stories is explicit, exotic and exciting. A lot of it is rough, most of it is kinky, there's a goodly amount of m/f/m t