Man About the House by Mina Carter

Title: Man About the House

Author: Mina Carter

Publisher: Changeling Press LLC

Publication Date: 2010

ISBN: 978-1-60521-400-9

Genre: Paranormal

Length: Short novella

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Rating: 4.5 Diamonds

Heat Level: Sweetly erotic

Other: Oral

Reviewer: Starla Kaye

Date: 5-26-10

Part of Wicked Wraiths series

What is a demi-god to do when he finds the love of his life, a human female, and she doesn’t seem interested in him? Okay, his problem had something to do with meeting her while dressed in drag after losing a bet. He is determined not to give up easily, not after kissing her.

Janelle’s life is a mess with working two jobs and going to school. She needs help with cleaning her apartment. What she doesn’t need is a romantic relationship. Then she runs into Corvin at one of her jobs and her life becomes even more complicated. The man is “sex-on-legs” and lies to her. Can she forgive him?

The characters were great fun, and Corvin was definitely hot. Any woman who has a lot of stress in their life and thinks she doesn’t have time for a man in her life needs to run into a studly demi-god like this hero. And it was fun seeing her make him sweat, threaten to kick his “ass out, god or no god.”

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Playing Wolf by Mina Carter

Title: Playing Wolf

Author: Mina Carter

Publisher: Liquid Silver Books

Publication Date: 2010

ISBN: 978-1-59578-688-3

Genre: Erotic Paranormal/Shifter

Length: 48 pages

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Rating: 4.5 Diamonds

Heat Level: Erotic, spicy

Other: M/F/M, anal/oral play

Reviewer: Starla Kaye

Date: 4-28-10

**Book Two of the Phoenix Prophecy

What an interesting plot the author wove, from the prologue to the end. If you think this is just another werewolf story or just another M/F/M story, you’re wrong. It is both of those and more.

Jayce and Ryder Vanir are twin wolves who were cast out from their pack as hell-raisers and now work as bounty hunters for bad-ass paranormals. More than that, though, they’ve always believed because of their uniqueness as twins they can never have normal mate relationships. They are doomed to going from woman to woman, loving hard, but never forever.

Caitlin grew up as their shadow, always protected by them until they were forced from her pack. She has loved both of them her whole life, but never believed anything could come of her young girl’s dreams. Even seeing them again after all these years, she fears that she’ll never find true happiness. She still loves them, but…

For a novella and not a lot of time for story development, this one was well done. The characters were nicely developed, with just enough background revealed. Each of the three main characters had depth to them, plus there was good depth given to the two side characters. I always a good villain to detest. The external conflicts were strong and pulled a reader forward, hoping they can be overcome. And the plot twist worked well.

I’m really disgusted with myself for not having read Book One of the Phoenix Prophecy, but I’ll be sure to look for it. Saying that, I recommend you look for both novellas. And watch for the continuation of the series.

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