Sins of the Heart

Otherkin Trilogy - Book 1

Author: Eve Silver

Roxy Tam grew up moving from place to place. Abandoned by her mother at a young age and placed in the foster care system, she had no family or anyone close. Until she trusted the wrong person and ended up in the hands of a killer. Her savior, Dagan Krayl, changed everything she thought she knew about the world and then left her alone once again. Feeling angry and abandoned, she runs to the very people he's warned her away from. She finds a family in the Daughters of Aset, who are enemies of Sutekh, Dagan's father. She tries to forget Dagan, but she can't, and eleven years after he saved her life, he's back and her both her association with the Daughters of Aset and her resentment puts them on opposite sides.

Dagan Krayl is a demi-god. A son of Sutekh, God of the Underworld, he is a soul reaper who scavenges the Topworld to harvest the souls of evil humans to feed his father. When he comes to reap the soul of Roxy Tam's would be killer he does not expect there to be an innocent there. No one has ever seen him and lived to tell. Dagan desires Roxy and feels drawn to her, but he wants her to have a normal life, something she can't have with him. He warns her to stay away from his father's enemies and leaves her behind, but he's never been able to leave her behind in his mind. He never expected to see Roxy again, much less as one of his enemies, but when his brother dies and his search leads him to the Daughters of Aset, he knows he can't walk away from Roxy again.


I've enjoyed Eve Silver's historical romances and only recently read her Compact of Sorcerers books, so I was pretty sure I was going to like this book and I'm glad to say that I was not wrong. I'll admit that sometimes I got a little frustrated with Roxy's choices, I understood why her character reacted the way she did. She was a though cookie who didn't let people get close, but with good reason. I also think that if Dagan was so set on her having a normal life and couldn't forget her, he should have peeked in on her now and again. I know that I couldn't have just walked away and never wondered what became of her. I did like that once he decided to go after her, he did not let her, or the opposition that they faced, put him off.

Tiger Eye: Curse of the Riddle Box

PassionFruit Games is apparently coming out with a game based on Marjorie M. Liu's book, Tiger Eye. I'll be honest, I think I've loved every book I've read from Marjorie M. Liu, but Tiger Eye has got to be my favorite. Not only was it the first of her books that I read, but the whole idea of someone trapped in an object for centuries by a curse until someone comes along who can release them, is one I really like. I'm also crazy for puzzle games. Have been since the web based cypher puzzle games back in the 90's.

The game description:

Encounter mystery, magic, and romance in the interactive tale Tiger Eye: Curse of the Riddle Box.

Play as the beautiful and psychically-gifted Dela Reese, who is hurtled into an extraordinarily dangerous situation soon after purchasing an ancient riddle box in a Beijing dirt market. After Dela arrives back at her hotel room and manages to open the riddle box, she is shocked to encounter a gorgeous 7-foot tall warrior, who had been imprisoned in the box for 2,000 years. The warrior, Hari, has been cursed to serve as a slave to whomever opens the box. While Dela, a strong 21^st century woman, is repulsed by the idea of controlling another human being, there are others who desperately seek the box’s power and will stop at nothing to obtain it. Help Dela escape assassins, win the respect and love of Hari, and lift the evil curse that strips Hari of his freedom.

Right now there's a contest going on at PassionFruit Games. They're looking for beta testers. The first 50 people win a chance to get first crack at the game. So head on over there and have a look!

E-books, Video Games, and Kids

I haven't been blogging, which is pretty obvious. I know I need to start back up. I've been rereading a lot, which is part of the reason I haven't been blogging, family holiday stuff and video games being others. I love playing video games only slightly less than I love reading. Between the Sims 3 expansion, World of Warcraft, and Dragons Age: Origins, my reading time suffers a bit, but I am reading. I've got several e-books that I'm going to be blogging about eventually, maybe keep me from molesting my husband by recounting plots and stuff. The main reason I started this blog in the first place. So there will be new stuff up, I'm just not sure when. I'm not sure whether to start posting after my kids go back to school or next Monday. Maybe Monday, but I doubt it.