Fairyville by Emma Holly

Berkley Sensation
September 2007
ISBN 978-0-425-21705-4
Trade Paperback
Paranormal Erotic Romance


Growing up being able to communicate with the dead, and having fairies pop in and out at all times of the day and night isn’t so odd for Zoe Clare. After all she is a “real” Fairyviller and not just a “normal” in the town. But even having her gifts has not made her lucky in love. She has been pining over her landlord/manager Magnus Monroe for the two years she has known him. And to add salt to the wound she has had to watch him go off with a different woman each month to have vigorous and meaningless sex. Hearsay has his stamina and talents to please taking on near mythic proportions.

There is a reason why the magnificent Magnus has avoided doing the deed with Zoe. He comes close and tries to make the situation as satisfactory as possible for the woman he has come to so admire. But close doesn’t seem to count and suddenly there is a rival in her old high school love.

Alex Goodbody left town in shame many years ago and broke his and Zoe’s heart. Now he is back, but as a PI on a case…and he has brought Bryan McCallum his longtime professional partner that has recently become his lover with him.

Ms. Holly continues to please with this story of relationships, humans, fairies, and otherworldly things. Anyone remotely familiar with this author’s work will know that there will be plenty of sizzling sex scenes between hero and heroine, and hero and hero, and other permutations of the characters together. But what really sets this author’s work above many others in her genre is her ability to put convincing meaning and emotion into those scenes.

The characters are multi-faceted and we enjoy learning about Zoe, Magnus, Alex and Bryan. All are rather loveable characters in their own right and shine in different ways. With Zoe’s affinity with the otherworldly, it makes sense that she has attracted the two men she has as possible partners in her life.

Explanations of the fairy realm and other existences were imaginatively done and interesting enough that one wishes we had seen more of the former and its denizens.

This story really focuses on the main characters as two couples, and the mystery of a child whose mother believes must have been switched at birth. As we discover more about Magnus and Alex, things grow very clear regarding the latter. Everything ties together in a remarkably neat manner at the conclusion and a happy ending is had by all.

For those who love their romances red hot, or those who love their erotic scenes in a heartwarming tale. Clear your schedule before beginning the book so that you can enjoy your visit to FAIRYVILLE uninterrupted.