Wednesday, July 2, 2008

DREAMWALKER by Kathleen Dante

Publisher Berkley Heat
Date published May 2008
ISBN 978-0-425-21963-8
Paranormal Erotic Romance/Intrigue
Trade Paperback
Reviewed by David





DREAMWALKER is a sensuous, tightly written novel of intrigue, death, and love. Watched, followed, and weighed by Damon Venizelos, FBI agent, Incubus (dream controller, seducer of women), Aurora di Scipio, master thief by trade, Lamia by nature (shape shifter; demonic being), plies her trade. Damon enters her dreams, and proposes to hire her for a perilous undertaking. The pair is thrust together for a dangerous mission: steal a nuclear weapon from a terrorist! As the duo travels to Kosovo, they enter into the very den of the evil weapons dealer Karadzic. As the terrorists are thinned by deed and dreams, Aurora sets about preparing to lift the bomb. Intermingled in the nefarious preparations and actions of the team, are very steamy and erotic interludes. Will they succeed? Will the Fed be able to accept the beautiful and ever-changing vixen? Will the seductive Lamia be able to work within the confines of the Federal Government?

This reviewer enjoyed DREAMWALKER very much. Kathleen Dante is an author to be reckoned with, interweaving complex emotions, desires, and plot with seeming effortlessness. The characters interact well, and the story, within the set of the genre, is very compelling. The eroticism is appealing and lends itself to the complete absorption of the reader. This reviewer was reminded of the works of Laurie K. Hamilton, and the FBI team of Extra Sensory Perceptive operatives. DREAMWALKER leaves this reviewer looking forward to more, setting the hope that this team of Lamia and Incubus find other adventures to pursue, and continue to enthrall us all.

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