A paranormal anthology by 4 romance authors. Trade paperback. I won a copy of this book and it was signed (!!) so no way I can repost it - sorry. The stories are:
1) Animal Magnetism by Maggie Shayne - a vet with a special talent for communicating with animals (Dr Macy McNamara) meets police officer Jay Harris when he comes into her examination room with a bleeding dog. The dog was shot while trying to protect her owner from a rapist and is the only witness who can identify him. Now Macy, who has spent most of her life hiding her talent and being cold towards people, must convince the detective that she is not crazy and the dog told her who the rapist is. A pleasant/comfort sort of read.
2) Paradise by Meljean Brook - part of her Guardian series, which I had never read before. I had no problems understanding this world though - some very interesting world-building details that I enjoyed, and backstory of the past/relationships with other characters is explained well. A demon is stalking vampires and the Guardian Selah teams up with Paradise, Oregon vampire leader Lucus Marsden to stop the killings. I really appreciated the details about the nature of vampires/Guardians that this author explained to the reader (eg. vampires can't taste food, only blood, Guardians abilities have to do with their past life).
3) Hunter Kiss by Marjorie M. Liu - an introduction to a new series about Maxine Kiss - a demon hunter whose living tattoos protect her from harm but are also her curse. Really interesting character and world. Told from a first person present tense viewpoint. I was really surprised by the quality of the writing in this one. Very different in a good way from the other book I've read by this author.
4) Wild Hearts in Atlantis by Alyssa Day - Atlantean warriors, centuries old battle vampires and shapeshifters to protect humanity. In a world where vampires are becoming increasingly powerful politically, the Atlanteans must ally with some shapeshifters who haven't sided with the vampires. Bastian is the ambassador sent for this task and his first contact is half-shapshifter Kat Fiero, who he carries a torch for. I had trouble with the dialog in this one. Seemed to switch from modern day slangish vernacular to a stilted formal speech..

stories by maggie shayne, Marjorie Liu, and Alyssa Day were very good. The one story by Meljean Brook was disjointed and confusing and bored me to tears.

The Maggie Shayne and Alyssa Day stories were wonderful! Unfortunately I can't say the same about the other two.

Just found out about this series the other day, so I went and purchased this and Atlantis Rising... Abolutely LOVE this series so far. Can't wait for the next book in the series.

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This was fun..I particularly enjoyed Alyssa days Atlanteans..but all the stories were well worth a read

A paranormal romance anthology with four unconnected stories.
The first, "Animal Magnetism" by Maggie Shayne was a forgettable tale, with a minor paranormal twist, of a vet who can communicate with animals. Heavy on the sex and romance, pleasant but typical.
"Paradise" by Meljean Brook may be interesting to someone who is familiar with the series it is associated with, but I am not and found it completely confusing. Character motivations made no sense. I couldn't finish this one.
"Hunter Kiss" by Liu is a darker, harder edged story, prequel to The Iron Hunt. It is highly recommended if you are going to read this series which is less romance and more urban fantasy. This is the story of Grant and Maxine's meeting. Worth picking up this book for this story alone.
And lastly the Atlantis story from Day was surprisingly complete for a shorter story and a fun and interesting addition to her series.

Of course M Shayne, MM Liu stories were great with that twist of difference.
Day is Atlantis, Poseidon Warriors, and Brook is Vampire & Guardian Corps.
They have a ways to go, the stories were the usual. You read one you read them all.
Don't pass up the book it is still a good read.

I enjoyed three of the entries in this book immensely. The entry by Ms Liu was not up to her usual greatness. It was very dark almost to the very end. The entry by Ms Day was very good, 5 star material as far as I am concerned.

Overall, this is a good book.

four fast easy reads with interesting storylines. I liked Shayne's story the best.

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