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Bit the Jackpot
by
Erin McCarthy
paranormal romance in a paperback edition that was published by Berkley Sensation on December 5, 2006 and has 299 pages.
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Other books by this author which I have reviewed include High Stakes, My Immortal, An Enchanted Season, Fallen, The Taking, Bad Boys of Summer, Bled Dry, Flat-Out Sexy, Sucker Bet, Hard and Fast, Hot Finish, When Good Things Happen to Bad Boys, First Blood, Slow Ride, The Chase, The Night Before Christmas, Out of the Light, and into the Shadows, Jacked Up, A Date with the Other Side, Heiress for Hire, Bad Boys in Black Tie, True, Seeing is Believing, Believe, Shatter, Sweet, Burn, Gone with the Ghost, Murder Drama with Your Llama
Second in the Vegas Vampires paranormal romance series.
My Take
It’s cute. Nothing that will strain the old brain-pan but it is a sweet romance of the paranormal variety. An interesting and humorous exploration of the male-female dynamic.
The Story
While trying to discover Brittany’s dad’s name, Seamus falls in lust with a luscious stripper, Cara Kim, except that it’s so definitely the wrong time and the wrong place.
Those wannabe assassins are waiting on Seamus and Kelsey in the alley. The same alley that Cara steps out into. That she attempts to flee from only to be killed by an SUV pulling into the alley.
Seamus is too soft-hearted to simply leave Cara to her death; instead, he brings her over as a vampire, flying her home to the Ava. He wants her. It’s been 200 years since Seamus has made love to a woman. Besides he has to teach her the rules by which vampires live…doesn’t he?
The Characters
Seamus Fox is the campaign manager for Ethan Carrick. A bad experience 200 years ago has caused him to eschew women, and it’s been a very long 200 years.
Cara Kim is a stripper working her way through veterinary school, as well as paying the bills for her great-grandmother’s nursing home. And after her childhood…nuh-uh, she’s not interested in sex or love.
Ethan and Alexis Carrick are a married vampire couple (High Stakes, 1) with Ethan the current President of the Vampire Nation. He also owns the Ava hotel and casino.
Kelsey is an 80-year-old vampire who is even-less-bright after her second death. Ethan continues to employ her as his secretary, even if she does leave rainbow Post-Its all over his desk.
The unscrupulous Donatelli is Ethan’s opponent for President. Ringo/Kyle is one of Donatelli’s assassins. A man he had killed when he had Kelsey drained to death. A man he turned into a vampire whom he keeps by his side through an addiction.
The Cover and Title
There’s a tempting poker player on this cover surrounded by piles of chips. As for the title, yeah, I reckon Cara felt like she had Bit the Jackpot in more ways than one.
