Title: Taming the Fire
Author: Sydney Croft
Publisher: Delta
Genre: Erotic Romance
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-0-385-34227-8
Synopsis:
'He came to the underground London club for a night of extreme sex play with the enigmatic "Mistress Rik." But the special agent known as Trance is really on a search-and-rescue mission to keep her alive. Part predator, Ulrika "Rik" Jaeger possesses feral powers that make her a danger to others - and to herself. That's why the Agency for Covert Rare Operatives (ACRO) wants to recruit her to their side . . . . To do so, Trance will have tp pull off the impossible: capture and control Rik, both woman and beast.
On the run from the deadly agency that changed her into a pleasure-seeking shape-shifter, Rik uses sex to rein in her own raging desires. Operating on pure instinct, she trusts no one . . . . especially the magnificent alpha male with the power to seduce her into submission. An undercover agent with unique hypnotic gifts, Trance is surprised by his instinct to hold Rik and keep her safe - but he has a job to do. And as he hunts her down, as Rik and Trance are thrust into the ultimate game of domination and submission, they'll enter a place where surrender is their sole hope for survival - and the only thing that came tame the wild beast in both of them . . . .'
Review:
I had expectations for this book that met with a few disappointments. The plot was more loose than it's predecessor and I was drawn more to the secondary characters, than the main at times. I'd read the issues between Ulrika and Trance, then it'd switch and whisk me into a secondary point of view and another event entirely. I enjoyed the different POV's through the characters eyes, but by the time it came back to the leads I wanted more intel. on the secondary ones. Above all I'd say this was a book to wrap up all the loose endings of relationships left from the book before.
The characters as always captured my imagination. They tugged at my heart strings, made me sympathize with them and covered all emotions any human would go through. Their reactions made me scowl, grin, want to rattle them and hug them. Sydney Croft has a talent for creating realistic characters in a complex world.
The cover speaks of romance, passion, fire. There's a dose of each, but not an inferno like I expected.
The writing style is summed up in two words for me: detailed with an edge of simplistic with a variety of long sentences vs. shorter. It complements the world their characters live in and binds well with the interaction between characters.
Overall it was a book that I had enjoyed, but wouldn't re-read if it wasn't a part of a series.
Recommended for: Anyone at/over the age of 18.
Language: Strong at times.
Sexual content: Many sexual acts, domination and submission themed, male-male sexual acts.
Rating: 3.8 out of 5 stars.
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Reading order:
1. Riding the Storm
2. Unleashing the Storm
3. Seduced by the Storm
4. Taming the Fire
Upcoming release: Tempting the Fire
