Lifestyles of the Fey and Dangerous
The Veil 3

Professional Reviews

5 STARS: "Every once in a while, the first line of a book blurb grabs your attention and doesn't let go. Check this out: "It isn't every day a fairy gets an assignment with only one outcome: her death." (See what I mean? You're asking questions already!) Raised as a noble fey and then sold into the Assassins Guild, Noelani "Shade" Fayard has become the most feared killer throughout the veil. This kind of success could go to a girl's head. Unfortunately, she's encountered a career-ending assignment. If she kills her target, she'll serve the brutal overlord demon personally. (Trust me. Nobody wants that kind of attention.) If she fails, she'll be tortured and never released. Talk about a Hobson's choice! Shade follows her target, Malachi Cromwell, in order to study him and discover his weakness. While watching him, she realizes he's not what she expected. His behavior toward others, relationship with his family, and goal to make up for previous mistakes forces her to question her own beliefs. Could she change things? Make a difference by opening herself to love? Danica Avet has created a fantastic new world filled with political intrigue, interesting fey, demons and halfling characters, smokin' hot sex, and enough complications to keep readers guessing just how many bad guys are there? I read a lot of books I like, but I loved LIFESTYLES OF THE FEY AND DANGEROUS. Shade is a heroine that glides along the razor-edged lip of danger and carves her way into a reader's heart. Who wouldn't adore a character that fights her way out of hell and conquers every obstacle standing between her and true love? And then there's Malachi. A hunky, angry, bad boy turned sexy repentant alpha male. He's ALL man, and he knows what he wants: redemption, a life filled with purpose and love, and a mate and family of his own. Once he realizes Noelani is his perfect partner, nothing stops him from making her his. I can't wait until the next book in Danica Avet's The Veil series comes out. After you read LIFESTYLES OF THE FEY AND DANGEROUS, I bet you'll agree with me!" -- Renee, The Romance Reviews

5 HOWLS: "This is the third book in The Veil series and it is a new author and series for me. I confess the title of the book made me a little nervous that this was going to be a straight fantasy story even though the summary sounded interesting. With vampires, demons, fey folk, werefolk, succubi, incubi, Amazons, griffins, Oracles, satyrs, elementals, halflings, warmages, assassins, warring factions, assassinations, action, romance and steamy sex, this story has everything you need for a great paranormal romance. It even has some sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek humor which had me chuckling from page one. I was up all night reading it - couldn't put it down (I gotta stop starting books at 7pm). The majority of the book takes place in and around present day Cypress Point, Louisiana along side the mere human mortals who of course are clueless. Shade, the female lead, is a very inventive creation. Barely 5 ft tall and frail looking fairy, she has traits and abilities that are very cool to be found in a single character. She's an international assassin, "a tool in the war against the Veil". Malachi, demon-vampire Halfling, almost 400 years old and a former Eturian general, wanted dead by both the Veilerians and the Eturians, is in desperate need of redemption and rejoining the Veil. When Shade first sets eyes on Malachi, she thinks he is handsome and is moved by the desolation in his eyes. Observing him, she is stunned "at the warmth in his dark eyes." Her mouth waters when she gets a good sniff of his scent. She decides to masquerade as a Guardian bodyguard to get close to him. She is shocked to find her fairy glamour doesn't work on him. He instantly lusts after her when they meet. And sparks fly. My goodness can that man kiss! Seriously hot. Avet's writing is so descriptive, I could almost feel the kiss myself. ¡Ay Chihuahua! Later a garden bench in the moonlight is the scene of a sexy seduction - steamy. And the scene where she confronts her fear of sex is smoking hot. And then there is the make up sex - oh my. There are also some three-somes and five-somes among secondary characters. Unfortunately for Shade, there are also lots of beatings, some attempted rape and references to 53 years of past rapes and torture. Even though the setting is Louisiana, we get only 3 or 4 Cajun phrases in the dialogue. It would have been nice to have a small glossary at the beginning that explained more fully who the Veilerians (the good guys) and the Eturians (the bad guys) are and how and why the war was started. Perhaps this was covered in an earlier book in the series. Other than that, this can be read as a stand alone. I think fans of paranormal romance and urban fantasy genres will enjoy this book very much. Now I have to find the first two books in the series to read." -- Wild About Bones, Bitten by Paranormal Romance Reviews

 

Excerpt

ADULT EXCERPT

“Yes,” Lani whispered softly. The ache in her body was so strong she could barely hold still. She felt hollow, like there was something vital missing from her, and she suspected it was him.

