Book Review: Tied with a Bow Anthology

Tied with a Bow
Anthology (4 stories) 
Authors: Lora Leigh, Virginia Kantra, Eileen Wilks & Kimberely Frost
Reading Level: Adult
Pages: 352 Paperback
Published: November 1st 2011
Review Source: Berkley Trade
Available: Amazon

Summary: (from goodreads) #1 New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh headlines an all-new paranormal romance anthology that turns up the holiday heat.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh features the Breeds in her story. New York Times bestselling author Virginia Kantra brings a haunting tale of a fallen angel. USA Today bestselling author Eileen Wilks returns to the shapeshifing Lupi for another magical tale. National bestselling author Kimberly Frost introduces a new paranormal world of muses and vampires.

(average rating)

A good choice to enjoy while relaxing and unwinding in your favorite reading nook, good short novellas from your favorite authors to fill the gap to their next installments in the series.

Upon a Midnight Clear – Children of Air prequel – Virginia Kantra – 3 trees

A historical story where an angel falls after breaking the code and intervening with a dying mother making a promise to save her daughter. In his new form he finds her again as an adult, only to realize that she is the one that will make him feel again and become a person with a purpose. When realization hits her and she recognizes who he is, their bond becomes a great love for each other.

First Light – Etherlin prequel – Kimberly Frost – 3 trees

Nathaniel is an archangel that can’t remember and Kate is a muse apprentice that find themselves thrust into an unexpected partnership. She took the mission of helping him remember that he is a soldier of Heaven sent to fight ventalas. Their adventure together and the helping interference from heaven lets them fall head over heel in love for each other.

Human Error - #14 Lupi Series – Eileen Wilks – 4 trees

Benedict and Arjenie are on their way to expend the holidays with her family, the apprehension they feel is due to the fact that he is lupi and her family is a clan of wiccans that would consider him dangerous. To make things worse as soon as he gets there something he felt from a spirit named Coyote made him change unexpectedly making her family guard go up against him. The visit is interrupted by a call for help from the town authority to the family to investigate a murder that feels out of this world. Benedict and Arjenie are included in the investigation and a skinwalker is discovered to be the guilty party. During the adventure he earns the respect and acceptance of her family.

An Inconvenient Mate - #25 of Breed Series – Lora Leigh – 4 trees

During a break in the preparation for a meeting between the Navajo Nation and the Breeds, Isabelle the daughter of the Navajo leader and Malachi a Coyote Breed have chance meeting. An unexplainable attraction leads them into a sensual hunting game. He soon realizes that she is that once in a lifetime mate and vows to make her his and protect her above all things. The reason of the meeting soon manifests in the form of a stalker that had tried once before to abuse and rape her, but unbeknown to them he lied to gain the protection under the Navajo Nation. As a payback for her refusal and her acceptance of Malachi as her mate instead of him, the stalker tries to abduct her to sell her to the Genetics Council lab. The fight to save her unites the Navajos and the Breeds and introduces a new Tiger Breed to make you wonder where the series will go next.