He smiled, kissing her softly.

“Lift your hips,” he instructed, one of his hands disappearing between their bodies.

Lani’s eyes followed his hand as she lifted herself. Seeing his palm wrap around his cock made her feel heavier than before. It was erotic to watch him handle his shaft, sparking ideas she wanted to explore. Later, much later.

“Now, lower yourself again,” he whispered, guiding the head of his cock to the ache between her legs. “Move however slow or fast as you like. You’re in control.”

Her head shot up. She was in control of their sex? Power, the same power she’d felt with her lips around his cock, roared through her.

Eager to know what it felt like, she did as he told her, lowering her hips. The thick head of his cock pressed against her entrance, stretching her. Her eyes widened. He was bigger than she’d expected. She didn’t know if she could take him inside her.

He gritted his teeth, lowering his hands to the sheets. “It’s okay. Take all the time you need.” He grunted as she paused.

Gulping in trepidation, Lani pressed down further, her eyes rolling back as he slipped in another couple of inches. He was so big her tissues burned, but the arousal he’d built in her helped soothe the ache. Slowly, so slowly she was driving herself crazy, she took him into her body.

Once their pelvises met, she opened her eyes. Malachi’s face was beaded with sweat. The chest beneath hers lifted and fell heavily. She leaned forward to kiss him, his cock dragging along her tender channel so that the tip rested just inside her opening.

They both gasped.

“Mm.” His hands dug into the bed. “Move the way it feels best for you.” His words were slow, gravelly as though he had to struggle to get them out.

She rocked back down, tunneling his shaft into her again. The sensation was amazing! Lani bucked her hips, trying to find a rhythm to increase the pleasure. Lifting her torso just enough to move faster, she purred at the new angle. She panted. His shaft was caught in the snugness of her body, his hips trapped between her knees, her nipples dragged over his chest hair with her every move. Soon she was lost to pleasure.

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Malachi was breathing heavily, growling deep in his throat as his little fairy rode him. Gods, he wanted to grab her and thrust but forced himself to let her set her own rhythm. He was enjoying it, but he wanted to be deeper, embedded in her tight sheath until they were inseparable.

She emitted little mewls of pleasure, her face glowing with desire. He had to constantly pull himself together because watching her pleasure herself with his body was making him lose his control. He wanted her to come first, to reach climax with his body, but gods, he wasn’t sure he could hold on much longer.

 “L–Lani,” he stammered, unable to catch his breath. “Sit up. Sit up!”

Her eyes opened, staring at him with hazy green eyes as she continued grinding on him. Leaning forward, he kissed her deeply, thrusting his tongue into her mouth in time with her inexperienced wiggles on his cock. He throbbed. No! He had to make her come first.

“Sit up, baby.”

Gods bless her, she did. She cried out as the movement impaled her more deeply. He grunted, struggling to catch his breath. She circled her hips, and he promptly lost it again.

“This feels,” she gasped, her head tilting back. “Gods, this feels so good!”

He would’ve agreed, but his clever little fairy had already taken the initiative, rising and descending along his rigid erection. He gritted his teeth, hands still tangled in the sheets. She was a fucking vision as she rode him.

Her hair stuck to her body, that gorgeous silver skin glittering like it was covered in diamonds. He brought his knees up to give her support and was rewarded with a hefty downward push that made her breasts bounce. She whimpered, her lip caught between her teeth as she bucked.

His body strained for release, sweat pouring off of him as he tried to wait her out.

“Malachi,” she mewled, her face twisted with hunger. “Please…I don’t know what—”

That was all he needed to hear. Clasping her hips in one hand, he pulled her into his upward thrusts. He dug his heels into the mattress, pumping his hips into her. He watched her eyes widen then grow slumberous at the new rhythm. With his free hand, he reached between them, letting her see his intentions, and he wanted to howl at the anticipation lighting her eyes. Then he touched her. She was so wet and swollen, his fingers had no trouble stroking over her rigid tissue.

Eyes slitted in pleasure, he watched her face as he stroked and thrust into her. Her eyes went wide, and her mouth formed a perfect O. Then her head went back as she wailed, her long hair tickling his thighs.

The silken channel he was buried in clenched around him hard enough to make his eyes roll back in his head. Pleasure roared through him as her inner muscles pulled at him with strong, rapid spasms. He couldn’t hold back any longer.